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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-03-23

Mrs. Viva Andrews Hogue, o1
Salem, Ore, is visiting in this local
ity with relatives and friends.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-03-23

Raymond Farus, of Bristol, left
Wednesday for near Mt Perry,
where he has employment on the
Harvey Thompson farm.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-03-23

A SON OF G. e. Bailey, near Stock
port, is suffering with ear and mas
told trouble.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-03-23

Prosecuting Attorney Emmett Abel
has been confined to his home with
influenza.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
EVEN HIS PARENTS
Are GLAD "TARZAN"
DuRAND is DEAD
Six Lives Ended, and "Wild Mans" Pro-
phecy His Address Would Be Home
Town Undertaken Comes True

CODY. Wyo.-The undertaken shaved the beard and
shnged the unkempt hair today and made Tarzan Durand
savage who meat and killed five into plain
Earl Durand &c, supplemented youth who had bad
dream and woke up.
The national guard hauled its howitzers of the Bear
tooth mountains and 300 behind unbreechng their
rifles. The hunt Tarzan, bearded woodsman killer
of and beast dead And his parents glad
To the natives of this ranch country who had known
Duand all his life the hardest part to understand what
had changed him in instant from open-handed youth
who loved the outdoors and this wild mountain country into
savage killer
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H!CHBALL ENDS
LIFE OF COUPLE

iSHCELOT, y. H.-Less than
live minutes after drinking from
the same highball glass. two
guests at a party were stricken
fatally last night.
The victims were Edgar Smart,
IS and Mrs. Julia Wheaton. 25.
We don't know whether il was
double murder. accident or sui
eide pact. said County Solicitor
John r. Goodnow after he and
police hid questioned four hours
the other four persons who attend
ed the party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Smart.
Coodnow said he learned from
the other guests that Mrs. Wheaton
niat slipped from the glass, made
a NY face and exclaimed:
This tastes like poison"
Then Smsr drank from the same
gloss and said.
II sure does
4 few minutes later both we're
DID.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
EXPECT PEACE
MOMENTARILY
SPAIN


High Nationalist sources NJ the
border said today that Madrid has
to all practical purposes surreD-
dercd. although Nationalist troops
are not penetrating beyond the
nananares bridgeheads on the
edges OF the city until they have
completed precautions and until
the Nationalist ultimatum expires
tomorrow.
The surrender vas the result Of
Gen. Francisco Frances demand
for decision within ~ hours. with
the alternative OF an offensive.
Nationalist sources declared the
offensive IN of and the ultimatum
accepted after Franco dramatic
ally tore up peace proposals.
brought by sirplane from Madrid
Thursday night.
The Nationalist demanded un-
conditional surrender. but we're
understood 10 have agreed 10 give
the Republicans time 20 get GER
tain leaders out Of the country
who fear Nationalist reprisals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
RELIEF PURGE
IN APRIL WILL
HIT 1000 HERE
Administrator Sends
Notices of Cuts to
Be Made On April l
and April Is

Notices were in the mail
Saturday 10 all single able
bodied persons on relief in
Pierce county and all adult
families that they will he
dropped from the rolls in one
week. on Saturday. April /.
County Welfare Administrators
George NJ v. Brown. announcing
the cut on a basis Of funds now
available for the coming hienni-
um. said IT would affect about
500 relief cases.
Because famil, men were
assigned To WA up 10 a later
date than single persons. he
said. the greater proportion ~
those dropped at first viii bc
without dependents.
Another Cut April Is
Two weeks later. however, on
April Is. all remaining employ.
ablos VIII be cut off. Brown said
bringing the total To about 1886.
The April cut will include
dropping all supplementary as
sistance now given to larger WA
families This will affect around
200.
Basis Of the purge" Of county
relief rolls is that the state ap-
preparation for general assistance.
which has been running about
$4,000 per month 10 Pierce ooun-
~. has been trimmed TO half TO
get within the recent legislatures
relief allotment. Since approxi-
mately s2T 900 per month must
go TO unemployables IN this coun-
~. Brown noted. nothing IN left
for the able bodied.
lie said there viii be federal
surplus commodities available
as In the past 10 the families
affected.
In the notices sent out Satur-
day. similar TO those OF last
springs purge" Of about the
same date. there Is slight at
tempt TO soften the blow
Cites Seasonal Jobs
This change Is necessary be-
cause of seasonal improvement IN
employment opportunities and be-
cause Of decrease OF available
[ Continued on Page IL. Column -
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James Murphy Lett
Estate OF 500 ,M

James 9 Murphy 4sil.knDsen
Tscoms magazine and nesspsprr
agent left an estate ~ approx
naisly a200. 0sy1 according n pa
pers flied IN superior court Friday
sh~n his zlii Nsa admitted 10 pro-
bair
The entire fortune yas lett 20
his Hife Mrs Josephine Murphy
except requests ~ $500 each 10
daughter. Mrs. Patricia Csihafihe
Murphy Galloway. and son. Esss-
isoe Thonass Murphy
The Eli nas esssgtad "a years
ago. "a HuFphg vas NAMED IS
e4ecutfiz o. the wul without r0ad
Murphy died rgfcb ~ IN Los
Angeles. xhsrs be had geae for e
tflp.
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/. Eight days ago he was In jail
serving 30 days for shooting an elk
out OF season.
That same day, the district at
torney charged him with killing a
beef steer belonging 10 a cattleman
a felony in this cattle raising
section always severely punished
someone remarked 10 him that he
might get 10 years"
Fled in Blizzard
Twenty-four hours later. the
man who loved the outdoors so
much he felt confined even In a
house. slugged his jailor, escaped.
and began his nightmare Of muir
der that ended on the floor Of the
bank al Powell yesterday after
noon.
He tried TO hold II up was
wounded three times. and. though
squirming in pain, found the
strength to raise a pistol 10 his
head and administer his own coup
de grace
At the farm home Of his parents
10 which he first escaped. he shot
10 death Undersherin D. NJ Baker
and Town Marshal Charles Lewis
He fled toward the BeartOoth
range on foot In driving blizzard
a hundred possemen pursued
They hunted him five days and
covered 80 square miles II noun
tsln country. camping a. night.
trekking on snOwanoes by day
Ised Bloodhounds
Wednesday. A. daybrssk. Tarzan
came out n the mountains. broke
INTO farm house and forced Art
Thornburg and his 11is 70 drive
MIN 20 the heaGWaters u Little
Rock creek high up IN the Bear
tooth range. There he left them.
ThOrnburg gave the alarm
Sheriff Frank Blackburn and his
posse got bloodhounds. and beside
the mountain creek. they picked
up Tsrzsn's trail and followed u
Late that day the dogs holed up
the killer N a natural mountain
fortress " Blackburn ordered that
no man VA % show himself
Ogyllle Linabsry ami Arthur
ATSento dieobeye1 They stepped
INTO the clearing and q rife spst
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SCHWELLENBACH FOR
KYLE AS COLLECTOR

WiNiiNUfON tfn LfNla y
s. hweiieabs CD. b. Wash. iDfsy
urged Secretary u Treasury He1fy
10 geathss jr.. n appoint " l.
Kgls. EagmSlsw. Wan. collector
Of Internal revenue Al Tacoma sge-
eeedinz Alex ylefhuA Who died Ia
1895 Kyle has besn a state sena-
tor since 1852
4 have made this recommends
ton - a result q the evident de-
nire 81 Democratic ard liberal
lesdefs IN Warrington TIT EYls
te gwen TINS r1sif o." s. tsecii --s
rich ssid. Kr'e is lawyer ana
left wing leader.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
FIRST bAP7lSTS
CALL MINISTER

Nsv. ~ n nooeaGAey, R0w go
Tor of CIssv4Ije nn0elol anusea n
Cleveland. o.. bae hsen eailsa -
The pulpit NJ Tscems's vlsua nap-
list church. IT. sf1Seuss nnanssneeo
Saturday.
rhs psstossss - IN lnseo
downtown TscosmA eawseh. 81 In
sorBsr ~ ~ m and Nnsaes ~.
Was vacated ~ fhs flspl ~ the
year by ths Nsv. Wstleo - VII
son, sho moved IN rysfiae<t
rbs n~~ pastor. ~ yenss ~.
has served the subusnsa Cleveland
church since tp37 Ne wiIl arrive
~ Tssoma ssom after IT, Ilsse -
Nay.
Hsv Mssnshsy was graduated u
is7s from The usivesssfy ~ nNen-
ester and In 1854 fvoss cnlga1e
Rochester Dsvsnisy sshrot. nsn4o
sh~n NJ hss tsheN year ~ paoe.
graduate wewk 81 IN University ~
Rochester and sCe<teI et,>sreee q
ohsrfis sehnai ~ TNH0togy, DUR
ING he seminary dAys - was an.
dsst pastor ~ ~ msesise enwsvn
~ Webster. Ns~ vorh.
ThS new pastov 10 mAsrsea an1
has . NY siss ysess ~ 49,.
HIs IFS hss hoes lived atMnss -
tissiv IN The city Asd ~ sn4wehee
he has sssvs1 hsvs 49,. ~ IN
main. city shuseh&s. ~ has ma<1n
. special study ~ city wosh ard
sbs shursns ps<siias MINISTRY IN
city problems.
Rev. hseesksy v . memhpr ~
sh~ board NJ trustees ~ Cleveland
Baptist s~soeiAf,0n. aastfmAA "
tns yosith department. has sssve1
~ chairman ~ IN misn1ooasy
" 4 snsmker ~ IN iHn~
p<,stapf stAfs eonvaatt0a e0mmtt-
tee. and ~ present y ssrvtsG -
president ~ Cleveland mtelseegia1
association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
Goering assures Italy Germany
uiU Support Her "Regardless
State m ent Precedes
Momentc Speech
to Be Mac 9 Sunday
by Mussolini
EUROPE

Field Marshal H erman n
Goering, German economic
dictator and right hand man
of Adolf Hitler, pledged to-
day that Germany would re-
main at all costs beside Italy.
The pledge was given in Premier
Benito Mussolini's own newspaper
Popolo d'Italia, of Milan, as Mus
solini perfected the draft of a
speech ne is to make tomorrow
a speech which may prove one OF
the most important of his career.
So sensational was GOering's
statement that hope rose
sharply at Rome II would now
he possible for MussOlini to
obtain by peaceable negotia-
ton the natural aspirations"
he seeks to satisfy. at Frances
expense, In the Mediterranean
and Red sea areas.
. In pledging German Italian
friendship, Goering spoke bitterly
Of Great Britain and alluded to
her. particularly, as the proverbial
dog that barks but never bites.
Boasts Of Axis
Goering confirmed he would
confer with Mussolini before he
returned to Germany from his
vacation" in Italy
The Berlin-Rome axis is un-
breaka BILE" Goering said in the
statement. Germany will remain
beside Italy, regardless of what
happens. Germany. / repeat. will
AT all costs remain beside Italy.
ANY greater power for Ger
many is greater power for italy.
and vice versa. The two peoples
are perfectly aware of this. ]
wish to point out that the French
press is chattering excessively
about the fact that France has
lost 40 divisions Of fallied) soldiers.
as result Of the disappearance Of
Czechoslovakia, which the Yer
sailles treaty artificially created.
This should make the western
democracies reflect. because If they
have lost 40 divisions, II Is also
possible we have gained some
thing.
Chides Democracies
What do the two big Eu1onean
democrscies hope to gain b. ihcir
present anti totalitarian cam
paign?
Cries in behalf Of demoracy
from Paris and London, c-peei7lly
those from London. leave Us cont
pletely cold because as you '-n7"
the proverbs say A barking dos
never bites
We are not even surprised a.
Britain trying to incite tn great
est possible number Of nations 70
bresk the solidarity Of tho axis.
We rope these nations aie smart
enough and know enou~h hisio. =
10 remember that Britain his al
way found fools to figh; fer her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
mrs. ROOSEVELT DUE
TO AWAIT CRANDCHILD

SEATTLE - Brs. Franklin y
Roosevelt viii arrive IN Seattle by
plane Sunday from California. ~
await the hsrih II 4 crild - hef
daughter. Mrs Jofn Bc4tt'ger me
baby g1ll be President and Mrs
Rooseyelts eighth grsndcalld.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
BULLETINS

VICTORIA, Il. Grown.
cial police headquarters were
advised eight persons, all be-
lleved members Of the War
rem family, were drowned. and
several families marooned or
homeless, when ice in East
Pine river, 80 miles from
Dawson creek in Peace river
district, broke up early today,
SEATTLE On. man died and
three others were IN a critical con
dition today after eating home
preserved vegetables st a relief
agency. John Mckay. -. died OF
sudden paralysis OF the respiratory
system. The other three men all
were placed under oxygen tents.
They we're William Ashley. IS
John Lying. q. and Harold
Etohe. %.
snAT,sLsyt' sio,al.ia An
OFFICIAL cnumunigue hhtb fphiEht
that by mutual agreement the
sioyakS and Hungarians have
ceased hDstiiities Private re-.
ports from eastern HloyAkia ss1
hosiilities ended 81 noon. with the
troops in the same poaiiion ss last
night.
s
Observation-Disclosures and dhi.
nese forces are locked ia q .eries
of bloody engagements OVER . 10
mile front between WuehiBg and
Winning. Dispatches "a the Chinese
newspapers said today. According
10 the messages the lighting ).
more bleedy and terrible than that
which occurred sn the shanghai
front.
IDsDDN--1bs cabinet Us- nn.
dsTsiood today 10 have nsretei
sng gcsiians. both At home and
from r,snrs. Poland and either
powers. for CONSUMPTION ia Great
Britain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
40 ARE FEARED DEAD
IN SNOW AVALANCHE

TARBEs. France-RescIe work
.re found the bodies Of 20 work
n,en TODAY under an sv-i1nche 81
s7ow which buried the village Of
Bsrreges. in the Pyrere-s. after
. heavy snowfall Twenty others
were missing and feared dead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
DAN {. FREEMAN PASSES

PORTLAND. Ore. Daniel G..
ffeeVien. IS. manager of the Ore
con Narufscturerg' asnocl< ton for
ycafs. and former Portland
1erepe pes msa, did Friday Of
pneumonia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27

through several rect 4 ~ soysn
In . savage dleeh wh1eo ~ upen
f,ilsd IN ~ March :. ~ ~ 49,
the wumsS AlsopDaare1 INN ~
suburban he~se.
Cunningham. seeesd1ao U csuN-
~ rvnsssusos tssvts uosr>e. sat1
he had ssssualed hess~''t duM't
knuw why sss1 he<l sesvts4 no
body In tbs vseest ~ tnvuuon
which The wwes fna as1 ''htehs1
u into ths ditch
= mus hsvs nssN svssy." ~
told Msrvts aftsv aars thaa I've
hours n Questioning eerfy te1ey.
~ vas he'll ~ . Thing & -
Aorsis revealed tnnt CuNntmGs
Continued m peoe -. QDnDQna -
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Ahc looked up with quick
smile Each night shs waited till
the young man appeared before
STRENGTHENING the shelves ln thai
particular corner ~ tho public
reading room. For wssks he nst
In the Eamr chair reading mag.
azines, and for WEEKS xhe had
eagerly awaited bis coming Never
before had he spoken 10 her
Whes sb~ looked zap With
her quick smile the young man
very NEARLY started. Always
persons WE'RE conscious NJ
shock when they looked ipts
tho Eiri's ss~s ~ close rsngs.
pleased. d~tlghssa shock. ske
was very blond. had fiss~s
hair and Nory shis whieh
melted lsts roar On her Checks.
One naturally expected hius
eyes Hut her eyes were dark
brown. ysivsty and warm This
curling, golden iashss made them
appear almost black
Hello" she said slowly.
"Heems 10 me those sneyelos
pedias give you . 10, u trouble. !"
he yeniufrd
People are ~ careless Thrt
put them back anywhien ssy
Her voice vas rich and creamy
with a huns, undeftOns
Mind telling me your nains -
''IiiIdssafde Hiida grsg~Dn.s
smiling again the shadow 81 4
dimple ~ one cheek The amazing
eyes erinkisd whsn shs sfnlled
II am Keith rArhart.+ hs ~.
feFsf
How do you DO. Mr. csfnsrt
abe tUggsd IL the
I Continued on Page 10. Column /
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WEATHER AND fiDEs

In.eftfsd fonissf sed 'fn@ sfss.
Temp Fsturee; Higs, IS; ios. a.
SIN r.1es. G.Ji sssa, Bs3f.
s~i1e4 fassager0ss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
CHAPTER ONE

Hello there" The young closed his magazine.
placing orefnger between the TO mark his place He
addressed his greeting the back of shining head girl
stooped 10 arrange the encyelopedas Alphabetically.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
LIGHT
An Inside Picture Of
Financial and Polit-
ical America

WASHiNGTON-Americar
diplomats cant afford TO ridi.
cule Prime Minister Chamber
lain's policy publicly. but ths
Britisher'a handling Of Herr
Hitler since Munich proyoksa
amused amiIes In our State
department, The most popu-
lar snecdote In the offices and
corridors Of the gloomy old
building casts Chamberlain in
a comic light.
When der ftishrer and The prime
minister mad signed ths agree.
ment. the former 10 understood 10
have ssked the yisitaf fr0fn fan-
don for . souvenir ~ the historic
occasion. Chamberlain frpiisd that
hr had mt CONS laden Nith sfffs
explaining tina, ne had ieft hons
hurfiedly.
nut. said ,hs German leader.
''you have an umbrella Ya1 might
give that 10 ne AZ a token ~ osis
nsw friendship"
The prime minister laoksd 81
Hitter. looksd al his umbrella ana
fsplisdi But shs gn0hFsii4 10
MINE"
The starry 10 fictitious. ~ eouf&s.
fsut it u tf1isr tnan history in 70.
yeaiipg cur unofficial stfitudx To-
ward Bsissins foreign poliey of
the lass fess months
ths presence ~ s0vyvss-ai<1,
rsd'hssded NH tb.sgiss u
pfisafs sessions. " ths .avssnse
court may restore ssn,e II the
human. .slsy stssssptssss sls~~s
xsiherisss is.t with fh~ s~siss~
nprat ~ fs~ late tss<tire
Holmes. tsf fhs sss nominee
- an Usss~resf and ssspfiss
soupxst<s With an ssiseDs~Sy
sissesisse vocabulary.
Although somewhat shy, Douglas
e . man ~ s4eh INTENSE eonste-
tons Inst lhfss conquer hls rstsf-
lDH nsiaFs, he likes 10 illustrate
q point with sa kIizsbeshaB yoks
~ anfcssats Mhs tkoss heard On =
Pullman o. 10 tina club i0eissr room.
Despite mia comparative youth.
ne has no hecitsncy la pittipx his
Continued on Page Z. Column ~
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Ind her DOOY
| N KM, oPEM
SEWAGE DITCH
Mystery 81 Socially
Prominent Wouupan'e
Disappsasaaes DE-
psllsd - Ssssy

OKLAHOMA CyYY-RoGuv
W. Cunningham. eccentric
member Of . prominent OH
homa City family. confessed
early today that he stranojed
his beautiful socially prom
mont wife 10 desth let
March 4.
Ne dtvsesed : sAsvsfrs postv ~
her nn1y WA,eh ~ ~ ouese3 II
. vsnely du9 savage dteea
tn hnsdy - e~sa9 No. ~ ~
fa%ss wushmsN sstes 10y ~ -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-27
Analysing the Strange Stories About
HitIer's Doubles
One of Them
Stopped a
Bullet
Is Adolf Hitler dead Are the

Is Adolf Hitler dead Are the
mustached individuals YOU
see in the pictures, speaking
from platforms. patting little
Bavarian girls on the head,
and opening motor shows. just
a couple of other fellows?
Rumors of Hitler's death" have
been circulated in the United
States for months, and even
reached print as long ago as last
December. Thus far, no real evil
dence has been produced to
prove il.
Now a sensational new book,
The Strange Death of Adolf Hit
Ter which purports 10 be written
by Hitlers chief double" main
tains that the fuehrer died on the
eve of Munich. and that thereafter
he. one MAMMALIAN Bauer. imper-
donated Hitler on every public oc-
oasion, including the negotiations
FAR FROM
PROVED
INDIGNANT denials have come
from German sources. and no
one could regard the case as
stated in the book to be proved.
The manuscript is said TO have
been brought TO America by =
German ships officer, to whom il
was surreptitiously handed at Nice
by a French friend who had re-
oeived it in the mail from Ger
many. The manuscript, purport-
ing TO be written by Hitler's
double. stated that he wished his
true name to appear on his tomb,
and that therefore he was taking
this means to tell ALL" Disguised
at last with regime with which
he originally sympathized.
The English translation is filled
with sentences in characteristic
German word order. which could
result only from either carelcssly
literal translation or a conscious
effort TO emphasize the Germanlc
character of the manuscript
II tells the lurid story Of
Bauer. arrested In 1888 In Ber-
lin when mistaken for Hitler.
saved from death by Hitler's
sudden seizure of power. and
Continued on Page II, Column 81 +
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PfNk TRANSACTIONS
acema .............. S2.6se 900
Evening star., 1939-03-17
If Not, Why Not?

The man in the street" generally,
and perhaps particularly in Wash
ington, has read with interest over
a period of several years of President
Roosevelt's commendable idea of
national naval museum in the Ma
tional Capital. Its outstanding fea-
ture would be the restoration and
permanent removal here of as many
as possible of the outstanding ships
of the past, including the Constella-
ton, the Hartford, the Olympia,
World War vessel to be selected and
even the renowned one-time racing
schooner America, now at Annapolis.
From time to time this plan is
mentioned to the satisfaction and
even enthusiasm of many. The latest
announcement was during the Presi-
dents recent southern trip. But each
time it seems to be somewhat of
Hamlet with Hamlet left out" for
an exception is always made as re-
CARDS the most historic vessel in this
country and, with one possible ex-
ception, in the world, namely. the
Evening star., 1939-03-17
William n. Mclean

When The Star began publication
in 1852, William r. Mclean was en-
gagged as foreman of the composing
room. Among his successors we're,
firstly, his son, Richard A. Mclean,
who died in 1915, and his grandson,
William H. Mclean, who, after a
long illness, went to his rest on Mon
day last.
Few other newspapers can boast
OF such a phenomenon. 1t is rare
indeed to find veritable dynasty
OF printers in the service of one daily
journal decade after decade through
out the better part of a century.
Each man was a master in his craft,
each rose to superior position by
merit and essential worth; each JUS
titled the confidence of his employers
and the affection of his fellow-work-
ers; each departed sincerely mourned
With respect to William H. Mclean
further word must be added in this
place. He was proud of the tradition
OF his family and was eager to pre-
serve it unspoiled. Even when des-
perately sick, his mind and heart
turned to The Star, naturally and
loyalty, bravely to the last. He will
be remembered for forty years of CO.
operation in the making of this
newspaper.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
The Last Czech

Hitler today controls almost all
Czecho-Slovakia except a house and
yard on Massachusetts, avenue and
Twenty fourth street in Washing
ton. There in the Czech Legation
Minister Vladimir Hurban declines
to admit the inevitable. For him his
capital, Prague, belongs still to the
Czechs, not to the Germans. To Nazi
orders that he surrender his Legation
to the German Embassy he has
given bold, firm no.
There Is a background to Colonel
Hurban's insistence on representing
government which by now is little
more than memory, which makes
his gesture understandable if, in the
end, futile. For Colonel Hurban was
military aide to the man who was
chosen president of Czecho-Slovakia
before the country was anything
more than an outline on map. Hur-
ban Joined Thomas Masaryk in
Washington in August, 1918. The
Czecho-Slovakian independence was
proclaimed here, and in the autumn
the two men sailed abroad to the ma
ton they had charted in an atlas.
President Masaryk is dead, but his
former military aide is defending his
ideal, his Czecho-Slovakia, to the
very end, after other men have re-
signed themselves to the facts. There