Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              TO RECLAIIVl HUGE COAL AREA ONCE ON FIRE
A Paper Tor The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Weather
Sunday:   Fair   and   colder. Monday: Fair and eold.
FIFTY-TWO PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1937
PRICE TEN CENTS
OUTLAW MOTOR STRIKE CONTINUES BORAH BLAMES WAR, BUDGET FEAR
GLEN ALDEN PLANNING TO REACH ABANDONED PLYMOUTH TWP. MINE
Expected To Tunnel Under
Fire  Of  Jersey   Shaft
Walled   In   When   Blaze
Started 30 Years Ago
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Moving with extreme engineer¬ ing caution, the Glen Alden Coal Company is proceeding with plans to reach million.-! of ton.s of coal In the old Jersey mine.s. one of the pioneer mining operations in Ply¬ mouth Township, which was cut nff hy fire and fire walls from the Avondale colliery which mined the coal .some 30 years ago.
Edward Griffith, general man¬ ager of Ihe Glen Alden. admitted Isnt night that an effort would he made to reach this coal by a tunnel. He stated that plans of the company would be subject to change due to unforeseen condi¬ tion.s as the development work gets under  way.
The fire In this operation caused widespread    interest    In    the   coal fields   and   necessitated   closing   a j prrt of the Avondale   '.hr.'.^Hf ji I 'nr^i ...,mber o' ...en nut of work  ' The   toli'ert   jv.'-,   a   pari   of   the D. I., tt W. cftai ;iuidlngi>  'u«for« Ihis  company  was   merged   under the name of the Glen  Alden Coal Company.
Nearby .Mine  Also %Valled
The fire also caused concern to the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Cnmpany. which had the Notting¬ ham mines, an adjacent operation. The .N'nttlngham also wa.s walled in to prevent fumes from the fire entering a.s well as providing a maximum safety measure for em¬ ployees.
The Lehigh & Wilke.s-Barre Coal Company also was merged with the (ilen Alden Coal Company and when the (oal of the old Jersey operations is reclaimed it will be prepared and mined through the Nottingham.
After the fire had started, called the result of burning timbers, the D, L, & W. spent thousands of dol¬ lars walling it in to prevent .spread¬ ing. Every effort was made to keep air from reaching it and what (laiiiagos have been done to the lOal will not be determined until the present plans of the Glen Alden f'oni Company are completed. To Drive I nder Flre
It i.s believed in mining circles that the tunnel will be driven tnrougii   rocK   undcrncalli   the  fire
Expect White
Thanksgiving
Chicago. Nov. 20. (UP)—A white Thanksgiving for most of the nation was indicated to¬ night a.s snow and cold weather blanketed two-thirds of the United States.
The United States Weather Bureau predicted slight relief from the cold during the early part of next week but lower temperatures and 'frequent snows" beginning Wednesday.
A "low pressure area" mov¬ ing in from the Pacific Coast sent the cold wave into the eastern seaboard tonight threat¬ ening to turn rain Into snow.
Temperatures were below nor¬ mal in mcst of the country dur¬ ing the day.
Midwestern states along tbe Canadian border reported the lowest readings.
IN CENTRAL CIIY
Charles   Rose,   Old   Gold
Dealer. Held Up In West
Market Street Store
War Repairs To Cost $6,000,000 In Shanghai
RRM STAND NOW URGED BY SENATOR
Tells   Administration   To
Bolster Campaign  With
Economy, Tax Change
SOUNDS  WARNING
Assurance Nation Will Avoid International Entangle¬ ments Also Needed
More than $6,000,000 and two I national Settlement In Shanghai, I ture abov* a Japanese consular years of work will be required to ripped by shellfire and bombing In ofHcial lurveys fallen pediments of repair   the   streets   of   the   Inter- | the Sino-Japanese war.   In the ?•<:- I a building In  Shanghai.
ROBBERS GET $380
^ther Coughlin Given Reprimand By Pope Pius
Unprecedented Action B.v Vatican Finds Holy See
Regarding As 'Just And Timely' The Stand Taken
By Bishop Mooney In 'Correcting' Radio Priest
Armed with revolvers, two young bandits entered the Gold Buying Service Store at 7 West Market street at 7:15 oclock la.st night and made off with a considerable amount of money. They held the proprietor. Charles Rose, 60, at the point of a gun whiie they relieved him of the cash, bound him hand and foot and shoved a gag in his mouth.
Securing their h.iul. the robbers darted down the .steps of fhe estab¬ lishment and escaped over Frank¬ lin street. After much struggling the man untied his bonds and .sought help. He hurried down the steps. In his excitement he over¬ looked a phone in the building and store    to
and until an advantageous point is .
reached  before  any  definite   plans I went    to    anotner of the company can be made to re-   assistance claim this large area of coal.
The work will naturally be slow because of the risk involved, par¬ ticularly from escaping fumes. A difficult ventilation problem also must be solved before any develop¬ ment work can be undertaken.
Mining men are confident that the damage to the coal is slight in lompari.son witli the amount that <an be successfully redeemed once tlic wnrk of the Glen Aldcn Coal C'oinpaiiy is succcs.sfuUy .started. They point to the (act that the fire. «fter it was .started, was sealed tight and left to it.s own destiny. At time.s it reached the surface, destroying gras.s. trees and vegeta¬ tion. In somc instances, after the fire had gotten underway, it was not uncommon for mining men in charge of the Avondale at the lime lo find small game dead from the fumes that spread over the earth's surface.
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One   of  lhe   men   in   rharge (Continued On Page A-lOi
$S80  Taken
Within a short Lime, Detectives Williams and Burke of the Wilkes- Barre plain clothes squad reported on the scene and began an investi- j gallon. The proprietor reported the theft of $380 in cash but was unable to give any worthwhile de¬ scription of the bandits. In his nervous condition. Rose could only answer in monosylables. Police be¬ gan a search and the entire de¬ tective force is working on the ease. They will question the victim when  he regains his composure.
Detectives were given a slight clue late last night when a new | bullet, supposedly from one of the bandits, was brought to headquar¬ tera, A watchman, working near¬ by, reported finding the bullet in the building.
Always Carried .'Money
Washington, Nov. 20, (UP) - Pope Pius XI tonight administered a virtually unprecedented public re¬ buke io the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin,  Detroit  radio  priest.
The Pope's action, said in authori¬ tative Calholic circles lo be almost without p.irallel. consisted of a public statement approving the conduct of Archbishop Edward Mooncy of Detroit in reproving Coughlin for criticizing President Roosevelt.
The statement of the Pope was issued here by the apostolic dele¬ gate. Archbishop Amleto Giovannia Cocognani.
The Pope characterized as "just and timely" the action taken by Mooney in ordering Coughlin to cease his public criticisms of Presi¬ dent Roosevelt, Mooney's order followed a statement by Coughlin that the president's appointment of Justice Hugo L. Black to the supreme court was an act of per¬ sonal stupidity."
Prevent   Public   Agitation
"The Holy See regards as just and timely the corrections which the Archbishop of Detroit made in reference to remarks of Father Coughlin published on Oct. 5." .said the Pope's statement, "F.ach bishop has not only the right but the duty to supervise Catholic teach¬ ings in his diocese.
"Any priest whn feels aggrieved by the action of his bishop in the exercise of such supervision has the right of orderly recourse to the Holy See. but. in loyalty to the church, hc alsn has the duty of using his influence to keep the mat¬ ter from being made the occasion of publir agitation and thus pos¬ sibly creating confusion in the minds  of man.v Catholics,"
The public reprimand by Pope Pius   was   a   most   unusual   artion.
REV. (HARI.ES E. CX>UGHLIN Gets unprecedented rebuke
supported in his public expressions by the late Michael Gallagher, archbishop of Detroit. With death of Gallagher and the accession of Mooney, matters quickly came to a head.
On Oct. 5, Coughlin gave an In¬ terview   to   Detroit' newspapers   in (Continued On Page A-10)
DEATH TOLL FOR
others Of 77 Critically Hurt Serious After Car Rolls Down Bank
Storm hinders rescue
Bluefield, W. Va., Nov. 20, (UP) Four cars of a Norfolk & Western passenger train plunged from the rails in a heavy snowstorm near the Virginia stale line today. Two persons were killed and at least 77 persons were  injured.
Trapped for more than an hour in wreckage of the fast train, five passengers were injured critically. They may not survive. Hospitals here admitted 44 persons for treat¬ ment of injuries, many of them serious.
One passenger car rolled down a 25-foot embankment, splintering as it came to rest on the brink of shallow Bluestone River. A second passenger car smashed half way down the embankment. Two bag¬ gage cars plowed from the rails but did not leave the embankment. In Heavy Snow Storm
The train, No. 24, enroute to Nor- iContinued On Page A-10)
(Copyright,  1937, By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 20, (UP)--Sen, i Willinm E. Borah, R,. Ida,, tonight urged the administration to bol¬ ster its campaign for aiding busi¬ ness by taking a dcterminetl stand for federal economy and avoiding international •ntanglcments.
The Idaho senator, citing bud¬ getary uncertainty and fear of war as two causes of business reces¬ sion, advanced his proposals in the midst of administration etT.'-i'ib TV encourage industrial rxp»n.sion and a congre.sslonal campaign seeking to put buainess aid ahead of the President's special session program,
A week of filibustering against the antl-Iynehing bill in the Senate and of bickering in the House will end Tuesday, according to congres¬ sional leaders, when the special session gets to work on crop con¬ trol   legislation.
Weekend meetings of bolh Houae and Senate agriculture committees were ordered to complete prepara¬ tion of the measures and end a stalemate which resulted in a net achievement of nothing to date on the President's program of national planning and labor legislation.
(Quicker, Broader Business Aid
The campaign for business aid more quickly and on a broader scale than proposed by the ad¬ ministration dominated congres¬ sional debate.
Developments:
1. A senate poll showed 36 mem¬ bers favored repeal—rather than the administration modification plan of the undi.stributed profits lax. All but a few of the 36 fav¬ ored action at the special se.ssion.
2. The Federal Trade Commis¬ sion, in response to the request of the President, announced it would immediately investigate reports that monopolistic practices and "other    unwholesome    methods    of
(Continued On Page A-10)
Chinese Dope
Ring Smashed
Washington, Nov. 20. (UP)-- Treasury agents, striking in »i- nuiltaneous raids Ihroughnut the country, claimed tonight to have smashed a $1,0(K),000 narcotics ring.
The Treasury said most of those seir.ed operated through a Chinese tong. Seventeen im¬ porters and large scale dealera were arrested in the roundup. Major raids were conducted in .New York, Pittsburgh, Butte, Mont,, Chicago and San Fran¬ cisco.
The raids grew out of six months investigation. The agents found that most of the nar¬ cotics supplies handled by the syndicate were imported from Japan,  Persia  and  France.
In New York. Treasury offi¬ cials arrested Mary Debello Pen- nochio and Vito Pennochlo. wife and brnther of Tommy (The Bull) Pennochlo, member of the Luciano vice gang now serving a 25-ycar sentence in Sing Sing. Most of the others arrested were (^lilnese.
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MARTIN HAS FISHER BODY DELAY MOVE
Gets Favorable Vote In Lan¬ sing But 500 Sit-Downers Stay   In   At   Pontiac
MORE DANGER AT FLINT
Goodyear Tire To  Reopen
Tonight For 'All Who
Want To Return'
House Committee Ready To Scrutinize Levy Passed On To Consumec t. ;,.
NOT TO RUSH LAWS
OUTLET BARN BURNS; SUMMER'S CROP AND LIVESTOCK ARE LOST
According    to    -esidents    of    the ; Statements are seldom made by the neighborhood,   the    proprietor   has   Vatican
Preacher Denies Murder, Claims He Was Abducted
Insists He Was Taking Woman Parishioner To Train In Another Town; Heard Her Screams And Ac¬ cuses Own Foster Daughter Of Part In Plot
of.
been in the habit of keeping large
sums  of  money   in   his   possession
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Wilkes-Barre  Postoffice  Swamped As Unemployment Census Nears End
The national unemployment oen- »U8 directed by President Roosevelt came to a close last night with postal authorities in this area swamped by thousands of cards to he checked and recheck in the . Wilkes-Barre post office before B||bey are sent to the nation's capital ^^hcre they will be analyzed as to ^Rxtent of unemployment in this ^mining territory.
E. J, Qulnn, postmaster, inform- •d the Sunday Independent that the survey, juiiging from the com¬ pleteness of the returns, was a suc- ee.ss. He stated that Wilkes-Barre *as selected as one of tho cities 'n which an additional survey will he made by mail carriers in re¬ stricted areas in order to provide Washingion officials with more complete  picture of conditions,
LThe postmaster is confident that once   the   unempteyment   situation
in this section is analyzed the fed¬ eral government will be able to apply specific remedies.
Thousands .More Expected
While no more census cards are available, postal officials are ex¬ pecting Ihousands to be mailed within the next few days by those who have a tendency lo procras¬ tinate.
None of the cards will be return¬ ed lo Washington, state Postmaster Quinn, until they are checked for mistakes. If any one noted, the mail carrier will return the cards or provide new onea so that no in¬ accuracies will be found in this aection.
The postmaster also expressed his appreciation for the co-opera¬ tion he received from various agencies throughout the cily and surburbs. He alsn extended his thanl* lo the newspapers for the publicity furnished.
The apostolic delegate. Arch¬ bishop Cocognani, said the state¬ ment had been issued "in answer to messages received by the Holy See from individuals and groups inter¬ ested in the activities of the Rev, Charles E. Coyghlin,"
Climaxes Stormy Career
The Pope's declaration climaxed the long and stormy career of the Detroit   radio  priest.   He   had   heen
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Pittsfleld. Ill,, Nov. 20. (UP) — The Rev. Colonel Ellsworth New¬ ton, gangling Baptist preacher, de¬ nied today that hc killed Mrs. May- belle Kelly, his "good friend and parishioner," and asserted from the witness stand that he was abduct¬ ed "by at leasl two persons" the night   she   was   slain,
Newton, first witness in his own defense, said he was followed when he started to lake Mrs. Kelly lo a train ao she could leave her hus¬ band and that he was "kidnaped" by at least two persons. Including his foster daughter, Myra Hanan, shortly after they crossed the Mark   Twain   Bridge   into   Illinois.
"I was put in their car. bound hand and foot," Newton said, "and carried from the scene. The last thing I heard was Mrs. Kelly screamed 'Oh, don't; I was al fault' I remember nothing more for   some   lime."
Miss Hanan had testified against Newton early in the trial. It was a statement she gave to investigat¬ ing ofiicers that led to the Baptist preacher's  arrest.
Caught  By  Pursuers
Newton aaid he became  "fright
catching    a    train.     He    said    shc planned  to  leave  her  husband.
"I killed my engine and backed into some obstruction," the preach¬ er continued. "Mrs. Kelly crouch¬ ed down in the car to escape obser¬ vation. The other car passed us and then turned around. Its lights were off and stopped a car length from ours. Some one got oul and by my llghta I recognized it was Myra.
"Mrs. Kelly was frightened and said 'Isn't that Myra Hanan?' Then she said 'It is Myra,'"
The woman. Newton said, "ad¬ dressed me'as 'Daddy' and 1 recog¬ nized Myra's voice."
Tossed Into Car
"Then ahe said 'Daddy, here's someone you know who would like lo shake your hands,' " the preach¬ er continued. "I went oul boldly bul was bluffing. I went over to the car and stuck my hands in¬ side,
"I was seized by both wrists and jerked forward. I was then lifted bodily and put In car. They bound me and something was put over my face, I realized I was being taken   away.    We   rode   for   some
ened" by the  pursuing car shortly { time and the car slopped.
after they crossed the Mississippi River bridge inlo Illinois en route to an Illinois town where Mrs, Kelly could stay all night before
'My feet were untied and they helped me sit up. Myra then said 'Daddy, are you hurt? We sre all sorry to dl* but It kad to bt dont.'"
Fire  wiped oul almost a year  of labor   and   efforl   and   practically : destroyed  the  means  of  livelihood of   Leroy   Hunter   and   his   family, ] located   on   the   Troxell   estate   at ; Outlet,  nearly  five  miles  trom   the nenrest   hose   company,  the   Daniell C, Roberts organization al Alderson, far   around   Harvey's   Lake. |
It broke out about 2 oclock Sat- 1 urday morning, A passing motor¬ ist noticed flames and smoke emanating from the second floor of an extensive barn, where cattle, pigs, hay and several hundred dol¬ lars worth of machinery was stored for the winter. He roused the sleeping family and then m.-^hed off to Sunset lo the nearest tele¬ phone to notify the Alderson firo , department.
"The fire evidently gained rapid I headway, for Hunter and his | family had hardly time lo re¬ lease the livestock, untied on the lower floor. Efforts to rescue all the livestock or move out wagons, plows, rakes, tractor, har¬ rows and other farm implements proved useless.
They succeeded in saving their two cows and two large pigs. Two small pigs and over lOfl chickens were (ieatroyed, along with olher property including the summer's yield of six tons of hay and over 1.000  shocks  of  corn.
D.TnicI C, Robert,', Comp;iny re¬ sponded at once, but by the lime they arrived the barn and its con¬ tents was almost totally destroyed by the flames. The nearest avail¬ able water was 1,000 feel away. It was not even necessary to hook up the pumper, for the building was a shell when the fire equipment ar¬ rived. Chief Ira Slephenson esti¬ mated the damage at between $5,000 and .116,000. The Hunter family consists of the owner, his two sons and his housekeeper.
The big red barn that was des¬ troyed, almost a landmark at Har¬ vey's Lake, Is believed to be over torty yeara old.
Washington. Nov. 20 (UP)—The House Ways and Means tax aub- comniittee next week will scrutinize hidden taxes in the federal revenue- raising structure, Chairman Fred M. Vinson, D., Ky,, said tonight.
The tax group has been at work since Nov. 4. revising the undis¬ tributed profits and capital gaina taxes levies that fall on business. It will turn next to a study of manufacturers' excise taxes, which are pa.ssed on to the consumer and paid in the price of the article pur¬ chased although the buyer seldom realizes that* he ia being taxed. Refuse to Rush
House leaders reiterated their In¬ tention to block any attempt to rush Ihrough business lax revi¬ sions at the special session. They emphasized that the job is intended to be thorough and cannol be done piece-meal. Another reason for put¬ ting everything in one bill is that once tax reductions are effected, leaders fear there would be Utile enthusiasm for tax increases else¬ where to make up for them-and the government <annot afford to reduce the total of iLs laxes while it strives lo balance the budget.
Rep. Adolph J. Sabath. D„ 111,, struck oul against what he de¬ scribed as "conniving conspirators" seeking to "scare Congress from passing any legislation at the spe¬ cial session except reduction of taxes on business." He ascribed the campaign to a "Wall Streel Clique" and asserted:
"We're not going lo be made the tools of unscrupulous gamblers,"
Rep. Allen T. Treadway. R,. Mass., a member of the lax sub¬ committee, maintained that the un¬ distributed profits lax had borne out all predictions the Republicans made when il was originally en¬ acted. He called for outright re¬ peal.
Gasoline Tax Inrluded
Hc was joined  in this by House Minority   Leader    Bertrand   Snell, (Continued  on   Page  A-10)
Detroit, Nov. 20. (UP)—Membera of the general executive board ot tha United Automobile Workers of America came to Detroit tonight to aid the efforts of International President Homer Martin toward restoring industrial peace in one General Motors plant and averting possible strike action In two or more others.
Martin telegraphed the 24 men who guide the destinies of the CIO union today, summoning them to a Sunday morning meeting on the crucial aituation in GM plants.
In one, 500 sit-down strikers have ignored the pleas and commands ot their leaders to evacuate so that 14,700 tmployeea may return to work. In at least two others, strike ^.talk ll so strnng that Martin mado • 'kwing of the automotive indus¬ trial area today to quell any effort* to provoke "outlaw" stoppages of work.
Oelaj' Strike At Lansing
Martin, who left the sickbed of his ailing mother to combat grow¬ ing threats to hia union leadership, appeared tonight to have won a partial victory at one "danger point."
The membership of the Fisher body local at Lansing voted 100 percent to delay a strike vote until their president counsels them to¬ morrow.
But the youthful union head, held responsible by the corporation for maintaining union discipline in all ^ GM   plants,   still   ha4   two   other labor situations to becalm.
One was at Pontiac, where sit- down strikers held possession of the Fisher Body plant for the third time In a week. The other was in Flint, "heart" of General Motors' productive activities, where an esti¬ mated 34,000 union members build Buick and Chevrolel motor cara and Fisher maintains body planta for each.
Factional Rivalry Dangerous
Strike vote talk there reached such proportions that Martin hur¬ ried to Flint to address the union local. Complicating the lense labor situation there was an outcropping of factional rivalry that threatened to split the U.A.W.A.'s largest local wide open over the strike question.
Then Martin was lo drive to Pontiac in an effort to persuade the 500 sit-downers that their duty was to return to work, bringing back wilh them 14,221 other em¬ ployees of the closed Fisher and Pontiac Motor Company plants. Hams Strikers
In a 90-minule address to ap¬ proximately 4.000 Chevrolel work¬ ers of the Flint local. Martin urged united effort against strike moves, and warned that the international would not tolerate unauthorized strikes.
"Both the company and the union
have a joint responsibility for un-
i authorized  strikes,"  Martin  added.
Referring  to   the   Pontiac   situa¬ tion, the union head said that "Wtt IConlinued  f^n  Page A-10)
Call *Tax Strike* In Nanticoke To Fittest Extravagance Of City
A "tax strike" has heen called by several of Nanticoke's larger taxpayers, it was reliably reported lasl night, bul City Treasurer Adam Olszewski asserts that the situation is not alarming.
"Our collections are only a few thousand dollars lower than that of lasl year." he informed the Sunday Independent, Lasl year's collection was the lon-est In a number of years, however.
Among those holding back on the payment of this year's laxes are people who have paid promptly ever since acquiring property here. Eventually -they possibly will be compelled to meel the obligation but, as matters stand, they are firm in their intention to hold out aa Inng a.s is possible.
Too  >lurh Extravagance I
According  to  a   prominent   busl- nes,«man  last  night, who said that I he was spokesman for a number of
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the larger taxpayers, "It ia timt something should be done to stop extravagance such as practiced at City Hall, The budget Is being ex¬ ceeded year after year and ther* reems no hall to the spending sprat of local officials. Refusal on th* part of the people to meet their laxes will have a good effect on the future administration of eity affairs."
Businessmen nol only seek eco¬ nomical spending of the tax monltt, it is reported, but also a general readjustment of Nanticok* rt«I estate assessments,
CTlty Treasurer Olszewski eould not stale, when interviewed, whether or nol a big percentage of the merchants were in the non-pay¬ ing class. "I have not checked ac¬ counts sufficiently," he asserted, "to he In position to state whether any group In particular u holding baek on tax paymtnts."
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