Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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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.
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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)
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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.
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Japanese    and    he    was   forced (Continued  on  Pagp  A-13)
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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
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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
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