The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-09

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an end today TO the charitable ac-
tivities OF Baroness Robert de
Rothschild. 81, wife Of the leader
OF the Jewish community in Paris
and member Of the internationally
famed banking family. She died
yesterday at Roosevelt Hospital
Her two sons have been prisoners
Of the Germans since 1910.
NEW YORK-INS- Under the
watchful eyes Of armed guards, 400
TRUSTEES from the Rikers Island
penitenuary were being used 70.
day to remove snow from Bronx
streets. Ordered out by Mayor F
II. LaGuardia despite the protests
of Department OF Correction Off.
cials. the prisoners are paid 81 per
day for the work under the policy
laid down by the city executive last
year when he instituted the pro
cedure TO relieve the manpower
shortage.
NEW YORK INS-Au Red
Cross chapters in the nation were
urged today by Chairman Bash
O'ConnOr to redouble their efforts
to recruit nurses for the Army in
the wake OF President Rooseyelts
call for draft legislation in that
field.
NEW NORk-INS-A wildcat
strike Of $40 bakers and helpers
cost the Gottfried Baking Company
a lot of dough today. Thirty thou
sand pounds of dough were left to
spoil when the noon shift walked
out Yesterday. Failure of the night
shift to report for work shut off
bread supplies for $500 restaurants
and stores in the New York area
LANSlNG-AP-The State Tax
Study Committee is to meet here
Jan. 10 to complete its long oyer
due report to Governor Kelly and
the legislature for their guidance
in considering proposed revision OF
state and local tax laws. d. Hale
Brake, state treasurer and commit
tee chairman, said he had heard OF
no weakening of sentiment along
committee members for the con-
troversial suggestion that the state
sales tax be reduced from three
per cent to two and one-half per
cent. and that cities be empower
cd to levy a one-half OF one per
cent sales tax OF their own.
CHICAGO-INS- Arguments TO
determine whether President
Roosevelt had the basic power to
seize and operate the plants Of
Montgomerv Ward G. Co. in Chica-
go and six other cities resumed to-
day in the court of Federal Judge
Philip l.. Sullivan. Stuart s. Ball.
who charged that the President
violated the bill of rights by. taking
over the properties. had not con-
clIded for the company when court
recessed Monday and was to COM
plete his argument today.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Unit
ed States is expected to go to the
Pan-American conference at Mexi
co City next month with far-reach
ing plans for industrial and COM
mercial developments in Latin
America. lndustrialization is the
answer given by officials here TO
the expressed fears of other west
ern hemisphere nations that the
end OF the European war will put
them on the edge of economic dis.
aster by sharply reducing Anglo
American purchases of raw ma
tcrials for munitions manufacture.
WITH L. s. THIRD ARMY-INS
A British Broadcasting Company
broadcast giving credit to Field
MARSHAL Sir Bernard l.. MontgOm-
cryy for stopping Field Marshal
Karl Gerd Won Rundstedt's drive
against American troops drew no
official American comment today,
but American correspondents eX-
pressed CONSERVATION" War cor
respondents who have followed the
situation from the beginning were
of the slightly sarcastic opinion
that it was Just another MMC
scoop"
WASHINGTON-INS Mai Gen.
Lindsay Mcdonald Sylvester. who
commanded the Seventh Armored
Division in the sensational drive
across France, has been relieved of
his command. denoted to the rank
of colonel. and brought. back TO
Washington. it was learned today.
Disclosure of these facts was made
by friends of Sylvester. who has
been an Army officer for SO years.
and is well known in Washington.
WASHINGTON-INS -The Navy
Department was in complete vari-
ancc today with a statement by
Admiral Jonas Ingram. command
er-in-chief of the United States
Atlantic fleet, that German robot
bomb attacks on Washington and
other east coast cities could he
expected in 80 or 90 days Six
hours after lngram's warning and
following an hour-long conference
with owl Director Lewis Davis.
the Navy issued a statement po-
litely contradicting the ad?iral on
the "proba bility" and timing OF a
Nazi buzz-bomb attack.
DETROIT AP- Chrysler Cor
poration and the United Automo-
bile Workers fCTO) successfully
concluded contract negotiations