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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Rites Held for Former
Hawaiian Resident We'd

BENTON CTTY-Funeral services
were held Wednesday morning at
the Methodist church for Abraham
johnson, 80, who passed away early
Monday morning at the Pasco hos
pital where he had been critically
i'll a week. The Rev. Mr.. G. w.
Geiszler officiated and music was
furnished by Mrs. M. w. Roop and
Mrs. w. j. Waldron who sang I'm
the Sweet Bye and Bye" and Lead
Kindly Light" with Mrs. G. E. Nor
gan as pianist. Pallbearers were T.
I. Evert, p. A. Peterson, Gus NORM,
Rolf Anderson, Roy Morgan and
John Ekman. Burial was in the
family plot at Ellensburg with the
Mueller Funeral Co. of Kennewick
in charge.
Johanson was born November 8,
1856 in Sweden. Leaving there when
young man he went to Hawaii
where he resided for eight years
Here he was married to Miss OIL
son of Sweden, his old country
sweetheart, whom he sent for and
some of the older children were born
in the Islands. The family came
from Hawaii directly to the State
of Washington fifty years ago, first
settling in the Ritzville country,
They came to Benton City in 1926
from Grandview. Mrs. JohanSon
passed away in September 1880 at
Ellensburg, where she had gone for
medical treatment. One daughter
preceded her parents in death.
Johanson is survived by six daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Harmon Belknap Of Pom
tias, Michigan; Mrs. Clyde Walker
of Yakima; Mrs. II. F. Ripley OF
Orofino. Idaho; Mrs. Roy Pinney,
Miss Tennie Johanson and Miss
Elizabeth Johanson, all of Ellens-
burg; five sons, Charles, John and
Robert of Benton City, Alfred OF
HALEY, Idaho and Ted Of Dixie,
Nevada. Wv ..-.5
The children, with the exception
of Mrs. Belknap and Ted Johanson,
were all here for the funeral service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Gress and
Elizabeth visited in White Bluffs
Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth will stay
the rest of the week with her sis
ter Margaret.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton, Ben
Dighton, Mrs. Amanda Breithaupt
and the Mcintosh family picnicked
at Sacajawea park Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Mclaughlin
returned to Walla Walla Tuesday
evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

The strawberry harvesting crew
on the Guy Nelson ranch celebrat-
ed the end of the season with an
ice cream feed on the Nelson lawn
Sunday afternoon. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Mcintyre and
son, Donnie, visited at the A. S.
Mcintyre home several days last
week.
Mr.. Robert Cochran of Northport
and daughter, Patty, and Miss Ra-
chel Butte of Chewelah, were over
night guests at sthe j. E. Cochran
home Saturday. They were en-
route to Grangeville, Idaho. '
Henry Mier and mother from
Yakima, visited at the Guy Nelson
home Saturday.
Audrey and Adele Slaybaugf1
spent the weekend with thei,
grandmother, Mrs. Carl Slaybaugh
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
King and Queen Due

Quebec, Canada King George vi
and Queen Elizabeth are expected
to reach here next Monday, first
British monarchs to set foot on the
North American continent. They
are the sole passengers, with a ret
inue Of thirty, on the liner En-
press Of Australia, former German
steamship Tirpitz, forfeited by Ger
many as part of World War repair
atoms. Plans to make the trip on
the battleship Repulse were We
toed by the British Cabinet because
Of European war fears. Their ma
jesties will visit Washington as the
guests Of the White House, "do''
the New York Worlds Fair and
stay overnight at Hyde Parke, N.
Y, as guests Of President Roosevelt,
before returning to Canada.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Old Friends Meet at
Nagle Bros. Ranch

WHITE BLUFFS-Last Sunday,
the Maggie Brothers ranch, about
ten miles below Ringold Grange
hall on the east side of the Column
bia, was the rendezvous for several
old friends and neighbors of White
Bluffs district, carrying a picnic
lunch. Those who participated
were Mr.. and Mrs. Matt M. Wlenl
and daughter, Ida May, Mrs. Percie
Bruce, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Saith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Borden and chill
dren, Patsy, Loyal and Cecil jr, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry McCotter and Le-
roy and Glenna, Miss Amelia Young,
Mr.. H. A. Young and Mr.. Ellis John.
Mrs. Aerial Rawlins of Lewiston,
day, joining her husband who re-
Utah, arrived at White Bluffs Sum
Gently purchased the old H. F.. Pas
chen ranch.
NETS. Nora Mastel and Mrs. Chris
Jansen of Othello were in White
Bluffs over Sunday. $50. =.
Mrs. Lenora Diedrich. County
Welfare worker made her weekly
trip on Monday of this week as
Tuesday, her regular day, was a
holiday. I: z...E3 :! .:'.s. - T.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Moede returned
Monday from a short holiday spent
ct Hartline and Spokane. 49,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
New Turf King Looms

New York City Sportsmen pre-
dict for YOUNGSTOWN, winner Of the
65th Kentucky Derby, racing ca
reer comparable to that Of Man D.
War, Twenty Grand, Externinator
and other great horses in turf his
tory. While his time of 200 rs
was not sensational for a Derby
winner, it is pointed out that at no
stage of the race was he really
pressed. His victory by eight lengths
left a badly beaten field behind
him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Widespread Murder Plot

Philadelphia, Pa. - This cityS
startling series of murders among
the foreign population for insur-
ance money has already resulted
in the arrest of 81 alleged conspira-
tors, of whom II are said to have
confessed. Five deaths have been
traced to the murder ring and more
bodies are to be eXhumed in the
next few days.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

E Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Jones have re-
turned from Wenatchee after visit
ing during the winter with friends
and relatives there.
7 Mrs. Root left Saturday for
Walla Walla after q short visit
here during the commencement ex-
'erciseS. ,...s =.
Les Cherry, Paul Cherry, Bill
Bird and John Hama spent the holi-
day weekend in Wenatchee and
Ephrata. -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

It IS reported Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
Forbes and grandchildren Of Wapa-
to visited at the Roy Allen home Oh
Sunday. 81
Clarence Haueisen Of Portland
visited Sunday til Tuesday at the
Henry Hartung home. Mr.. Haueisen
and Mrs. Hartung are brothers and
sisters.
Mrs. Buehler arrived Tuesday for
an extended visit at the A. +.
Koehler home. - -. -. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Vandine, Mrs.
Dickerson, Mrs. Kinney and Miss
Evelyn Vandine spent Tuesday in
Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton and
Ben Dighton returned Friday from
Washougal and Portland where
they had been visiting for the past
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Combs &C
companied Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Van Syckle on a trip to Walla Walla
Monday. ..,.,-.. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Mann and
two children of Kahlotus were
Sunday visitors at the Dave Mann
home. .......
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society will meet Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. G. s. Ellington.
r. r. Mcintosh and r. B. Digh-
ton made trip to Boomers Ferry
Idaho over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McCamisf
of Kennewick were Sunday dinne1
guests at the G. j. Dam home.
Mr.. Bill Southworth returned OF
Thursday from a weeks trip Il
San Francisco, where he visited tn
Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Klusmeier of Nampa, Ida
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Amanda
Breithaupt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Long tool
their son Jerry to Walla Walla Fri
day of last week for treatment. The,
returned Tuesday and Jerry !
! much improved.
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Both Fairs Visited
By Miss WepsOla

HOVER-Miss Olga Wepsola left
Friday to spend two weeks at her
home in Winlock before going ON
q trip to the San Francisco Expo
sition and the New York Worlds
Fair.
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Niagara Falls Enjoyed
By HanfOrd Resident
betty Meek. Agentl

HANFORD- Mrs. Gus Burford
returned Monday from a months
visit in the East. While in Chicago
she visited the F. E. Olleman fam
lily, former residents of Hanford.
Mrs. Burford also visited her uncle
William F. DeThier in Chicago She
visited the Paul Brinsons and Ed
bund Trmanhauser families in
Buffalo. While in Buffalo, she had
the opportunity to visit at Niagara
Falls twice ~.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Former Teacher Here
To Enjoy Exercises

uovER Mrs. Ed Murphy OF
walla Walla visited at the b. b.
stewart home Thursday and at
tended River View commencement
exercises. Mrs. Murphy VIII oe re-
membered as Miss Maurine CariiSie
a former teacher here.
LYMAN Stone left Friday for his
home in Seattle.
Mrs. Fades of Weston, visited
Mrs. C. Thalman several days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. INLAY Of Wal
Ia Walla visited at the c. L. Evans
home on Memorial Day.
Mrs. Carl Slaybaugh returned
Friday from Oakland, Calf, where
she has been visiting her daughter
and son-in-law Mr.. and Mrs. LICK
Walker for the past six weeks.
Miss Thelma Ashby OF Pasco,
spent the weekend at her home
here.
Miss Mary wycoff and Miss Rob-
ertson of Rogue River, Oregon, VS.
tied at the Guy Nelson home Tues
day.
Mrs. Minnie Ashby was a dinner
guest at the J. e. Cochran home
Sunday. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Morris OF
Wallace, Idaho, were overnight
guests of his aunt, Mrs. B. b. Stew
art Friday. .r.E &c..
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Mckinney OF
Pasco were Hover visitors Monday.
Glen Harper Of Portland, Oregon,
is visiting George Mcintyre. o.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
New Pacific Airport

San Francisco, Gala cargo
carrier is on her way with 5000 tons
of varied cargo destined to create
new airport in the South Pacific
on tiny Canton Island, 1000 miles
southwest Of Honolulu. This will
be the latest link in the trans
Pacific service Of Pan-American
Anyways between the west coast and
the Orient.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
UNIVERSITY STUDENT HOME

UNIVERSITY STUDENT HOME
Miss Betty May Austin, who has
been attending Pacific University
In Forest Grove, Oregon, for the
past school year, returned Sunday
night to spend her vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi F.
Austin at Alfalfa Ridge ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chalmer Costain Of
Yakima stopped over Friday for
q short visit with Josephine and
Robert Westling. They were on
their way home from Connell where
Mr.. Costain has been employed
building houses and apartments %
accommodate some Of the members
Of the United States Bureau of Re-
clamation engineers who will soon
be transferred to Connell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Richland Man Burned
!. -. When Oil Exploded

RICEIAND-Word has been re-
ceived that Morris Compton was
badly burned when the pump house
at the Oil plant where Is employed
exploded. However, he was treated
at the hospital and it is expected
that no Ill effects will result from
the accident. t ST.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

Washington, d. Gin the 1898
corporation salary payments re-
ported to the SEC, Walter s. Gif-
ford, President Of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co., heads
the list with compensation Of
sos, $50. Next was Robert G STAN
ley, chairman of the board Of the
International Nickel Co., with $204,-
700 William s. Knudsen, presi-
dent of General Motors, got $780,
713 of which $69,248 was common
stock bonus. These industrial
earnings, however, were dwarfed by
the sums paid executives, actors and
actresses in the motion picture bus
mess announced some weeks ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

er. c. F. Winkenwerder. pur,.
day they enjoyed a drive u ~ u
Granger, sunnysioe and M.,' ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Former w. B. Resident
Pitches Perfect Game
From Tuesdays spokesman-Re-

From Tuesdays Spokesman-Re-
view. as.E ~.,.t ,.,,,... - L.
WHITE BLUFFS Ehtch's
Sporting Goods Store was consider
ing entering a softban team IN
the club league at the halfway marx
In the season. It's definite now.
The Hatchmen organized a pick
up team for those who work at the
store and scheduled a game for Las.
night. with the Kiwanians. For
q pitcher, the Hatchmen singled
out Ray Wade who had been play
ing outfield for Golden Age. Sup
ported by his heavy hitting team
mates, many Of whom are former
baseball players Wade hurled no
hi, no-run game to shut out the
Ktwanians IL to 0. Ray is the
youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Wade Of White Bluffs and has
benn employed by the Bill Hatch
Sporting Goods Co. for q long time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

MFR. and Mrs. Ben Setterland OF
Ritzyille were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mrs. Setterland's faith
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01

The remainder of the school
honor rolls have been announced as
follows: sixth, seventh and eighth
grades: Patty Meek, Melvin Web
Der, Walter Clark, Lois Evett, Leah
Cooper, Evelyn Curry, Leonard
Evett, Bennett Clark and Willene
Van Zandt. For the high school:
Geneva Curtis, Annette Buckholt,
Lois Heard, Jack Moulster, Ray
mond Smith, Wilma Cox, Ruby
Hoover and Betty Meek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Anglin and
Mrs. Norman Anglin spent Memoir
ial Day in Kennewick.
Jim Salvini, student Of the Uni
versity of Washington, arrived home
Thursday. He plans q two-week
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Bert Salvini before returning to
Seattle to attend the summer ses-
sion at the q. Of W..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Slayens, daugh-
tiers Lorena and Shirley, and son,
Maurice from Cheney, spent Me-
mortal Day in Hanford. H..
o. B. Roberts, district horticul-
turaist, was In the valley this week.
Mrs. F. E. Meek and son George
are visiting In Wenatchee. They
motored to Wenatchee Saturday
with Miss Alma Walker and Ralph
Houtrow, who returned to Hanford
Tuesday. GFs - -.
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Farewell Picnic Held
For J. A. Purdy Family
(Betty Meek, Agent)

HANFORD - The j. A. Purdy
family, longtime residents OF the
valley, left this week to make their
home in Walla Walla. Friends OF
the community honored them with
picnic lunch Tuesday afternoon
at the Community Hall. The same
evening there was a farewell dance
in honor of the Purdy boys at the
Community Hall.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Indians Flout state Laws

Albany, N. Y.-Governor Lehman
has received formal declaration
from the Council Of Chiefs of the
Senaca Nation that hereafter the
tribe would pay no attention to the
laws of New York state. Claiming
that they are wards Of the q. s..
government, they take the position
that they are answerable only to
the Federal statutes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-06-01
Congress Adjournment Indefinite

Congress Adjournment indefinite
Washington, D. Gin spite Of all
administration efforts to hasten Id
journment Of congress, 1t Is EVIL
dent that the economy bloc and the
isolationists will insist upon q
thorough threshing out Of huge ap-
preparation bills still pending to-
gether with definite statement
from the White House on matters
of foreign policy. Many Senators
favor the extension Of Congress UNI
til European tension lessons, frank
~ stating their belief that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's course might
plunge the U. 8. into war before
congress, if not in session, could In
tervene.
Evening star., 1939-04-05
Queen Geraldine Presents
Crown Prince to AIbuniuns
Nation Celebrates
EIoboroteIy for
Royul Heir
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TIRANA, Albania, April 5.-An
heir to the Albanian throne-a
Crown Prince with American blood
was born at $3.50 am. today to
Queen Geraldine and King Zog I.
Birth of the Prince OF the AL
banians was announced with an ar
tillery salute of l0l guns. which gave
the signal for elaborate celebrations
throught this tiny Adriatic kingdom.
Queen Geraldine, the former
Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hun
gary. was married to King Zog last
April.
The Queens father was the late
Count Julius Nagy-Apponyi and her
mother, the former countess, Is Mrs.
Gladys Stewart Girault, an Amer
ican. now living in Southern France.
The crown prince with American
blood is expected to be named Skan-
der in honor of Albania's national
hero of the 18th century, Skander-
berg, who led a long and bitter up
rising against the Turks. His off,
cial title is Prince OF the Albanians.
He was born in the villa of King
Zog's sister. Princess Senje.
Officials indicated that the prince
would be reared in the Mohamme-
dan faith of his father since 1t was
announced there would be no bap-
tism. Queen Geraldine is Cath
olic.
The Queen, whose ancestry reaches
back to Virginia's plantations, is %
years old. The King 1t 43.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

mally in a communique Friday after
the conversations are concluded late
Thursday.
In the Mediterranean sphere Brit
ain was understood to have in
formed Italy that now the Spanish
war was ended, italian troops should
be withdrawn from Spain.
The foreign minister of Italy,
Count Ciano, was said by London
sources to have stated that no Ital-
ian troops had landed in Spain re-
Gently. Ciano received the British
Ambassador, Lord Perth, in Rome
yesterday.
Speech Is Broadcast.
Stanhope's speech was reported IN
some London newspapers and the
text was carried by the British
Broadcasting Corp. in its short-Wave
news broadcast to the British en-
pire before the admiralty's suppress
sion could be effected.
1t was omitted. however, from sub
sequent broadcasts. but no CONTRA
diction of the admiralty lords re-
marks was put on the air. Many
British radio listeners do not hear
the short-Wave broadcasts to the
empire
The almost unprecedented action
of the admiralty in suppressing
Stanhope's speech and Of the Prime
Minister'S Office in denying it. left
no doubt that the government was
greatly concerned over the possible
consequences of his words:
go - 1t became necessary to
give orders to man anti-aircraft
guns of the feet SO as to be ready
for anything that might happen
Comment was soon forthcoming
from Berlin. The monday newspa-
per Zeitung am Mittag, captioned
its front-page editorial: Mars In
habitants Now Before England" The
newspaper recalled the october 30
scare In the United States over a
radio dramatization of Martian
invasion.
Does Lord Stanhope think the
Martians now are marching on Eng
land?" Zeitung am Mittag asked.
Evening star., 1939-04-05
French Reinforcements
Sent to AIexondretto

PARIS. April S LP).-It was Of
ficially announced today that French
troop reinforcements have been dis
patched to the Sanjak (District of
AleXandretta, but the number Of
troops en- route was not given.
The dispatch of reinforcements
was declared to be in full accord
with existing French Turkish un-
derstandings and official quarters
said negotiations for settlement of
the Sanjak question were proceed
ing normally.
The newspaper L'Homme Libre.
generally believed to reflect the
opinions of Foreign Minister Georges
Bonnet, devoted an article to Syria
which was viewed by some as an
attempt to justify eventual Turkish
annexation of the Sanjak.
Even If the Turks are threaten
ing the Sanjak of Alexandretta."
the newspaper said. there is no
reason to believe at present that
Turkish troops will 60 beyond the
zones agreed upon."
France was reported in informed
quarters today to have assured
Rumania that in event of European
war the Dardanelles would be open
to French and British warships.
Busily building the southern part
of the "stop Hitler bloc. France
Evening star., 1939-04-05
Denmark Nazi Party
Wins ; House Seats
BY the Associated Press.

by INC ASsOClAttu IIeSS.
COPENHAGEN. April 5-Den-
mark NaZi party won three seats
in Parliament in a surprise show Of
strength In Mondays general elec-
tions while Communists added one
to the two they already had.
Final returns, however, showed the
German minority in North Schles-
wig. district formerly German, but
which voted in plebiscite to join
Denmark after the World War. won
only one seat-the same as In the
last election.
This party, distinct from the
Danish Nazis. was being watched in
Germany for possible indication of
resurgent pro-German sentiment.
Despite sharp gains in the vote
of both Nazis and Communists,
changes in party strength in Parlia-
ment were small under the pro-
portional representation system.
The government coalition of Social
Democrats and radicals preserved a
clear majority in the lower house
with 78 seats, against II for the
opposition.
This is decrease of four seats
from the coalitions 50 seats in the
last Parliament.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

British bloc because of its own fears
of Germanys expansion southeast
ward.
These developments followed as
s,rances yesterday by the Turkish
Ambassador that Turkey would not
sieze the Sanjak by force after
Paris newspapers had reported co.
600 Turkish troops on the border
ready to occupy the territory.
Turkey, however, informed France
she wished to annex the 10000
square-mile district "as quickly as
possible"
But Turkey could afford to wait
as the district with its valuable har-
Dor in the Eastern Mediterranean
Evening star., 1939-04-05
japanese Rushing
Dixie Repairs Before
Yellow River Floods
Chinese Are Impressed
To Fortify Kuifeng.
Invasion Outpost
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
KAIFENG, Honan Province, China,
April 5-Working against the COM
ing of spring floods of the Yellow
River. Japanese military authorities
have impressed thousands of Chinese
1aborers to repair dikes and fOrtify
this outpost of invasion.
Other impressed workers are build
Ing a temporary railroad to link
the East-West Lunghai line with
the North-South Peiping- -HankoW
Railway to provide communications
between Kaifeng and Peiping. ia
pans big North China base.
The workers are paid 40 Chinese
cents day, the approximate equiv
alent of cents in United States
currency.
Dixie Bed for Railroad.
japanese engineers are making
no effort to repair the major break
in the yellow River dixie through
which the river flooded vast Sec
ton of the countryside last spring,
blocking the japanese drive on
Chengchow, 40 miles west OF Kai-
feng
They were concentrating repairs
on two smaller breaks. planning to
use the dixie as part of new rail-
way roadbed.
They planned to lay the emergency
line across the river bed, which the
river forsook for a new course fur
ther south, and then build along
the north bank to the Northwest,
joining the Lunghai and Peiping-
HankoW Railways near Sinsiang, 40
miles north of Chengchow, former
junction of the two lines.
Collect Railway Ties.
Throughout japanese occupied
zones of Honan and Shantung Prov
inces the Japanese were collecting
new railway ties, charging each FAM
lily with the task of supplying at
least one. American and other
foreign missions were said to have
been compelled likewise to furnish
timber for ties.
All railway stations in the occu-
pied zones were marked by high
piles of fresh ties. Farmers were
said to be selling their timber for
fuel in fear japanese military au-
thorities would conf1scate 1t.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

already is entirely in the hands of
the Turkish minority there and has
adopted Turkish money and stand
ards.
BY a friendship treaty of July 4,
1898, with Turkey, France agreed
to joint military occupation of the
district, a part of Frances League
of Nations mandate, and the Turks
there gained control Of the Parlia-
ment.
On other fronts in her stop
Hitler" maneuvers, France sought
to assure Rumania she need not
fear cooperation with Russia, and
that the "anti-aggression" bloc