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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21
MORAL REARMAMENT
FAVORED BY GOVERNOR
McMullen Backs Plan Endorsed By
90 State Executives

Gov. Richard C. MeMullen has
Joined a group of state executives
advocating moral rearmament" as
the nations most urgent need"
He is one of 29 governors who
Lave signed a statement, sponsored
by the Moral Rearmament Movement.
ave must return to a common
NTH in God" the statement empha-
sizes, "and in those elemental prin-
ciples honesty. qnselfishnesss love
and purity-without which democ-
racy cannot long prosper or endure"
Poverty Amid Progress
The statement continues, I'VE have
built great cities. Our ships and the
railways carry the produce of farms
AID factories to every corner of the
nation. And yet, in spite of all that
we have done, there are within our
borders empty factories. hungry peo-
pie. struggling farms.
I'VE have found no sure for the
mounting overhead of strained re-
lationships between class and class,
business and government, capital and
Labor
Part OF Oxford Movement
Moral Rearmament" is an out
growth of the Oxford Movement and
seeks a closer solution of world
problems by better understanding
and closer fellowship among individ-
uals.
Leaders of the movement said gov
ernOrs Of the following states signed
the statement:
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Col
Grado. Georgia, Idaho. Illinois. In
diana, Kentucky. Maine. Massachu-
setts. Maryland. Michigan. Minnesota.
Kansas. Mississippi. New
Hampshire. New Jersey. North Caro-
lima, North Dakota. Ohio. Rhode Is
land. South Carolina. South Dakota,
Vermont, Washington. and Wyoming. |
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21
Chronicle Scoops"
The Donovan Case

Last weeks issue of the
Milford Chronicle was the first
paper in the State to be on the
street with the jury's verdict
of mot guilty" in the Isabella
Donovan iianslaughter case.
The Chronicle had been follow
ing the case closely during the
week, and when the verdict
was announced at 2:11 p. m,
Thursday, could almost imme-
diately release the story. Six
teen minutes later-at 1927 D.
m, the Chronicle was on the
street.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21
JUDGE DECLARES
DOG LICENSING
LAW IS VALID
LOCAL DENTISTS TO CLOSE
AT NOON ON WEDNESDAYS

At a recent meeting of the
Milford dentists, held at the
Office of DR.. Lester o. Adkins.
those present decided unani-
mously in favor of noon clos
ing on Wednesdays during the
current month and August.
The action taken by the local
dentists is similar to that which
has been carried out in many
of the other towns and cities
on the Peninsula.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, July I2 To Tues
day. July is, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller weather
recorder for Milford, reports the fol-
lowing atmospheric conditions in this
vicinity from Wednesday, July 12 to
Tuesday, July IS, inclusive:
Tam noro fvYra
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21

L1aitIy q Wv
Dagsboro o 2 0 l 90 0-3
Errors: Britt 2, C. Hudson. Runs
batted in: Graham 2, F. Hudson q,
Long, Hurley 8, r. Everett 3. Two
base hits: Belts, Hurley, r. Everett
F. Hudson. Three-base hit: War
rington. Home run: Graham. Stolen
CTum TO Page ,. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21
Temperature
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ...... 81
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Evening star., 1939-01-14
American Sentenced
For Treason in Reich
b. the Associated Press.

b: the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. a.
George Joseph Roth, a naturalized
United States citizen and former
steward on the United States liner
Washington, was convicted today
Of preparation of treason and SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment.
Roth was charged with possession
of newspaper of communistic SYM
pathies printed in LIE Havre, France.
He testified that he did not know
the paper was communistic.
He was tried in the criminal Sec
ton of the Hanseatic Supreme Dis
trict Court. One month and two
weeks of his sentence are to be
deducted for time spent in Jail since
his arrest November 20.
The steward, who went to the
United States from Germany 10
years ago and became a citizen in
1881, said he bought the paper at
LIE Havre and "a hours later gave
1t to a German when the liner
docked at Hamburg.
United States Consul General
Wilbur Keblinger and Vice Consul
Sabin ]. Dalferes attended the trial.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Beaten, Bound and Left
To Freeze, Man Found
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclateO freSS.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14.-George
Myers, a witness in an investigation
of a three-State poison ring" told
a story today of being beaten. bound
and dumped on snow-covered lot
by three men who. he said. finally
decided to let me freeze to death
rather than shoot me-"
Mr.. Myers, 38, who just a week
ago received threatening letters, said
he kept rolling over and over to
prevent himself from being covered
by the falling snow. He said he
lay on the lot about two hours before
being discovered and taken to a
hospital.
He told police he was attacked by
the men who forced him into an
automobile last night. He said his
assailants bound his arms and legs
with rope and sealed his lips with
tape, and warned him to leave
town."
Detectives said they had planned
to question him further today in
connection with the poison ring"
blamed for the deaths of at least
four persons, including one boy. Po-
lice believe members Of the ring,
operating in Pennsylvania, New
York and New Jersey, poisoned their
victims to collect insurance.
Three persons are under arrest,
charged with murder and conspir-
acy.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Two Shot to Death
In Kentucky Gun Bottle
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated PreSS
HARLAN, KY, Jan. 14.-John D.
Gillian, 40, night chief OF police at
Cumberland, and Marvin Shepherd,
80, miner, were shot to death last
night, and Sheriff Herbert Caywood
said today the men killed each other.
Each was shot three times.
Sheriff Caywood said the shooting
occurred in the Israel Blair Restau-
rant at Cumberland, % miles east of
here, at 10 pm.
The sheriff reported that the
shooting took place when Chief Gill
liam went into the restaurant and
Shepherd jumped up from a table
with the words, They're coming
after me-" Shepherd, according to
the sheriff, had been drinking.
Chief Gillian had been on the po-
lice force six years. He is survived
by his widow and one son. Shepherd
leaves his widow and three children.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Snow Starts 10 Melt,
But More Cold Is
Forecast for D. {.
Crews Clear Streets Fast
As Jams Halt Troffic;
Wide U. S. Area Hit

A bright sun broke through the
clouds this morning to send the
temperature rising slowly and begin
melting the Districts second heavi-
est snowfall of the season, which
impeded traffic throughout the Capt.
tai area and kept more than 1000
men busy clearing local streets last
night and early today.
The break in the bad weather was
only temporary, however. 1t will be
colder again tonight, with increasing
cloudiness accompanying slightly
higher temperatures tomorrow, fol-
lowed by rain tomorrow night and
colder again Monday, the Weather
Bureau predicted. The lowest tenn
perature tonight is expected to be
about Is degrees.
Dropping steadily since Thursday
midnight. the temperature reached a
low point OF rs degrees at am.
today-the lowest reached here for
1939-and then started upward, ris-
ing to "a degrees by noon.
The Weather Bureau said approx
mately ~ inches OF snow fell here
from 5 am. to 2:15 pm. yesterday,
when 1t turned to Sleet which con-
tinued until 1890 o'clock last night.
This was the biggest snow since the
7-inch fall last Thanksgiving.
Accidents Few in D. C.
Freezing almost as soon as it fell,
the snow and sleet made the streets
and nearby highways slippery and
extremely hazardous for motorists.
Drivers proceeded cautiously, how
ever, and no serious accidents we're
reported in t'e Disbict pepper. Less
than salf Adozen minor accidents
were reported to police. Two per-
son were hurt in falls and one man
was treated for frozen feet.
William A. Xante1, supervisor of
city refuse. estimated at least $4,000
tons of snow were removed from
streets here during the night, in
addition to that swept up by plows
! and left to melt alongside curbs.
Approximately 600 men, including
100 extra laborers hired from mis-
sions where they had sought shelter,
worked from midnight until 8 am.
today clearing the streets, Mr.. Kan
ten said. They used ls3 trucks and
81 snow plows.
In addition, the Capital Transit
Co. kept 400 men busy, clearing
street car tracks and bus routes:
Eighteen scrapers kept the car tracks
clear, while 10 sweepers and 16 sand
trucks were utilized on the bus
routes.
Cleared Before the Rush.
Mr.. Xanten said the snow was
fairly well cleared from the streets
in the downtown section before the
rush hour this morning, but the
regular white wing" force was be-
ing kept busy throughout the day
"mopping up"
The ban against parking was Of
Evening star., 1939-01-14
300 Jews Stranded in Uruguay
As Paraguay Cancels Visos
Change in immigration Regulations Puts
Problem Up to Cabinet in Montevideo

false passports for Jewish refu-
gees seeking to go to South
America)
The would-be immigrants spent
their first night in the Western
World in various hotels, boarding
houses and homes of Jews here
Most of them are fairly we'll of
It was believed the Uruguayan
cabinet on Monday would relax re-
Gently adopted measures against
Jewish immigrants. The reason
Paraguay-which seeks manpower,
farmers and technicians to help
reconstruct the country, torn by the
Gran Chaco war-canceled the visas
was not disclosed.
Most of the refugees came from
Germany and Austria. A few are
from Italy. They embarked at
Genoa.
Paraguay's department of immi-
grafton meanwhile ordered the de-
portation of eight Jews who had
arrived with visas given by Para
guayan consuls in Paris, Berlin and
MarSeille,
Evening star., 1939-01-14
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. IA
Three hundred Jewish refugees
were stranded here today-ap-
parently unable to return to Ger
many and Italy whence they came
or to procede to Paraguay, their
destination, because of q change IL,
immigration regulations.
President Alfredo Baldomir called
special cabinet meeting for Mon
day to study the plight of the refu-
gees, who disembarked yesterday
from the Italian liner Conte Grande
having learned when they were al
most within sight of their destina-
ton that the Paraguayan govern
ment suddenly had Cancelled all
immigration permits which Para
guayan consuls abroad had given
since the end of November.
GA dispatch from Paris said the
Paraguayan diplomatic staff
there was awaiting instructions
from Asuncion regarding an in
vestigation Into alleged traffic in
Evening star., 1939-01-14
japanese Resuminq
Offensives in China
By the Associated Press

6y C1e ASSoCldteu Pre3S.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 14-Japanese
forces, after a general lull along all
battlefronts, were reported today
to have launched offensives both in
South and North China.
Chinese advices said the invaders,
under cover Of heavy artillery and
aerial bombardments, began an ad-
vance from Canton toward Tsungfa,
30 miles to the northeast.
In the north, the Chinese said,
Japanese forces launched a drive
against Yumenkow, important Yel-
low River crossing between Shansi
sand Shensi Provinces. Fighting was
said to be going on only a few miles
from the city.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
5|ingshot Stones
Are Blamed for
Dutch-NaziC Crisis
Offices and Homes of
Germans Guarded in
Netherlands
BY the Associated Press.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14.-PoNce
guards were posted around homes
and Offices of German officials in
the Netherlands today although an
attack on German-occupied build
ing for which Nazi papers angrily
blamed Jews gave evidences Of being
only "slingshot crisis.
The p4ce details were ordered
following German diplomatic repre-
sefNations and an angry Nazi press
clamor over what was said to have
been bullets fired into Nazi build
ings by "ws" in refuge here.
believe Pebbles Responsible.
But Netherlands detectives, after
long investigation, believe that the
mysterious bullets from ambush"
were nothing more than pebbles
from the slingshot of a mischievous
boy.
A government statement said it
was almost certain that hole in the
window of an Amsterdam residence
occupied by German official was
made by a stone, possibly shot by a
"foolhardy boy" The government
made an inquiry after Berlin news
papers accused Jews and warned
that Jews in Germany would suffer
If such incidents continued.
A second incident in The Hague,
the statement said, involved a shot
fired through window of a house
next to the German legation-"a
house a part. Of which was used by
the legation without bearing any
outward sign denoting rs Special
character as such"
Hold Theory Confined.
Detectives said their slingshot
theory was confirmed when outlet
hole'' in window of the Brazilian
consulate in Amsterdam turned out
to have been made by a pebble from
slingshot.
The official statement gave no
reason for the attack In The Hague,
but Amsterdam police reported there
had been complaints of windows
broken by slingshots in the neigh
borhood Of the German officials
home.
Guards of one or two policemen
were extended to homes of chief
German officials In addition to the
legation in The Hague and con-
sulates in Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Sky Limit Favored
By Army on Plane
Authorizations
Hint Elected by PIons
Of May to Seek Lid
Of 5000 Ships
3. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
A proposal in Congress to author
ize an Army air force of 5000 planes
produced an authoritative hint to-
day that the administration favored
removing all legislative limits on the
corps size.
Chairman May Of the House Mil
itary Affairs Committee said he
would propose the new limit next
week, in response to President
Roosevelt's Recommendation that
the Army air forces be expanded as
soon as possible by at least 5000
aircraft.
Sky Limit May Be Asked.
Reliable administration sources
reported, however, that Army
spokesmen would ask Congress in
stead to make the sky the limit" "
so far as authorizations are con-
cerned.
Congressional authorizations are
distinct from actual appropriations.
Often the legislators authorize a
program extending over several
years, then pass annually on the
amount of money to be spent carry
ing 1T out. If an unlimited expan-
sion of the Air Corps were author
lied now, this would reduce the
amount of Congressional action re-
quired to increase the force greatly
in an emergency. An appropriation
would be the only thing necessary.
Legally, officials said, the Army
now has authority to increase the
Air Corps to 4,120 planes.
1t was said in military quarters
that, although the administration
opposed a new limitation of 5000, it
had no present intention of propos-
ing to exceed this figure in the next
several years.
senators to Start Study.
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mlttee intends to begin Immediately
study of the Chief Executives
armament recommendations. Chair
man Sheppard said the study would
cover "the whole national defense
problem"
Secret hearings will start Tuesday,
it was announced, at which War
Department officials will be asked to
explain in detail the $552, 900, 900
emergency military program which
Mr.. Roosevelt presented this week.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Thefts From Subway
Charged as 5000, 900
NickeIs Disappear
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-The
disappearance of 100000 MIC
kels-that's $250,000 in round
f1gures-was under investigation
today by the City Transporter
ton Board, which charges they
were stolen from the city sub
way last year.
The tap" the board said, had
been accomplished by collectors
and accomplices turning back
the turnstile meters every day
but not enough to arouse sus-
picion-and pocketing the diff
ference.
The board said some individ-
uals took $40 a day. Seventeen
employees have been suspended
pending an inquiry.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
British Ship Bombed
Aqoin at Barcelona

BARCELONA, Jan. IA R.-The
6,000-ton British freighter Stanwell,
on which workmen had just COM
pleted repairs made necessary by a
previous bombardment, was struck
again today by two bombs dropped
by squadron of five insurgent
raiders. The missiles crashed
through her forward deck.
Authorities said there were no
victims.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Crash Of Air|iner,
Fatal 10 4, Leaves
Tragic Puzzle
Air Sofety Board Sends
Three to Investigate
Montana Accident
Py the Associated Press.

MILES CITY, Mont, Jan. IA
The flaming crash of a Northwest
Airlines plane, carrying four person.
to their death 2 miles west of Miles
City. left Investigators with a tragic
puzzle to decipher today.
All of the planes occupants dice
instantly in the crash last night.
The only solution to the puzzle
possible lay in the wreckage OF the
plane, scattered in coulee mile
west of the Municipal Airport, from
which the plane just had made a
normal take-off."
Air Board Assigns Three.
While airlines and civil aeronaut.
les authorities Investigators sped
here by plane from Minneapolis, the
Air Safety Board announced ir
Washington it had assigned three
men to make the official inquiry.
The board dispatched Tom Hardin
board member, and Frank Caldwell
chief investigator, from Washington
by plane, and said Phil Salzman
OF the boards Loss Angeles office
would come her from the coast
Coroner Ralph H. Bray OF Custer
County said the body of Mrs. Nor
gan Morris of Mandan, N. OAK, was
so horribly burned it was not re-
moved when the bodies of the other
victims, all men, were taken out last
midnight. One body was hurled loo
feet from the wreckage.
Clinton M. Hester Of WASHINGTON
D. c., administrator for the Civil
Aeronautics Authority, said at Mis-
soula, Mont, where he had a speak
Ing engagement, he would come here
to join the Authority's investigators
from Minneapolis.
Burst Into Flames.
The st. Paul-to-Seattle plane
burst into flames and crashed in a
coulee in the Sunday Greek bottom
lands mile west of the Miles CITY
Airport just after its take-off at
9:15 pm. (M. S. t..
L. H. Bliven. airport manager, and
several Miles City residents reported
the explosion flashed bright, eerie
light across an overcast sky. A light
rain had been falling in a near
freezing temperature.
The three man victims were:
Pilot c. B. CASH Chamberlain OF
Minneapolis, pioneering pilot
trained by the late Frank Hawks
He had flown the first ship for Uni
versal Airlines between Chicago and
Cleveland in 1928, and two wears
later opened the Dallas-Los Angeles
run for American Anyways. He Joined
Northwest in 1881.
Flyer Since 1896.
Co-pilot Raymond B. Norbv OF
Minneapolis, who had flown fol-
Northwest since 1896.
Richard S. Zahniser, about So
connected with the Consolidated
Motor Freight Service of Billings
Mont. He had been a Montana
Highway Commission engineer fol
several years, and an engineer fo,
the Montana Railroad and Public
Service Commission.
Mrs. Morris, wife of a Northern
Pacific Railway conductor, was
widely known in North Dakota
music circles. Her son, Gordon Nor.
rls, Seattle salesman, was in Billings
waiting to meet her when the crash
occurred.
H. V. Hewitt, Northwest Airlines
employe, left the plane at Miles
City to visit his parents at Terry
Mont.
Mr.. Hewitt said at the home of
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Coolidge Concert
On WMAL

The Coolidge String Quar-
tet will be heard over WMAL
this afternoon from the Lii
brary of Congress at S o'clock.
The concert is sponsored by
the Elizabeth Sprague Cool
idge Foundation. The broad
cast was arranged through
the cooperation of The Star
and the National Broadcast
ing Co.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
9 Die in PIune Crash
In BruziIiun Mountains

B, the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 14.-Five
passengers and four crew members
Of three-motored seaplane Of the
Condor Line were killed when the
plane crashed in flames in noun
tains northeast of Rio de Janeiro
yesterday. The Condor Line Is the
Brazilian division Of the German
Lufthansa. 80
Evening star., 1939-01-14
st. BorthoIomew's Dov

The persecution of the
Huguenots and their flight to
America in search of toler-
ance will be depicted in the
seventh broadcast of the
Road to Freedom" series to
be presented tonight over
Station WMAL at $3.50 o'clock.
Road to Freedom" is spon-
sored by The Star in CO.
operation with the National
Broadcasting Co., the WASH
1ngton Civic Theater and
Georgetown University.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Chamberlain, HoIifux
Get Medals From Pope
BY the Associated Press

oy Vl1O 1KC00V1sVSx 1V0Os
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 1.-THE
Vatican announced today that Pope
Plus gave gold medals to Prime
Minister Chamberlain and Foreign
Secretary Viscount Halifax when he
received them In audience yesterday.
This was interpreted as evidence
that the ponti1 fully approved the
peace mission Of the British states
men.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Two Of Crew Injured
In Ohio Train Wreck

Iy VIC 5Ao0OV12VS0 xIe18e
DEFIANCE, Ohio, Jan. 1.-Two
trainmen were injured slightly and
q score Of passengers escaped injury
today when a Wabash passenger
train bound for Toledo was wrecked.
The injured, Melvin r. Frysinger,
engineer, and Climber H. Myers,
fireman, both Of Toledo, suffered
cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Loya|ist Air Base
Near 1arragona
Taken, Say Rebels
Three lnsureent Units
Conver9in9 Upon
Key Seaport
BACKGROUND

Current insurgent campaign
against Barcelona, capital of
Catalonia. began early in De-
cember and since then has taken
large slice OF territory from
Loyalist government. Capture of
Tortosa. in Ebro Riper delta in
Loper Catalonia, reported yester-
day BY insurgents. Fall of Cata-
lonia ,Uould cut OF main source
OF foreign supplies going to
Loyalists By 1Uay of Spain.
| p, the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France. Jan. 14.-In-
surgent troops driving toward Barce-
Iona and the Mediterranean today
reported capture of Walls, impor-
tant government air base only -
miles from the seaport of Tara
gona.
Government lines were said to
have broken and thousands of
m1litiamen started falling back to-
ward the coast as three insurgent
columns converged on Tarragona.
Capture of Walls was reported by
the Navarrese Army Corps moving
down the Lerida- -Tarragona high
way.
Other Units Aim at Tarraxona,
Two other insurgent units struck
at Tarragona from Falset on the
west and Tortosa on the the south
west as the insurgent offensive
launched December % gained mo-
mentum.
1nsurgent dispatches said govern
ment resistance was collapsing
rapidly and that the fall of Tara
gona, which would bring General
1ssimo Frances troops within so
miles of Barcelona, was imminent.
The most rapid advance was from
Ebro Delta, southwest of Tarragona,
where hard-riding Moroccan cav
alrymen yesterday captured the
town Of Tortosa and opened the
way for drive up the coast.
Troops following the coastal high
way were said to have reached the
outskirts of Hospitalet, "a miles
north of Tortosa.
Diversion Effort Fails.
The government, meanwhile, was
employing all its military strategy
to halt the insurgent steam roller,
With the diversion campaign in
Far Western Cordoba Province sp-
parently stalemated by insurgent
reinforcements, Gen. Jose Miaia
launched new series of attacks
along the Perales River east and
south of Madrid. Insurgents ad-
mitted the attacks, but said they
were all repulsed.
A communique issued in Barcelona
declared another government assault
was unleashed north of Madrid, ap-
parently in the Guadarrama Noun
tains, but no details were given.
The government was mastering
men and assembling munitions for
new north-south line of defense in
the event Tarragona falls. Insur-
gents said the city's position was
"untenable," asserting their speedy
advance would bring them within
sight of Tarragonna within 70
| hours
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Police Disband
|Sharecroppers'
Camps
Ordered to Move
To End Menace
To Missouri's Health
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
This week more than 1000
tenant farmers, at the sugges-
ton OF colored preacher, left
their farm homes and camped
along Missouri roadsides, claim
ing that they had been eptcted
by the landowners. Those In the
demonstration said the land
lords were instituting a day labor
system to auotd sharing Federal
benefit payments with the share
croppers.