Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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Ihlrty-Thirrt Year—No. 3
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 29. 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
REFUGEES STORM FRANCE
SENATE ADDS POLITICS BAN TO RELIEF BILL
New Huber Colliery Will Open Wednesday WINTER CUT
OF WPA IS LIMITED
Plant Most Modern In Anthracite Region; Will Employ 1,500 Men
Can Handle Output of Glen Alden Mines Over Wide Area, Using Underground And Surface Transportation; Colliery Yards Set New Standards of Efficiency
HITLER
SPEAKS
MONDAY
Franco Continues Squeeze
TO RESIST FORCE
Ashley's    Maxwell    colliery,    re-        ,.,,or-ri|   . ,w
named Huber colliery by the Glen    CHAMBERLAIN   SAYS
Ak'en  Coal  Company,  will   >'«s""'f    BRITAIN   IS   READY
operations   on   Wednesday,   F'ebru-
ary   1,  after  a  shutdown   of   seven
months   during   which   the   plant
underwent    radical   structural
changes at a cost estimated in the
millions.   Approximately  l.SOO  men
will    return    to   their    posts,    thus
terminating    idleness    that    began
July  1.
The extensive work at the Huhn rolliery haa produced the most completely mechanized and scien¬ tific   coal   operation   plant   in   the
which,
he the
in   the
Expect More Demands And Indications of Drive for Ukraine
HUGE CELEBRATION
London, Jan. L'8 lUP) Prim^' Minister Neville Chamberlain told a war-worried Europe tonight thit Great Britain is perfecting her mighty land, sea and air aimn- ment,'; to resist any atlemp' to dominate   the   world   by   force.
rie called upon the totalitarian powers to mal<e a contribution lo the   peace   which
Mark Sixth Year Of Nazi Power; World Will Listen
Berlin, Jan. 28.   (UP) -A demand he   said,   Britain   by Fuehrer Adolf Hitler for restora-
o apparently  desires. Chamberlain's     address     in     hi< home  town of Birmingham was of great  International  importance   be-
j cause of the coming speech of Nazi Fuehrer AdoK Hitler to the new greater German Reichstag on Mon¬ day, when he may outline the fur¬ ther Nazi demands on Europe and indicate his support for Italian Premier Benito Mussolini's  dreams
1 of empire in the Mediterranean.
ANTI-FRENCH CROWDS DISPERSED IN ITALY
anthracite   region   and   one because of ils capacity, will center   of  coal   preparation middle of the couniy. LAM Tons of Steel
More than 1,600 tons of steel have gone into construction nf a brand new, modern breaker, new power plant, conveyor lines, re¬ location of track system, in the (onslruclion of what lo the casual observer is the most striking in- nm'ation the high, pylon-like tow¬ ers which support giant cables along which will run the contain¬ ers removing culm and rock to a considerable distance from the col¬ liery yards.
Use of this new system elimin¬ ates need df anjKJMMq'llcateA track system to various culm banks, and miners estimate Ihat the area which will be served by the new culm-dumping system will be suf¬ ficient to handle the refuse output of the colliery for a hundred years. In olher collieries Ihc culm prob¬ lem becomes a difficult one as available  room nearby is used up.
The old wooden breaker whicli stood near the shaft had been a landmark of the Ashley section since 1880. but not even vestiges remain. The previously cluttered yards have been cleared almost en¬ tirely and the breaker built at one •nd of the huge enclosure, flanked by huge water settling tanks, the power plant, wash-house, machine shops and olher necessary slru<- ture». Glass has been used liberal¬ ly throughout the new construc¬ tion. The old shaft, whirh has hoisted many, many tons of roal since the old Maxwell was opened, has been rebuilt wilh steel and furnished with higher-speed engines.
Tn     pursuance    of    the    general
scheme of modernization in the coal
preparation   plant   itself,   the   Glen
Alden has started oul to modernize
Ihe grounds around the colliery too.       Providence, R. I., Jan. 28, (UP)
A high iron-fence has been erected   Three  firemen  were  hurt  and  city   Tremendous Celebration
along Main street, Ashley, and the   hall   was   threatened   tonight   by  a
rough   sidewalks   formerly   used   by   general   alarm   fire  that  swept  the
pedestrians    have    been    replaced,   four-storv  Scott   Furriers'  building
in   the  heart  of Providence's  busi¬ ness dislrict.
Damage   was   estimated   at   over $100,000.
Rome, Jan. 28. (UPl Police dis¬ persed crowds in the streets of Rome. (Jenoa and Savona tonight when manifestations for national¬ ist .Spain were turned into demon¬ strations  againsi   France.
Police arrested the leaders of the demonstrations and firemen turned water on the throngs pro¬ testing again.sl alleged French slurs against Italian valor. Many persons were bruised in the scuf¬ fles  with   police   and   firemen.
SERGEANT REDINGTON IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Condition of .Sergeant Frank Redington, for many years a mem¬ ber of the rity police force, wa,« described as "nol very favorable" lasl night at his home, 14 Sterling street.
The former cily officers wa.-i strirken ill before Thanksgiving of last year with arthriti.'. Friend.! are hoping for his speedy recovery.
THREE FIREMEN HURT IN $100,000 BLAZE
lion of Germany's pre-war colonies was forecast in diplomatic sources tonight as the Reich looked toward the Fuehrer's address to the Reichstag on Monday to outline the   future   of   Nazi   Germany.
Belief that the Fuehrer would discuss liermany's colonial de¬ mands was strengthened by an unequivocal demand tonight by General Ritter von Epp, head of | the Colonial League, for return of ' the   former  possessions.
Ths Nail Fuehrer will address for tne first time the Reichstag of "Greater (iermany" on the sixth anniversarjt of hi» ri*» to power. The Reich now has a population ot 8n,000,n(10 and an area of 22.'i,00n : square miles due to the Sudeten and Austria anschluss. War or Peace Forecast
Every capital of Europe- an^l probably of thc world—will listen to his words for an indication or a flat slalement of Germany's atti¬ tude toward war or peace on the ' continent; toward the movement for Ukrainian independence In Eastern Europe: and toward Italy's demands for French concessions In , the   Mediterranean. i
To a great extent, the question of whether an acute new situation will arise in thc Mediterranean as a result nf thp nationalist triumphs in the .Spanish civil war will depend on thc support which Hitler gives Italy, neutral observers believed.
In connection wilh the inter¬ national developments, the Czech government at Prague announced officially tonight the rnnclusion of a general agrrement with Germany tn permit all kinds of military railway traffic to pass through territory of both nations In sealed trains.
Offers Protection After Sustaining $150,000,000 Slash
SOLICITING ENDED
Civil Service Plan Ordered by Roosevelt Meets Defeat
Here is how the country is divided in Spain, following the fall of thc Loyalist capital of Barcelona to the Insurgents. Area around Gerona, on the trench border. Is still held by Loyalists, as is the larger area which includes Valencia and Madrid. Insurgents immediately started north   to  attack  Gerona,   eut  off  from   the   south,   encountering  llltle
resislanre,
Chile, with 30,000 Dead, Needs Lime to Burn Bodies
Tales of Horror Continue to Pour From Quake Zone
Chilian, Peru, Jan. 28 (TP)— Workers reiiinvInK the dehrls of Tueeday'a earthquake frnm the wTerked municipal theatre were stunned today to find twn living persons—a husband and a wife—still seated In the or¬ chestra  stalls.
Thpy had been mirarulnu*ly saved by a supporting beam. Both were In a dangerously weak condition.
E
ON PLANE SALES
Report Craig Told Of 'Pressure' Used To Assist France
The long row nf company houses Ihsl flanked the road on that side has disappeared and the grounds will be levelled and landscaped to presenl an sppearanrp comparable to that at Truesdalp and Loomi*. nther collieries which have beauti¬ fully kept grounds. Dust Clouds flnne
Before July 1, IB.I.S, the Maxwell breaker, in common with olher old- type breakers, used daily to shower the town with a fine film of roal dust. That will have disapppared. however, with use of the new roal preparation plant, for waler will be used liberally in treating the co,tl, not only to eliminate the dust nuisance but also lo assist in more efficient separation of the coal from rulm and rock. The water will be used over and over again, since the rulm-laden liquid will be run inlo (Continued  on   Page  A-lfii
GOVERNOR JAMES VISITS IN ASHLEY
Governor Arthur H, James wa.s an unannounced visitor at Ashlev lasl nighl. Hp paid an unexpected visit tn his aunt, Mrs. J. R, Morris, of 61 Manhattan street. She is lo- ruperaling from injuries suslain.'d in   an   automobile   acridrnt,   whirh
Plans for the sixth anniversary of Nazi power In Germany include an 18-hour program in which 7,000,- 000 persons in Austria and 3,000,000 in the Sudptpniand will join the population of the remainder of the Rpirh. Hitlrr's speech on Monday night   will   rlimax   Ihe   celebration.
The offirial announcement of the program said the day would start at 8 a. m., with "a great awaken¬ ing" whirh means brass bands and parades in the streets on a scale great enough to prpvpnt anyone from sleeping longer. At 9 a. m. Propaganda Minister Joseph Paul Gopbbels will broadcast a mpssagp to German school children and at 11    a,   m.   Hitler   will   speak   from
occurred on the day of the innaugu-   the   Reirh   rjianceller.v,   presenting
ration
The Governor spent more than an hour with his kinsman, but few peOplc knew of his visit. He th.'n returnpd to his home on Churc'n street, Plymouth, where hp will .-est intil this afternoon.
"national  prizes of 1938"  which Germany   will    henceforth    replace the   international  Nobel  prizes.
Kills Self After Mercy 'Murder' WTiich Only Added to Son's Misery
Weehawken, N, J,, .Ian, 28. (UP) | The son awoke as the father Leo Saluln, suffering frnm three stood nver him but was too weak afflictions and barely alive, grieved In struggle. He could not even tnday for his father who had so raise his arms lo ward off fhe pitied him yesterday that he tried blow at his throat. When thc to kill him and only succeeded in razor struck, he collapsed, Hp saw killing himself. ihis faUier run into the next room
The    2fl-year-old    son    had    been   and heard his body strike the floor crippled  since  childhood by  infan-'a moment  later.    He  struggled  to
tile paralysis and was bedridden by a severe cold when the father, •loseph, 50, decided il would be merciful to kill him. He used a razor on his son, then on himself. The son's wound only added to hi.s suffering.
Leo was at home alone and be- raiue he was helplessly sirk with Ihe rold. the pider Saliito left his harber chair an,i went tn see if he needed anything, I.,eo was ¦sleep.
rise from bed, but could not.
The father had severed his own jugular vein and had died quickly. The note  lo his wife read:
"Mary, I think we are both dead by now, I done this terrible thing because Leo is so sick. He won't live unlil tomorrow morning, 1 want In tell a lot but I haven't the nerve  to  write  any  more,"
1,/en was alive this mnrning. but his condition  was desperate.
More Independents Available Today
The Sunday Independent re¬ grets that all who attempted to obtain a copy of its issue of lasl week were unable to do so. It was mechanically impossible, at that limp, to distribute more than the 40,000 copies which the   presses   delivered.
This number will bc increasied tod-iy in Ihc hope that all de¬ mands  can  be  met.
It was a pleasure last week to demonstrate that a home¬ town paper can be of service to ils area if only in presenta¬ tion  of the very latest news.
Whereas all papers sent inlo the valley told only that the British flying boat "Cavalier" had been lost at sea, the Sun¬ day Independent reported the rerue   of   thc   seven  survivors.
This    was    accomplished     by giving complple coverage nn all news    loral    and     world-wide until     pre,sslime,     2:.'10    Sunday morning.
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 28 (UP) — Haia.ssrd authorities in tli^ i^arth- quake zones of Southern Chile sought tonight to cope with pestil¬ ence, starvation and looting.
Over hundreds of miles of wrerk- ed cities and villages, rescue work¬ ers fared the staggering task of burying more than 30,000 virtims.
Authorities in the onre thriving agricultural city of Chilian appeal¬ ed for 20,000 sacks of lime to hasten the destruction of bodies. They feared an epidemic. Another »p- , peal was for gas masks.
Already more  than  2,.'i00 virtims I in Chilian have been buried without identifiration. Executions for Looting
A ronslant stream of airplanes poured food supplies intn the stricken area. Doctors and nurses were being senl by air also, ' Isolated cases of looting were re¬ ported and the militia took meas- urrs under a decree of niii'.i:il law. Twenty-five persons were reported execuled at Chilian and all sur¬ vivors were ordered oul of the once thriving metropolis of 40,000,
Authorities also severely punished all found guilty of profiteering in food prices. A government decree fixed prices al the level before liie disaster struck lasl Tuesday,
The British cruiser Exeter, which brought refugees to Valparaiso, sailed for the south again tod^y carrying 200 troops and food sup¬ plies.
Refugees were moving inlo Santi¬ ago by highway, plane and ship. Three relief ships, arrived at Val¬ paraiso during the afternoon witn 2,000 persons from the Conceprion area. Five hundred needed mediral attention. Horrors at Theatre
The United Press rorrespondent at Chilian reported that there had been victims in almost every family in the city, Onl.v 10 persons nf an audience of more Ihan 400 escaped from the municipal thp.'>tre.
The ticket seller of the theatre reported that the cries of the vic¬ tims were audible for 48 hours afler the earthquake. The few survivors had no way of moving the great piles of masonry. Because so few escaped, many who were burijd alive in olher sections of the city died before rescue from outside, reached them.
The United Press correspondent saw several survivors who had gone insane. They were being taken care of by Catholic priests.
Everywhere there were babies and children without parents, Lo.ig lines of injured were stretched .'Ut on mattresses.    Many of them lay
(Copyright, 1»S», by I'nited Preas)
Washington, Jan, 28,—The Sen- ale military affairs committee, it was learned lonlght, is invesigaling a letter allegedly wrilten by Presi¬ dent Roosevelt requesting the Stale. War, Navy and Treasury departments to co-operate with .i French mission planning to pur¬ chase military airplanes In the United States,
The committee. It waa said, will demand that a cop.v of the letter be submitted to It In connection wilh its Inquiry Into the presence of a French Air Ministry official 1 aboard a new type bombing plane that rrashed near Los Angeles last Monday.
Committee Chairman Morris .Sheppard, D.,Tex., was rpprpsentcd as feeling that the investigation should be given "wide publicity," Sen, Rennett Champ Clark, D,,Mo„ a rommitlee mpmber, aaid that unless publirity is given, he will introduce a resolution in the Sen- atp calling upon the federal de- partinents involved to submit a romplele record of the plane transactions.
General Malin Craig, army rhiof of staff, testified al a serrel com¬ mittee hearing today. He was understood to have said that the War Department, encountering "prcssurp" from the White House, permitted a French rpprpsentati\-p to inspect the new plane in con¬ junction with Treasury Depart¬ ment efforts tn promote export trade. He said it was stripped of secret  devices.
Craig, il was said, testified that military offlrials of the War De¬ partment frowned on the co-opera¬ tion with the French mission, but that the civilian heads were in¬ structed by the President to co¬ operate.
Committee mpmbeis, while de¬ clining to he quoted, said thpy be¬ lieved a "thorough investigation" should he made of the apparent co-operation helween thia govern¬ ment   and   France.
"What I want to find oul is whether we are permitting foreign¬ ers tn inspect our latest equipment before we have an opportunity lo bid in on it ourselves," said Sena¬ tor Clark.
In   a   scorching   sun   for   lack   of hands to move them,
Mgr. Campillo, archbishop of Santiago, tonight ordered all Catho¬ lic schools and houses of retreat turned over to homeless children from the soulh. He informed the government that the church would feed and cloths all injuried and orphan children.
AVashington,   Jan.   28   (UPI    Thr
Senate    late    today    approved    In.-'
,$725,000,000     relief     bill,     carrying
i .$l,'50,000,n0(i    leas    than    asked    by
I President Roosevelt and a stringent
ban on politics in relief.
The bill now goes back to the House, which is expected to re¬ quest a conference to adjust House and Senate differences.
The ban on politics in WPA was one of the strictest bans ever ap¬ proved by the Senate, It places severe penalties upon anyone seek¬ ing to influence the vote of WPA workers and bans solicitation of political contributions of any kind i from all federal employees.
Chief Senate changes in the bill:
A provision that nol more than .5 per cent of WPA employpps mav he dropped from the rolls during the winter months of February and .March. This was coupled with an invitation lo President Roosevelt to seek additional funds in April I If he could show that an "emer¬ gency"  made  this  necessary.
The amendments by Sen, Carl A, I Hatch, D., N. -M.. designed lo lake ' politics out of WPA, These providr a ,$1,000 fine and year's impri,son- nipnt to anyone promising WPA employment or threatening a WPA enrollee for political reasons and require the immediate discharge of any relief official using his posi¬ tion to influence an election,
A ban on solicitation of campaign funds from any relief client or anyone paid oul of any other funds appropriated by Congress, This places a prohibition of campaign solicitations from any federal em¬ ployee. It was inserted in the measure by Senate Majority Lead¬ er Albcn  '\V,  Barkley.
An     ampndment    pliminating    a House  provision  whirh   limited   re¬ gional   WPA   pay   diffptpntials   to 2,'( per cent. Kill Civil Service Plan
A provision barring WPA em¬ ployees from Civil Service status. President Roosevelt had ordered the personnel under civil service effective next month. !
A last-mlnutp  proposal made  by j Sen.    Bennett   C,   Clark,   D.,   Mo, j whirh  bars  the  use  of any of  the WPA   funds   for   national   defense purposes. ¦
An amendment by Sen, Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D,, Wyo,, ordering a general readjustment and equal¬ ization of WPA pay and one hy Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Kla., to require WPA to pay a mininiiini wage not Ipss than Ihe minimum wages provided in the wage-hour law 25 cents nn hnur were de¬ feated.
Several ear-marking proposals were «Titten into the bill before finnl   pa.ssagr, i
To Aid  Other  .Needy
Onr by Sen. William K. Borah. R., Ida., provided thai $15,000,000 of the fund he ii.spil to give em¬ ployment lo needy persons nol now on WPA rolls. Borah estimated 925,000 persons were now certified for 'VVPA employment hut unable lo get on the rolls. An amendment by Sen, (^arl Hayden, D,, Ariz,, pro¬ vided that $93,000,000 of the loUl may be alloratrd for fpderal pro¬ jects. Another by Sen, Pal Mc¬ Carran, D„ Nev., earmarked $3,- 000,000 lo be spent to help 25,000 unemployed  railroad  workers.
Half Million in Desperate Struggle To Leave Spain
Scenes of Misery as Miles Long Column Trudges Mountain Passes in Snow; Franco Rapidly Closing in as Loyalist Resistance Collapses
By HAROLD ETTLINGER I     Barcelona,    Jan,    28    (UP)—Th»
Lnited Press Staff Correspondent , "rmies of Generalissimo Francisco D .1. r^ 1. o. ¦ 1. r- .¦ i Eranco closed in on a rapidly Perthus, French^Spanish Frontier, [ d,vindling triangle in northeastern Jan. 29 (Sunday) (UP)-Miles of Spain tonight seeking to admin- human misery stretched down the i ister a knockout blow tn fleeing highways from the French frontier republican legions in Catalonia, today where thousands of refugees Nationalists claimed Ihat resisl- from republican Spain clogged the ance lo their advance on Gerona, gateways to France seeking safely new republican capital, had col- from the war machine of Generalis-   lapsed.
simo Francisco Franco. The Nationalists chased a "phan-
More than a half million were on '">" irm.v" that hnd once heen 300,. Ihe march with estimates up tn mil- "<'<' strong. Military advices said lion. They struggled through the 'hat there was not even rear guard biting     cold     and     snow     of     the   action   as   Franco's   forces   moved
Pyrenees passes and moved up the coastal highways in a driving rain. This    morning    some    25,000    had   "'"'"'1   >'P   th crossed  inlo  France.    But  the   line   Barrelona, extended   back   into   Catalonia   for   Becomes  Parade six   to   10   miles   from   this   border point.    Similar cnndilionj were re¬ ported at olher points of entry.
swiftly   e,istward   along   the   foot¬ hills   of   the   Pyrenees   and   north- roast   plains   above
Gen, Juan 'i'ague, whose Moroc- rans advanced 25 miles north ot Barcelona reportedly without firing
Thousands   were   soaked   to   the   a 'hot, told  the United  Press that
skin as they walled lo be admitted. They seemed frozen into immobility by the cold, wet and hunger. People Pack Highways
In front of Ihcm and just as im¬ mobile was a solid rank of tall black    French    Senegalese    troops
Ihe advance toward the French frontier was "now a military pa¬ rade - the enemy appears com¬ pletely disorganized."
Martial law was extended to Barcelona, Complete order was Be¬ ing restored. Civil guards patrolled
Authorities   worked    feverishly   lo   ^'^^ <''.y ""d nia"'ie<l machine gun3 keep  the  line  moving.    As  fast  as   "' "t"'"' rornprs and other points,
Bul there was no need of them.
Mobs of homeless children were fed by Nationalist .soldiers who bivouacked in the streets. They built fires from wood wrenched from doorways and windows. Many of the children nnd soldiers sl»pt quietly side by fide for warmth while sentries maintained the flre^'.
The Nationalists were quickly restoring public services.
The work nf clearing up the wreckage cau.sed by their own bombers was underway by Nation¬ alist authorities.
Long lines formed tonight to re- receive   tons   of   bread   which   the
dis-
the refugees were admitted they were rushed by army trucks to places of refuge beyond the border. But the wailing lines never seemed lo diminish. I As far as I (•ould see, the high¬ ways were packed as tighlly as it wns humanly possible with hungry and exhausted men, women and children. Thousands of Loyalist deserters were imong the refugees but lhey were turned hark or , evicted pending the establishment of coiK-entratioii camp.s.
Points of entry were ordered kept iopen  all  night and,  in  the  flicker¬ ing light of bonfires, the stream of , NatYonahsts" aulhoru7es   were other  thousands   continued   toward ' tributing. j
the 150,000 total that conservative i estimates predicted would seek ad- i mittance over the weekend. I
Unconfirmed     reports     reaching the frontier said all republican re- ' jSistance had broken down and that Premier Juan   N»grin   had  clashed with   Luis  Companys,   president  of the   Catalan   government,   because Negrin demanded that the fight be i continued   to  the   last  man.    Com- i panys   was   reported   lo   have   said the Catalans were sick of war and it    was    iniiicatpd    that    Catalonia might seek a separate  peace wilh , Franco, Deserters Turned Back I
.safely In France and others left behind.
There were compensations for the scenes of tragedy. At the bar¬ rier leading into France, one wo¬ man rushed into thc arms of a wounded soldier whn was her hus¬ band and whom she had not seen for  two years,
I watched the first refugees crowd their way across the fron¬ tier after the chains were let dnwn at Perthus, Some were wrapped in blankets lo keep out the sharp, knife-like wind that cut down from
the    mountains.    Some   led   small The  French  government  ordered   ehildren who helped carry the few
admission of all women, children and men of non-mililary age but instructed guards lo turn back men of military age. The order against admission of desertprs resulted In forcible removal of screaming, pro¬ testing republican soldiers — some of whom clung to trees and shout¬ ed that they would rather commit | suicide. But later another govern- mpnl ordpr provided for establish¬ ment of concentration camps in the Easlprn Pyrpnecs where refu- ger.s of military age will be ad¬ mitted starling Sunday morning. Thou.sands   of   Loyalist   soldiers.
belongings thpy had managed lo bring from their homes. Mobile guards herded them along as quietiv and as sympathetically as possible bul the influx was too great to permit the French to pro¬ vide proper facilities at once. .Situation  DpHperate
The situation was dcspernte at Puigcerda and in the surrounding section, a United Press correspond¬ ent reported. It was estimated that 150,000 retugpes -many of them soldiers—had flowed in from the Sea de Urgell and Loll valleys.
Out beyond Port Vendres, scores
most of Ihem without guns, were ' of fishing smacks headed up the reported along thp frontier but the ^i oast bearing refugees to French hulk of Ihe republican army was ports. Three such boats landed 70 said to bp furiher south in Gerona civilians and some armed soldiers province. Some travelers said the at Port Bou. The soldiers were troops were demoralized, with rally,   disarmed   by French  offlcials.   The
12-Year-Old Becomes Mother
Chicago, Ja.i,   28,  (UP) -Chi cage's "child bride"    12-year-old ,lennie    Rpn"llo    P.ota   - became the mother of a baby girl today.
The young niolhpr had difT.- culty breathing after she gave birth to the baby and was placed in nn oxygen lent, bul doctors said her condition was not crit¬ ical. The baby was placed in an   incubator.
Only Jennie's mother and her husband, Frank Rota, 24, un¬ employed shipping clerk, were pprmilled to see her.
Jennie and her husband were spparatpd by courl order shortly afler it was revealed lhey hnd eloped lo Vnlparalso, Ind, last August. The young girl's par¬ ents had approved of the mar¬ riage.
ing  hopelpss,
.Suffpring Everywhere I
Suffering was evident every¬ where along the frontier. I saw children who had lost their parents daya ago in the trek toward the frontier. One group of i hildren was brought to the border by sev¬ eral women who said thp mothers of the group had turned hack to Barcelona as soon as lhey saw their   children   safe. I
Many families were divided, some i
French destroyer Simour landed about 1,500 refugees soon after¬ ward.
French officials took 200 disarm¬ ed Loyalist soldiers to Bellegarde under escort of Senegalese troops and 800 women and children were taken to Boulou, where a tempo- rsry refugee rlearing station wai set up. The Red Cross vaccinated most of them after they had been fed.
Outside Gerona, about JOO (Continued .)n Page A-l*)
They Made Him Two $50 Bills— But He Was the One Who Kept Them
Chicago, Jan, 28. (UPl -This is a story about two confidence men with a "money-making" machine and a storekeeper. But it's different.
Frank Ginsberg and Otto Bergoff called on Rudolph Fishmann, a well-to-do chain grorery owner. They interested him in a scheme lo get rich, look him to their apartment and showed him chem¬ ical paraphernalia wilh which they said it was pnssihlp to make $.50 bills out of ones, Fishmann handed over two $1 bills and wntihed while Ginsberg and Bergoff passed them  through  a solution,  pre.ised
them with a blotter and brought forth   two   $.50   bills.
"Take them to the bank," Gins¬ berg said, "and if they're good, bring back $10,000 and we can all be millionaires,"
Fishmann took the two J50 bills, deposited them nt his bank, then called police. They arrested Glns- j berg and Bergoff, Ginsberg, they I said, has a record as a confidence man and served a prison term for a "money machine" swindle, rhe na.me Bergoff Is . an alias, they said.
Al the delerlive bureau. Oins- berg asked Fishmann for the tw« ISO bilU.