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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

ginia Statewide Safety Conference
and gain inspiration from the nation
ally known authorities who will be
speakers.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
NORFOLK RUN-AWAYS
RETURNED TO THAT CITY

Three boys, John R. Williams, Is /;
Caleb C. Williams, 16, and Ralph
Ronney, Jr., all of Norfolk, Va, who
ran away from their homes, were ar
rested in Princess Anne.
The youths said that they had been
to New York and were on their way
home when they decided to go back
to Philadelphia and try to secure
jobs. Chief of Police Austin held
them up when they tried to hitch hike
out of town.
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Ronney ar
rived in Princess Anne and took the
youths back to Norfolk.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
BRITAIN YIELDS
ON NAzI COUP

LONDON, Feb. II O.NsJ.
British capitulation to Germany's
coup in Austria was officially con-
fesSed in the House Of Commons
today.
Britain is mot prepared to take
any initiative regarding Austria, "
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
announced.
He added, however, that Sir
Neville Henderson, British Ambas-
sador in Berlin. had been in
structed to indicate to the Ger
man government the interest that
his majesty's government takes
and always has taken in the Aus
trian question"
But this British interest was
apparently scorned by Germany
when C h hancellorS Hitler and
Schuschnigg met last week, Eden
limited.
'The views or advice Of his maj
eSty's government were not in
vited in connection with the meet
ing" said Eden, although London
had advance notice Of the Berch.
tesgaden conversations.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17

In a session marked by alter!
nately bitter and hilarious pro-
ceedings during which members
shook their fingers in each others
faces and engaged in scathingly
denunciatory exchanges, the COM
mittee finally reached its decision
to grant two more days to oppoSi-
ton witnesses.
During the debate william q.
Dubose, chief Of naval conStruc-
tion, rear admiral who had taken
the witness stand to testify as the
session opened, sat patiently in
amused silence.
A joint attempt by Chairman
VinSon D.>, Of Georgia. and
Representative Mas of Minnesota,
ranking Republican, to shut off
further oral testimony by opposi-
tion witnesses Immediately, pre-
cipitated the uproar. Before the
committee was a request that five
opposition witnesses, Lester P.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
'Lepke,' 'Gurrah'
Jailed in Poland

NEW YORK, Feb. IL U.N.s).
The office Of District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey today was
checking cabled reports from War.
saw that Louis "Lepke" Buchal-
ter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro,
New York'S fugitive racketeers,
had been jailed by Polish police.
They are wanted here as the
heads Of the garment and other
racket-ridden industries.
The Jewish Morning Journal
here said 1t had received a cable
gram that the pair had been
seized for threatening to kidnap
a Polish heiresS.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17

Barlow, described as the inventor
Of the aerial bomb used in the
World War; Benjamin Marsh, ot
the Peoples Lobby: Mauritz Hal
gren. former Baltimore editorial
writer; Dr.. Thomas Healy, author
and Boake Carter, radio columnist
be permitted to appear.
II think we have to set q
time when we can shut all this
off so we can get down to the
bill to wind up this hearing as
rapidly as possible" said Vim.
son.
Never before has there been
q record which contained so
much irrelevant matter"
He pointed out that of the Il
days Of hearings SO far, Admiral
William D. Leahy, chief Of naval
operations, took seven in support
Of the measure, opposition wit.
neSSeS having the balance.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Belgian Officials
Welcome Hoover

BRUSSELS, Feb. II UNSJ.
For the first time since he won
world fame as administrator Of re-
lief in postwar Belgium, Herbert
Hoover returned to Brussels today.
The former President Of the
United States was received with
honors by high Government Off
cialS. He is here as the guest Of
the Belgian government.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Army, Workers Threaten Rise;
Chancellor Defiant at EdiCtS
High Officers Quit
Posts in Protest.:
Custer Sought

A counter.m0vement against
Nazi domination Of Austria was
launched in Vienna today ~
Great Britain confessed capitu.
latiOn to Reichsfuehrer Hitler's
Central European coup. Latest
developments:
LOND N-British Foreign
l. Secretary Eden told the
House Of Commons Britain Is
mot prepared to take any initia-
tive regarding Austria"
8 VIENNA-CathOIics called .
conference of bishops to dis
cuss the possibility of unseating
Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg
unless he resists Hitler's de-
mandS. Army near revolt and
workers restive.
9 ROME-Italy sought, in an
= official statement, to dispose
Of reports Premier MuSsOIini is
displeased with Hitler's political
triumph in Austria.
A PARISH. r. KnickerbOck-
4 er, foreign correspondent OF
International News Service, re-
vealed I'm an exclusive dispatch
that Premier Mussolini has not
taken the 'tanschluss" lying
down. It is not yet known, how
ever, what price II Duce asked
for his seeming acquiescence In
the Nazi reformation Of Austria.
F BERLIN. - Hitler received
. DR.. Alfred Seyss-Inquart,
Austrian minister Of the in
terror, with the Nazi salute in
Berlin and launched q cam.
paign to wipe out every vestige
Of Communism in Austria. Der
Fuehrer is reported to have de.
manded immediate withdrawal
by Austria from the League Of
Nations.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
POLICE PENSION
Goes TO WIDOW

The Policemen and Firemen's
Retirement and Relief Board will
award a $50 a month pension late
today to Mrs. Leona Dalrymple,
widow Of Capt. Clarence l..
Dalrymple, of the White House
Police. Captain Dalrymple died
Of a heart attack. February 4.
The board was to hold a hearing
on Mrs. Dalrymple'S application
this afternoon at her home, 149
Kentucky Ave. S. E. Col. Edwin
Startling, White House Police
chief, requested the hearing be
held at her home because of Mrs.
Dalrymple'S illness.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Avalanche Buries
21 Soviet Miners

MOSCOW, Feb. IT Q.N.sJ.
Crushed as they dined, 81 miners
were killed today when a great
mass Of snow avalanched down a
mountainside near Kirovsk. The
snow buried the mines dining
room and blacksmith shop. Three
miners escaped with injuries.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
HOUSE GROUP
CUTS SUPPLY.
BILL $1,838,546|
Cost of 4 Agencies.
Up $2,172,799

ON.SJ. Budget estimates were
cut $1,S3S,546 by the House Ap-
propriations Committee today in
reporting q supply bill carrying
&130,071,105 for the State, Justice,
Labor and Commerce Depart
nlents.
In spite Of these reductions.
however, the measure increases
cost of operating the departments
&2,172,799 over last years grant Of
funds.
Supporting the Administrations
anti-monopoly drive, the commit
tee restored the separate status Of
appropriations for the antitrust
division of the Department Of
Justice and boosted the total
$4,000 for next year.
EXPLAINS ACTION
Explaining its action, the com
Mittee said:
'Inasmuch as the policy Of
the Government in regard to
antitrust matters is as yet not
clearly defined, it Is believed by
the committee that this increase
will be adequate"
In its report to the House. the
committee both criticized and
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
$4O,OOO,OOO War
Manganese Bill Up

U.N.S0 Purchase Of $40,000,-
900 worth Of manganese in the
United States. for national de-
tense purposes, would be given to
the Secretary Of War under a bill
filed in the Senate today by Sen
ator Miller DO Of Arkansas.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
BY ALFRED TYRNAUER

VIENNA, Feb. II GNSJ.-A
counter-movement to Reichsfueh-
rer Adolf Hitler's Modification Of
Austria was launched by Catholic
circles.
Plans were laid for a convoca-
ton Of bishops shortly after Feb.
ruary 20, when Hitler is due to
address the German Reichstag on
the situation. The conferees viii
discuss the possibility Of unseat-
ing Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg
if he is unwilling to resist Hitler's
demands.
FIELD MARSHAL RESIGNS
At the same time, it was learned
that Field Marshal Franz JanSa,
chief Of the general staff, had re.
signed in protest again the new
Na1i regime.
Jewish circles were alarmed over
the trend Of events despite re.
peated assurances no anti-Semitic
measures are contemplated. So.
cialist and Communist leaders
have pledged a united front"
against the Nazi steamroller.
Dispatches from Berlin assert.
ing Nazi influence in Austria is
now paramount were not borne out
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col, A
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Snow Runs Out
On Weather Man

After two false starts in pre-
dieting snow in the last couple Of
days, the Weather Man gave it UP
as a bad job today. So instead, he
forecast mild and warmer weather,
with light rains tonight and to-
morrow.
After sinking to a low of Is de-
grees this morning, the mercury
climbed 10 degrees to 35 at noon.
The low tonight will be around AZ.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Two French Fliers
Injured in Crash

GUATEMALA CITY, Feb. II
Q.N.S0.-Two ace French flierS,
Antoine de Saint-Exupery and An
DIRE Prevot, were treated today for
serious injuries received when
their plane crashed while attempt
ing a takeoff from Aurora Field,
here. Physicians said, however,
they expected the airmen would
recover.
The two aviators were en- route
from Montreal to Buenos Aires on
a goodwill flight on behalf of the
French government.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Cabinet Autos
To Be Cheaper

U.N.S.) A move to take
the swank out Of Cabinet
officers automobiles was
made by the House ApprO-
priatiOns Committee today.
It recommended that the
former limit Of $2,50O for .
Cabinet officers car be cut
to $1,SOO.
A good car can be bought
for the latter amount said
the committee report. The
limitation immediately At.
fects purchases for Attorney
General Cummings, Secretary
Of Labor Perkins and Secre-
tary Of Commerce Roper.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Amelia Forecast
Death in Crash

PITTSBURGH, Feb. II QN.SC.
Amelia Earhart prophesied shortly
before she left on her last flight
that she would die flying, it was
revealed today. The end would
come in an airplane crash, Miss
Ruth Nichols, woman frer, quoted
her as saying.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17

builders Chevy Chase home.
Leaders Of the bench and bar
are accepting "roles" in the new
thriller-The washington Times
reporter. Carroll Peeke. is all set
to "divulge" the facts he has un-
covered to the man who will act
as District Attorney-WOL is
buzzing with excitement as it gets
ready for the atmosphere Of the
District Grand Jury room. and
the trial court-and today United
States Senator Robert r. Wagner
Continued on Page IA, Col 81
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Closing of Anacostia Bridge
Tan1s D. G. Traffic for Mile

Thousands Of motorists coming
to work from Southeast Washing
ton and nearby Maryland points
were caught in a traffic jam
which stretched back a mile from
the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge
over the Anacostia River this
morning.
Closing Of the bridge for repairs
diverted all traffic east Of the
The Washington times., 1938-02-17

river to the narrow Pennsylvania
Avenue bridge.
Police, in an effort to ease
pressure on the obsolete old span,
diverted hundreds OF cars north
on Minnesota Avenue.
The traffic jam brought re-
newed pleas from Southeast citi-
zens for q new bridge to replace
the present two-lan0 span.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
NATIONS GREAT
MOURN At BIER
OF DR.. GRAYSON
President, Supreme
Court at Rites

The nations great paid final
tribute today to Admiral Cary T
Grayson, White House physician
through the administrations OF
three Presidents and head Of the
American Red Cross, at simple
Episcopal services in st. Johns
Church.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes headed the throng oi
notables that crowded the small
church. Included among the
mourners were Cabinet members
Senators. Representatives and
diplomats.
BURIAL IN ARLINGTON
After the services the funeral
cortege proceeded across the Me
mortal Bridge to Arlington and
was met on the Virginia side by
a naval escort. There the body
was placed on a caisSon and car.
ried to the grave on a knoll not
far from the spot where William
Howard Taft is buried.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Oliver Hart, pastor OF
st. Johns Church, assisted ny
Canon Albert H. Lucas, headmas.
ter of st. Adams School where
Admiral drayson's three sons
were educated.
Active pallbearers were mem
bers Of the Naval Medical Corps
and every person present at the
services was designated an honor.
ary pallbearer in accordance with
Admiral Grayson's wishes.
HUNDREDS TURNED AWAY
Streets outside the church were
roped off by police to hold back
the crowd Of several hundred I'm,
able to gain admission to the
services.
From DR.. George Grille, chair
man Of the board Of regents of the
American College Of Surgeons,
Chicago, there came yesterday a
tribute remarkably borne out W
the rites held today. He wrote:
"The medical profession has
lost one of its most illustrious
members i. a great humanita-
rian. who could by the mere sug'
gestion Of needing or wanting
them always summon a host Of
true and eminent friends to his
side."
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
PENNsY INCOME DROPS

NEW YORK, Feb. II Q.N.SO {.
Pennsylvania railroad had net in.
come of $19,134,172 in 1887, equal
to $1.45 a common share as COM
pared with $31,399,351, or $2.S8
a share, in the preceding year.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
praised administrative agencies
The report included:

praised administrative agencies
The report included:
l.. A provision prohibiting Sec
retary Of Labor Perkins from
permitting aliens illegally in this
country to go to Canada so they
could be readmitted legally, In"
GLIDING cases where Congress
has refused to grant relief. The
committee asserted the method
'is not in accord with the immi-
grafton laws"
ASK LEGISLATION
2. Asserted ian unsatisfactory
condition" exists in administra-
ton Of employment service
funds transferred by the Social
Security act t. State employ
ment services. Recommended
legislation to prevent duplica-
ton and require proper account
ing.
8. Praised Department Of
State for economical handling Of
funds. Increased budget -esti-
mate to permit employment Of
IL additional foreign service Of
ficerS.
4. Increased Bureau Of Invesa-
CATION funds $43,200; praised
work of G-men.
S. Criticized Bureau Of Air
Commerce saying the committee
'looks with concern upon the
ratio of departmental salaries
as compared with expenditures
for the entire bureau" De-
creased air navigation funds
$3.50, 900, complaining that bu-
reau has not taken full advan-
tage of new ultra Short-wave
radio Developments.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
HENRY 0EssNER QUITS

NEW YORK, Feb. II UN 81.
Henry GeSsner, president Of inter.
state Department Stores, Inc, has
announced his resignation. Re
gan F. Connally, recently with
Marshal Field & Co., viii succeed
him.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
G-Men Still Work
On MattsOn Case

QN.SO G-men, like elephants,
apparently never forget.
Testimony Of J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, before a House Ap-
preparations subcommittee today
disclosed that, although the famed
MattSon kidnapping occurred in De
cember, 1886, there are still is
operatives in Seattle especially as
signed to the unsolved case.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Foes of Big Navy
Shut Off on Hill
House Committee to Hear Testimony for
OnLY TlUO More DAYS

(LNs) Rear Admiral William a. Dubose, chief Of naval
construction today told the House Naval Affairs Committee
the cost Of the proposed expansion program would total
for ship construction alone instead Of the $780,
100000 previously estimated which included building 1000
arplanes WELL
Furthermore he said additional facilities will have to be
provided at every Navy yard to permit expeditions con-
struCtion of the vessels proposed.
QNS) After long wrangng the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee today voted II to to shut off opposition testimony
the $8OOO00000 naval expansion program Saturday
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Wagner to Preside
In Won Blau Trial
Times Writer'S NelUest Mystery Drama Due
To Intrigue AU Washington
ernment auditorium tonight.

The whole getting excited the forthcoming
ia of Baron Bau though the fictional murder Of
Washngtons architect character in Kenneth NJ Ellis
radio mystery had really occurred last December in the
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
STUDIES GESTAPO

He went even further and put
DR.. Seyss-Inquart to work study
ing the methods Of the Gestapo,
the Nazi secret police, with in.
structions to create a similar all.
powerful organization in Austria,
During the meeting, it was
learned, Hitler gave Seyss-Inquart
his complete Endorsement and
promised him full support.
By stamping out Communism,
the fuehrer pointed out, Austrian
Aryans will be reestablished as
first citizens" automatically rele'
eating Jews to second place.
The fuehrer was believed to
have drafted plans for wide cir
cIlation in Austria OF books ex
pounding Nazi educational and
political ideals. Important Nazi
volumes such as Hitler'S "Me1n
Kampf" henceforth will be sold
openly in Austria.
Clearly indicating in what direc-
ton the power lies. DR.. seyss-In.
quart came to Berlin the moment
he had been firmly established as
Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's
minister Of the interior and nomi-
nal police head.
Greeted at the station by
Schutz-Staffel Leader DR.. Keppler,
was taken immedi-
ately to Heinrich Himmler, chief
Of the Gestapo. Himmler kept
him for an hour and then took
him to the foreign office to meet
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
Purge of Reds and
AHNdzi Regime
Is Ordered
BY PIERRE J. HUSS
Copyright, 1880

BERLIN, Feb. II G.N.S).-Un-
worried by reports of dissatisfac-
ton across the border, Reich
fuehrer Adolf Hitler laid down the
law to newly Nazified Austria
today.
Receiving DR.. Alfred Seyss-In-
quart, Austrian minister of the in
terror, with a Nazi salute that was
promptly and smartly returned,
the Fuehrer gave orders for a
sweeping anti-communist purge in
Austria and for thorough domes-
tic cleanup to bring Germany's
neighbor under 100 per cent Swas-
tika rule.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
INSURANCE SALES FALL

NEW YORK, Feb. II U.N.S0 .
New life insurance sold in January
was the smallest for any month
since September, 1885.
The Washington times., 1938-02-17
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy and warmer with rain. late TO-
night and tomorrow: lowest tonight about
a.. "Details on Page 1D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
A Shrinking World

It is not so very many years since New York and Chicago were good 20 hours apart, by the fastest means of transpor- tation Half century before that, 20 hours was good time for the trip from New York to Buffalo. Go back still another half century, and 20 hours would get you only from New York to Albany.
 And now German transport plane flies from New York to Berlin in 20 hours, and does it so effortlessly and smoothly that the feat does not even look exciting. If you use the 20-hour marker as a meas uring rod, our earth is shrinking at an amazing rate It will probably take us another century to adjust ourselves to the shrinkage. For 1t is one thing to recog- nize fact, and another to figure out it's implications.
 Ever since railroads, automobiles, steamships and airplanes began shipping pieces off of the earth's time-girdle, men have been perfectly aware that the yard stick was getting shorter; but to this day very little has been done to get human institutions into key with the change It is not merely that the pace of life has speeded up, and that men live closer to each other now than they used to live The very nature of the earth has changed We live on a smaller planet. All of the complex and intricate human relation ships which have been evolved over the centuries are bound to be revolutionized by that fact.
 And vet to date we have hardly started to make the change. We still try to order our institutions as if the old conditions were true-as if Europe were fortnight or more away. Perhaps that is principal reason for the war psychosis that grips the world today. For the old world of long distances could put up with never-end- ing international rivalries without too much disorder When the Atlantic was six weeks wide, England and France could war over the possession of Canada and sdll leave the bulk of their peoples more or less undisturbed When Paris was a week from Brussels, governments could strike at each other without killing any innocent bystanders But it's all changed now.
 International rows disrupt human life now as completely, as disastrously, as the vendettas of rival factions in the old Italian city-states used to- Trouble has a far shorter distance to travel In a smaller world, it is harder to get out ot range of the guns. Which simply means that this new, shrunken world is world in which different nations and races have got to learn how to get along with one another. It will be a hard lesson to learn, and many old prejudices will have to be discarded But unless we are to enter new and terrible dark age, we have got to learn it-and act on it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22

that the Reds of Spain were, and have been doing.
 Therefore, enter 8 protest now that the well-wisher of the mur- derers of 1l,000 Clerics is seeking my suffrage. said l1,0o0, and my authority is Most Rev. Bishop Karl Joseph Alter, Catholic Bishop of Toledo who has just returned from Spain and was quoted to that ef- feet in the August 18th issue of the Hartford Courant.
 Was MT. Kopplemanns action an appeal for Communistic support; or did he merely wish to show his approval of regime which has denied the right of freedom of re- ligious worship; regime which has ruthlessly destroyed Christian churches, both Catholic and Pro- testant; a regime which has con- ducted a campaign of wholesale murder against Catholic Priests and Bishops whose only offense is their belief in God; a regime which has encouraged the assault and murder of Catholic Nuns, innocent women who were devoting their lives to the service of God, and the well fare of their fellow-man and the poor?
 Having done his bit to embroil us in the affairs of Foreign Nation, Congressman Kopplemann pleased his Communistic friends by voting against the Navy Construc- tion Bill advocated by President Roosevelt as the best means of keeping us out of war; and of pro- tecting us in case war should be forced upon us. In his support of the Ludlow War Referendum Reso- lution which would tie the hands of the President of the United States, the Congress, and the State Department in the handling of Foreign Affairs, Congressman Kop- plemann again opposed the wishes of President Roosevelt to please his communicate friends.
 Congressman Kopplemann should amend his claim of l00% support of President Roosevelt by adding, except in those cases where to do so would displease the Commun- ists."
 If to please his Communistic friends is his chief concern, he should run as a Communist.
 Respectfully yours,
 PRO-AMERICAN.