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Spanish LoyaHsts Claim,
Victories By Offensive

stand to the south, where they had
slowed and almost stopped the Ma
tionalist drive toward Sagunto. 1t
was asserted that In the Ebro river
drive, the Loyalists had surrounded
and taken some Nationalist garri-
sons and had driven off others who
were being pursued.
Positions cited as having fallen be-
fore the Loyalist offensive included
Mt. Assoc, the Chercun, Las Perlas,
Macizo and Mugron series of hills,
the vollages of Assoc and Venta de
Camposinos, the Caballos hills, the
villages of Oibarroka, Fix, Fatarella.
Beniwaset, Miravet, Pinel land Mora
de Ebro, and the Panoos and Pecha
hills
A United Pdess dispatch from
Valencia reported that fighting on
the coast had subsidized and that
Valencians hoped tina tthe peak of
the latest phase of the Nationalist
drive there had been passed last
week end. Hence the news Of the
Loyalist offnsive was welcomed, the
dispatch said, as likely to lessen
pressure on the coast. II was added.
however, that a new fnsurgent drive
on Sagunto was to be expected with
In O week or 10 days.
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BROOKLYN PICKS
'CORRICAN DAY
Designates August 4 as
Time to Welcome Back
Irish Flyer

New York, July 27-(UP)-Brook-
Ign borough today designated Au-
gust 4 as Corrigan homecoming day
and ordered out all the flags and
marching societies Cor celebration
to end all celebrations when Doug
las (My Mistake) Corrigan returns
from Ireland.
Brooklyn contributed Floyd Ben
nett Field, the taking-off place. to
Corrigan's flight to Ireland IN a
nine-year-old plane and ethereby
claimed the right to fete him.
Borough President Raymond "
Ingersoll issued a proclamation to-
day calling upon everybody to
demonstrate their concurrence in
the universal acclaim for the mi
tiative, courage. skill and modesty
of this new Lone Eagle"
Corrigan had agreed TO lead a
parade through Brooklyn. The
Irish took over plans for the parade,
naming James A. Kelly as chair
man of the committee. The
O'Briens were represented by Prof
James j. O'Brien OF Fordham uni
versity; the O'Connors by Michael
p. O'Connor, lately back from Ire
land; and the others by more than
SO societies, clubs and associations
that planned to turn out their
memberships In full force.
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LOMBARD MUST
SELL HIS BAKERY
Decisions OF Judge Dicken-
son, Jury Are Upheld By
Supreme Court

Although attacked by plaintiff
and defendant alike, the decisions
of Superior CURT Judge Edwin C
Dickinson and a jury, in the liti-
cation of Giacomo Lombard
against Andrea Laudatl, are unan-
imously upheld in a supreme court
opinion handed down today. The
opinion is written by Judge Newell
M. Jennings, with the other supreme
court justices concurring. The
opinion points out the difficulties
which arise from separate trials or
separate issues.
In effect, the superior court dis
position of the very technical case
decreed that Andrea Laudati shoulc
complete his contract and sell his
bakery shop at SO Congress avenue
to lombard for the sum OF $500
The court refused, however, to order
Laudati to pay damages to Lom-
bardi for delaying the transaction
Two Appeals
lombard appealed from the re-
fusal OF Judge Dickinson To order
damages paid. Laudati appealed
from the order to sell the property
The supreme court dismisses both
appeals.
In connection with the trials BY
court and jury of the case, 1t was
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Hendaye, Spanish From
tier, July 27.-(UP).-Spanish 10y
alists, continuing an offensive which
assumed increasing Importance,
dominated the Nationalist base of
Gandesa on the Mediterranean to-
day after an advance of 20 miles,
Loyalist dispatches said.
The third day of a drive across
the Ebro river into territory TAX
en- months ago by the insurgents
had given the Loyalists a foothold
in Zaragoza province at a point l5h
miles east of Gaspe.
According TO their official COM
munique, they occupied hte village
of Corbera, only 2h miles from Gam
desa, and they dominated the en-
tire city from hills to the north, east
and south.
Loyalists said they had taken g.
900 prisoners and abundant war ma
terial which they had not had time
to classify. "At present our troops
are Still advancing and overcoming
enemy resistance" communique
said. The communique asserted that
In taking Corbera the Loyalists had
captured the entire Nationalist gar
rison. 1t was indicated also that
the Loyalists we're making 0 firm
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GERMAN
FIGHT PICTURES
Manager of Joe Louis
Says They Are Showing
First Fight of Two

Detroit. July 27-(UP)-A protest
against the fight movies being
shown In Germany of the last Joe
Louis Max Schmeling bout was sent
to Berlin today by John Roxbor-
ough, co-manager of the Detroit
Brown Bomber.
"They are trying to put Joe In a
bad light over there" Roxborough
said. 1.-THE pictures they are show
ing are not those that were taken
last month when Joe knocked
Schmeling out"
The protest was directed TO Hugh
Wilson, American ambassador to
Germany. 1t complained that the
pictures exhibited to the German
public represent a composite of the
first Louis-Schmeling bout and
only one or two excerpts from the
most recent encounter.
From what I've been told, the
pictures show the second round Of
the first fight. In which Schmeling
gave Joe a good beating" Roxbor-
ough said. "rne only blow Joe
lands In this German version is the
,o-called illegal kidney punch. And
understand this Is shown In slow
motion to give German fans the
wrong impression.
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He had made up his mind weeks
ago that he was not fit to live. He
had tried twice before to kill him.
self. If he had been frustrated and
had failed, he would have succeeded
another time.
But he did not fail. AS police
rugged ships cargo net on the
10Th floor in which they hoped to
enmesh him, as peddlers moved
through the crowds below crying,
"Hayah va are! Get Your binocu-
lars hyah," he said to the police
man leaning out the window plead
ing with him:
II have made up my mind. I
wish you could convince me that life
is worth living"
He stood on tip-toe and cata-
paulated himself out into space like
a diver.
There he comes" someone
screamed from the crowd.
Plunges To Death
The explosive flashes of photogra-
pliers bulbs outlined the slender
figure, no longer in dive, but
plunging like a dead, inanimate
weight. 1t struck the marque OF the
hotel, breaking the glass and denting
the steel, and bounced off into the
gutter.
Shrieks, screams, and means came
from the crowd. Women tainted and
were trampled. A hundred policemen
had been holding it back, lest the
mailman should kill in his leap
other persons in addition to himself,
and they were swept aside like
straws. The crowd gathered in a
thick circle around the poor, broken
body with a face that looked like
pulp, it's feet stockinged because The
shoes had been torn off by the i'm
pact, eXclaiming and commenting.
More women tainted, and, at last,
the police fought the crowd back,
put the body in a basket and took
it away.
Jumps At 1886
Ward jumped at 1926 O'Clock last
night. Since 11:40 a. m. yesterday he
had been perched on the ledge, 10
inches wide, II floors above the 55th
Street intersection of Fifth Avenue,
one of the busiest and wealthiest
mercantile streets in the world. For
IL hours he tied up traffic, paralyzed
the business Of the fashionable shops
below, engaged the attention of hun
dreds of policemen, disrupted the
routine of the old, ultra conserva-
tive Hotel Gotham. His death cost
the merchants 100000, the city of
New York $4,000, the hotel, several
thousand.
On July II, 1887 he cut his throat
with razor blade. Taken to a hos
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First Alien Surrey OF
Citiz enship Started
Representatives of Federal immigration Bureau We're
Present Here TOday-Proceedings Took Place
in Court of Common Pleas

Potential candidates for United
States citizenship were viewed at
the court of common pleas today
by five Representatives of federal
immigration and naturalization bu-
reaus, whose purpose 1t Is to pre-
pare recommendation for changes
in the present method of examin-
ing aliens. Today's action was the
start of a nationwide survey OF
aliens seeking citizenship.
. The group, including Miss Mary
H. Ward, of Boston, Commissioner
of immigration and Naturalization
for the New England District; Henry
w. Nicols, assistant district natural
ization director; DR.. Catheryn Seek
ler-H Hudson, naturalization special
LIST of the labor department; r. w
Kenny, chief Inspector OF the Hart
ford immigration Bureau: and Mrs
j. M. McGrath, secretary to DR.
Seeker Hudson, will remain here for
the balance OF the day. to observe
the procedure as carried out by two
examiners from Boston.
Boston Examiners
Dr.. Seeker Hudson, who will pre-
pare the manuscript at the conclu-
sion OF the nationwide survey, sat
in" on all the examinations as con-
Quoted by ]. Fillmore Warder and
Charles Bent, examiners from the
Boston Naturalization Bureau. Sim
liar procedure will be followed at all
the stops on the party's itinerary
DR.. Seeker Hudson Is not regular
ly connected with the labor depart
ment, but has only been assigned tc
her present task because Of her IA
miliarity with naturalization and
immigration questions.
Leave For Hartford
Miss Ward said today at the COM
mon pleas court, where the exam
nations are conducted. that the
party will lave here this afternoon
and 90 to Hartfora. The next stop
will then be Providence, Rhode
Island, where additional examina-
lions are to be conducted. Salem
and Lynn. Massachusetts,, will then
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FIRST OF DOOMED
WOMEN IS DEAD
Mrs. Catherine DOn0hue
Dies in Ottawa From
Radium Poisoning

OttoWa Ill. July 27-UP)-Mrs
Catherine Donohue, IS one of the
is doomed women of Ottowa," died
today of radium poisoning. She
was the tenth to die. -Four doctors
certified that she died of radium
poisoning, her attorney Leonard j.
Grossman announced. The frail
shrunken mother of two children
died less than five months after DR..
Waite Dalitsch predicted her doom
at a hearing here before the ILL
nois industrial commission.
The hearing was on complaints
filed by Mrs. Donohue and other
women victims of the poisoning that
affects the marrow of its victims
bones.
Screamed, tainted
Mrs. Donohue screamed and
tainted when she heard DR.. Dali
itsch's verdict and the hearing sub
sequently was resumed at her bed
side. She testified that she con-
tracted the malady while employed
by the Radium Dial Company from
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the mass of tangled wires. A motor
roars. The cable tightens and the
wires give way. Through the gap
and across the frontier speed
swarthy desert men from Syria,
Transjordania, Iraq. These men are
Arabs. Once more men and NUM-
tons are going to the aid of Mos
lens waging a bitter war against
Jewish colonization in the Holy
Land.
Raid Before Dawn
Before dawn there may be q raid
on a Jewish settlement. BY noon a
bomb may be exploded among an
Arab crowd in some distant city.
For the war between Jews and
Arabs in Palestine Is war Of re-
prisals-a return to the ancient Law
of that land: IAN eye for an eye"
The efforts of Arabs in other
near East lands to aid their broth.
ers In Palestine Is but one danger
crowded facet of the conflict which
this week again broke into wide
scale violence despite the reinforce-
ment of British troops seeking to
maintain order.
Arab extremists are waging
deliberate campaign of terrorism In
an effort to prevent Jewish domina-
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knife USED BY
WIFE ON HUBBY
after QUARREL
COlored Couple Had Fight
on Hopkins st. That Re-
suited in Stabbing
HARRISON RUSHED TO
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL
On Danger List Wife
F1ees From Scene; Not
Arrested at Press Hour

James Harrison, colored,
of 90 Pearl street, was in a
serious condition at st.
Mary's Hospital early this
afternoon with wounds about
the body, sustained when his
wife, Melicia, stabbed him
several times in front of the
Church of the Sanctified on
Hopkins street. The stab
bing,, it is believed, followed
an argument between the
couple.
Harrison was Immediately re-
moved to St. Mary's Hospital In the
police ambulance where at press
time his name was on the danger
list. His wife fled from the scene
Of the stabbing and disappeared
and Is still among the missing.
although police are confident OF
picking her up late this afternoon.
Victim Staggers Down Street
Harrison, following the quick get
away Of his wife, was bleeding pro-
fusely and staggedel down the street
to the corner of Pearl and Hopkins
street where, exhausted, he fell. Mrs.
Harrison fled in the opposite direc-
ton although little girl who claims
to have witnessed her getaway
stated to police that she saw the
woman enter an apartment building
at the corner OF Pearl and Hopkins
street.
Knife Is Found
A long knife whcih Mrs. Harri-
son used in the affray was found
about Ills p. m, by Detective Lieut..
Henry johnson. Others assisting in
the investigation were Lieut.. Will
liam Foley, Lieut.. Connie Shana-
han, Sergeant Edward Ashton, Sergt.
Charlyes McWeeney, Sergt. George
Chatfield and Patrolman Dennis
Lynch.
Drops Pocketb0ok
In her escape, Mrs. Harrison
dropped her pocketbook which po-
lice recovered. A handkerchief and
several papers, all blood-stained
were contained within. The police
this afternoon were quizzing several
residents of the neighborhood, all
of whom claim Mrs. Harrison is a
newcomer to their neighborhood,
coming here but a short time ago 10
take up residence with Mr.. Harrison.
Knife Came From Home
The four-inch table knife welded
by Mrs. Harrison is believed to have
been taken by her from their home.
Witnesses claim Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison were engaged in an all-night
argument. A little colored girl told
police she saw the pair standing
together "fussing" over something
before the wife slashed her husband
about the head.
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BRITAIN, ITALY
TREATY SHAKY
Italian Forces Must Get
Out of Spain Before Any
Agreement Is Reached
BY RICHARD d. MCMILLAN
United Press Staff Correspondent,

United Press Staff Correspondent
London, July 27-(UP)-Diplo-
matte quarters forecast today that
British relations with Italy would
soon replace the Czechoslovak min
critics problem as cause of anxiety
to the government.
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain in last nights debate in the
house Of commons promised that the
government would adhere to its de-
cision that a settlement of the
Spanish civil war as a threat to Eu-
ropes peace was condition of
bringing the British-Italian freind-
ship treaty into operation. Such a
settlement would entail withdrawal
of foreig ntroops from Spain, not
necessarily the end of the war.
Parliament OF Adjourn
Parliament adjourns Friday for a
recess of three months, and it's ap-
proval is necessary for legislation
incident to the actual enforcement
of the Italian treaty.
For many weeks Premier Benito
Mussolini has been showing increas-
ing impatience at delay in enforc-
ing the pact.
A quick military triumph by the
Nationalist might permit the gov
eminent to put the treaty into force
without consulting parliament. But
military experts here saw no pros
pect Of such triumph; on the con-
trary some Of them predicted that
the Nationalist would meet increas-
ing difficulties in thei rcoastal drive,
and 1t seemed likely that months
must pass before substantial num-
bers of foreign troops would be
withdrawn.
Bound by His Promise
Chamberlain is bound by his prom
Use, and the initiative for any move
is left to Mussolini. In some quar-
tiers 1t was reported that he might
resort to means of pressure on the
British government-possibly, it was
(Contin,ied IN pape a.
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BEAT OLD MOTHER,
GETS 9 MONTHS

Lowell, Mass, July 27-(UP)-
Harold J. Bernier, 80, was sentenced
to nine months in jail today for
beating his 68 year old mother.
After Mrs. Anna Bernier showed
q badly swollen eye and testified
that her body was covered with
bruises, District Judge Patrick j.
Reynolds said:
II never thought that I'd have
before me a man accused Of strik-
Ing his mother. It's most heinous
crime. II can't give him enough
punishment. He will get his in this
world some day or In the here
after"
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GOLD STOCKS IN
UNITED STATES

Washington. July 27.-(UP)-The
treasury disclosed today that the
United States monetary gold stocks
now total more than $4,000, 900, 000
or approximately SIS per cent Of the
worlds total monetary gold.
Acquisition of $2,822,000 In gold
on July rs boosted the governments
holding to $4,000, 1895, 400.
Since April IA, when the treasury
released from sterilization $l,400,.
100000 In gold as q credit expansion
measure, the government has ac-
quired $l74,633, 1888 Of the metal.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-27
JAP AN, RUSSIA
IN POKER CAME
Powerful Armies Facing
Each Other Today on
Frontier of Siberia
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Japan and Soviet Russia played
another hand today in the worlds
most dangerous poker game - a
struggle involving powerful armies
facing each other across the Siberian
frontier.
At Tokyo a foreign Office an
nouncement detailed a f1ve-hour
fight which was said to have fol-
lowed Russian occupation of an
island in the ssuri river, invasion
of Manchukuo and burning of the
villages of Sunhsintong and Yaolin-
TIE. Five hundred Manchukuan
troops, the statement said, drove
out the Russians (who appeared to
number about 1900 and the govern
ment protested the incident to Mos
COW.
Daring, Bluff, Force
AS in any Magistrates poker game
the incidents along the Manchukuo-
Siberian border involves daring, bluff
and force. There Is, too, the constant
danger that unexpected circum-
stances may suddenly shift the game
to a winner take-a basis.
But at present the possibility Of a
climax in the far eastern frontier
struggle is lessened by the fact that
neither player expects or is ready
for showdown-for war. The Japa-
nese military extremists gave the
outward appearance Of having adopt
ed recently an over-strong attitude
toward the Soviets which Widely
publicized Moscow's blunt rejection
of Tokyo protests that disputed bor-
der points. The official reports today
stating that Japanese troops had
driven back a Russian invasion APP
peared likely to achieve the neces-
sary face saving" in Japan-and to
leave the next move, If any, up to
Moscow.
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John Ward 7errorizes 100, 900
Persons On Fifth Avenue, ~ T.,
For Eleven Hours, Then Leaps
Back and Forth on His Dizzy Height He
Trudged; Turns Deaf Ear to ALI
Pleas to Leave Ledge
CATAPULTS HIMSELF INTO
SPACE AS PEOPLE SHRIEKED

New York, July 27.-(UP)-John Ward, 26,
psycopath, spent II hours on narrow ledge AUDITING
the 18th floor of the Hotel Gotham then jumped tc
instant death in the street below where 10000 per-
sons watched.
Hundreds Try to Stop Him
Three hundred policemen 100 fremen, four physicians
his sister, his mother of his friends and priest
had worked desperately prevent his killing himself
All Efforts Prove Failure
Friends said today that all their efforts all their plead
ngs all the prayers Of the approximately 100000 persons
the dizzy height where he perched all the ingenuity
of the who devised half dozen schemes to
him had been doomed from the beginning to failure.
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. July ~ UPo-Gov-
ernment expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through July
25th, compared with "A year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
$66l ,57S,661.34 s532,335,4 i9,73
Receipts
1851. 296,O11,4l ss27.ss9,s9s.4s
Gross Deficit
s41O.2S2.64o.93 $2o4,s45.52727
Net Deficit
s41O,145.249.93 $204,614,99727
Cash Balance
50, ,362.92 s2,5S3,959.67s.94
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Desperate Arabs Are
Ready For Every Euil
Wire EntangIements of British Are Quickly Demol-
ished-Through Gaps Rush Desert Horde to
Start More Deviltry With Jews

Telegraph Editors Notes Webb Miller veteran United Press war
investigated Palestine carly this the
which this
surged Following the
which he discusses the factors behind
desperate struggle in the Holy Land.
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BY WEBB MILLER
United Press staff Correspondent

London July 27-(UP)-A loaded truck roars south
wards at night to the Palestine border Across it's path
stretches great barbedwre ENHANCEMENT guarding So
miles of vital frontier constructed by Great Britain at
ShadoWY figures leap from the truck and loop cable
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The Weather

Generally Fair for To-
night, Thursday
Full Weather Report Page 2.
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Farmers Club
Elected Officers
Annual report Revealed FINE
Membership and Successful
Years Activities

In annual meeting Friday even
ing, March 4th, members Of the
Progressive Farmers Club elected
officers for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: Roland Stewart, president;
C. F. Botz, vice president; Edward
Bosl, secretary; Loren Kennedy,
treasurer; John Wolfe, first ser
geant-at-arms; Chas. Kortan Jr.,
second sergeant-at-arms. The first
mentioned five form the board Of
directors
The reports Of the secretary and
treasurer gave evidence that the
club is in good condition, and show
ed a membership list of fifty paid
up members for last year. After the
meeting Friday evening twenty
nine renewed their memberships,
and since several more have paid
dues for another year. The yearly
dues Of the club are the same as
last year, Csc per member.
After the business meeting Pro-
gressive 500 was enjoyed, and lunch
was served by the. officers of the
past year. Honors in the evenings
events went to Edward Bosl. John
Wolfe, Steve Kortan, Richard Kor-
tan and c. F. Botz.
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|Open New Elec-
trio Store Saturday
Gilbert Hoehl, of Long Prairie,
Manager Geo. Conkey
Service Man.

Announcement Of the opening Of
the Hart Electric Co., a new busin-
ess concern in the city, has been
made this week, and the opening
date has been set for Saturday,
March 18th. This new firm Is locat-
ed in the Wedge building on Third
Street.
Gilbert Hoehl, of Long Prairie,
is the resident manager of the con-
Germ, which has stores in Long
Prairie, Eagle Bend and Wadena,
and which Is now opening a store
in Swanville. Mr.. Hoehl, who Is
married and has a little daughter,
will move his family to Sank Cen
tire as soon as he can find a suit
able home.
This new firm carries a complete
line of General Electric and Per-
lection products, as well as cream
separators, washing machines,
water heaters and softeners, and a
completes line Of all electrical appli-
ances. The new company will
specialize in complete General
Electric kitchens also. A branch Of
plumbing will be added later.
George Conkey, local electrician,
has been employed as the service
man Of the new business, and an
other electrician and a plumber will
be added to the staff later.