Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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A Paper for Tht' H nne
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Weather
Sunday.   Partly cloudy, cooler. Monday: Mostly cloudy.
33RD YEAR, NO. 11-^0 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
HITLER SAYS ENGLAND MAKES WAR BRITAIN CONTINUES PEACE DRIVE
CONGRESS OPENING WPA PROBE
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Leader of House Economy Bloc To Be in Charge
AFFECTS RELIEF
Senate Considers Restoration of Appropriation Cut
Washington, April 1. (UP) — House leaders and Chairman Ed¬ ward T. Taylor, D., Colo., ot the appropriations committee, tonight prepared to open a thorough in¬ vestigation nf thc Works Progress Admini.^tration.
Taylor conferred with Speaker William B. Bankhead and Majority Leader Sam Rayburn ot Texas, and prepared to call a meeting of ills committee Monday to agree on in- vc'ttigation   procedure.
It was ufidcrstood that the regu¬ lar relief  deficiency  sub-committee would   conduct   the   inquiry,   with   i Rep.   Clifton    Woodrum,    D.,    Va.,   I ranking next lo Tayior on the sub-   v, group, in charge.    Woodrum, lead¬ er of the House economy bloc, al¬ ready  has  received  suggestions  on WPA activities  to  be   investigated.
Woodrum and others, it was learned, have little hope of com¬ pleting the investigation before the $1,000,000,000 regular relief appro¬ priation for 1940 is brought before the House. However, they hoped to make a general study of thc relief aituation before considera¬ tion  ot   the   bill   is   completed.
The subcommittee is composed ot eight Democrats and four Repub¬ licans. The lead in defending the administration of relief was laken by Rep. Clarence Cannon, D., Mo. .May Add to Belief Fund
In the House, there was consider-
Bones of Vncle Tom' Still Lie Undisturhed in City Cemetery
(Jll January 22, 1871, an old colored man—aa a matter of fact he wns 73—died.
Kor years he had been quite a character in the town, which knew  him  as  "Uncle  Ton<"—and  must  have  liked  him.
He had been many places and seen many things. He had known slavery. So he was quite content to pass the final years allowed  him  in  a little  shack  in  the  borough  ot Wilkes-Barre.
Then  the  varicose  veins  which  had  given  a   "misery  in  his legs"  for some time,  claimed  him. Benefactor Forgotten
But his hody was 'thrown not into any Potter's Field, tor a friend who,sc name is forgotten even though that of the poor, black, lormer slave is remembered—stepped forward to assure him  burial  in  what  is  now City Cemetery.
William Turnbaugh, present caretaker there, often had noted the old .stone but was unable tn read the fading Inscription, A friend,  William Fell,  also  showed  interest.
Then came two ladles from Scranton, interested In historical lore, and the four of them went to work In earnest, carefully tracing out the weathered Inscription on the old grave marker.
Here is what they found:
THOMAS HARPKR known as Uncle Tnm was born in Maryland about 179S He  was  a  fugitive  slave   and   whenever   interrogated as to where he came .''rom, fearing a return to bond¬ age,   I'om  ably  replied,  "Nn  matter  where  you  come from  honey,  but where  am  you  gwine  to,  dal's  de question."
He witnessed the burning of Washington City by thc British Army in 1811. He died from sore legs in his little cabin in VVilkes-Barre Jan. 22, 1871. He was famous for attending ihurch and funerals. His ward¬ robe consisted of twenty-one hats, sixteen suit.i of clothes all presented by friends. He has gone where all good negroes go. Peace to hia ashes. Erected by a friend.
Hold up Order to Dismiss 3,500 from County WPA
Receding Waters Show River Tragedy
RUMANIA WANTED
IN UNION
Believed Ready if Offered Guarantee Given to Poland
FULL ARMED AID
Bucharest Can Add To Anti-Soviet Pact with Warsaw
Hurls Defiance at Plans to Stop Him But Wants No War
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Accepts  Challenge  of  Arms  Race And Warns Those Dragging Others* Chestnuts From Fire Must Get Fingers Burned; Nation Not to Be Encircled
Expect New Ruling To Cut Reduction To About 2,000
Order.s  for  the  dismissal of 3,500 Luzerne     county     WPA     workers were    given    Harry    J.    Williams, couniy   director,   during  the   week, able speculation  that  the  $100,000,-   but  a  telegram  yesterday  was  re-j 000 relief and  $800,000,000  agricul- I ceived    by   the    latter   instructing ; ture   appropriation   measure   trom ^ him  lo "hold ever.vthing    until to- which  $250,000,000  for  fnrm  parity   morrow. This came from thc state payments was stricken, might come   office   in   Harrisburg,  as   "403s    al- hack    from   the   Senate   with    the [ ready  had   been   prepared, extra   $50,000,1100   President   Roose-       .Speculation  is  aroused  as  to  the
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Trapped in her automobile which plunged with eight others through flood-torn bridge at Vicksburg, Miss., this woman tried vainly to escape being drowned. She broke glass and attempted to climb through rear window.   Her body and 11 others were found after thc flood receded.
Mysterious 'Mistake' Cuts off Hitler Speech
Americans Hear Start, Germans Nothing; Variety of Early Explanation Followed By Announcement of Official's Error
Wilhelmshaven, Germany, April, Munich agreement made last yea» I (UPl —Fuehrer Adolf Hiller to-1 with Britain pledged that the twa day bitterly accused Great Britain nations would not go to war to nt endangering the " peace of | settle their problems. Europe and warned that the die-1 "jf England is no longer of thli tatorial powers are strong enough opinion,' he said, "then the basil to meet any challenge hy the on which the British-German naval democracies. agreement was  founded  Is gone."
Threatening     to     renounce     the       He   turned   then   frnm   denuncla« IflS.'S naval treaty with Britain, the   tion   nt  British-led  efforts  to  "en- Nar.i     Fuehrer     struck     back     at | circle" and  "strangle" Germany to I ondon     April    1     (UP)    Great   British   military   pledges   designed , the wnrld race for armaments, say- Bri'tain w'ill go straight ahead with   t"    prevent    further    breaking    "':'"«:
negotiations tor creation of a new ' o^stern European boundaries and If others want to re-arm I say "peace front" in Europe, author.-'-houted defiance of all "Stop Hit- this to you: they will not tire me tative sources .said tonight in com-   If"   movements.   But   he   dccl.ired   out. ..      ^    ^
menting on Adolf Hitler's declar- that Germany docs not "want to At the same time, the Fuehrer ation that Germany will fight any wage war in any way with other made a few generalir.ed reference! attempt to encircle the Reich, , peoples." "'„L'"'^"">'¦" ''^¦'"" '" P^^.'^- ,. ^
Unmoved by Hitler's bitter de-^ His speech, which wa-s not broad- „J'l';,f'"'''"''' "'''''''" i."""'V*! nuncialions ot Britain in his ad- east to America as scheduled be- Zh JLI ZZ,^:'"^'^T^''^ dress at Wilhelmshaven, the gov- eause ot a mysterious '"'"ruption, ^'^ "/'"''' P«''7 «^^^^^ ernment was understood to be was made in brilliant sun.shine to ^'^-^«'« "''^"^^^^^^ seeking to bring Rumania inlo a 70,000 person after the launching f.^''^ '" 'ecaU the nasi This ^t^ united front against further Nazi of the .'iS.OOO-ton battleship Admiral ^" *" ¦"','"'i'n": Z^L im? expansion in Eastern Europe. von    Tirpitz-symbol    ot    re-born i j^^X^^ ;/\,;'»^
At   the   same   time,   the   foreign   Cerman naval might. ^'';'"„? ^[^^^^^   We knew onW on^
otfice  issued a semi-official state-      „.,,„  ,,,,,,,,.. ,      '^ZUVZl  in  peace  andVlM
ment intended to coiinteract sug- j ^^.^^t if the great powers want ! the standard of living of Stl gestions   that   Britain's   p edge    to   ^„ i„   „„   ^^ms   race   Ger-   people." *
ru°ll'ni1lilary ai"d   ".'"IToIsTn^z:   "^""^   ^'"^'^    "^•'    ••'^^"!,"'^,''    '!.:   >'' Vears tor DNcussion full niililary aid in event or a iNazi .,        ^^^   strong  and   tough"       „  , .      r^u      u    ,  ,
thrust at that nation. and  cannot be  exhau.sted  by such   „'^''^"""K   i,"   Chamberlain    and
The   foreign   olficc   immediately i ,',. '^ ithe    Briti.sh-German     antl-war
issued    a   semi-official    announce- | :,,,,'„,  . ,  „, ,, I Pledge,   Hitler   said   that   "If   th»
ment deprecating "atlemrs to min-   "'"  *'«"'  "H''«ng"mg l English   statesman   says   problem*
I imize    the    statement"    in    which |     2.—That   Germany   will   not   ac-   now   should   be   submitted   to   di»-
Prime   Minister   Neville   Chamber-' cept   the    "dictates"   ot   Britain   or i cussion,  I  say  there was  15 yeari
lain promised aid to Poland it that ; France  or any  foreign  nation. 1 lafler the  World  War)   when that
country was forced to tight to pre- ;     3.—That the Reich will fight any \ should  have heen  done."
velt asked for eliet and the farm parity fund as a "rider."
The Senate appropriations sub¬ committee, considering the relief measure, delayed a decision on the question of restoring to thc bill the $,')0,0O0.Oi)n cul oul by thc House over President  Roosevelt's  protest.
It was hoped, however, that de- lision could be reached Monday In order that the bill can be placed before thc Senate by mid-week. There   were   increasing   indications
meaning of yesterday's orders, for weeding out of employees already had been started. Dismissal of nearly 2,000 or more seems immi¬ nent since Col. F. C. Harrington, national   WPA   administrator,   has
Will Let Congress Make Own Program To Aid Business
Washington, April 1 (UP)—The treasury, it was learned tonight, has   prepared   tor   submission   to
Berlin, April 1, (UP)—A my.sterl- his first few slowly-gpoken words ! ous "mistake" was blamed by Nazi pointing out the busy local ship- officials tonight foe interruption ot building yards as typical ot the the international broadcast of Adolf 1 e-birth of German industry under Hitler's speech at Wilhelmshaven Uie Nazi regime, replying to the "Slop Hiller" M^ny Explanation* campaign led by Great Britain, .^^^„   ,^^   broadcast   to  America
After    several    possible    explan-   ^^as cut off from the German side, ations   for   the   interruption   were  German radio officials at first said
servo its independence. .May Guarantee Rumania Negotiations  were  understood  to
move—such as he attributed to Britain—to encircle and strangle Germany.
^!,_""l"l''."Z,T'''A^^."''''*":l'..'°l    4.-That  the  attitude  of Britain
The Fuehrer then discussed in detail what he called the effort* ot Britain to encircle and destroj; Germany before the war.
bring   Rumania   into   the   Eastern ! i^'^^Vrnpting''to'haTrNazi "e'ipan-^  Germany will guard against such European   lineup  and   also  to  win , ^i„„ t,,„ateiis to destroy the "anti-| 'fA^S^ "°«''  ho  toM  the  crowd  of support of other Eastern and Cen-   ^^,g,..,    piefjgg    ,„aj|e    bv    the    two ' ^"¦"'>" '"  '"•  c"y»  Public square, tral    European    govcrnmeiils    that .^^^   „t  Munich   and   that  such I     "Before   the   war,"   Hitler   said,
might bc in the path of Nazi ex-   development    would    destroy    the   "t>"nany devoted her.self to peace- P"""""'        .,,  ..   ^  „  „ ..   . .   basis   of   their   19.35   naval   agree-   f"" P"rsuit.s.    Other statesmen per¬
il was said  that  if Britain  and [        . "•        secuted    her    with    jenlou.sy    and
France gave Rumania a guarantee)'"^    '       ,.,,.,_ .      ,, hatred nnd plunged her into war.
.similar to that given Poland,  that      5.-That "only the most evil con- .     . Kn^t^nH nt=nn.rf
nation   would   be   expected   to   re-   science"'  could  accuse  Germany  of V\e know how England planned
vise  Its   amam^   wit'h   Poland   so   seeking world domination.    British I-"^ Jerked for this goa    how that it would apply to German  as   Prime   Minister   Neville   Chamber-   ^'^hiUzens^uld   be   assumed   of" well as Soviet aggression, lain and sources close to President I "^"i.tVnce assured   of
Rumania  and  Poland   now  have   Roosevelt  recently  said  that  ques-        ' '
a   defensive   pact   against   Russia,   tion  had  been  raised Nazi  expan-        Germany s  mistake  was  not  to which  has  remained   in   the   back-   sion. '^«y« '"" ""-^ ^°'-'«"' "g"'"'' th"
given, an "J'thoritative source saM   i"h"at"the foreign""broadcast was cut , ground during the present ncgotia-I    6,—Although  no direct reference   fjj'\''i^,.°'„..*l.\''i''™fl",^"i;,,,^"?i''l"^
national    v>i-rt    rtuiimii.^.* o...  .      - j        u      ""       —   —-      •	
issued a new order whiih calls for   Congress    alternate    proposals    for   had^     "mistakenly'      jirdcred     the   i[o„g^   One   explanation   was   inter
thc   dropping  of  two-thirds  ot  the
original number scheduled for the
state.
Reduction Started Thursday
Dropping    ot    supervisory    em-
ameliorating  business  tax  b'lrdens.
They   will   be   presented   to   the
House ways and means committee,
perhaps  within  the  next  fortnight.
that an official at Wilhelmshaven  „„ because  of technical complica-i tions but which is counted on by \vas   made   to   Poland   the   official   let this encirclement grow until th.
         both  Britain  and France  in  event i text   of   the   speech   revealed   thnt   J^^'tltTn the  w^'r  Z    JrnJl   Z*
they   are   forced   into  war   to   halt | Hitler  said  that  "he  who  declares     °"«^L   ,"  '"'  ''".  'u^"""":-"!*
th.Vta strong'sVn7tc'g"roup""w'il"rrc-   ployeeV was  started  Thursday  and
numerous     political     leaders     and   Moigenthau jr. others in the higher-.salary btac ket    program up to Congress the  first  effected.  In  prepar
sist efforts lo raise the bill's total to Ih"  full  $ I,'10.000,000.
It was regarded as probable by .some House members that con¬ sideration of the relief bill first in the Senate would lead to a farm bloc drive lo attach $300,000,000 for parity payments and additional re¬ lief to this measure.
The House probably will clean up its regular appropriations bills this month. Only the Dislrict ot Columbia,     state-justice-commerce
¦.vere
ing the list, WPA attaches made .nn effort lo drop lho.se not totally rlepcndent on WPA for aubsistance. During the forepart of the week wlien it was doubtful whether or nol Congress would approve thc | additional $150,000.00 nsked by the president. Col. Harrington issued orders for the dismissal of '29,000 WPA workers in Pennsylvania. House    compro-
Berlin short wav; radio station to ference   by  a  simultaneous  broad
cease    broadcasting    two    minutes ^^^^   pf  ^  ggi^th   African   program
after Hitler had started to speak. ^y^ich was said to have mixed bird
tiermans Also Cut Off calls, the recitation ot a four-year-
The   broadcast  of  the  speech   to old child and a talk on blind men
hy Secretary of the Treasury Henry   Germans   had   been   suddenly  can- and    their   dogs   in    with   Hitler's
celled   earlier   without   explanation speech,
and  there  was  no  further  explan- German radio oflicials, in another
ation ot the "mistake" by which the explanation,  said  there  was  a  dis-
Wilhelmshaven official cut oft the lurbance   on   the   line   from   Wil- broadcast to America,
It  was  the   second  mishap  to  a
GermaiLv's  march  to  the   East, his    readiness^to _ pull    chestnuts ^^^'II^^J^/,"'"'"^ ""''he hest armed.
The   British   military   pledge   to   from the fire for the great power Poland,  given  for  the  duration  ot   must   expect   to   have   his   fingers j the   present   negotiations,   is   con- I sidered   certain  10  bc  transformed
burnt."    This  was  said   in  connec¬ tion    with    Czechoslovakia    but    it
eagUR of Nations
"We know the power that killed Germany that time. It was tha power nnd poison of lies and prop-
The administration will not spon¬ sor   any   specific   business-aid   tax
program.  Presentation  of the var-       _              	
ious  alternates  will,  in  effect,  put j totalitarian   leader's  speech   in   the up to Congress  the  formulation of ] [g^t  three  days  as Premier Benito
.-    specific    business-aid    revenue raising program.
A Treasury spokesman explained that when Morgenthau appears be¬ fore ihc committee he will submit his   tax   dala   in   much   the   same
Mussolini's broadcast from Cosenza on Thursday, when he warned France that Italy would not re¬ main   '"a   prisoner   in   the   Mediter-
helmshaven  to  Berlin.
"The    disturbame    was   due   to technicil facilities." one of the com¬ pany experts said. Blamed Red In 1H3S
Then a radio company statement was issued saying that the "tech¬ nical  disturbance"  was  due  to  use
Polish Foreign Minister Josef Bed! comes to London Monday. No Fear of Naval Threat
ranean,"' was interrupted by failure   of a wave length which was simul- of microphones carrying the speech   laneously being uscd^ for the South
and navy department bills are vet   Then,   when   the   .........u   i,«...,..v.-   i^^.^j^^^r as he presented thc vari-  to a big'crowd, cau.sing the crowd.   African "program.    Finally the ex-
VuJkco^Imu, "i^'ooo.OOO  ;dZil'al."Xr7ington: ous   proposals   for   relaxing   soda.   „ot hearing, to cheer often at the   planatlon of an otficial"s error was
A study of appropriations meas ^ __  „..„...  ^- — 	
¦    '"'"" ""  """  """ lie  square  to  a'crowd   of  possibly   gart  was  suddenly  cut  nff.     Nazis
80,000 persons and to a radio audi-   later    said    Communists    were    to rates.    It was believed that Trcas- ry will submit alternate forms of
ures showed that thc House had made economy cuts of $383,000,000,
It knocked out $2,50,000.000 for liarity payments, miscellaneous re- iluctions approximating .$83,000,000 uid cut $50,000,000 trom relief costs.
The Senate, however, has in- ¦ leased hy $14,000,000 thc War De¬ partment appropriation: added $12,700,000 to the first departmental deficiency bill: $17,131,000 to the in¬ dependent offices bill: and in¬ creased   the   authorization   for   the
ordered    dismissals 19.490.
All order for removal of 15.000 of this number was issued yester¬ day morning by E. C. Smith, act¬ ing    administrator    ot    the   state's
federal  works  program.    How  Lu-   the  general  proposal  by  Undersec zcrnc  county   will  be  affected  will   'etary John W. Hanes tor a single not be known definitely until Mon-   corporation tax replacing the van- day.     Of   Pennsylvania's   16   VVPA   »"* existing corporate levies, areas, Luierne  is among the  larg-   .Need  Nuisance  Taxes
ence   in   America,   which   received
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into   a   permanent   alliance   when   was" also""con7ide"re"d"to"be" di'ri^cted   fsa"da.    When pe.-ice came   it was
--    ¦ -      .- f   P 1    H ' to be according to Wilson s doctrine
ac   r-oiana. j ^^ equity and friendship with equal
Hitler   spoke   on   a   platform   to   justice  for  all,   with  neither  van-
which he marched across the public   quished nor victors
Hitler's    threat    to    cancel    the   square   while   the   throng   cheered.       .,t.i,„„„   ,.,„,.«   .„„„„.,„j   .„  k.   n«
Anglo-German   naval  treaty  failed   Hundreds of flag bearers marched , ,o,„^fi:rdniands"¥he  League  of
,to   impress   British   officials.   They   hehind him and assembled  around , ^P^^' was supnosed to be estab-
^ointed  out that Germany has not , „,e platform, which was partly sur-   JI'J'hIT .yifoi;.'!"' ^,,,.- ^."'"
i yet   been  ahle   to  build  up  to  the   rounded   by  a  sheet   of  celluloid   •
35 per cent of Brili.'=h naval power   presumably to protect the Fuehrer
permitted   under   the   treaty   and,   from drafts.    The square was deco-
with  British  rc-armamcnt  speeded   rated with Nazi flags and garlands.
up,  there  is  no  fear  of  the  Nazi.s   (j,,„„.. Resentment
catching    up    soon.     Britain    had
taken  the  attitude  previously that
(jermany would probably denounce
the   treaty   at  thc  first   cnnvenient
moment   if   she   ever  reached   thc
treaty  limits.
British oflicials said that Hitler's speech  indicated  that  he was irri-
lished as guardian over justice. There was to be general disarm¬ ament. It was to mark the end of secret diplomacy with all ques¬ tions freely discussed and above all there was tn he the right of self- Throughout    the    speech    ran    a   determination ot peoples.
"Germany believed these assur¬ ances, and trusting them she laid down   her  arms.    Then   began   tha
est,
"Reductions   in   the   state,"   said Smith, "will be effected  by closln;
air corps expansion from 5,500 undesirable projects and by reduc- planes to 8.000 planes involving an ing employment nn projects now estimated $20,000,000. (Continued  on  Page A-19)
Harmonious Session with Printers Gives Hope for Papers This Week
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Conferences that consumed the greater part ot yesterday morning and afternoon hetween local pub¬ lishers and a cnmmittee represent¬ ing the Wilkes-Barre Typographical Union nn a new wage scale lo replace the one that expired several months ago, were so harmonious that
it is fair to draw the cou elusion that the prospects are un¬ usually good for thc publication ot  „-  -_.
'he  three  daily  newspapers  about be  once  more  in  position  to  read
tile middle ot this week. their home dailies, after a futile ef-
To make   certain   thc   emergence fort   ot   twenty-six   long   weeks   in
23 County Residents Get State Appointments
Appointment    ot    23    Luzerne Bernstein,   Plymouth:   Kenneth
county   residents   to   various   posi- Boyle,   Swoyerville:   Marguerite
tions in slate departments was an- Bradley,     Charles     D.      Edwards,
nounced   at   Harrisburg   yesterday. Susanne    N.    Hosage,    Edward    F,
The   dismissal  of  three  olher  val- Delaney, Charles E. McGeehan and
ley residents also was made known. Catherine      Ward,      Wilkcs-Barre;
It   has   been   reported   that   dis- Joseph  T.   Conroy.   Pittslon:   Anne
tribulion  of the  long-delayed state T. Gilroy, Avoca;  Robert N. Jones
patronage is set tor this week, with and Sophie C. Shedlesky, Kingston
prospects for a -ociferous shake of and   George   J.   Tucker,   Hazleton,
the  commonwealth"s  plum   tree   in junior clerks at $1,020 per annuni. the   offing.     The   scores   of   Demo-       Auditor     Genera, s     Department
crats  still   holding   state  johs  very lUcmocratici    Mrs.    B.    L.    Haus.
likely  will  give  way  to  supporters Wilkes-Barrc.   invcsligalor,   $1,440;
of    the    James    Mcket    betore   the Edivard M. Mangan. Wilkes-Barre,
week  is out. ! investigator,   $1,860;   Paul  McNeils.
.Muat Find Harmony i Hazleton,     representative     in     thc
Awarding  of  jobs  lo  sections  ot state tax department in the register textile   000,000,000  at  this  session  of  Con- ; the    county    where    dissension    is of wills office.  Luzerne county,  re¬ gress, the Treasury thus will have   strife is improbaole, announcement placing   Joseph   Santueci,   Wilkcs-
Should Ihis fund hope conic to realization, Wilkes-Barre will emerge trom its Rip Van Winkle sleep and resume its place as the nation's center of anthracite pro¬ duction and one of the leading limit from $45,000,000,000 to areas   ot   Pennsylvania   in
Administration officials already have indicated that Congress would be asked to re-enact the variou.s misccllaiieous and "nuis¬ ance" taxes expiring next June 30, These taxes provide approximately $,500,000,000 in revenue and tax ex¬ perts have warned that any reduc¬ tion in rates would complicate ef¬ forts to develop a tax program to promote  business recovery.
The public debt crossed the $40,- IK)0,0()0,000 mark today -almost double that inherited by thc New Deal from the Hoover administra¬ tion. Thc budget forecasts a rise in thc debt to $44,.')00,n00.0O0 al the end of the next fiscal year, June 30, 1940, Having abandoned its plan to seek an increase In the debt
$50,-
Karl Arhogast, Benjamin Henderson: Advanced by Lehigh Valley Here
'''u^wu"*'certainly   be   a   pleasant   a   margin   of  only  $500,000,000   left   to this effect having been made by   Barre.   McNeils formerly .served as hange for Wyoming Valleyites to   for   borrowing  at  the  end  of  the   administration leaders.    Communi-   secretary   to   Lieutenant   Governor
next fiscal year.
lit Wilkes-Barre from Ihc hick town status in which it has been •Irowsing the past six months, it is •''till necessary lo negotiate a new Wage agremeiit with the local union of pressmen. There's a fcciin;;. however Ihal Ihis org:iiii/.ation nl "killed workers will he as open In reason as were Ihe printers al yes- terdav'a lesslons
trying to interest themselves in papers having no concern with thc prosperity of Wyoming Valley and entiicly lacking in home appeal.
Final act in the wage scale ilr.iniii is  sihedulcd   for  this  afternoon   at
I'OI.K E HA\ E STOLEN l'l RSK
Mrs. John Miller of 187 South ¦'cnn.sylvania avenue, can regain 'cr purse by visiting Wilhes- 3a!ic police station and c.ilablish- ing  her   identity.  Thc   purse,   con-
Ities which gave the G.O.P. ticket substantial majorities last Novem¬ ber are to be favored.
The appointments announced in¬ clude  thc  following:
State   Health   Department    Mary
Thomas Kennedy, Hazleton.
Governor's Offlce - Jeanne L. (Griffin, Wilkes-Barre, stenographer $1,260; Mr.«. Onolee Helfrick, Wilkes-Barre. correspondence-sten¬ ographer, $2,400 and ,Iames T. Jen-
o'clock,   when   the   printers   will   talning   valuables   and  money,   was
meet at Odd P'ellows Hall to receive the report of the negotiating com¬ mittee.
A.  Henderson,  Kingston:  E.  Hilda kin.s, Plymouth, file clerk at $1,500
Lewis   and   Jane   C.   May,   Wilkes- per annum.
Barre, nurses nt $1,620 per annum. James     O'Boyle,     Wyoming,     a
Insurance    Department      Charles hanking    department    investigator.
Inleii  while  Mrs. Miller was shop-   S. Lazarus ot Kingston, $.1,000. ^ salarv $2,100. and Carolyn P. Sknl-
ping 111 a central city store. It was       Labor   and   Industrv,   Unemploy-   Isr, Plymnuth. banking department found in a hallway. Iment Compensation Division—Max  clerk, $1,020, were dismissed.
strong vein of resentment and bil- terne.^s  against  Great  Britain.
"I am not here nor are Ihe Ger man people here to live according   breach of pledges such as the world to  the  dictates of the  English or   had never seen betore.   The time ot
     the   French,"   Hitler   shouted,   ""but   enslavement and oppression began.
tated by Brilain"s pledge to Poland   we are here lo defend our lite in-   There was no justice.    There waa but   couldn"t   make   up   his   mind   terests, robbery and blackmail.    No demo-
what to do about it yet, j    "The Reich is now strong enough,   '"^''t worried about the lite ot tha
.  ¦ i thank God, lo  protect your rights.   German people,
Rumania Cautious jf j^ should ever come lo a test of       ""Prisoners   of  war  were   not   re-
Bucharest, Rumania, Ajiril 1. strength, the German people are turned but liad to suffer in prisons (UP)~Political circles tonight ex- ready at any time to exert their ut- abroad. Germany was robbed of pressed dnuht that Rumania wants most. Our friends arc with u.*. her colonies. Our ships were lured direct British guarantees nf her in- •phey will march with ur- under all out and confiscated. Our property tegrity because such a step would ,ondition.s at any time for all was taken trom us. Then followed bc   inleipretcd  as  directed  against   future time."" tinancial   plundering—this   rose   t«
Germany. He    recalled    however   that    thc 1 Continued on Page A-5i
However,  these  quarters  pointed	
oul that the same protection might be achieved indirectly by the ex¬ tension of the Rumanian-Polish al¬ liance lo include a guarantee of Rumania's  western  border.
It  was understood  th.it .Sir Reg¬ inald    Hoare,    British   minister   tn BuchHrest.   and   Vioicl   Tilea,   P.u- inanian   minister  tn   London,   were consulting regarding Rumaiii.-i's se-, curlty.     Tilea   is   expected   lo   re- ; turn   to   Bucharest   Monday. <'an  Protect   Borders
Rumania, It was understood, wishes lo avoid any move which Berlin could interpret as an un¬ friendly ad. particularly in view of the recently established friendly relations with Berlin.
However, a guarantee of Ru¬ mania's western border would be aimed against Hungarian revision¬ ism and therefore couhl not be in¬ terpreted  as a step against  Berlin.
Significant rumors were current ill Bucharest that secret clnu.scs of thc Rumaiio-Polish alliaiir ' Ithe existence nf such clauses have been consistently denied by War¬ saw and Bucharest I would be re¬ vised to include the western fron-. tltra of both nationi, I
Karl Arhtigast of Yeager avenue. Forty Fort, has heen named acting general manager of the Lehign Valley C:oal Company and Benja¬ min Henderson, New \nv, City. was selected as vice-president. Both these positions were held by Frank Wagner, who recently submitted his resignation,
Thc new general manager has been in charge of the Hazleton district of this company, holding the title of co-ordinator. Prior to his supervision ot this territory he wa.s superintendent ot the Dor¬ rance  Colliery.
Mr. Arhogast has been 1 oniiccled with the Lehigh Valley Coal Com¬ pany for many years in the oper¬ ating end He came up from the ranks and is recognized as an able man.
Mx. Henderson conies here trom
New York City where he waa closely connected with L. R. (;'lo6e, president ot the Lehigh Valley; Coal Company and president of th* Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company, in an executive capacity. Ekhelman Advanced
It is reported that Mr. Arbogait will bc in complete charge ot th» operating end, while Mr, Hender¬ son will assume the olher burdeng in the operation ot this large pro¬ ducing company.
Along with the announcement of these two changes, it was mad* known that F. M. Eshelman, West Pitlston, connected with the audit¬ ing department, has been advanced tn the post ot general auditor. Like Mr. Arhogast, he has heen associ¬ ated with the management ot th* compnny over a long period of ', years. ,    Nn other changei were report*4i