Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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DEMOCRATS OPEN STATE PURGE IN COUNTY
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Weather
Sunday;   Fair, itightly waniieP. Monday: Fair.
FORTY-FOUR PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1938
PRICE TEN CENTS
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THREE
JOBHOLDERS
DISMISSED
John J. Hibbard, Remmel LaBar and William Burkert Go
Acting Burgess' Rules Bring Kingston Flareup
Son of Buijfcss Reese Tears Down Orders Installed During Father's Illness; More Repercussions Now Expected
Differences of opinion existiftg i Ing compelled lo contribute to » between member* of Kingslon j fund being raised lo a.ssi.st in the council   and   Burgess   Reese   over   council
CZECHS PREPARE DEFENSE AS MILLION NAZI TROOPS MASS
regulation of the Kingston police department reached a crisis last ni'^ht when William Reese, acting on instructions from his father, tore   from   the   bulletin   board   in
contest    between    Willinm Aten and  Frank O'Neil. Officer Hinkle Threatened
He hinted a possibility existed that Fred Hinkle. member of the pollce    department,    may    be    .sus-
MORE EXPECTED
Primary Vote Eyed And Full Loyalty Will Be Demanded
Harrisburg   Pa.. Aug.  IS   A ger-
who was dissatisfied with the rules.
I It is expected the chief magistrate,
within the next two days, will issue
a new set to replace them.
Edward     Conrad,     president     of
,     1.   1       TM...,    n».l   Kingston   council,   has   been   acting
eral   purge   of   shaky   New    Licai, ^^   burge.ss   of  Kingston   for  more
I than a month. The borough code states that during the time in which the burgess is unable to perform his duties the president of the borough council shall act in his place.
The rules of Acting Burge.sfl Con- rnd were drastic. They prevented I police officers from congregating and from visiting pool rooms or cafes. The use of obscene language also was strictly prohibited. The police, instead of an hour for lunch, were given a half hour.
Police also were shifted about. Acting Burgess Conrad stated this was done to increase the efflcicncy of the department.
William Reese also Indicated lhat his   father   would   thoroughly
Kingslon police headquarters rules pended within the next twenty-four and regulations prepared by Ed- hours, Hinkle is being charged ward Conrad, president of Kings- ^.j^j, being the "ghost writer" in ton council and acting burgess ^(,e preparation of the rules made during Reese's illness. by  Conrad  governing  the   police.
William Reese told a Sunday When Conrad was appraised o( Independent reporter that he acted i ^^e action of William Reese, he on    instructions    from    his    father, j f„|j ^ Sunday Independent  report-
Democrats appears imminent for Lu7.erne county, wilh the report to- nigiit lhat dismissal notices already gre in the mails, for three holdera of remunerative state jobs. The political plums, which now are to change hands, are con.sidered key positions.
Facing dismissal, according to authentic  source,  are:
Reiiiniel    W.    l-aB»r    of    .M
Mrginia   Terrace.    Fortj-   Fort.
eonneeted with the Department
of Labor and Industry. Williatii    Burkrrl.    1*4    Scott
•Ireel,      Wilkea-Barre,      senior
agent   of   the   Parole   Uiviaion,
Department of .Iimtice. Attorney .lohn  .1. Hibhard  nf
It; Kaat  .Main street, Wanamie,
Newport townahip, attorney for
rloaed hanks.
Notices are said already to have been issued through Ralph Bashore Bf the Department of Labor and Industry. Edith Dexter MacBridc nf the Department of .luslice. and Luther Harr, Secretary of Bank¬ ing. .Spe(ulation has neru raised as to the possibility of the heads of th* various departments notifying the jobholders today by phone of action taken. Export St«t*-Wide Purge
A determined effort is to be m*d« by the administration to have in Luieme. home county of G. O, P, gubernatorial candidate. Arthur H, Jamea. key men who will give inO per cent support to candidates of the Earle-.Jones slate. Holders of a considerable number of Demo-
er that Reese's act was imperti¬ nent and uncalled for: that if any changes were needed in the rulei and regulation of the department. he would gladly talk the matl.^r over with the burgess, or any other citizen   for   lhat  matter.
Burgess Reese is still ill but enjoys an occasional ride in an automobile driven by hi.s son, Wil¬ liam, who is looked upon as one of the Republican leaders of King¬ aton. Turned Over Salary
The action of the burgeSs caused other members of- council to ex¬ press   dissatisfaction.
One stated that the chairman of council was entitled to the salary of .$100 a month during the illnes.s of the burges.s. but that he refused to take il. insisting it be paid to Reese in spite of his absence.
Any suspensions of the burges.^ are likely to end wilh council stril<- ing back at the  followers of Reese
China and Japan Exhausting Financial Reserves, With Most Pouring into the United States
Washington. Aug. 13. (UPi - Japan and China are exhaust¬ ing their monetary reserves to finance their undeclared war, government statistics indicated tonight. Converting their re- ser\*cs of gold and silver into war material,', the two major Oriental   powers   are   sending   a
steady stream of their basic; monetary metals into the Occi¬ dent, principally to the Uniled States.
The effect of exhaustion of monetary reserves on economic structures of the two countries finally may become a determin¬ ing factor ;n the outcome of the Far Eastern struggle.   Although
China's supply of convertible monetary wealth is inferior to Japan's, the Chinese contend that they are capable of with¬ standing greater economic stress than their invaders-that the rost of the war in actual mone¬ tary computation will be less for them than for .Japan, In the year since the Japanese
began Iheir drive on Shanghai, Japan has shipped $2.18.«24.21>2 in gold to the United States The Chinese, their bullion sup¬ ply long exhausted, have shipped silver coin totaling $92,719,992 to Ihe I'nited .States from I.,ondon ind Paris, where most of their monetary re^ervaa now are secreted.
Lavish Ripley Debut Just 'Informal Affair'
'Only ... for a Few Friends', Says Mother. But 800 Show up to Enjoy Artificial Moonlij^ht In Most Costly Social Event of Decade
RACKEI [RIAL
vestigate   whether   police   were   be-  in  the   police  department.
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FORAHACKSON  NEXT 10 FEL WEST SIOEWOiyOOSEVELI WRATH
Believed Responsible For Two Outbreaks Last Wednesday
Balked Wage-Hour Bill; F. R. Puts Weight in Fight on Conservatives
A Lur.crne man is being detainrd at    the    Wyoming    Barrack.^    for questioning  in  connection  wilh  al- cra7ic7oba" irhas been learncdrare   taf'lts made^^on^ two West Side  \vo^ not giving the desired support. """   ---'¦  "'-¦'      -*"•• "   "-
Washington, Aug. 1.'!. lUPi - Pre.'jident Roosevelt lonishl point¬ ed the conservative-liberal struggle for control of the Democratic party
Newspapermen in last night viewed the Luxerne county dismissals aa a forerunner to a po.ssible slate-wide purge of the .New Dealers those who have become firmly entrenched in high- paid jobs wilhout firmly adhering to Democratic politics. Events now appear to be pointing to an anti-fence-sifting  campaign,
Priujary Vote In  >llnd
The Luxerne situation has drawn a considerable amount of specula¬ tion throughout the commonwealth.
men early  Wednesday  evening.  He
PhUadelphia   "*"    Pl'"l<''d    "P    Friday    by   State toward the  final  series of  primary
' Police     in    conjunction    with     the contests,   throwing   full   weight   of
police departments of Kingston and j^j^
oughfare      accompanied      by      her 12-year-old  daughter.
Police  state   the   man   struck   her
in the face and had torn her waisi
when she began to scream for help
Voting last May was badly split in   Captain William Riley of the Salva-
the Democratii- ranks, but Judge James drew a tremendous vote. Big inroads are expected lo be mide in the latter's primary poll this November, but il is believed that this will be accomplighed only after a weeding-out process has gotten  underway.
administration    behind    candi- i.,u7.erne. .  , ^,       ,.      .,       „     ,
The fir.st attack occurred about 'la'^" supporting the New Deal. 7:4,"i on Railroad street, between Political Washington expected the Bennett and Eley streets. Kin s- president to broaden his fight for ton. when a man grabbed Mrs. Al election of liberal Democrats, fo!- Craig, .14. of fi9 Eley , treet. who lowing his smashing blows agnin.st '<as walking north on the thor- [„,„ Southern conservatives Elli¬ son D. .Smith of South Carolina and Walter F. George of Georgia.
O'Connor Next
Sources close to the White Hou.se
predicted   tonight   that   Mr.   Roose-
tion      Arm.v.      Wilkes-Barre.     was   veil next would move againsi Rep.
passing in his car and saw the in¬ cident. When he ran to her assist¬ ance the assailant fled over the railroad  tracks.
Half hour later. Mrs, John John¬ son of Miller street. Luzerne, police stale,  was  similarly  attacked,   only
Those    reported    dismissed    were   more   brutally.    She   was   knocked   ajm a blow at O'Connor's candidacj
for years members of the p'ine fac tion in Luzerne county and their appointments, made shortly after they entered the ranks of the New Dealers, did not meet with unani¬ mous support of party constituents. Then, too. even after landing lu¬ crative   positions,   their   support   of
down and bridge work jarred from her mouth. Her cries for help frightened   the   assailant  away.
Mis. Johnson and Mrs, Craig as well as Captain Riley of the Sal¬ vation Army were taken lo the barracks by State Police, where they   confronted   the   man,     Stat.?
party candidates has heen regarded   Police   are   also   "Investigating   his
"luke-warm," All Kx-Repuhlirana
LaBar, a former ally of ex-Judge Fine, served, when in the Repub¬ lican ranks, aa county recorder of deeds and alao as sher ff, Hibbard unsuccessfully aspired for the offices of district attorney and judge. Burkert was a G. O. P. can¬ didate for the office of school di¬ rector in Wilkes-Barre city.
Confirmed last night was a report lhat Betty Steibing of Wilkes- Barre already had received dismis¬ sal notice. She was clerk in the Parole Department, under Burkert
background.
EARLES SPEND NIGHT IN LITTLE ROCK
John J. O'Connor. D,, N. Y., as chairman of the House rules com¬ mittee which bottled up the Wage- Hour law this year. O'Connor has been al odds with Mr. Roosevelt's administration.
Reports said Mr. Roosevelt would
y some time next week perhaps at his regular press conference, sche¬ duled for Tupsd-iy, ('lose friends and aides of tho President, il was understood, have been urging him to step directly 'nto the New York primary to defeat O'C'onnor and. il was said, these include Works Progress Administrator Harry L, Hopkins and Assistant Attorney General  Joseph   B,   Keenan.
O'Connor is a brother of Basil O'Connor, who is the President's former law partner.
The next move may develop in Maryland, where Rep. David J. Lewis is campaigning as a lOD per cent New  Dealer  for the seat now
Litlle Rock. Ark,. Aug,  U.  lUPi
Gov.   and   Mrs.   George   H.   Earle
of   Pennsylvania,   flying   to   Mexico
: and   Central   America   on   a   vaca-
I lion,   landed   their   plane   here   late , held  by Sen,  Millard Tydings. ¦ today after a flight from Louisville,   ^xvo  .More Thla .Month "^Thev were accompanied by Capt. j     "r"'" '"O'''  primaries  remain  thi.s A. M.'Banks, co-pilot for the gov¬ ernor on the trip. i Earle   said   they   would   remain
It was  stated  that  the  notice  was   here overnight and fly to Houston. »ent out Fridav. T.'xas, tomorrow.
Hamilton and Fellow Hoodlum Surrounded in Arkansas Brush
D« Queen. Ark., Aug. 13. (UPl Peace officers from three atatea to¬ night established a blockade in this rugged tri-state area where Floyd Hamilton and Ted Walters, the nation's most wanted desperadoes, took lo the brush after a skirmish with  an  Arkansas  state  patrol.
Deputy Sheriff Jodie Johnson said that the fugitives, who es¬ caped from a Texas jail almost three months ago, apparently were I rapped in a A-ooded hill section eight  miles  northeast  of here.
In beating back toward Texas ''fter n forav into strange fields I" Illinois. Hamilton and Walters "f^vt participated in a s,cries of 'lepiTdations in Mi- ouri and Ar- /iuisaa.    Adopting   the   tactics   of
I their former companions in the ill- famed Bonnie Parker-Clyde Barrow
igang. of which  they were hangers on.    they    robbed    and    kidnapped
I along their  path  of  flight.
I Ordera from Hoover
This type of rime drew the at¬ tention of the F'ederal Bureau of Investigation and only last night, just before they robbed the Wilton Coca Cola plant of $100 at Wilton. Ark... Edgar Hoover, chief of the G-Men, issued an order to "get Hamilton and  Walters."
Dwight Brantley of the FBI office at Kansas City warned all officers to use caution in approach¬ ing the outlaws. He said lhat they prohnblv vvoiiH lot surrender with- Of't a gun battle.
month. South Carolina and Cali¬ fornia vote on Aug. 30. In both pri¬ maries the President has a vital stake.
In South Carolina. New Dealers hope that Gov. Olin D. Johnston will unseat the Senate's conserv¬ ative veteran, "Cotton  Ed" Smith,
In California, Mr. Roosevelt has made clear his desire for the re¬ election     of    Sen.     William     Gibbs
i McAdoo.
Thirleen primaries are schedulcrl in September, including Maryland. Georgia and Wisconsin. In the lat¬ ter state the incumbent Democrat, Sen, F, Ryan Duffy, will be without
I the Progressive support which helped elect him six years ago. Sen, Robert M, La Follette jr, an¬ nounced that he would campaign in behalf of the Progressive candi¬ date against  Duffy.
j To date the primaries have pro¬ duced a .slight reduction in New Deal congressional strength. In addition to the indicated replaic- mcnt of Pope hy a more conserv¬ ative senator, outstanding defeated .New Dealers have included Rep. Otha D, Wearin. D. Ia,. and Reps, Maury   Maverick   and   W.   D.   Mc-
iF,arlane, D., Tex. I i,
Newport. R. I.. Aug. 1.1. (UP) — .'^pventcen-year-old Lesley Hyde Ripley was the most envied of the pr.'.senl crop of debutants tonight. The plump, little heiress to a soda-pop fortune, who prefers sail¬ ing to social folderol. was intro¬ duced formally to society in the most extravagiint social event of the season and of the decade.
While moonlight settled over the extensive summer estate, "Beech Bound," of Mr, and Mrs, Henry H, B, Kipley of New Vork. young¬ sters and oldsters were passing through the receiving line lo pay their respects to Miss Ripley.
The party, which actually got underway jusl before midnight, climaxed a round of social events for the day. including the debut of Miss Hope Bacon Saunders, daugh¬ ter of Dr. and Mrs. L. Laurence Saunders of Njw York. Mis.s .Snundcrs was among those present at  Miss Ripley's debut.
.Just for their daughter's coming- out party, the Ripleys had a huge Italian Loggia erected adjacent to their mansion, overlooking Bren- ton's Cove, It was estimated un¬ officially that the total cost of the affair was between SliO.OOO and ''T.'i.OOO. but Mrs. Ripley insisted the cost wa.s "small" and added:
"It's only an informal affair for a few friends of the family and the  debutantes  of  the  season,"
Nevertheless, more than 800 of the "400" of New York and New¬ port danced and dined in the "one night" ballroom hastily erected on the cliff-side of the mansion, over¬ looking Newport Harbor. Artilicial .Moonlight
The loggia, true to tho Neopoll¬ tan manner, was a masterpiece ot Italian aichitcclure. The interior was finished in plaster resembling tinted stucco and a latticed ceiling was so treated as to provide moon¬ light. Insuring against rain- which to Miss Ripley's good fortune did nol mar her debut the ceiling wa.s so treated lhat artificial "moon- glow" could be  provided.
Cool sea-breezes filtered through huge windows that gave an un¬ broken view of the harbor where hundreds of yachts—their lighU twinkling gayly- rode al anchor. Among the luxurious craft were the yachts of fhe New York Yacht Club now on its annual cruise. ,>lHMsion  FInoillighted
Blending varieties of flowers filled window-boxes. while the whole scene was enhanced by a blue lighting ffcct produced by over 10.000 bulbs. The mansion was bathed in floodlights as the strains of Meyer Davis' dance orchestra flowed  out  over  the  harbor.
A sister of Mrs. Beverly Bogert who was hostess several weeks ago lo Prince Bertil of Sweden's royal family, Mrs. Ripley is the former Lesley Frederica Pearson of New¬ port, Besides the debutante of the evening, she has three other chil¬ dren. Henry B. H. jr„ Malcolm Pennington and Frederica Pearson Ripley,
Among the guests that dropped in at the ballroom were Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor 3d.. Brig- i adier-General and Mrs, Cornelius Vandeibilt. Princess Miguel de Braganza, Prince George of Russia.
I Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sterling Van-
derbilt. Mrs. James B. Dime. Lady ' Stanley, Count Alfonso P. Villa and I the countess.
Roads    near    the    Ripley    estate
were swollen with traffic when j people motored from miles around lto get a glimpse of the outstanding
social event of the season.
Supper svas served to guests near jthe midnight hour in the supper i room adjoining the ballroom. And, i as dawn approaches tomorrow. ! those who still are present will be
served breakfast.
DIDN'T THROW STONE; JUST SWUNG ARM
New York. Aug. 13 (UPi Detec¬ tive Patrick Dugan testified in night court that he saw Frederick Miller's hand describing an arc an instant before a stone crashed through a plale glass window at the Hotel Nf w Yorker bar.
"My fingernails were paining me," rebutted Miller. "I was swing¬ ing my arms tn ease the pain,"
His version won him a parole until special sessions court meets.
ANDREWS TO START WAGE-HOUR ACTION
Washington. Aug. 13. <UPi The arrival here next week of Elmer F. Andrews, administrator of the new Wage-Hour law, was expected to furnish new indications of the effect the program will have on the   American   economic   structure.
The new act becomes effective Oct. 24, Andrews, former New York ,slate industrial commissioner, is expedcd lo take his oath of office early  next  week.
Stepping into one of the most complicated jobs in the federal government. Andrews will face many difficult problems. Like the National Labor Relations Board, he will be caught between the con¬ flicting demands of employers on the one hand, labor on the olher and the antagonism of the Ameri¬ can Federation of Labor and the committee for Industrial Organiza¬ tion.
One of Andrews" first jobs will be to determine which industries actually operate in interstate com¬ merce and therefore are subject to the minimum • wage and hour standards.
DEEP IN POLITICS
Hines Case May Be Turning Point in Dewey's Career
New York, Aug. 13. iVr> A potential Republican candidate for governor —and possibly for Presi¬ dent later will begin on Monday a legal bfiltlc that may be the turn¬ ing point in his career. He will attempt to prove lhat .lames J. Hines. one of Tammany Hall's most powerful political career-makers, was the "fixer-in-chief" for the late Dutch Schullz's JlOO.OOO.OOO-a-year policy racket.
rhe prosecutor will be District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. New York's most successful racket- buster. Republicans are trying to draft him for the gubernatorial race and will increase their pres¬ sure if he convicts Hines. Pecora  May Oppose Him
On the bench will he .Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora. who has been mentioned as a pos¬ sible New De.nl candidate for the governorship if Dewey runs.
Playing a big part in both men's destinies, whatever course they take, is Hines. the genial and gen¬ erous "Jimmy." who shucked off his blacksmith's apron three dec¬ ades ago to devote his life to Tam¬ many's ward politics.
Pecora. as a Democrat, once sought the Tammany nomination for district attorney, but Hines. ,n his role of power-hehind-the-hall. ruled in favor of William Copeland Dodge, Dewey's predecessor. Pecora who h.id won prominence as the U. S, .Senate's stock markel inves¬ tigator, later was appointed by Gov Herbert H, Lehman to the Supreme Court of New York county. Big Naineni Coining Out
The  justice  has  expressed   deter¬ mination to keep politics nut of the trial and to prevent its becoming a, courtroom    "spectacle."     Neverthe- i less,    it    appeared    inevitable    that : dozens of names prominent in poli¬ tics would be brought into the pro¬ ceedings.
Because of the greal interest in the trial—which promises to be the most sensational since Boss Wil¬ liam Marcy Tweed was convicted in 1871 of "stealing S4.').000,000 from the city Justic£ Pecora ordered fConlinued   on   page   A-ll)
Russo'Japs Conference Near Agreement
Tokyo. Aug  14. (Sunday), (UP)   - .Japanese   and   Russian   field   com¬ manders   have   reached   an   agree¬ ment   on   all   Ihe   principal   ques¬ tions   of   their   negotiations   except I that   of   the   demarcation   of   the , r«*»»iff-ManrhIIkuo-Korea lines, re¬ ports  from  Changkufeng  indicated ! today.
Tlw commanders had been nego¬ tiating at length in a whitewashed schoolhousc at the foot of Chang¬ kufeng Hill. A formal statement^ on the negoitations was expected ' I after the conclusion of today's ses¬ sion.
The  conferees  agreed  on  a  map showing   the   presenl   lines   of   the border and also the areas presently , claimed by each side.
Yomiuri.  a Japanese  newspaper, said   the  actual   demarcation   prob- j lem   would   be   left   for   settlement through diplomatic channels.
Costa Rica Takes ¦U. S. Power Co.
San Jose, Costa Rica. Aug. 13. (UPl Congress tonight voted 43 to 1 to authorize expropriation of the Costa Rican properties of tho American-owned Electric Bond and Share Corporation which serves San Jose with electric light, power and tram¬ way  service.
The enabling law, approved lifter flnal debate, provides for floating of a foreign loan to finance indemnification of the owners on the basis of the prop¬ erties  as.'essed   valuation.
Administrative control of the properties will be vested in the government.
$25,000 IN JEWELRY STOLEN FROM SALESMAN
Boston. Aug. 13 lUPi Two hood¬ ed bandits esciped with gems and jewelry valued at about $2.'j.000 to¬ day after holding up Fred Seidler. .30, a jewelry salesman in his office anri handcuffing him to a safe door,
Seidler. still manacled to the safe when police arrived, told them he was alone in the office of Daniel Seidler & Sons. Inc. in a downtown office building, when the two men entered and forced him al gunpoint to go to the safe. They gathered the merchandise, after handcuffing him    then fled.
Plymouth Woman Dies During Family Quarrel
CORRIGAN NOT KNOWN ON NEW YORK VISIT
A   New   short   aerial   begiiiK:
Sl DDEN SPLENDOR
By Patti Kaehele
Lynn Farren's Cinder¬ ella-like career began when Dal Stuart rescued her from an annoyer on a bu.sy street corner. The startling offer thai he impetuously made her a few hours later .seemed at the lime a windfall of security and happiness, Lynn could not foresee the heart-breaking dis¬ appointment that love was destined to bring her.
The  first  chapter  of  Palli
haehele'a  ne«   novelette
appear* today on  page A-l»
j     A   Plymouth  woman   died   under I I peculiar   circumstances   last   night | at  8:30 and  although  it was  first thought that she had been the vic¬ tim   of   foul   play,   a   post   morten I performed    by    Dr.    Benjamin    S. j Davis,    coroner's    physician,    early | this   morning   at   Garber's   Funeral Home,   resulted    in   an   announce¬ ment that this was not the cause.
Mrs Josephine Burke. .^2. of 61,^ Ransom street, was the victim. Dr. Davis reported that death was caused by acute dilatation of the heart, caused by shock and excite- : mcnl, .Mother   Intercedes
According lo reports, Joseph Burke, 26. and Catherine Burke, 23. children of the woman, were in an argument when their mother interceded. The son was said to have taken her by the throat and pushed her aside. Several minutes later she was afflicted with shorl- ncs.s of breath and frothing at the mouth. Dr. D. B, Siberski was summoned bul she died shortly i after his arrival.
Deputy Coroner C, A, Fltzpatrick and Chief of Police Lawrence Kendig investigated and were in • on the probe at the morgue, A call also was put in to the county detectives but they were nol lo¬ cated,
II was announced  hy authorities ' thi,s   morning   lhat   neither   the   son nor  da'jghtcr  was  be,ing  held,  aJ- ,
though   the   investigation   was   be¬ ing  continued.
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Mrs. 'Dixie* Davis To Seek Divorce
New York, Aug. 13. lUPi The Daily News, in its Sunday edition, says in a copyrighted article that Mrs. J. Richard (Dixie) Davis will sue for divorce when the Hines trial is over and "Dick is out of the headlines,"
"I don't know now jusl where I will go." the News quoted Mrs Davis, "but I do know that J will get my decree with as liltle scandal and as much dignity as is possible. I won't name Hope Dare, nor will 1 name any other woman."
Miss Dare, red-haired former showgirl, was living wilh Davi.^ when the racliels lawyer was arrested   in   Philadelphia.
The News quoted Mrs. Davis as saying that ahe could under¬ stand that Davis and Miss Dare should fall in love with each olher.
"Bul I cannot understand." the article continued, "and I cannot forgive the public hu¬ miliation which my husband has caused me. It wasn't necessary, unless there is something in that relationship which I do not understand,"
New York, Aug. 13. (UP)—Doug¬ las Corrigan came to town tn get his brief case today and got out again without having lo ride in a single parade or attend a re¬ ception,
Corrigan. who has lived a gold¬ fish's life ever since he flew lo Dublin, had left his brief case al the mayor's office. He picked a good day to go after it. "The place was practically deserted and those who were around didn't recognize him until he announced his errand.
Corrigan spent last night at Ottsville. Pa,, as the guest of Sianley Howe, secretary to Mayor F. H. LaGuardia. He said he would stay at Roosevelt Field until Wed¬ nesday and then start a tour of 20 or  30  cities.
Extraordinary Session Called for Tuesday; Day Picked to Start •Next War' Passes Safely but Tense
Prague, Aug. 13, (UP)—Tha Czechoslovak afovernment. taking a grave view of the large-scale Ger¬ man army maneuvers which will be brought close to the German- Czech frontier, arranged tonight to strengthen its own military posi¬ tion at an extraordinary session ot the national defense council.
The council wa-s convoked for Tuesday, the day after 1.000.000 or more German regular army troops and reserves lake the field for the greatest peacetime war games In Europe since 1914,
The decision to call the defense leaders into council was reached after the Czechoslovak minister to Berlin, Dr, Vojlech .Mastny. re- turned to Prague and conferred at length with President Eduard Benes. Premier Milan Hodza and Foreign Minister Kamil Krofta. Strengthens  Henlein
The Berlin envoy reported his observations regarding the German maneuvers and their probable effects on (.lerman-Czech  relations.
Governmeni officials generally ad¬ mitted that the new military mov3 on Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's part would strengthen the militant posi¬ tion of the Sudeten German min¬ ority, led hy Konrad Hcnlein. in ita negotiations with the govern¬ ment on a program cf minority __ reform. Critical Time Picked
Czech leaders considered it sij- nificanl thai Hiller chose to put so many armed men on wartime footing during the week when the minority negotiations will reach their flrst critical pha.se under the mediation efforts nf Viscount Run- clnian   of  Great   Britain.
Already Hcnlein'a delegates hava refused lo negotiate with leaders of the six coalition parties as sug» irestetl by the government and it was feared that the "Czech Hitler" must take a more adamant stand now that .N'azi troops were bcin^ mustered across the border.
Day for "War"  Pa*se^
London, .Aug. 13, i UP)—This was
the day that European gossip had
assigned  for  the  beginning  of  the
"next   war",     II   passed   without   a
single   explosive   incident   although
developments   kept   nerves   tauty.
British  officers  were  forbidden   lo
travel in German military zones.
European chancellories, although
I insisting  that  there  was  no cause
I for    immediate    alarm,    remained
alert   in   the   knowledge   that  "anj'-
thing can happen " during the next
j six  or eight weeks.
Developments included:
GERMA.MY Began muster¬ ing 1,000.000 or more men in arms for the bigge.sl army maneuvers seen in Europe since the World War. but denied the move had any connection with German ambitions in Czecho¬ slovakia, Survey of the situa¬ tion in Germany indicated that Hitler, if he does spring * "surprise," will probably delay it until laic September or Octo¬ ber.
FRANCE-Rcstricted tourist travel lo Italy in reprisal for a similar move by the Italian gov¬ ernment. France said she saw no immediate cause for alarm in the German maneuvers but is r."maining "constantly vigi¬ lant."
ITALY Abandoned hope of solving the Franco-Italian crisis until the "Spanish problem" la completely liquidated.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA — Un- ea.sy because of the German military developments and fear¬ ing Ihey will increa.sc the milit¬ ancy nf the Sudeten German minority's demands, prepared to make important decisions af¬ fecting its own army. Huge Gold Purchase*
For days the war fear psychology has been reflected in huge gold purchases, the reported flight of German capital and strengthening of the American dollar.
The    accelerated    European    de¬ mand  for  bar gold  put gold  price* (Continued   on   page  A-ll)
Father Coughlin Sags Frankenstcen Is 'Talking Through Soviet Beret*
Toledo. O.. Aug. 13. (UP) Ousted officiala of the United Automobile "Workers met here tonight in a special convention of the inter¬ national union in whal appeared lo be another flareup in the rebellion atrainst President Homer Martin.
The group adopted a resolution calling for a meeting of all national local officers next Saturday in Toledo to formulate plans for the proposed special convention of the international union.
Richard T, Frankenstcen. an¬ other ousted vice-president chal¬ lenged the U. A. W. president to fleny lhat he tried to nesoliatr with F£iJ>icr Coughlin for orga'fua-
tion of an independent union !¦ the Ford plants.
In Royal Oak. Mich., the radio priest denied that he ever "dis¬ cussed anything" with Martin and accused Frankensteen of being in "serious error" and of "talking through his Soviet beret."
Martin could not be reached for comment.
"•"rankenstcen. in his charges lhat Martin was Irying to lead ths union into the A. F, of L,. said lhat Martin last week, accompanied by his lawyer, met with John P. Frey, head of the A, F, of L, metal tr:ides department, in connection with tbe purported move,
"Martin finall.\ will wind \xp there," Frankensleen said-
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