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SUNDAY INDEPENDENl^
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THE WEATHER
Eastern Pennsylvania:   Cloudy and warmer, snow in north and rain or
I   snow    in   south    portion   Sunday;
j Monday cloudy and colder.
SIXTY-FOUR PAGES
The   Only    Sunday    Nenipaper Ci)»tTlnK   fhe   Wyonilnsr   Vallpy
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1936
Entered   at    Wllkes-Barrr.    I'a. Al   Second   Claaa   Mnil    Mntlor
PRICE TEN CENTS
CALL CABINET IN SESSION TODAY AS KING GAINS NEW SUPPORTERS
XE'ir
I ill STAIE
Brother Of Senator Mundy Is Administration Choice For   Revenue   Collector
HARVEY APPRAISER
High-Salaried Promotion Job Of Morgan Bird Picked For   Evans   Of   Pittston
Cuts Jail Time To Favor Women
TO STRIKE UP
Project Supervisors In WPA To Feel Cut Of Economy In  Order From  Hopkins
CONGRESS MAY OPPOSE
I.A.MNO HARVEY
JA.ME8   .'VIINDY
BLOW AT JUDGE FINE
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(Special C,'orre»pondence) Harrisburg Pa., Dec. ,'V-Last of the plums on the withering tree of G.O.P. patronage, so far a« Luzerne County's interest in State jobs is concerned. the Mercantile Ap- prrii.sership. was tagged today for the Honorable Laning Harvey of ¦yVilkcs-Barrc. Within a period of davs Mr. Harvey wil! receive notice from Auditor General Frank Bald¬ win that he has been chosen to make Luzerne County's mercantile appraisement, the last to be made by a Republican for a period of at least four years.
More prolific in fruit, the Demo¬ cratic plum tree bore some tags to¬ day that mark as Christmas gifts two of the most lucrative positions within the call of the Earlc- Ouffey-Mundy organization. Sought by many was appointment to the vacancy in the Internal Revenue Colleclorship left by Dr. Leo C. Mundy when he assumed duty as Pennsylvania Senator from the ^ Twenty-first District as successor to Laning Harvey. But at last tnade certain of appointment Is James Mundy, formerly a Com¬ missioner of Wilkes-Barre city and ; considered a sacrifice on the altar of politics when Republican propa¬ ganda, centered against his brother »nd Administration spokesmen, gave him the short end of the vote In his attempt .it re-election. Bird Loses Out Just as eagerly sought as the $7,500 Revenue Collectorship is the job held hy Morgan Bird as direc¬ tor in the hard coal fields of the promotion forces of a great distill¬ ing group. This Is a big-business Job, but when Bird, as a lieutenant of Judge Fine and personal ad¬ viser to Governor Pinchot, resigned his State job to avoid the em¬ barrassment of being politically ousted and took up the liquor pro¬ motion work, there was no doubt that politics had much to do with the selection.
So, Morgan Bird is marked for decapitation. His six-thousand- dollar position bears a Christmas tag in the name of James Evans, Pitt.ston druggist and community leader. If Evans falls of notifica¬ tion during the Yuletide T.^ will be well aware that only trifling pre¬ liminaries are causing the delay. Before February eases its way into |^(fc« calendar he will be making the Hifeleasureable rounds that at present ^^ve (0 delightful and profitable to ^^yr. Bird, it is declared here. I^K It's Big Folltira
^m   There is big politics back of the ^ (Contiued on Page A-10)
SHARE IN ESTATE FREE OF ARRESTS OF
U. S. Chamber Of Commerce Is Fearful Of 1937 Deficit To  Approach  3  Billions
RELIEF IS CAUSE       i
William J. McGoey And Peter Dombroski Are Awarded Trust Fund By Merchant
Several Motor Collisions Are Recorded In Valley And  Passengers  Injured
VETERAN ASSISTANTS
OTHER ACCIDENTS
William J. McGoey, 28 Second avenue, Kingston, local manager for The Carlson Company, hatters to men, and his assistant, Peter Dombroski, ot this city, share in the estate of the late Carl L. Jacobsen, founder and for many years president of the concern which operates stores here and in ten   other  metropolitan   centers.
Both have been with the Carlson firm for more than 20 years and through the will of Mr. Jacobsen, filed for probate at Newark iu Essex County, New Jersey, thty, with two other veteran employees of the firm, share in an especially establi.shed trust fund set aside for them by the late head of the com¬ pany.
The other beneficiaries are How¬ ard Shaw, sales manager, and Mi.ss Margaret Metzgar. bookkeeper in Newark headquarters. The amount of the fund has not been disclosed.
Mr. Jacobsen founded The Carl¬ son Company more than forty years ago. He built It into one of the largest retailers of men's hats in the United Stales with outlets operating in Newark, Scranton, Reading, Lancaster, Williamsport, Altoona, Eric, Troy, Utica, P.itcr- son and this city.
Mr. McGoey has been wilh the company almost since ils founding and for many years has managed the Wilkcs-Barrc store which oc¬ cupies the building owned by ll-.e company at 32 Soulh Main street. Mr. Etombroski joined the local store force as a salesman. For the last several years he has been as¬ sistant manager.
ANNA   .'McNtLTY
Mrs. Anna McNulty will be burled tomorrow morning at 9 oclock from the home, 84 River street,   Pittston.
3 ENTOMBED MINERS ARE SA VED UNHURT
Las Vegas, Nev., Dec, 5. (UP) — Rescue crews, comprising 250 ! Winers who worked In two-minute I •hifts, broke through a rock bar- ' tier today thai choked the passages ' of the Piochc No. 3 lead and zinc I hiine and rescued three men en- | _ Bombed by a cave-in. j
AThc men were found in a recess j J'O feel below the surface. They I h^fl been trapped thers since lasl ' night   when   hundreds   ot   tons   of]
debris crashed down around them. ! They were not injured. The men j were James Oslello, Ollie Ewing j and Sam Boschier. ,
Earlier, rescuers had escorted to the surface three other miners. Jack Kaiser, Sigma Miller and Jack Schultz.
The six men had been repairing timbering of an ore chute between the 700 and 800 foot levels of the mine located 180 miles north of here i
Two hit-and-run motorists were sought early today, following crashes at opposite ends of the city in which one man was injured.
Jacob Weinstock, 29, of 570 Soulh Main street, former Coughlin High School football star and brother of Izzie and Nate Weinstock who at- ¦ tained national gridiron reputations was hurled forly feet shortly after I eleven oclock when struck by a hit- I and-run   driver   in    front    of   his I automobile   repair   establishment. !    He was taken to Mercy hospital where examination revealed he suf¬ fered injuries to the ribs.  He would nol stay in the hospital for further treatment and observation and was discharged.
I Nukpects Held
1 Two suspects in the Weinstock I accident were locked up shortly I before 2 oclock this morning after Sergeant John Riltcnmeyer had run down a telephoe call received i earlier, reporting a stolen car.
They were described as Neil Hanley, 28, of 940 East Northamp- j lon street, Wilkcs-Barre township, I and Arthur Griffith, 39, of 15 Dick- ! crson streei. Laurel Run. Both I were held for investigation.
The telephone call received by Sergeant Ritlcnmeycr was from a man who described himself as a "constable." He wis told lo have the car owner, Hanley, make a police report of the theft.
Cruiser Car Patiolmcn Sprow and Kwochka picked up Hanley whose face w^s lacc-uted as if by flying glass. A short lime later they took Griffith inlo custody.
Weinstock, a short time before he was struck, had been instructed by city police to tow away a car that wa.s blocking a driveway on South Main street.
Ciuilty Man Fleet After returning to his business place, Weinstock was standing alongside his wrecker talking to J. M. Boyle of 275 Scott street when the hit-and-run car struck him. Doyle was nearly bowled over by the impact while Wein- slock was thrown through the air. The automobile speeded north on South Main street and disappear¬ ed before eye witnesses, who in¬ cluded Raymond Rills of 572 Soulh Main streei, could obtain the li¬ cense   number.
Cruiser Car Patrolmen Patrick Dougherty and Fred Miller palrol- cd the neighborhood in search of the fugitive motorist but without success.
Shortly   before   one   oclock   this morning    a    hit - and - run    driver crashed   inlo   the   parked  «ulomo- (Contlnued on Page A-14)
Washington,   Dec.   5   (UPi-Thcj .Administration    is    preparing    for j Congress a patronage potion which ' may embitter some members of the i House and .Senate and even arouse | vengeful   congressmen   to   legisla- j tive    rebellion    this    Winter.    Con- I gress  will   get   its   bad   news   first , from  the  Works  Progrcs  Admin¬ istration.
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins has decided to reduce his admin¬ istrative payroll by firing 5,000 em¬ ployes and to cul the number of patronage-placed WPA project supervisors and foremen by ap¬ proximately 20.000. Most of these jobs pay from $1,000 to $2,000 a year.
There are almost 123,000 patron¬ age employes in the WPA set-up performing clerical and supervisory jobs. By firing one of every six in the interest of economy, Hopkins will cause practically every Demo¬ crat In Congress acute anguish where it is most effective—back home among the constituents.
More bad patronage news may come from committees investigat¬ ing reorganization of Government. Cngress created two committees and President Roosevelt has a com¬ mission from which a preliminary report may be available this month or in early January. Objective of the studies is to reduce govern¬ mental expenditures. The most obvious means is reduction of per¬ sonnel by merging overlapping agencies.
The taste of patronage pruning by Hopkins may. It is believed, cause (iongres.smen to hesitate be¬ fore voting further reductions In jobs in Federal reorganization. Fearful Of Deficit
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce tonight predicted the Federal defi¬ cit June 30, 1937, will "approach $3,000,000,000" although rising rev¬ enues under the 1936 Tax Acl may reduce this figure slightly.
The Chamber declared that ris¬ ing expenditures for Unemploy¬ ment Relief were a direct cause for the high deficit-considerably above the estimate made by Presi- (Conliued on Page A-10)
Pittsburgh, Dec. 8. (UP) — Judge Michael Angelo Mus¬ manno, crusading jurist, con¬ cluded tonight that "20 days imprisonment for women i^ equal lo 30 days for men" and in a formal opinion freed two women from jail ten days before expiration of their 30-day sen¬ tences.
In a p.sychological exposition in which he found that "woman reacts more sensitively lo hard¬ ship and distress" than man "because she is made of a finer and more delicate fabric," he opened the gates of Allegheny County Jail to Margaret Ruse, 35-ycar-old arti.st. and Marie Davis. 28, who pleaded guilty in mid-November to charges of driving while under the inflii- ence  of intoxicating  liquor.
"We thus declare as a policy of our court that where a woman is to be sentenced—barring ex¬ traordinary and especially ag¬ gravating circumstances — she will receive only two-thirds of what a man would receive for the same otTensc," Judge Mus¬ manno   ruled.
The women were among more than 80 persons sentenced to jail in the past month by Musmanno in his drive on drunken motor¬ ists, for each of whom he de¬ creed as minimum punishment "the humiliation of finger-print¬ ing." posting of his or her plc- ture in the rogue's gallery and I 30  days   bohind  bars.
AFTER OPERATION IS PROVED FUTILE
Filipinos Joined Together In Life Not Far Apart In Summons From Death
LABOR LEADS THE PUBLIC TO DEFENSE OF EDWARD IN A SUNDA Y SHOWDOWN
AT LOVE'S CRISIS
Laborite Of Parliament Is At Front Of A Campaign To Back Wedding Plans
CIVIL AGENTS JOIN
Speaker Of Lords Would Aid Revolt
WERE 28 YEARS OLD
New York, Dec. 5. (UP)—Simpli- cio Godino, 28-year-old Siamese twin, severed from the body of his dead brother ten days ago, died at York Hospital tonight from complications resulting from the operation which medical science had hoped would give him a life of his own. For a time, Simplicio, forlorn and lonely without his brother, Lucio, seemed to be on the road lo recovery and doctors dared to hope lhat he would pull through because the twins had separate circulatory systems and were joined only by a length of the  large  intestine.
But a spinal puncture disclosed symptoms of cerebral spinal menin¬ gitis. He became unconscious at 6 p.m. Death came shortly before 10:30  p.m.
The brothers were born in the Philippines and came here some years ago. They earned a com¬ fortable living making appearances (Contiued on Page A-10)
FIGHT ON ANTHRACITE STAGED IN NEW YORK
New York. Dec. 5. (UH-A bit¬ ter exchange of statements result¬ ed today from a proposed amend-
keep 'bootleg' coal out of the New York market, mosl of the pro¬ visions of the bill arc wholly un¬ necessary.     The   real   objective   Is
ment to the City Code designed to j „„i   elimination   of   'bootleg'   coal end the sale of "bootleg" coal from ; but   the   destruction   of   the   inde-
Pcnnsylvania.
Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel for Affiliated Coal Merchants, Inc., charged that the amendment was "a smol>e screen from behind which the coal barons hope to crush the independent dcaier.s."
"The proposed amendment," he said, "will destroy the business of the independent coal dealers, diverted into the hands of the monopolistic companies which con¬ trol ninety percent or more of the trade, and naturally this will result in an increase in the cost of coal l<». the consumer.
"II   their   only   objective   is   to
pendent dealer."
Roderick Stephens, coordinator of 72 retail coal dealers, retorted that "Hays' statement is a smoke¬ screen in itself, released for pur¬ poses of protecting a very small number of over-thc-road truckers and will al the same lime have the effect of .protecting a very large tonnage of stolen coal."
Stephens said that Hays "repre¬ sents 14 small dealers and some I Baldwin'" and truckers while I represent 72 retail'Not Abdicate!" dealers from the largest to the i The campaign started by Wcdg- smallesl." He estimated that two- wood was one of the pr.ictical thirds of the anthracite coming manifestations of the swing to the into the city Is stolen, '        (Continued on Page A-14)
London, Dec. 5. (UP)—Josl.ili Wedgwood, Laborile member of Parliament, began organizing a c.impaign throughout the United Kingdom and British Empire to¬ night, rallying support for King Edward VIII in his fight for the right to wed Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Wedgwood is the only member of Parliament, except Winston Churchill, who has yet openly championed the King in Commons, He introduced a motion providing that the Coronation shall go through as scheduled, regardless of whether the Archbishops of Canterbury and York refuse to officiate.
Wedgwood's campaign is part of the crystallization of opinion which is sweeping the country. In Lon¬ don, people paraded with shoul-d and bannered slogans, dcmandiii? the King's right lo marry the lady of his choice, denouncing Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and hail¬ ing Mrs. Simpson as "our new Queen." I
In Liverpool, T. J. Hodgson, gen- j eral secretary  of Postoffice  Work¬ ers Union, summoned a mass meet-! ing   there   tomorrow   of   postoffice | workers    from    all    parts   of   the country.
In a speech, Hodgson will de¬ clare:
"The whole civil service Is solidly behind the King. All it expects is that the King will do what is necessary to preserve the Constitu¬ tion as we know it today. The King need have no fear of the loyalty of the whole civil service." Why Shouldn't He? "Why shouldn't the King marry whom he likes'"' .s the increasing opinion among the British public, especially among the lower classes whose wholehearted backing is for the ruler. This modern outlook in England has surpiised many hardest-boiled, neutral newspaper¬ men.
The King and Mrs. Simpson have provided the soap-box orators of Hyde Park and elsewhere in London wilh a perfect topic for speeches panning the Government. One speaker near Nalional Art Gallery, said: "Let 'im marry who 'e likes— let the Government go lo pot! Let's do away with monarchies and make Edward our first President:" The crowd cheered. A great plebiscite of public opin¬ ion or "an unofficial general elec¬ tion" is proceeding througii the medium of the press. This^ is in line with the desires of the King's supporters, who feel lhat a vast majority of the British people, when Ihcy have had a few days lo accustom themselves to the idea of King Edv,ard's marriage to Mrs. Simpson will rally to the king.
A straw vote in a printing plant resulted in 100 in favor of the King's marrying the American divorcee, with 30 againsl.
Vouth Favors Kings Demonstrations   of   young
New York, Dec. 6. (UP) — Lord Marley, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, predict¬ ed today that the Dominions would support King Edward should he decide to marry Mrs. Wallis   Simpson.
The Labor Whip in Parlia¬ ment's upper House, said he had cabled England that "I person¬ ally would support an emer¬ gency Cabinet which would sup¬ port the King in any private action  he  cares  lo  take."
"It is po.ssible," he added, "that the power of the Cabinet is getting too near a dictator- fihip and that there may be a revolt   against   .such   authority."
A.sserting that the Dominions would stand by the King, he continued:
"My oath of allegiance was to the King himself and not lo the King when oil is poured down on his ears by the Arch¬ bishop   of   Canterbury.
"I   hope   the   Briti.sh   C.ibinct has bitten off more than it can chew   and   will   have   to   dim') or   get   out."
chew down
EMERGENCy CALL m GOI/ERNINT ON ANXIOUS SEAI
King's Affair With Divorceel Forces Cabinet To Meet Sunday, First Since 19311
TO H.ASTEN CLIMAX
SIETHEARTSAFE IN FRIENDS' VILLA E!
Mrs. Simpson Under Guard Of Secret Service Men Of   Britain   And
KING MAY JOIN HER
London, Dec. 5. (UP)—A rumcr lhat King Edward might fly to Cannes lo see Mrs. Wallis Simp¬ son circulated today, but could not
be verified. The Sunday Times said airports at Le Bourget and Cannes had received orders to allow pas¬ sengers of private planes from London to leave without Uie usual customs and passport formalities. The King's personal plane vra-s tuned up Friday at Hendon Air Station to ensure its good run¬ ning   condition.
London,  Sunday,  Dec.  «.   (UP) —
• The country, swinging to the King's
I si'pport   under   the   pressure   of   a
I concerted movement to permit him
i to    marry   Mrs.    Wallis   Simpson,
[ anxiously awaited an extraordinary
Cabinet session sumn:oned by Prime
: Minister Baldwin for 5 p. m. today.
Baldwin called the meeting after
I   a   Saturday   evening   visit   to   the
•'l King at Fort Belvedere, which was
I preceded and followed by constant
I deliberations   at   No.   10   Downing
street, the Premier's office, between
Baldwin and important statesmen.
There was much speculation ovor
whether the Cabinet had decided to
resign,  or  even  lhat  Baldwin  had
! already presented ils resignation to
' the King at their nieeting.
The   King's   Proctor   is   the   only m;iii     in     England     able     lungle- I handcdiy    to   prevent    the    King's I marriage lo Mrs. Simpson by block- i ing   her   final   divorce   decree   on grounds of collusion    He is a gov¬ ernmental appointc'.    As such, he is subservient lo the King, but not j directly and only in the same sense France; '^at   any   other   governmental   de¬ partment   employe    is.     In   other words, he is not the "King's Hench¬ man," bound to do his bidding. The Prpclor himself does not void  the decree   nisi.     Instead,   he    "inter¬ venes"  in  an  atlenpt  lo  prove  to the Court that an absolute  decree should not be granted.    The Proc¬ tor's   interventions   average   about
Mrs. Simpson Safe
Cannes, France, Dec. 6.—(Sun¬ day)—(UP)—Mrs. Wallis Simpson, fleeing inlo seclusion from the furore in England over her love affair with the King, and closely guarded by Hi.s Majesty's and the French Secret Service, arrived h'-re just  before midnight.
While she was en route, the King disclosed by telephone to hi.s host, Herman L. Rogers, tliat he will join her here in exile If he is forced to abdicate. When she arrived Mrs. Simpson was hustled (Continued on  Page A-14)
sixty a year and are successful in about twenty cases on the average.
Forcing Baldwin's Hand
It was accepted as a fact that the King remained determined to marry Mrs. Simpson and also to refuse to abdicate, at least for the present -that he was determined to make her Queen. He cancelled all Royal engagements and remained at Fort Belvedere, insisting that the Cabinet make the next move.
While the King in effect put it up lo Baldwin to capitulate or re¬ sign, Mrs. Simpson went into se¬ clusion on the French Riviera in the villa of her American friends, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rogers.
The British public was being ral¬ lied to his support, spurred on chiefly by Winston Churchill and Josiah Wedgwood, prominent re¬ spectively in the Conservative and Labor  parties.
Sirong popular demonstrations against Baldwin and in favor of th« (Continued on Page A-14)
COAST FLYER KILLED IN ERRAND OF MERCY
Norfolk,    Va.,    Dec.    ,V    (UP)~A
Coast    Guard    amphibian    on    an
errand   of   mercy   crashed   in   the
waters of Assateaguc Bay tonight
m"^ ' killing  its  pilot  and  injuring  both
and women have sprung up on all side in London, and police had been called oul to handle them-and all are in favor of the King. Police ejected a bicyclist from Downing street tonight, wearing a placard front and back: "We Want Edward VI IT ~:ol "Our   King     • sl
members of the crew. Tlie sole passenger—a seaman stricken by appendicitis    escaped   unhurt.
"The dead man was Lieut. Luke Christopher, 40, who was well known in avialion circles. The in¬ jured are Gay A. York, chief radio operator, and Ralph A. Green, avia¬ tion   mechanic's  mate.
The name pf the seaman was not immediately given out by the Coast Guard.
after word was received from ths S.S. Charles G. Black that a sailor had developed symptoms of appen¬ dicitis and was in need of medical attention. Emergency instructions were radioed to the ship and ths plane was sent lo wait in the calm waters of the bay while a Coast Guard boat plowed through rough seas  lo  take  the  seaman  off.
The patient had just been load¬ ed aboard the big Douglas plans and the Coasl Guard boat was sailing off when the crash occurred. The boat succeeded in getting all four men off, but Lieut. Chris¬ topher   was   found   fatal'y   injured
The   amphibian   flew   from  Cape   The others were taken to • hosplUI May   Station   to   Assateague   Bay 1 for treatment