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33RI) YEAR, NO. 13—56 P.AGt^S
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
Kennedy Denies Shutdown Scare For Anthracite
HITLER ANGERED BY ROOSEVELT MESSAGE
Says Lewis Made ^o Threat to Aid Contract in Soft Coal; Bituminous Shortage Not Yet Felt Here But Chance to Regain Markets Watched
^rhomas Kenned.v, secretary-trens- %rir ot the United Mine Workers, ^flatly denied from his home at Hsilelon yesterday, that John I* l^wif, national president, had issued a threat In New York sev¬ eral days ago to force a shutdown of the hard coal mines, when the wnge agreement ends .\nijl 30, un- |pss something was d' to adjust lhe bituminous by tha    ume.
Some reports coming from New- York conveyed the impression, Kennedy said, that Lewis hnd Im¬ plied the union might resort to a complete tieup ns a means of bring¬ ing concessions lo hard and soft conl employees.
According to Kennedy, Lewis had issued no threat of nny kind. Resume Negotlntlons Tuesday
iVegotiatlons between the United .Mine Workers and the anthracite operators will resume Tuesday ;:vj,-;}i,ii;  i\ ?v?»t. "oT'ii Cily.
I.caHor" of 'he Uvlted Mine ' Workers lnst night were optimistic Ihst a satisfactory agreement wnuld he worked out and if any minor disagreements existed at the expiration ot the eontrnct, no ¦ e.ssation of operations would fol¬ low. Most hard coal operations put in 11 unusually busy week, the uncx- ¦ecled cold weather of thc pasl ten ilays having brought about « rush "f orders. Steady work also is no.ssible tor another month because 'if shipments over the Greal I^akes to western poinls for storage to neet the demands tor next winter. The cold wenther also hns emptied f Tie storage plnnts of dealers in the metropolitan center. Not Felt an Yet
The shortage  of bituminous   fuel lecauN vf th« strike ha« made nn nsterial   difference   as   yet   in   the demsnd  for anthracite conl It wns evesled   last  night. A   long   strike,   however,   mining lien believed, would hring n drastii- hange.      Made    from    bituminous ' nal,   coke   is   n   compclllor   lo   nn- thracile,   ns   it    is   sold   in   large amounts   in   territories   which   con¬ sume the greatest nmount ot hard I'oal.
A shortage ot coke would mean 1 demand tor domestic sizes ot an¬ ihracite. stove, egg nnd chestnut. Coke from some fields is sized the snmc ns  domastic  nnthrncite.
Coke is  sold in  Roclicslcr,  Bing- lamlon, Utica and all nearby New 'i'ork  state  cities  which   are  easily lesched. The snle ot coke  in   Phil- 1 ^delphin nnd New York hns cut in sharply. The local product has been com- ^ pletely shut oul ot Western Penn- -ylvanin by sofl conl. OII,   however,   remnins   the   oul- tanding   competitor  ot   nnthrncite. Roosts Smaller Siren
The shortage ot soft coal In the niachine Industry would help the smaller sizes nf anihracite. such as rice, barley, pea, buckwheat and l)irdseye. An increase in the sale of these smaller sizes would not •iring murh prosperity to the coai oreralor because ot the low prices It which lhey are sold, Bul the greater consumption, mining men say, would help increase the vorking dnys.
Tf the sofl coal strike should lon- inue tor several months and the 'perntors could add twenty-five ents a ton, a vast difference would 'e made in thc earning capacity of >ome nf the larger compnnies now n  finaneini   difficulties.
The increase is only possible on lie hasis of supply nnd demand. I'he demand would bring additional ¦irices.
Leading executives of thc nnlhra- ^ iie Industry were cautious on cx- ^ pressing nny opinion on the length "•f the soft coal strike, or the pos- ¦ibillty of reclaiming some of their li'st markets. ("heaper Freight Rates
Hesitancy to talk is likely due i" their knowledge that soft coal, lecause of it, price nnd favored ffeighi    rales    in    comparison    to
Boston Gasless Due to Strike
Boston, April 1.^. (UP) -At least a weekend's fuel famine for metropolitan Boston's half million motorists seemed cer¬ tain tonight as slate arbitration board peacemakers were stale¬ mated in a conference attempt¬ ing settlement ot a truck drivers dispute.
Some 2,000,000 metropolitan residenis faced a weekend with¬ oul conl or fuel oil becnuse 2,800 drivers remnined idle in n dis¬ pute cnlled a lockout by their union and n strike by their em¬ ployees.
The retail gasoline dealers association snid Ihnt Ifi per cent nf the filling stations in the metropolitan nrea had posted "no gas" signs nfter tnnks ran •Ir:;. Ar.ron'-.fm'^-' \'-?\ "ilO seamen ovi coastwise tankers will strike Monday uhtess grnnl¬ ed wnge inrrenses of from $."1 to $20 monthly brought fenrs ot further  .shortnges.
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LOCAL CHURCHES AT ENOICOTT
Advancement for Wanamie Minister; Conference Praised
England and France Hail Proposal as Greatest Opportunity
See Cliance to Avert Catastrophe; Welcomed by Smaller Nations
anthracite, would quickly regain any markets lost in a wage con¬ troversy.
Freight benefits lo soft coal ire best revealed in the rates of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, one of the best earners among the rail¬ roads of the nalion and one of the largest handlers ot bituminous coal in the world.
Coal is hauled by them at one- half cenl per ton mile. Anthracite coal freight on local railroads aver¬ ages from one and a hnlt to two cents per ton mile.
When a ton of anthrncite is broken down ;n prepared sizes, it nets less than five dollars a ton. Fifty-five per cent of the ton goes into domestic sizes, the remainder into steam sizes. Steam sizes are sold comparatively cheap nnd give the  same  hent as  larger sizes.
These factors show the difficulties anthracile  faces trying lo cul inlo soft coal territory, unless the strike is of  long duration, D, L, & W. Ises It Again
Of Inleresl is the heavy burning of anthracile by the D. L. & W. Railroad. It is the firsl time in 15 years this ';ompany has used hard coal lo any extent. In former years it featured nnthracite coal ns providing clean passenger serv¬ ice with "Phoebe Snow" ns a legendary traveler who nlwnys ar¬ rived at Buffalo spic and span.
The failure of locnl railroads ttf use anthracite is due to their sofl coal holdings. With soft coal and hard conl in their bnck yard, lhey lake soft conl because of its economy.
Endicott.    N.   Y.,   April   15--The 88lh   nnnual   Wyoming   Conference ' of the Methodist Church concluded ils   business   session   tonight   with the  election   of  Mrs.   Frnnk   Darte, Wilkes-Barre,    as    trustee    of    the Wyoming  Seminary, j     The conference will he concluded i tomorrow   with   official   announce¬ ments  of  pastoral changes.
Slated for changes In the Wilkes¬ Barre  district are:
Rev. David L. Davis trom Au¬ burn to Fnirdale.
I     Rev.  Wnlter Forred will  nssume | ¦.}if-. pas'.^r.i'.c .1; A Li'3 u .-.'¦.. j
fiW^   T   IT   Mnrsrer,  fnrmer pastor ._ of   thc   Fnlrdnle   church,   will   tnke up   a   chnrge   in   the   Philadelphin Conference,
Rev. Howard Brong, Wanamie, will move lo a larger charge.
In the Scranlon-Binghnmton district. Rev, Roy T. Henwood wiil KO from his present charge nt Sherburne, New York, to Sidney, New York. His place al Sherburne will be taken by Lylc A. Weed, conference    statistician.
There will be no changes in the fnur dislrict superintendents. Rev. Dr, George Bell, former pastor of Kingston M. E. Church, is super¬ intendent of the Wilkes-Barre dis- ; trict. Education   Board   Named
Members named to the bonrd of education from the Wilkes-Bnrre district   were:
Bev. Vfcne anith, Wilkes-Barre: Rev. Harry M. Savacool. Trucks¬ ville: Rev. R. J. Davy, Dorrance¬ ton, Lny members W. H. Evans, Wilkes-Barre: Miss Helen Thomp¬ son.. West Pittston nnd Prof. E. E. Quay   of  Wyoming   Seminary.
Rev. John" M. White. First Meth¬ odist Church at Owego, New York, is slated for a larger pastorate, I It is definitely established that I Rev. Ixiuis D. Palmer, who has been pastor of Clnrk .Summit j Church tor the pasl U years, will be    succeeded    bv    Rev.    Scolt    D.
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London,    April   1,5    (UP)-Great Britnin nnd France tonight strong¬ ly   urged   Germany   and    Italy   to accept  President  Roosevelt's  peace proposals but the totalitarian capi¬ tals   adopted    an    attitude    of    icy doubl and resentment. Consultation      between      Italian , Premier Benito Mussolini and Nazi ! Fuehrer Adnlf Hitler was expected I lo result in parallel replies by the I dictatorship    which    would    decide the   fate   of  Mr.   Roosevelt's   mess- ! nge   suggesting   that   they   give   n I ten  or 2.'i-ycar guarantee  of  peace jas  a   prelude  to a world  disarma- I ment  and  ecnnnmic cnnference. "Rrnl   «>r.p--»rtv,r.lty" .~»
(".real Snl^iiu .in ../»n ,„fl{,'i'-le statement approved by Prime Min ister Neville Chnmberlnln Foreign Secretnry Viscount fax, warmly endorsed the Roose¬ vell Proposal as offering "a real opporlunily for averting the catastrophe which hangs Europe."
Thc    statement    expressed hope     Ihat    Germany     nnd would   nccepl   tbe   Roosevelt posals.
France gave official and en¬ thusiastic approval ot thc pinn, describing it semi-officially as the most important cnntribuUon yet made toward saving the peace of Europe.
Bul In Germany and Italy, sur¬ prise at the message was f(Jlowed by resentful comment nmong Nazis that It was "impertinent" lo sug¬ gest that thc dictatorships had any aggressive intentions, especinlly since Mr. Roosevelt is viewed in Berlin as attempting to drive the democratic powers into war againsi thc totalitarians. Sniall Powers EntliUHinstic
In Italy, the first reaction of Fascists was fear that Britain and Prance were using the United States in another move against the totalitarians.
The small powers of Europe were enthusiastic   for  the  most   part  in
Arrest Woman Paradin^^as^ Nun
New York, April 1,5. (UP) A 27-year-old woman wearing the black habits ot a nun and her elderly, pious appearing lay com¬ panion were arrested today as they visited Brooklyn offices seeking alms and groceries.
The two women protested, the younger maintaining that she was Sisler Mary Maurice and that they were collecting the money and tood tor charity. But at detective headquarters she admiited that she was a former nun who had left thc Pallottine Sisters of Charily afler 11 years.     •
The "nun" identified herself as Agnes Coitello ot Bridgeport, Conn., a native ot Italy. Her companion said she was Mrs. Josephine Cieoppa, .59. Miss Col- uucj iaiii ;.'.<¦:!• ahi ;i.-:(; iii.tjt er cwn blnck hnbi's. Th»y were charged with obtaining money fraudulently.
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HAZLETONIAN  NAMED CONCILIATOR HERE
Lewisburg. Pa., April 1,5 (UP) - Appointment ot Cnrl E, Klrschner of Hazleton an conciliation cnm¬ missioner for Luzerne couniy has been announced by Federal ,ludge Alberl \V. Johnson. Kirschner's term begnn yesterdny nnd he will serve  for one yenr.
Clark, pastor ot Centenary Church
Binghamton.
Few  (lianges  Here
Of interesi to churches In the Wilkes-Barre districl is the small number   of   changes   predicted.
At the servires last nighl in thc First M. E. Church nt Endicott, a large number of local pastors were present, as well as many promi¬ nent laymen of the Methodist faith.
During the week, Wyoming Sem¬ inary was extolled ns one ot the finest educational landmarks of Methodism in Northeastern Penn¬ sylvania.
Services ending the conference will be held tonight, with Bishop Richardson   delivering   the   sermon.
The     conference,     according     to promineni   clergymen,   wns   one the most snlisfactory  in yenrs.
welcoming  the   Roosevell   proposal as a hope  for preserving peace.
At Belgrade, official Jugoslav sources viewed the President's mes¬ sage ns "shrewd and sagacious in¬ tervention" which would require a direct nnswer from Mussolini and Hitler.
The importance which the dem¬ ocratic powers regarded the Roose¬ velt message in connection wilh their strenuous efforts to form n united peace front in Europe was indicated In both Paris and Lon¬ don.
In    Paris    the    semi-ofticlnl    Le Temps  snid  il  wns  "the  mnst  im¬ portant  gesture  yel made in favor of maintaining  peace." To Broadcast Plea
In   London,   the    British   Broad¬
casting Company arranged lo broadcast the Roosevell plea in German and Italian in order lo get it to the people of the totalitarian axis even it it is nol displayed in the newspapers of those two coun¬ tries,
Mr. Roosevelt's proposal was dropped into a European scene that bristled wilh war-like maneu¬ vers, including strengthening of land, naval and nir forces. Develop¬ ments  included:
1.- Reports in usually reli¬ able French sources tliat an agreement bringing Soviet Rus¬ sia into the anli-aggression front was virtually completed, 2.~Renewal in Berlin of pres¬ sure ngninst Polnnd, leading to fears thnt Nazis might move agninst thc Free City ot Danzig on Adolf Hitler's ,50th birthday, next Thursday,
3.—M 0 u n t i n g concern in France that Spain had gone completely over to thc totali¬ tarian powers and vvas making military preparations to nid Germany and Italy in event of war.
4.—Announcement by Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano in the Chamber of Fasces ind Corporations at Rome, that Italian troops would be wilh¬ drawn from Spain immediately after the "victory parade" at .Madrid, scheduled for mid-day. 5,—OflScial action by the Ital¬ ian chamber creating a dual monarchy with Albania, over which Victor Emmanuel will be king.
The British negotiations with thc Soviets, carried on by Amba.ssador Sir William Leeds at Moscow over the weekend, centered on aviation angles but would also envi.^age Soviet supplies of all kinds tor (Continued  on  Pnge  A-14)
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BRITISH RULERS URGED TO CANCEL U. S. VISIT
QUEEN GERALDINE NOW OUT OF DANGER
London. April 1.5 lUPi The Sunday Express snid tonight some members of the cnbinet were nt¬ tempting to persunde King George to cancel his scheduled visil to the  United States this summer.
The king and queen wiil discuss their plans wilh Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, labor leader Clement Altlee nnd U. S. Ambassa¬ dor Joseph P. Kennedy al Windsor Castle   tomorrow.
The Sunday Express said: "Cer¬ tain ministers feel that It there  is
even   possibilily   of   a   war   within:
the next two months the king and j'yorthip,, \y^^   demanded   that   the
Athens, Greece, April 15 (UP) • (^ueen Geraldine of Albnnin, suf¬ fering from puerperal (childbirthi fever contracted during her flight from Tirnnn, wns reporled out of dnnger  tonight.
Her physician said she would be able to leave her bed al Hotel Olympion wilhin a week.
King Zog comforted her in an effort to speed her recovery and almost abolished courl ceremonies. Added lo his troubles were persist¬ ent demands for money from mem¬ ber.s  of his  entourage.
The king recenlly iiaid each member two months' salary and bought them civilian clothes, but they found their Albanian currency
French Bringing Soviet Closer to Great Britain
Allies in Air; Says F. R. Offers Real Disarmament
queen   should   not cross the Atlantic'
he   allowed   to   i^i^j, chnnge it into gold.
WPA Officials Violate Rules By Joining Non-Partisan League
Washington, April 15, (UPl The jomptrollcr-general's offlce ruled oday that active membership in l.abnr'.s Non-Parllsan League by Works Progress Administration ad- 'ninistralivc or supervisory em¬ ployees   violates   the   congressional
priate instructions to his staff in the field, where the issue was rnised.
The comptroller held I^abor's Non-Partisan League, a Congress of Industrial Organization unit, appeared actively lo participate or
fesolution barring political activity   engage in political campaigns Vith ^y WPA officials.
The ruling was in answer lo a ¦meslion by WPA Administrator F. •'¦ Harrington. WPA headquarters ""xplained that the complroller- .Ieneral had been asked tor a 'iirUier ruling lo clnrify whal wa ; mennt by "active membership.'
When the clarification is obtaiiinl, Harrington intends to Issue appro-
thc purpose o^ nffecting the results ot an election. Therefore, he held, active membership in the league by WPA executives would contra¬ vene thc provision of a resolution approved February 4 against the use by any person paid from emergenrv relief ;ippropri ition funds of hl.s official nuthority lo influence an election.
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A   WALL  BETWEEN THEM
fl>i .Aflelnirtr h'lr.i-nrr
Her career, despile the success Chrisline had made of it, lost much of ils glamour when she met Phil Emerson, Her younger sister's future remnined Chris¬ tine's firsl concern, until self- sacrifice and tragic revelation hrought understanding to ail three.
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Sunday Independent
Paris, April 15. (UP) Soviet Russia tonight was reported ready to join the British-French nnti- aggression front as thc French gov¬ ernmenl gave ils official endorse¬ ment to President Roosevelt's peace appeal  to the  dictators.
France, already by treaty in mili¬ tary co-operation with Russia, was using ils diplomatic influence to bring Greal Britain and thc Soviet inlo closer relations.
High authorities in Premier Edouard Daladier's government re¬ ported that a British-Russian air agreement-which would be thc foundation of wider and more gen¬ eral collaboration between Russia and the democracies-was immin¬ ent and might be concluded this week end. Removing Objections
"Salisfaclory progress is being made lo remove Polish nnd Rumanian objections to collabora¬ tion with the Soviets," one authority said,
Mr. Roosevelt's appeal lo Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini capped a day of intense diplomatic activi¬ ties among the British, French and United States ambassadors, with Foreign Minister George Bonnet and Premier Daladier. Thc latter conferred with member.s of the presidential council on new plans of the anti-aggres.sor nations and Ihc  American  President's message.
Shortly afterward thc foreign oflic"  is-iic'l  Ihis  ' piunriii'i-iuc :
"France learned with lhe great-
Loss of Skin Kills Baby
San Franciaco, April 1,5. (UPi —Victim nf a rare disease that caused him to shed his skin, a six-day-old baby boy died in Stanford   Hospital   today.
Hospital pediatricians diag¬ nosed the disease as exfoliative dermatitis, an ailment rare in medical records. The child lit¬ erally died of exposure caused by gradual loss of his skin.
Pediatrists were unnble to keep the baby's temperature al body heat, although he was placed in a specially constructed healing compartment.
Two days after his birth, his skin hegan to peel nff and he lost thc entire outer layer of epidermis.
MAKING REPLY
Expect Answers To Bc Identical; Stress Aspirations
Rome, April 15 (UP) - Italy con¬ sulted with Germany tonight on n reply to President Roosevelt's peace message, which many Fi's- cists regarded as n new step in the Fluropean "encirclement" of the   totalitarian   powers.
Premier Benito Mussolini and Nazi Marshal Hermann Gocring, discivssed thc proposal .Tftcr talk¬ ing il over with Adolf Hiller by telephone. It was believed the German and Italian replies would be almosl Identical. Hold   Natural   "AspiratlniiK"
F.nscists said that Italy is ready ^^y—^!>ri" in.temetin'^nl confoi-ence which envisages solution of Itiiiy's natural aspinilion". 'Thoy said that these aspirations took into consideration the "historical con¬ nection ot Rome with Tunisia nnd Corsica jusl as Foreign Minister C'ounl Galeazzo Ciano explained Italy's historical link with Albania to thc Chamber ot Fasces and Corporations this afternonn. : But, they added. Mr. Roosevelt j has no grounds for "assumption that Italy and Germany are thc nations lo be held responsible for European   peace."
Resenlment and coldness were lhe first reactions of Fascist polil¬ ical circles, which had carlier heard Count Galcazzo Ciano tell the Fascist chamber that:
1.- British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain "forgot his history" when he critized the Italian occupation of Al¬ bania, now officially proclaim¬ ed part of the Fascist empire under King Victor F^mmanuel. 2. Italian fighling forces in Spain will "return In Italy afler participating in Iho Span¬ ish victory parade at Madrid" aboul Mny 15.
In his address promising the Albanians progress, prosperity and liberty under tlio Italian crown, Ciano   said   of  Chunibcrlain:
Fascist officials had elaborately entertained Goering all day and he and Mussolini were loudly cheered when they appcftrcd in the Cham¬ ber of Fasces after being received by  King  Victor  Emmanuel.
Goering's confcroncos with Mus¬ solini were considered of particular importance in view of the rapidly changing international situation, involving arming of frontiers and shifting of naval forces lo stra¬ tegic points in tho Mediterranean. Opening his remarks hefore the Chamber. Ciano greeted thc Al¬ banian delegation amid shouts ot "Long live Albania 1" and assured them they would have liberty and prosperity.
Throughout    his    speech,    Ciano emphasized    that    the    Italian    oc¬ cupation of Albania was no threat to Jugoslavia, No Threat lo Jugoslavia
"I wanl lo say our relations with Greece are most cordial. All incen¬ diary attempts abroad to provoke a major crisis over Albania have failed." he  said.
"The (Rome-Berlin) axis is a formidable instrumcnl which works In identical manner bnth in Rome nnd Berlin. Tho fundamental ele¬ ment in Italy's foreign policy is and will remain thc axis."
Ciano praised Spain, Hungary, Japan and Jugoslavia for their at¬ titude toward the Italian occupa¬ tion ot Albania. |
DEFENDANTS  POST I
BAIL IN HKIHWAV CASE '
Three of tho W defendants In¬ dicted in the Luzerne County State Highway Department payrnll pad¬ ding investigation appeared before Judge Michael McDnnald yester¬ day and  furnislied  bnil,
VVilliam Duller of Thnrnhtirsl and John Jones of Bear Creek, provided .$2,,500 bail each while John Ruddy of Wllkes-Barre post¬ ed   $1,000  ball.
Nazis and Fascists Spurn Peace Plea; Called Trickery
Say ]]'ar Responsibility Does Not Rest With Them and 'America Should Know Germany Has No Warlike Intentions*; Blame President for Encirclement
Berlin. Sunday, April 1(! (UP) — The controlled German press to¬ day denounced President Roose¬ velt's peace appeal as a "sophisti¬ cated   piece   of   trickery"   and   the
' exlenl of the angry criticism add¬ ed strength to authoritative re¬ ports that Adolf Hitler has decided to reject or ignore altogether the Washington proposal. Field    Marshal    Hermann    CJoer-
j ings  newspaper.  National Zeilung.
j asserted the President's proposal wns iilupid; the Nazi parly organ Voelkischer Beobachter, called him .'i '...ii (u i^^^a.iu'isl ' ..; i, (li jiiir,^, to disguise -'mnsplf, ai ..a -"p«tce iiii»,' I,    and other ncwsp.ipcr.s gen-
) erally carried  healed  criticisms ol
' the rresident nnd his plan.
Sources that arc usually well-in- fonnod said that the Nazi Fuehrer liad reached a decision nn Mr. RoD.scvolt's  suggestion   for a  10 or
I 25-year guarantee ot peace as a prelude lo world disarmament and economic conferences after a tele- jihono consultation with Italian I'rcmicr   Benito   Mussolini.
Reliable sources said that Hitler was angered by Mr. Koosevell's "yes or no" propn.sal and that there was a "strong likelihood" that his rejection of both thc peace confer¬ ence and non-aggression proposals would take the form of completely ignoring thc mes.sage. Confers with .Mussolini
Hitler, hurrying tn Muuich ffOM,, his secluded "eagle's nest" retreat ,it Bcrclitcsgadcii, also conferred with .N'azi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentroii and talked hy tele¬ phone  lo Marshal  Hermann  Goer-
I ing, lhe No, 2 Nazi, who was wilh Mus.solini   in   Rome,
Il was understood both in Rome and Berlin that Hitler and .Musso¬ lini would make similar replies lo Mr. Roosevelt ns a demonstration ot the solidarity of the totalitarian partnership in the face of Euro¬ pean elforts, led by Britain and France, lo erect a united front against   future   expansion,
Thc propaganda ministry refused to confirm the reports that the Fa.scist and Nazi leaders already had made their decision but an official  said:
"It is quite imssible that the pro¬ posal will  be rejected."
An angry example was set for the Nazi press hy Marshal Her¬ mann Goring's newspaper. National Zeilung, which denounced Mr, Roosevelt's message as "one of the most sophisticated  pieces of trick- ,
ery yet addressed to the axis powers. His diversinn maneuver is sn stupid that even the United Slates Ihemselves could not be ex¬ pected  lo  give  a  positive  nnswer."
Called   "Impertinence"
A strong indication thnt the American proposal would be re¬ jected came from the authoritative Deutsche Dienst, which bitterly crilicized the Roosevelt proposals. "F'irst to agitate; then lo play the apostle of i .-ace that is the polii'y which the President of the United Stntes has presented to us not  for the  firsl time."  it said.
"The terms of Roosevelt's new message aro not new lo ns. On the contrary, they arc very familiar to us. . . . Roosevelt ninlimies lo play tho  lole of a new Wilson."
Nazis received the American move coldly and characterized it as an "impertinence" on the part of a man whom lhey consider to be the "father of the encirclement policy."
Official circles obviously were surprised by Mr. Roosevelt's action hut they immedintely insisted that
neither Germany nor Italy had any aggressive intentions nnd there¬ fore the United Stales had no right lo assume that the peace of Europt depended on Nazi or Fascist pledges.
Blamed for Encirclement
Nazi spokesmen said Mr. Roose¬ velt hns persistently encouraged the "encirclement" of Germany and probnbly was the creator ot that policy. Therefore, il is to be taken for granted, lhey said, thnt his message i.s merely nnother step in
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larian  powers. "& In   addition,   the   fact   that   hi*
message followed his strong speeclj
to   the    Pan-American    Union    on
Friday—which was denounced hera
as inlended to stir up war fears —
makes   it   virtually   impossible   to
lake  his  peace  message  seriously,
Nazis   contended.
An indication ot official attitude was given by the foreign office or¬ gan, Diplomaische Polilische Kor- respnndenz, which said that the Pan-.\mcrican speech was "typical of Mr. Roosevelt's ignorance ot F>uropcan relations and of his at¬ tempt to arouse mistrust of South American stales against certain F^uropean powers." No Aggressive Intentions
"Every reason.ible individual even over in America should know that nn Germany's part there are no ¦f^^HmMive intentions either in the territorial or commercial spheres '
With all of Germany preparing lo celebrate Hillers 50th birthday next Thursday, thc Nazi press re¬ newed pressure on Poland, causing speculation on a possible move toward recovery of Danzig. Ger¬ many will bring many thousands ot troops lo Berlin for the birthday celebration.
The official D.N.B. news agency reported anti-German demonstra¬ tions in the Polish Corridor, where it said German residenis had been attacked and otherwise mistreated.
In a dispatch from Gleiwilz, near Ihc Polish frontier, the agency said that three (Germans were beaten and injured by Poles because they spoke  German.
BEN.IAMIN LINSKILL
General Hospilal lnst night re¬ ported the death nf. Benjamin Lin- skill, rear of Hfl West Sixth slreet, Wyoming. Cause ot death was given as complications. He waa admitled for medical treatment on March   26.
Nazi Barter System Failing
Washington, April 15. (UPl- The Commerce Departmenl re¬ porled today that the German barter .system, on which Adolf Hitler hns pnrtinlly staked the economic fate of the Third Reich,  is  nearing  a  breakdown.
H. C. McLean, chief of the department trade agreements unit, said that many countries with which the Nazis have con¬ cluded barter agreements have taken steps "definitely to de¬ crease Such transactions." The impression is growing, McLean said, that penalties of large scale barter activities more than off¬ set advanlnges of the system.
Failure of the Nnii barter schemes would hnve tnr reach¬ ing implications. Hitler has said that Germany must "export or die."
csl appreciation ot Mr. Roosevelt's intervention on behalf of the great American democracy and all other pacifist   peoples   with   the   counsels , of  peace   to  which  France  rallies | wholeheartedly." ^
Way to "R^al Disarmament"
Oflicial opinion was that Mr. Roosevelt's appeal paved the wny for a renl world disarmament con¬ ference.
"It all depends on whether the powers respond to 'he message simply wilh lip service or with real peaceful intentions nt heart, thus echoing sincerely the sentiments which inspired the message," a spokesman snid. "If Ihal is so, then the world will he able to breathe again and a lasting peace , is possible."
Mrs. Roosevelt 'Adopts' Refugee
New York, April 15. (UP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has "adopted " a 12-year-old Spanish hoy whose parents were slain in aerial bombardments of Mad¬ rid,   it  was  disclosed  today.
Eric G. Muggeridgc, executive secretary of the foster parents' plan tor Spanish children, said that the President's wife had agreed lo contribute 30 cents a day, or Jl) a month, to the sup¬ port of I^orenzo Murins, who is in a children's colony near Binr- ritz,   F'rame.
Muggcridge's organization has npened a drive to have .500 .Span- ish war orphnns "adopted" by American families, organiza¬ tions, civic, church and social groups  betore  July  1.
Expect Lindbergh to Testify Before House Committee This Week
Englewood. N. J,. April 15 (UPi -Col. Charles A. Lindbergh re- maincil in licclusion hchiiui a -pe¬ cial guard tonight al the estate of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Dwight W. .Morrow.
The flier has not been seen to leave the estate since he arrived last night from New York after landing from  the  liner Aquitania.
Lindbergh was expecled to go to Washington Tuesday or Wed¬ nesday lo testify before the House foreign affairs commiltee, accord¬ ing to acting chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y,
"Thc time nf his appearance de¬ pends upon the arrangements that have neon already mnde for him by his friends in this country and other engngement.s." Bloom sanl
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the house committee, which Is con¬ sidering neutrality legislation, was radioed to the flier after he had sailed unexpectedly aboard the Aquitania. It was indicated that he had sent an ncceptnnce to the commiltee since his arrival. To  Be  Brief  Visit
Lindbergh's visit to the United States his firsl since December, 1937, and the second since he took his family abroad to live in De¬ cember. 1935 was expected to be a brief one. His wife, the former Anne Morrow, and their two sons, Jon and Land, did not accompany him.
Mrs. Morrow nnd Mrs. Lind¬ bergh's sisler. Mrs. Aubrey Nelll Morgan, were at the estate here. A special policeman gunrded the gate for the first time since Lind¬ bergh's lut vlalt