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'A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT WeatKer Sunday: Partly cloudy, warmef. Mondav: Partly cloudy. 33RD YEAR, NO. 23—46 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1939 PRICE TEN CENTS BOMBINGS PANIC LONDON CROWDS STA TE ROAD GRAFT CASE GIVEN TO JUR F CENTRAIJ Death of Coal Picker in Abandoned Stripping Here Shows Need of Refilling Dangerous Openings Lack of Profit Is Stressed By Defense WASTE ATTACKED Deny 'Hot Spot' Statement by Leon Schwartz Harrishurg, ¦lune 'i:> (Sunday) lll'i—Tlic jury of seven men mill fixe Hoiiirii apparently «a» hsiiiig dillicult.> fiiidinit nitree- nirnt in liie Hrnwiiiiiillcr rase Ihit inoriiiiiK. I P to 1 a, ni. tliprc wa-i no report. At IIP:."1II last iiiuhl, n\x hours nflfr receivinic the charite of ,lu(Ue Hughe*, thoy »rnt out nnrd Ihat further instructions nere neede*!, of technical nalurr. I'nr Ihis Ihry were orderr<l into open court snrt then iiiinirdiat»'lv resumed dr- libMStlons. No further repnrt «as ex- lipcted until mnrning. June 24. (UP) ENGLAND RAniES SABRE Cliamberlain Shows Power of British Arms HOPES FOR PEACE But Promises No Submission to Japan and Germany Czechoslovak Legions Drilling in Secret Preparing for Revolt and Overthrow of Nazi invaders- Use Chain-Letter Recruiting Chicago. June 24 (UP) -Secret [ Thnmns Mn,«aryk joined Czerh.i legions of Czechoslovakisns nre ' and Slovaks in a single indepen- | holding undercover drill.i with dent nation after the World War. i weapons in their Nazi-dominated Martinek displayed two letters; homeland in preparation for forre- which he said were .smuggled out ful overthrow of the Germans, the of the area. They laid down a set rzechoslovak National Council of of 10 rommanriments for mainten- i America snid tonight. i anre of patriotic moral and warn- Chain letter.s are pas.iins; from ed: I friend to friend enlisting man- "Be Ready to Fight" | ] Terrorism Hits Theatre District At Busiest Hour FIVE EXPLOSIONS Ahove i.s hole in whiih boy died Ia.st week when the lunip.s of earth al.so shnwn rra.shed down on hiin wilhout warning. At left i.s another danger- filled hole (in circle) from which coal is picked despite loose rocks in ledge of shale. I Cardiff, 'Wales, June 24. (UP)— Prime Minister Neville Chamber¬ lain warned Japan and Germany tonight of the might and quality of Britain's sea and air forces and informed the world that Britain would never "submit to dictation (trough secret from another power in its foreign ,^^^^ homeland power for re-birth of thc tiny Crii- tral Epropean republic over wl's^'' Chancellor Adolf Hitler c.st.ThiTsnptf a German protertorate last spring, thc rounril revealed. Chain Ketter Recruiting "Bc on guard, ready and deter¬ mined when our day comes. Be ready to fight." "Legions arc being formed for the fight of liberation." read one of the letter.s. "Let u.s have the Call Troops as Excitement Jams Picadilly Circus Joseph Martinek. executive sec- j fighting .spirit of IDM. , . retary of the council, said word of "Keep a rerord of Gernian Nazis, the undercover activities inme to their renters, troops, munition the counril, central hody of Ameri- cans of Czech and Slovak descent. comniunicntions .stations. stores, supply stores, truck.s. tanks, aeroplanes, telephones and radio Exeter Man Wounded By Stray Rifle Bullet Some plan similar to that In effect in Plain township seems tbe only mcfins of ending the existence of dangerous "dog-holes" in aban¬ doned stripping operations in Larksville. as shown above, where l.^-year-old Martin Koval, Edwards¬ ville high school student, met his policy.' In a flghting speech to his con- leaders loval to exiled President Kdiiard Benrs He said the letters are being c ir "Drill with arms secretly . . . keep your guns and anuniinition London, June 24. (UP)—Detach¬ ments of the Territorial Army (national guard) were called out tonight to handle excited crowds and patrnl central London after five bombs were exploded in the heart of the theatrical district in what police said was renewed ter¬ rorism by Irish Republican Army sympathizcr.s. It was estimated that from 3(1 to 40 persons were injured including ready but well hidden. Do not several policemen. Several suffer servative constituents in this rough rulated In a fervent outburst of complain that you are disarmed, ed -serious injury, one bystander mining country, he warned axis nations not to attempt any coer¬ cion, criticized bitterly the "high¬ handed and intolerably Insulting treament of British subjects" in China snd stressed closer United While busy «»si«ting Thoma:^ Barber, a neiahhor, to clear land former Highways „i Eatonville, preparatory to erect¬ ing a cottage, Donald Roberta, 111.") Exeter avenue, Exeter, bor- politicai purpo.ses in Luzerne rounty oiigli fell to the ground, with a Harri.'biirg, Cimrite.s that .Sfcretary Roy E. Brownmiller ¦misused' stale molor funds for last fall were submitted to th jury late this afternoon. Tlie defense and prosciution summed up their cases inimediately afler noon recess and Judge How¬ ard W. Hughes gave the jury a comprelifn.sive review of the law, the evidence and their responsibil- it;p.( in the rase bullet pierring part of his log yes¬ terday aflernoon. The bullet is be¬ lieved to havp been fired from a 'J'l calibre rifle from thc opposite .side of the Susquehanna River. His fonipanlons, Thnmas Barber, Paul Martini and Barber's two young sons rushed the injured man to Tunkhannock. where he physician who. "Remember that this ra.,e Is of ^v"' l'-"'''^' .^>\ ^ ^, . . ,. after examination. stated th tile uimo«t importanre hotli to the defendaiii and the lomninnwcHlth. the Washington county jurist as¬ signed tn preside al trials of 12 prominent Pennsylvania Demorrats indicted in a grand jury invealiga¬ lion of alleged graft in the Earle administration, cautioned members of the jury. wound waa not serious. He advised further treatment at the Pitlston City Hospital. Pennsylvania Motor Polire were notified and laat night were in¬ vestigating. , The Exeter men said the bullet j may have come from men lhey I aaw earlier in the day who were ' doing some practice shooting in the river. After his treatment at the hos¬ pital. Roberta was removed to his home, where he is resting ronfort- ably. One Charge DiRniiss<>d Judge Hughes opened hia charge by directing acquittal on the second count of the indictment which he dismi.ssed on defense objection yes¬ terday. He then proceeded to diaciLss the two remaining charges on which pQX HILL MEETING' tile jury will deliberate. rrin pnr>iAl itinDI/CDC He explained in detail the duties FOR SOCIAL WORKtnS of the office of secretary of high- wa.va tn aid the jury in its decision. Ameriran Association nf Social The jurist emphasized that the Workers will hold the season's last highways secretary had made dia- meeting and dinner al Fox Hill linrtion in expenditurea of motor Country Club tomorrow night at funda hut that he must be bound Ri.io. Council of Social Agencies is by "rule of reason " and exercise a handling reservations, "sound discretion.'' Howard L. Ruasell. secretary of State Department of Public Aa- Uen) BroHnmiller Profited sistance, will talk on "The Effect Harrisburg, ,Iiine 24. tUP) The of Rerent Legislation on the pub- defense opened its plea for acquittal lio Assiatance Program." on charges ot "misusing" atate molor funda agHinst former High- oniiTU uni I ATTAr*!/ waya Secretary Roy K. Brownmiller OUUIn WILL A II WU^ today with the point the defendant TPYTll P WflfiP RATF "ia not charged by anybody with I I-A I ll_C ^ VV HUfc nH i t. having profiled one cent." death last Wednesday when tons states-British collaboration aa a re of clay fell on him as he was dig i ging for a few bags of coal. 1 The picture at the left shows the kind of opening men and boys Xo Hint of Appeasement suit of the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth to America. crawl into, overhung by loose stone and earth that might cover the hole al any time. The piclure at the righl shows huge lumps of clay that covered the hole into which Kovai had crawled and which crused him. .'Vlust Fill Holes Plain township, aroused by the Nazi allegations that Britain waa attempting to encircle Germany were characterized by Chamber¬ lain as a "gross travesty," but he cooly informed Berlin that the "Peace Front" ia aimed at aggrea- sion for "the agreements we made and the guarantees we have given other European powers have only mo BRITONS iLEAOERSEM IIRSHIP; LENDING BILL EINDIGNIIIES 10 BE PASSEO 'dangers to its resident and by the the snme purpose-to strenglhen unsightly mess that was left hv the Peace Front and to protect the j stripping operators when they had independence of slates whose faith : rcmove(i the coal underneath Ihe j surface, enacied an ordinance re¬ quiring thp operation to post a \ bond guaranteeing the excavations would be filled in when the coal , was removed. When this is done the 'dog-holes' in their own aecurily has been shaken by the fate of others. . , ." He offered a caiitioua hand ol economic friendship to Germany ll she is willing to drop "unjust sus¬ picions of others", for he said there was room in the world for expan- End of Blockade At Swatow Fails To Ease Tension .Shanghai, Sunday, June 25 (UP) -Despite the lifting of the Jap¬ anese naval blockade of Swatow, the Anglo-Japanese silualion be¬ came more threatening today with President Roosevelt's new $3,8fiO,- shown above are covered and the sion of German aa well aa Bfitiah Britons in the blockaded Tientsin 000,000 recovery-lending program. REV. RlnOI.PH Rl NTAC.H REV. RUNT OF HEART AnACK WEST SIDE PASTOR =j™ patriotlam cnmparahle with liie You will take weapons hy force, as having hia stomach punctured by a movement under which the late > (Contiiuipd on Page A-12) flying alivcr of glass. Newspapers headlined: "A Night of I. R. A. Terror; Worst Ever'. Four ausppcts were detained for queationing by police. The premises of three banks suf¬ fered heavy damage, Windows were shattered and awnings, and electric sign.s ripped down in shops and nearby theatres. Crowd in Panic The first explosion, heard and felt for two miles, occurred at 10 p. m. in thronged Piccadilly Circus, London's most congested traffic point for both pedestrians and vehicles. While crowds excited to panic jamiTiPd the circle, interfer¬ ing with police, ambulances anj fire engines, a second bomb explod¬ ed on the opposite side of the circle, I Two large windows were smashed In the Lyceum Theatre just as the audience was leaving. Womea screamed, dropped bags and ran, A man was seen running from the scene towards St. James's c:hurrh, supposedly for sanctuary. The crowd closed in and seized the concession subjected to new indig-1 Congressional leaders expecteo I suspect, manhandling him and rry- nitiea and worried British at Chefoo • legislation to effectuate the pro- '"f^- "iyncM him; string hira to a appealing thai a warship be sent Introduction '^™'' P""''," P"''.'''' '''•¦¦"¦"ed the lo protect them from violence. Sev- i • man and took him awav in an eral U. S. warships are in the j "Cxl week. Fast action is olanned ambulance. I because Congress is restive snd is ; Showered by Glass anxioua to leave for a summer | -,u^. ,i,i-,i .._• . , vacation ../.'l^ ^^I'L/' /''P'"''"" ''''"i. in the Strand, about a quarter of Elimination of Appropriation Aids; Foreign Loans Hit Wa.shington, ,Iiine 24 (UP) Sen¬ ate and House Republicans, aided by Democratic dissidents, today opened a running fighl against Served Swoyerville Charge Since 1927; Native of Slovakia Chief Defense Counsel H. O. Bechtel plnced major emphasis on the testimony Brownmiller ordered investigation of "payroll padding" charges in Luzerne county and de¬ manded those responsible be senl to Jsil. 'Is that the action of a man who wanted to 'mi.suse' state funds:-" Bechtel a.sked the jurv. niaelainis Reaponslhilitv Bechlel also argued that Brown¬ miller as secretary of highways should nol be held responsible for Atlanta, Ga.. June 24. aW)— Southern textile manufaetiirera pre¬ pared to blast away at thc .N'ew England branch of the industry to¬ night as representatives nf manage¬ ment and labor gathered here for federal wage-hour hearings on a proposed minimum wage of 32'i cents an hour. Small southern operatora were particularly hitter about thc pros¬ pects of having lo pay their work¬ ers according to the scale for New England. .Some larger southern Koval's death a Courtdale vouth was buried to the hips bv sliding masa of dirt and rock, fhe latter two boys learned their lessons and Rev. Rudolph Runlagh, pastor of never returned. St, Nicholas Greek Catholic Cliuroh J''f "ff'?^"*^ '" '^"V"' occurred , .iboiit 11:30 orlock Weriripsriav of Swoyerville since 1927, was found ^„,„i„^ ^.^.n ^^^ of dir" and dead .vesterday afternoon by mem- cin.v closed over the top nf the bers of hia family when Ihcy in- amall operation without warning, veatigated upon not hearing any I' required nt least a half hour fnr sounds of activity from the garags another youth to summon aid. where Father Runlagh had gone to **"'•" nearby workera hastened tn work on his rar. Death was as- remove the resi of their roal. Thev cribed to a heart ailment, since Pi"n<lically ignored the call fnr there was no evidence thc aulo- '""(f- mobile had been running. .,¦ ."'^'¦'"'^ "' """" summoned frnm Father Runtagh waa born in 1R80 Mickey a Gardens worked for twn in Slovakia, then under Hungarian il?'""'!'" fxtricate thc youth's body, rule, and was educated in the theo- """' '" »'ley logical seminary at Presov, Slo- '"" '"'''tion where Koval met his vakia. He was ordained to the f*""'" '¦'' ""c "f the mo.st dangerous priesthood in IflO,'), He came lo the ""''''' "} I'^e anthracite region. It United States in 1920 and was as- ^^¦''•'' mmed hy tlie DeRomo Coal danger of death that exists in markets. But while Chambertiin Larksville is not present. mentioned the colonial question he Simple warnings to bootleggers avoided any hint that Britain might are not sufficient to discourage surrender any ttrritory to Hitler, them from entering the holes and and defended British administra- _^_ ^ < rawling under lodges of clay and tion of her overseas possessions as chVfo^ poTt rock for remains of the coal. It designed ultimately to enable col- , . ^ ' , , .. ^ „„„ ., is said that the Larksville 'legger.s" onies lo govern themselves. 1 " '^'*"\ "P"j'f,!¦ ."^"i ^"" '^"P" practically ignored Koval's cries , anese-controlled W hile Russian vol- for help while lhey continued to *"»'"•« ^o Arnianienta unleers might attempt to march grab loose coal; and when Koval's "But although no one can set a into the Brilish concession al Tienl hody was removed they swarmed higher value on peace than I do, sin today following summer de right back into their own holes I never have failed to realize that mobilization. British authoritiei . in the world as we find it today an there, however, aaid they were not target today in their atlark on the a bus stop unarmed nalion has little chance worried sinre M per rpnt nf the , program. rj.y^^ fourlh explosion blew out of making ils voice heard. Russians are employed by British ^ Borah Recalls Defaults Ithe front of a branch bank In "When I compare the state of our firms, ^.^n. William E. Borah. R.. Ida., Fashionahip Park Lane and the armed forces and our ability to re- Puppets Add Pressure | Isolationist leader, reminded the, fifth, caused hy a small incendiary and waa rescued from death only , aiat attack as it is today with what Japan put new pressure on the ' PiibHc «nd Congress that Snuth bomb, sel fire to a letter box II by the timely assistance of neigh-i it was only a year ago, I feel that British at Tientain through the American and European govern-I Marylebone Road. Polire found a boring diggers, A week before we can face the future with .-aim Japanese-controlled Chinese puppet ments already have defaulted on j sixth bomb in a lavatory at Oxford confidence in our growing strength, government al Peiping according huge sums owed to investors here. Circus in time to prevent its ex- Not First Accident ccident, though the only was not the first. A lie youth a month previous¬ ly had hern completely rovered Mr. Roosevelts proposal lo lend a mi|e from Piccadillv Circus at .¦5500,000,000 tn foreign governments Aldwych and Wellington atreet mmer de- for developing export trade waa where six were hurt Flying glas.s authoritiea i aeized hy Republican.s as the first showered them as they waited at (Continued on Page A-12> mplovment nf %;=;.¦ "'o'.^'ri;;;;; "m L^^i'" >;'«"'"¦ ''"^^^'f' "'^"P"^'',,* signed to a paslora'te al Trenton, Company, abandoned, and is nnw ¦ i"".vment of road workers in hands-off attitude • aboul the At- * ' —¦'<—• . -. Luzerne county. lanta hearings because their wa-.es 'Hp ordered hi.s chief engineer already are ahove the suggested 'Continued on Page A-131 minimum. Ask End of Windsor's Exile and Royal Station for His Dutchess London, June 24. (UP) A linen signatures were athxed at a dinner labia cloth embroidered in hlack dance last night celebrating the and yellow, the rolora of the Duke fornier Kings 4.'ith birthday, of Windsor and hearing Ihe signa- The Ortavian who handed around turea of 300 members of the Ortav- Ihe clolh at the dinner remarked «n Socipty, was aent to him in laughingly that he wouldn't want Paria today as a delayed hirlhday anyone to sign it "who is afraid of P""'?^"!!. losing his head." recalling thai the The Octavlan Society, which signers probably would be in the robahly has less than ."lOO mem- Tower of London awaiting execu- »era, was organized to keep alive 'hp mpmory of Edward VIII The where he served for two without protection, though dirt is piled high above the holes, ready lo crash down over the openings. Kxperienced miners who investi¬ gated the holes reported their amazement thai men would rial< their lives for auch meagre pick¬ ings. In Today's Issue B—li 'laasiflert .... Mitorial ....'..'. ^lovles j^_J ••olitlrs .'.'. (>_. Hnrlal ."""'.. A—Il **Pnrt» ".'"""'". B—l '''ory ¦]_] A—18 •*»«"« :....'"'."'.','.'.'., B-^ lion if Henry VIII instead of George VI were on thc throne. Compton MacKenzie, thc author, and other speakers, demanded that the Duke be "brought from exile" and Inferred that thc Dukes next birthday might see a chnnge in ! hia status. MacKenzie denied that I thc Octaviana had any trea.sonable aim and said lhey only aimed to j bring Windsor back to work with ' his brother, the present King, with the Duchess in her "rightful place as a royal highness." N. J years. He then went to Whiting. Indiana, where he served for five .vears. He aerved aix months in a Taylor, Pa., rharge, and came to Swoyerville to St. Nicholas Church, where he served since. He succeeded Rev. Emil Semetkovsky, now pastor of St. .'Mary'.s c.reek Catholic Church in Kingston. Father Runtagh, married In (Continued on Page A-13) /• Successful Living Beginning today on Page C-3 ia a new column entitled ".Suc¬ cessful Living" by Dr. P^dgar De^itl Jones, author, editor and recently president of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Dr. Jones will write aboul life and ita meaning, interpret reli¬ gion in terms of your happincbs and welfare; he will help you find a wholesome approach to sorial and personal problem;'. You will find hope, faith, com¬ fort, courage and moral rein¬ forcement in Ihis column Prohibition For Mexico Mexico City, June 24. (UP) - The department of labor an¬ nounced tonight that Presidenl Lazaro Cardenas has prohibited the aale of intoxicating liquor in the petroleum flelda nnd prin¬ cipal mining and industrial towna of Mexico. The labor department aaid orders would be issued shortly to e.stablishmenls affected by the ruling. It waa announced also Ihat General Roman Yucupicio has ordered thai the prohibition laws be applied to the agrarian and commercial regions of the Yaqiii and May valleys. Towna affected by the law ivould include Ciudad Juarez, Nogales, and Mexicali, on the United Stales border. All these wpre famous oases when United States was dry. He aaid the plan merely would give these governmenla more of "the taxpayera' money to play around The Peiping governnipnt proteat- „,ith." This, he said, shnuld not to Domel (Japanese) Agency dis patches ed to the British snd French em- |,g ^one "unlil provisions have heen the Empire.' plosion. The greatest excitement, and damage, wna done in Piccadill.v Circus, often called the "Hub of baaaies regarding the Tientsin dis pule, Domei said, and Wen Shih- chen, Chinese mayor nf thc special Tientsin municipality, senl similar notes to the Brilish and French consuls at Tientsin. The notes, Domei aaid, demnndpd that the British give up "tprrnrisis and made to tnlse care of those loans The crowds were panic stricken already huig overdue." ' Smoke billowed over the circus. Rep. J. Williani Ditter. R, Pa., X'^® clanging of ,->nibulances nnd chairman of the Republican cnn- fire engines sounded over central gresslonal committee challenged '-¦nndon, the plan as "another New Deal Worst of Outbreaks attempt to pluck the taxpayer tn Police blamed the explosions on save the fare of an administration the outl.Twed Irish Republican reds," co-operate to prevent the n^nknip. ^f ideis except to spend." XVmv The blas\V^ congests "":',:i: "' ^""•¦¦r '," 'y":::.hy. »^ ^'^"^ 'he foreign loans plan was Pieckdilly Circus were the r^Mt tionalists and control anti-Japanese propaganda. .More Indignities The latest Briton to he insulted on October 21, 1932 there was John A. Whitrwright, China-born secretary of the country rlub. Returnin,'? from the race course, he was forced at the bar¬ rier to strip tn his underwear and waa subjected to a humiliating search. His clothea werp thrown lly Circu.s were the most a "direct violation of a pledge made daring exploits of the terrorist or- by Mr. Roosevelt to the people of ganization, aa previous explosions IheJJnited .Stalesm St, Louis, Mo., attributed to the I.R.A. were timetj " "' " to avoid posaible casualties, .May Kill Early Adjournment A policeman on traffic duty la Some feared the program defin- the Clrcua said he "beieved a gelig- itcly would smash all hope of ad- nite (gelatine dynamite) bomb was journment by July 1,'i. placed in a manhole by somebodu Thc Hou.se economy block, fight- posing as workmen." ing a rear-guard action against The blast, heard and felt two spending ihroughoul this seasion, miles awsy, threw crowds In tha from the searching shack by the has not been heard from on Ihia Circua into a panic and aent the Brazil Promises Pope To Accept Refuyees Rin de Janeiro, June 24 (UP)— "t had refused entrance to a nuni- Brazil has notified the Vatican that *'" "' "i*"" previoualy becauae of 11 .o,^/^n,. , restrictions which are in effect here 11 will permit 3,000 German Catholic ^^ ^^.^ ^ „^^;,„ „, j,,,„, ^ad refugees to enter Brazil aa re- ), » refused admittance because quested by Pope Pius, it was learn- they bad loal their Gernian natJon- ed officially tonight. ality through Nazi decrees and It was understood the Vatican or Iherefore were not eligible for the Brazil governmenl would pay entry under the (Jerman quota. The transportation coata for refugees quota of immigrants from (iermany lacking funds. for this year is nol yet filled, it It was pointed oul that entraiur was aald. of the refugees could be effected The refugees to be admitted at without greatly relaxing Immigra- the Pope's request will be made up tion r.-atrictions. of agricultural workera. In line wtth A gnvemmpiil spokeaman aaid regulaliona requiring Ihal RO ppr Ihal while Brazil took "refugee* thla typt, It wsa said. ikl Japanese and he was forced (Continued on Pagp A-13) / " v. S. Army Gets New Field Piece Washington, June 24, (UP) The army ordnance department revealed tonight development nf a l.w millimeter gun, capable of firing a 100-pound ahell 2.'),nni) yards, .Such a weapon ia regard¬ ed aa important in aeeking out and destroying nerve centers of an atlacking army in time of war, 1'hp shot, fired by Battery C of the 3filh Field Artillery, blew a hole IS feet in the ground, according to an article by t'ol. Ralph McT. Pennell. chairman of the army's fiield artillery hoard, appearing in nexl Tues¬ day's issue of "Army Ordnance." The new weapon is baaed on a lO-whepled. pneiimati--tiie I carriage whirh i-an occupy and leave a pnsilion quickly and has a maximum apepd of 12 miles I I ¦ ¦ ..fi,!.'>,'Iirpmfflr to isaue. It will not get a dirert audiencea in nearhy theatres rush- chance to crack adown on the pro- ing for the exits. gram, since it will involve no ap- One of the three injured suffl- propriations, bul members of the ciently to require hospital treat* (Continued on Page A-13) (Continued on Page A-1,1) Kentucky Officials, Candidates Injured as Platform Crashes Shelbyviilp, Ky., June 24 <UP) - burdened the stand at the centtf .Nearly ,30 persons, including Ken- and il gave way, dropping about lucky atate officials and political 1,S feet, leaders were injured today when a Two Serioualy Hurt speakers' stand at the Shelby Among the injured were Ralph Couniy fair grounds collapsed dur- , Gilbert, nominee for lieutenant- ing a Democratic rally. ' governor; Dan Talbot, slate flnanca Liput.-Gov. Keen Johnson suf- commissioner, who suffered a tered cuts aboul thc face and head broken leg; .Shelby County Judga making the first speech in his Hairy F. Walters; Congressman gubernatorial lampaign. Gov. A. B Virgil Chatman of the Sixth Ken- Chandler and Mrs. Chandler were lucky congressional distrirt and present but not in the stands. Ryter Donaldson, Johnson's cam- Police snid 300 persons were on paign manager, the platform. Talhot and Judge Walters were F'ollowing Lieut -Gov. Johnson's aaid to be in a serious condition. addrPs^Hiospfio the ^U\Jjjfjjj^^^^ii^,iJi^^ii^uit^^'^'".T J".'*(liiS 1'.' J TMW^^fpparentlv attempting In nni been determined The Ottasri >-ongratulate the candidate uver- suffered cutA ftnd bruUafr K*''-'^^'J
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 23 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 06 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Issue | 23 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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'A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
WeatKer
Sunday: Partly cloudy, warmef. Mondav: Partly cloudy.
33RD YEAR, NO. 23—46 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOMBINGS PANIC LONDON CROWDS
STA TE ROAD GRAFT CASE GIVEN TO JUR F CENTRAIJ
Death of Coal Picker in Abandoned Stripping Here Shows Need of Refilling Dangerous Openings
Lack of Profit Is Stressed By Defense
WASTE ATTACKED
Deny 'Hot Spot' Statement by Leon Schwartz
Harrishurg, ¦lune 'i:> (Sunday) lll'i—Tlic jury of seven men mill fixe Hoiiirii apparently «a» hsiiiig dillicult.> fiiidinit nitree- nirnt in liie Hrnwiiiiiillcr rase Ihit inoriiiiiK. I P to 1 a, ni. tliprc wa-i no report.
At IIP:."1II last iiiuhl, n\x hours nflfr receivinic the charite of ,lu(Ue Hughe*, thoy »rnt out nnrd Ihat further instructions nere neede*!, of technical nalurr. I'nr Ihis Ihry were orderr |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19390625_001.tif |
Month | 06 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1939 |
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