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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY  25, 1940
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REPORT REDS' STEAMROLLER HALTED; GOD, POWER ASSURE VICTORY, HITLER
.4 European Private Line
Scandinavian Nations Uniting
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Three-Nation
Conference
Opens Today
Reported Agreed On Tra.nsitwsf Troops to Finland
WANT U.S. TRADE
To Discuss Money, Safety of Ships; Sweden Aroused
Stm-klinlni, Sweden. Feh, tX. (IP)—The foreign oflice dl,- closeil tonight that Sweden had presented a written protest to the Soviet government follow¬ ing Russia's rejecting of a verbal protest against the bomb¬ ing of the Swedish frontier tow n   of   Pajala.
TaxK, the oltlcial Soviet news agency, already ha« asserted that no Russian plane, flew over Pajala or any -other Swedish territory.
Ill a statement to (he press, the secretary of the foreign oflice suld Sweden would not be satUHed wllh suoh an answer from the Riissiaii KOvernnient, whose written reply Is e\|>ected in a few days, and wiiuld reit¬ erate her demands for satis- fartion In blunter terms.
on De/ense Fuehrer
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Ridicules His Foes
20th Meningitis Death And Three More Cases
Lorenzo Wolfe, Lance Colliery Worker, Dies; Man Who Work.s at Lance and Son, Student at City's Hoyt School, Stricken; Find Carriers
Another cerebro-spinal menin- ¦ 13, of 17 Bullonwood atreet, Wilkes- gitis death twentieth in Luzerne Barre; alao Andrew Cahoraky, 7, county since January 1- and three son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cahor- new caaes, two in Wilkes-Barre and sky, 189 Casper street. Old Forge, the other in Old Forge, iust over which Is adincept taJ2or,yea in Ihe Luzerne counly border line, Luzerne county. It is the first for were yesterday's developments In Old P'orge, but there have been the current epidemic, Lorenzo Wolfe, 42, of 320 East Main slreel, Plymouih, was the fourth victim in 10 new cases of the pasl week.
Reaching the twenty mark, mor
M Always Had Bad Luck to Fight A Lot of Zeros*
l^uzerne county. Old P'orge, but ca.ses in the neighboring commun- j
ity-
Lanee Colliery Employee
Tlie  father  of  the  McElroy  boy | is an employe of Lance colliery of i
DEFIANT DEMANDS
Sees Reconstruction Without Aid from 'Toothless Old Men'
lalilies for the past eight weeks are '. the Glen Alden Coal Company,  as
Finns Estimate Up to 86,000 Dead In Russian Ranks
Claim More Victories Above Lake While Second Line of Mannerheim Defense Reported Safe Despite Waves Of .Attack from Fresh Red Troops; Say Koivisto Fortress Still Holding
_^^ny HI'BFRT IJiXKIEM. «a^
Helsinki. Finland. Feb. 24 (UP)—Authoritative Finnish
.sources said tonJKht that the Red .\rniy offensive against
\ iipuri had been hailed and that the Rus.sians had suffered
huge  casualties—one  estimate  wa.s  86,000  dead—in  their
i-day drive up the Karelian Isthmus.
Finnish  mes,sa8es indicated a more  favorable situation,
Munich,  Germany,  Feb.  24   (UP)
Adolf   Hitler   shouted   a   defiant bul  four  less   than   the   entire   toll   was  Wolfe.  The  majority  of  cases   promise tonight that Germany with   for the moment at lea.st. on  (he  new defense positions along for la.sl year.   There were 24 deaths   have  ben  traced  to that  operation    the  help  of  Providence would  win   (|,p  Mannerheim   Line, although   It  Was  pointed out  that  the in 114 ca.ses in all of 1939, this .vear, as were  numerous cases   the   war,   declared   that   the   Reich   i{,,^„i„_^ „.„,,„  „„Minir  mnrp and  moi-o  fr^sh  trnn^..  !„ „  fl,«
II was announced also by Edward   traced   to   Loomis   colliery   of   the    miisl have slill greater security for   •V''':*;^*"'^ ^*'*^ P""'"«?  '""'* '^"" ""'« "*^''"  '^OOps in J. Pugh of the Kirby Health Cenler   same company in 1939. : Nazi   "living   space"   and   warned   lighting.
yesterday   that   three   students   of      This   fact   was   making   it   con-[ that   the    "reconstruction    of   the
Plymouih have been designated a, .'^tantly more clear laat night that ' world" would be achieved without "carriers" following the taking of serious preventative action must be the aid ot democracy's "toothless cullures   of   IfiO   aludent,   of   the   taken at what is ao strongly indi-   old men."
building. A lotal of 291 more cul- cated as a dangerous source of the "God did not create the world for lures have been taken in the high disease, where Its transmission 1, England alone," Hitler told a meet- school hut Mr. Pugh said last night simplified by congestion ot large ; ing of 2,000 parly leaders observing that the results will not be known , numbers of men. ithe  20lh  birthday  of  Ihe  Nazi  2.'i-
until today, |    Main elements  of the  attack  so ; point program al the Hofbraeuhaus
Afflicted  with   disease  yesterday \ far  have   been   fumigating  of  the ' largest   and   best-known  beer  hall were  a  father  and  son,  Raymond ' Lance wash rooms and cultures of j in Munich. McElroy, 37.  and LeRoy  McElroy, i (Continued on Page A-ll)
TURKS, ALLIES
E
By  PETER C. RHOOES
f.'openhagen, Denmark, Feb. 24. lUP) - Norway and Denmark prob- ,bly will follow Sweden In estab¬ lishing foreign exchange control to Dolster their nalional defense posi- ions. It was reported tonight a« Scandinavian foreign mini.iters me! o di.scuss their countries' difficult •ole, as neutrals pinched between wo European wars.
Foreign Ministers P. R. Munch if Denmark and Halvdan Kohl of Norway discussed for five and a half hours tonight the problems which they will lake up formally tomorrow when Foreign Minister C. E. Guenlher joins them in a conference which may continue throucrh Monday. Must  Protect Shipping
Koht and Miinili di.icussed par- 'icularly the problem of protecting Scandinavian shipping and the need for finding new export and import markets probably In the United Slates to replace those cut off by the war.
The question of Scandinavian aid for Finland and of possible joint nction in connection with the bomb¬ ing of Pajala, Sweden, denied by Russia, was put over until Guen- ther's arrival tomorrow. Before leaving Stockholm by train late to¬ day
he would join them at 9:,30 a. m, tomorrow, after which the three ministers will visil King Christian nt the royal palace.
Sweden's strained relations with Soviet Russia, anything but im¬ proved by the Red denial that il was Russian planes which bombed Pajala, will be one of the important s'lbjecls on thc agenda for tomor¬ row afternoon. Want I'. S. Trade
I ins IS how icfUijce), iu Switzerland talk across French border to rein- lives. Ear horns are like those for delecting planes, while megaphom carries voice distinctly.    This man w:\.s talking to his wife across linf.
British Lose 2 Vessels, Greek Ship Unreported
War at Sea to Date Claims 1,200,000 Tons Of Merchant Shipping
By DAN CAMPBELL
London, Feb. 24. (UP) Great Britain suffered new losses in the war al sea todny with announce¬ ment that the naval trawler Ben- volio had gone down with len men mi.ssing and that the British steam¬ er Royal Archer had sunk while being lowed to porl by two tugs. Bolh   were  victims   of  mines.
In addition, the 1,206-ton Danish steamship Aase, owned by the Torn; Shipping Company, was lost enroute from Spain to England, dispatches from Copenhagen said. Fifteen men were missing, be¬ lieved drowned. A raft from the Aase  was  picked  up but the  only
New 'Ace* Is Decorated
'¦I have alwa.vs had the b^d luck times the luiniber of dead ill
I lo fight against a lol of zeros ... I there is a God. I personally  have   Bitter   Wcalher   Deadly felt   the    hand    of   Providence,    I
Tremendous Casualties Reported
Tlidu.'^ands of casual!ie.s were rpported inflicted on the Ru.s.sians in Fimii,';h counter-thru.sts along the Karelian front and on the eastern frontier.
Authoritative source.s, comiiienting on the power of the Ru.ssian drive on the isthnui.s, .said that it wa.s estimated tliat in the entire offen.sive tiie Red Army had lost from 80,000 to 86,0(10 killed,   .\oniiall,v. the wounded are several
such offensives.
E TO END THE WAR
Told to Oust Hitler Government; Bid to Neutrals
survivor was a cabin boy who was he   telephoned   hi,   colleagues   ^^^^^,^   ^^   Plymouih.    Tlie   body   of
the ship's second engineer also was on the raft. 14 of Crew Injured
The 2.226-ton Royal Arches sank off the Scottish coa.st while tugs were atlemiiting lo gel her to port All of the crew was saved ijut   14   of  them   were   injured.
The Greek freighter Panachran- dos, 4,661 tons, which left Antwerp I January 13 for Charleston, S. C I has nol been heard from since The Scandinavian ministers dis-' January IS and was feared lost, do.'ed that their countries were xhe sinking of the Benvolio vitally interested in purchasing brought to approximatelv 30 the needed basic supplies in the United number of naval vessels lost by thc Stales hut made il clear lhey must British during the war, including (Continued  on  Page  A-ll> IContinued  on   Page  A-10)
Didn't Work When Wife Bootlegged To Help Husband Through College
Paris, Feb. 24. UPl—Aerial .ictivity was intensified on the Western Fronl today with Allied and Nazi planes in action over a vast area and with German craft penetrating almost lo the su- iiurbs   of   Paris.
The French reported that il was "a quiet da.v all along the front bul there was some firing along  the  Rhine."
I In Berlin, the High Command reported the "day passed quietly in the west" while French planes were driven back from German lerritnry. German planes mel with Ijcavy anti-aircraft flre on flights into France but suffered no casualties.) 30 Raids Reported
French advices were that 20 German raids had been made over the North Sea and into France, mostly on reconnaissance. while several French squadrons flew over the German lines None was engaged by German planes although lhey penetrated deeply into Germany.
Flying Sergeant Kdoiiard Sales rose to the top of the list of French aces in this war when he was cited in an order for shooting down his fourth Ger¬ man plane. He replaced Adjutant Plubeau. who hnd been the top of the aces with three oflSclal victories.
RECIPROCAL TRADE
INNEARJAST
Emergency Report Is Denied but Troops Are There
By  HIGO  SPECK
Istanbul, Turkey, FVb. 24 (UP) — Turkey is "preparing to protect her rights" in the Near East, an in¬ formed source told the United Press tonight,
"Turkey does not want war If she can help it," this Turkish source said, "She is not going lo stand by and see her national In¬ terests menaced and is preparing lo prolect her rights. Bill no state of emergency has been declared and there has been no Russo- Turkish clash (as reported abroadi on the Caucasian frontier, and there has been no new mobiliza¬ tion of troops in the Caucasus region," .Million Allied TrooiM
Dispatches from Jerusalem, how- i ever, Indicated that all was not tranquil in the Near East. All Al¬ lied forces in the region (eslimaled at about 1.000,000) were said lo be on the alert, ready for any event¬ uality, one dispatch said.
A reliable military source here said that the Russians have at the most no more than 145.000 men in the Caucasus region and pointed out that such a force was hardly sufficient  for  offensive   purposes.
The Russians were said to be strengthening fortifications and air defenses on their side of the bor¬ der, but all the aciivity wa, de¬ scribed as  purely defensive.
Planning for Action
So far as is known, the military _        __^ _
source said, the Turks have about  the aid being glverTto the Allie's'by
Birmingham, England, Feb, 24. (UP)- Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain today invited the German people "to take the nexl step" toward ending Europe', war by ousting the government of Adolf Hitler and joining with other power,—presumably including the United States—in establishing a guaranleed and lasting peace.
The prime minister, who wa. In¬ terrupted three limes by "peace hecklers, implied thai the Allied powers would welcome American participation in the eventual recon¬ struction of Europe, but he made no direct reference lo the United States.
"France and Britain would not wish alone to settle the question ot the new Europe," Chamberlain said in a brief reference to the future peace conditions. "Others must come In to help us above all to bring about disarmament, which ia essential to lasting peace, . . .we shall gladly welcome collaboration of olher, who share our ideal,." Again Invito Allies
Although recent speeches In Eng¬ land by prominent per,on.s have called for greater aid to Finland or outright action against the Soviets, Chamberlain merely called Russia the "apprentice" of German briilalily and indirectly brought out his belief that European neutrals should join the Allies becau.se of the hardships that Nazi sea war has imposed on Ihem.
Chamberlain   discussed   In   detail
The estimate of Russian dead was based on calculations by authori¬ tative military officials that the Reds had thrown al least 2fin,000 men into battle since the current isthmus offensive started. Al least 2S,00n were killed by the Finnish defenders, il was eslimaled, and other thou- t-vi IU   were actt.unled for by the cold weather.
The estimates did nol include the numerous detachments reportedly almost wiped oul norlh of the isthmus where al least 30,000 Russians, according lo the Finns, have been slain, including the 18th Division,
About 3.000 Ru.ssiana were killed in Friday's flghting, according to an otiicial communique, wbiuii. «ai4 1,500 of them died in two big at¬ tacks that pounded in vain against the Mannerheim Line, Second Defense Line Holds
The second line of defense, now ' held  by  the  Finn,   before   Viipuri') conlinues to withstand all Russian attacks,    late    messages    said,    al-
believe   in   this   Providence.   Provi¬ dence would nol have been so long with  us  if it  were  intended  lo  let us lose this fight in the end," Show, Preparedness
Bul Hitler, speaking most of the time in a low, calm voice, made il clear that the Najis were counting cn much more than Providence lo achieve their goal. In his speooh, he said that:
1.—Germany's war aims call for security of the Reich's "living space" in Cenlral Europe ni.d re¬ turn of colonies taken from Ger¬ many afler the World War.
2.—Germany's military and econ¬ omic preparation for the war were
much greater than  realized abroad   though   wave   afler  wave   of   freah and    guarantee    avoidance    of    a   Red    Army    force,    were    thrown l repetition  of  the  World   War  col-   against the pusilions around Nayk-j Igpsj kijacrvi and the Kamara railroad
3.   Germany's  allies   and   friends ¦ station. Include   Italy,   Soviet   Ru.ssia   and ]    The   most   bitter   attacks   today which make, the Reich in-   were   said   to   have   been   against
Russians Claim Fall of Koivisto
Japan.
vulnerable  to  economic  warfare.
4. Germany's leadership in the reconstruction of Europe has been achieved without the aid of the leaders of the deniocr.Ttic nations and the reconstruction of the world will also be broughl aboul without them. Ueinaiid, Territory for RHch
"These old and o.ssified and desic¬ cated non-entities babble of a new order in Europe and the world," Hitler said.
strong Finni.sh island fortresses in the Bay of Viipuri. particularly the islands off the coast of the Koivisto Peninsula.
These attacks were from two points: The Koivisto ."edor and the Kaislahli sector. The small peninsula of Somme. north of Kais¬ lahli, appeared lo be another point wliere fighting was heavy, i
Claim  Fortress Still Held !
Finnish  military officials  said  at' 7   oclock   tonight   that   they   were
  ceriain    the    fortress    of    Koivisto
'i'lie  new  order  wlll  come,   but   had not been  taken, allh()iigh  the
without them, |
"They are making their demands. Bul we have our own spheres.Cen- 1 Iral Europe waa built by us—not be the British. In this territory we wlll live. We will nol allow our life to be endangered. We will not lolerale any combination against ; us. i
"We demand the return of the colonics stolen from us by the capi¬ talistic  plutocrats."
Tn general. Hitler's speech was a recapitulation of the Nazi struggle for power after the World War and a restatement of Germany's aims, including "the iecurily of Germany and (Jerman lebensraiini and the removal of all danger from the hands of Germany's enemies,"     i
lownship of Koivisto now is a "no- man's-land."
The Russians appeared to be at¬ tempting lo blast a path through the Finnish defenses from the Somme Peninsula, but the Koivisto fortress batteries have been suc¬ cessful in breaking up every Rus¬ sian maneuver along the coast with a barrage of murderous fire, the F'inns   said.
Moscow (Sunday), Feb. 25, (LT) —The Leningrad military com¬ mand announced today that the Red AiTTiy had captured the im¬ portant Finnish island of Koi¬ visto afler heavy fighting through fog and snow in its drive to¬ ward Viipuri,
The Koivisto fortress was of great importance lo the Finns inasmuch as it was believed to be largely responsible for slow¬ ing up the Red Army drive to¬ ward Viipuri by firing on the Russian   flank.
The Koivisto forts are on sev¬ eral Islands of the group in the Gulf  of  Finland,
Elimination of the fortress pre¬ sumably would permit the Rus¬ sians to mop up the entire gulf coast area adjacent to the Koi¬ visto sector and to throw their full force into the offensive against the second Mannerheim Line defenses before Viipuri,
that sector, where more than l.ooo
Russian,   were   killed   in   repeat ^
attacks.
Attack I.«alng Pundi
Finn, ,aid that at some points the Red Army offensive was be¬ ginning to lose Its punch, especially at Taipale, on the shores of Laks Ladoga,
Military sources said that tens of
The  Russians  also were  pound-   thou.sands of fresh Ru.ssian  troops
ing at the Naykkljaer\'a and Knmnra front" nnd along a strip of land that separates Ayracpaae and Vuoksi lakes. The front fol¬ lows   the   Salmcnkaitae   River    in
had been Ihrowiv into the battle before Viipuri again this morning hut that the Finnish forces had held their new defense positions (Continued on  Page  A-10)
*Which Fight Do You Mean?'Asked
the same number of troops in the Caucasus as the Russians and re¬ ports of Turkish mobilizations and  aims
the   British   dominions   and   con¬ cluded  with  an  exposition  of war The  small stales  of  Europe.
to"iL''f"endship1f'Sfrn7anTwirh^s Fcudiug Flannerys Reach Court
Lawrence, Kans., Feb. 24. lUP) Rnbert   Palmer,   graduate   student who   was   denied   re-entry   lo   the University    of    Kansas    after    his
had heen given to someone else.
Palmer went on and enrolled and looked around for mother job. He found    none.      With    his    money
SENATE'S AHACK
pretty wife had been sent lo jull for   dwindling and the demand what it
bootlegging t o undergraduates, started looking for a job tonight.
"I hope the breaks start coming our way soon," he' said. "It looks like they've all gone against us so far."
Palmer, who was graduated from the   University  in   19,38,  gave   up  a
IS   on   any   university   campus   for liquor    Kansas    is    a    dry    slate- Palmer lurned to bootlegging. Wife Ones To .laii
At the end of the fir-sl semester he went to New Orleans lo see the .Mardi Gras, leaving his wife in charge of the liquor.
Unconstitutional Charges Pitman; Leaders Confident
reinforcements in the area probably he said, are living "in a perpetual stemmed from the tact that re- nightmare of fear" because of the placements were being sent in to Nazi methods and the Finns are relieve troops which had been en¬ gaged in earthquake rehabilitation work.
While 'X'urkish commentators con¬ tinued to speculate as lo what steps Ihe Allies might take to stop the flow of Russian oil from Baku lo Germany, dispatches from Palestine
winning the admiration of the world because of their heroic re¬ sistance of the Red Army, whicn has failed because the Russian "apprentice" could learn nothing from "the master (Germany) in brutality." •
Chamberlain    said   that   Britain
Ru.ssia. Italy and Japan    mention
ing   Italy   and   Japan,   the   former
anti-Communist   pact   partners,   in
almost the same breath •with Russia
and drawing a long cheer from his
audience.
Promises .More Surprise,
Bul the main theme of his speech wa-s that Germany could not be de¬ feated and that the coming events   nery's    battles,    pleaded in  the  European  war  may  further   court to intervene surprise   Ihe   Allied   powers   in   re
reported'  that    members    of    the   would  never make  peace with  the   gard lo the strength of the Reich
Washington,  Feb.  24  (UP) Police raided   ale Republicans and western Dem-   Robert   Champion   of   Galilee   pro-
Saadabad military pact Were in close communication wilh each other as lo their probable roles in the event hoslilllies break oul.
In the meantime, the British at¬ tempted to improve relations wilh : Lemen    (a   district   In   Southwest Sen-  Arabiai.      Dislricl    Comminsioner
present German governmenl be- cau,e Hiller could not be tru,ted and because the Fuehrer', alms were "the destruction of thi, na¬ tion and domination of the world." "On the other hand," he aaid, "we    are    fighting    to    secure    the
He declared that Nazi (Jermany had fought conslanlly against the spirit of the Versailles Treaty, which "is the id«a '.hat two or three nations are chosen by God lo rule the earth."
We must and will be victoi iou.s,'
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 24,—The , All this. Palm said, is daily rou- home life of the fighting Flannery, tine. Things might have gone on -^ Ma and Pa and their nine feud- this way until the Flannerys grow ing children was bared in muni- loo old lo fighl except for the In- cipal today. cident  on  Washington's Birthday.
A   police   lieutenant,   who   served   Battle 0\'er Bed
aa referee in several of the Flan-      That   nighl   son   Jack   Flannery.
wilh   the   18,    came    home    and    found    his
before someone \ brother,    Thomas,    22,    occupying
! three-fourths  of  their  double  bed.
Jack, who belongs lo Pa's faction,
crawled In and claimed hi, rightful
teacher's job last   fall  to return  lo   the   Palmer   apartment,   look   Mrs. : ocrats tonight opened an attack on   ceeded   to  Yemen  today  to  sign
school to study for a master's de (free. He had heen promised a job, one that he thought would pav enough to support his wife and year-old baby, bul when he got to Lawrence   he   found   that   the   job
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Palmer  into custody, and  charged   the      administration's      reciprocal   "friendship" agreement with Imam her wilh po.ssession of liquor.    Pal-   trade treaty program with a charge   Yehiya.
mer also was charged wfien he re-   by Sen  Key Pitlman, D., Nev., that 	
turned. the present method of negotiating
Mrs.  Palmer pleaded guilty. The   agreements is "unconslilulional."
harge   against   her   husband   was ;     Pitlman, chairman of the Senate
foreign relations committee, said that the agreements made by Sec¬ retary of Slale Cordell Hull are "treaties, and as such they are sub¬ ject to Senate ratification."
"The entire progrnm is beiiiE carried on in an uncon.>.titutional manner." he said.   "I shall support
dismissed.
"The rap." she said, "is my own business. To get a master's degree i, his business."
Today     Chancellor     Dcane     W. i Malott held a conference with Pal- | mer.    Afterwnrd.   Malott   said   Pal¬ mer hnd  decided  against  re-enroll
ing.    Palmer's version was that he | any  amendment   lo  give  the  Sen- was not permitted lo en-roll, (Continued on Page A-10)
small nations of Europe that they   he said.   "And if the enemy threat- may   henceforth   live   free   of   con-   ens us, it will not be dilTerenl from
slant threat to their independence   the way it has been al other lime,
or   extermination   of   their   people,   in our history.   We shall prevail.
But  we  do  not  want   domination \    "I do not believe our people will
for ourselve, nor do we covet any , go   down.     I   cannot   believe   that
one's territory. | Providence   will   desert   one   who
Mu,t Free Poland i fighl, for hi, people."
".  .  ,  first,  the  Independence  of   Says He t'oukl Have
the Poles and the Csechs must be   W»n World War
secured.   Second,   we    must   have \    Hitler repealely emphasized that
some   tangible   evidence   that   will   Germany is much different in lead-
sati,ty   u,   any   pledge,   or   B,,sur-   ership and in military and economic 180    Firsl    street,    Hudson,     The   ances given will  be  fulfilled. strength from what she was in 1914   er or the dust mop.
blaze was discovered in the closet "Therefore It i, for Germany lo and ,aid that if he had heen chan- If one of Ma's cohorts lights the on the first floor of the single take the next step and show u,; cellor during the World Wnr the water heater, someone from Pa's dwelling. ; she has once and for all abandoned I Reich would have been victorious.      faction turn, on the water faucets
Plains fire dei)artment responded , the thesi, that migl^l 1, right . , ,1    "Twenty year, ngo. for the first | - letting the hot  water escape and
SLIGHT FIRE DAMAGES DWELLING AT HUDSON
Fire last night caused slight dam¬ age to the hou.se of Paul Ciprich,
is   killed."
The lieutenant, Magney Palm described the Flannerys as a family with tempers as Irish as their name. Their disputes are so num¬ erous. Palm said, that for the sake of convenience in the fighting they have split into two factions, '
(liniHie Sides
On the one side, he ,aid, are Ma Flannery and aeven of the Flan¬ nery children. Pa Flannery and two sons form the opposition.
Palm said the feud has progress¬ ed to the point where:
If a member of Ma's faction turns on the radio, one of Pa's allies breaks the tubes. I
If Pa sits down in the living room, someone from Ma's side - ostensibly cleaning up crack, him on the shins with the carpel sweep-
share of the bed. Thomas, who fights on Ma's side, replied by klek- ing him oul on the floor.
Next day Jack swore out an ••¦ sault charge against Thomas, wh« was summoned to court   today,
"Are you guilty of this assaultt" Judge Paul Guilford asked,
"Which fight are you talkhig about?" Thoma, asked.
"If il's the on* on Washington'* Birthday.   I'm  guilty."
Judge Guilford sentenced Thomat to 30 days in the workhouse.
The rest of the Flannery* re¬ turned lo their feuding.
and extinguished hte bias*.
(Continued on Page A-10)
(ConUnued on Fage A-3)
chilling the baths ol the opposition, i
Dispatches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject   to   censorship.