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tr»"i r WfmSrS-rm teRfciW*iEJfcara> ^, iir:'^,-«*'-vj.,; . • .,.^':.mmM't:"i r. ifc-jfe*!i*^«k»«»ti^ BOY KILLED ON ROCKY GLEN ROLLER COASTER A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Weather Sunday: Fmlr. Monday: Fair. FIFTY-TWO PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1937 PRICE TEN CENTS f7 Woman Flier Claims Speed Record IN SENATE New Deal Program Saved i j After Drastic Changes ' '^ Are Put Into Act NEW CHILD LABOR PLAN Employees Uskig Collective Bargaining Among Many Exemptions Washington. July .31. (UP) - The Senate battered down a threat to President Roosevelt's pre-adjourn- ment legislative program tonight and passed the labor standards bill sponsored by Sen. Hugo L. Black, a, Ala. The vote on final passage was 56 to 28, presaged when the Senate, a few minutes previously had de¬ feated, by a 48 to 36 vote, a motion to recommit the measure to the. Senate Education and Labor Com¬ mittee for further study and action next session^ The bill, setting up a labpr standards board to regulate mini¬ mum wages and maximum hours within specified limits and to ban child labor under 16 years was approved after a week-long attack led' by rebellious Southern Demo¬ crats seeking adjournment of Con¬ gress. It now goes to the House, where a more drastic measure Is being prepared. President'ii Program Saved The admini.stration victory block¬ ed a powerful drive to abandon the President's program and go home. It gave impetus to the lead¬ ership's campaign to enact the $700,000,000 bond issue housing bill, sugar, tax avoidance, crop Insur¬ ance and lower court reform legis¬ lation at this session. Adjournment within three weeks appeared probable as the adminis¬ tration speeded action in an effort to give the deep split in Demo¬ cratic ranks a chance to heal. The Senate debated the wage- hours bill for hours during a tumultuous session in which scores of amendments and substitutes were brought up for a vote. Chief action on the amendments were the Senate vote to substitute | the Wheeler-Johnson Child Labor j Bill for the child labor provisions { in the original bill; and the vote | to table a motion to attach the j House-approved anti-lynching billi as a rider to the labor standards measure. I Rerommittal Vote Lose* The final vote on passage of the bill was preceded by a test of | sentiment on a motion by Ren. | Tom Connally, D., Texas, to send i the bill back to committee^ for | revision. The motion, which Black vigor-. ously denounced as designed to kill the measure, was defeated by a vote of 48 to 36, with 14 Republi¬ cans and 22 Democrats voting In | favor of recommittal. The admin¬ istration mustered 44 Democratic j votes against the recommittal, in; addition lo the ballots of Sen. Robert M. LaFollette jr.. Wis.; Sen. I Henry Cabot Lodge jr., R., Mass.; j Sen. Ernest Lundeen, F-L, Minn.; and Sen. Henrik Shipstead, F-L, Minn. Immediately after passage of the bill. Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley sought to capitalize on his ! first major victory as leader by (Continued on Page 14-A) ' Jacqueline Cochrane, noted woman flier, claimed an unofficial airspeed record of 203.89 miles an hour, from Burbank to San Francisco and return. Above, she waves from her plane after the flight. ^^___^__^——__—.^___—__^_^_^..^_-.^^—. Hurled From Car When He Stands Up To Wave JAPANESE OPEN FIRE ON FRENCH TROOPS Wage-Hour Bill Passes AMENDED, APPROVED 'Japan Has Won Her War ... h. r. a™ By H. R. EKINS United Press StaR Correspondent CopjTight, 1937, By United Frees Shanghai, Aug. 1. (UP)—The charred and smoking shambles of Tientsin, the ominou.s silence of Ward Lord Chiang Kai- Shek and the calm resig- nation of China's mil¬ lions c 0 n - vinced me to¬ day Japan has won her "war" in the north. To make war on .Tapan would mean a national cata-strophc, the.sc leaders apparently realize, but beneath this resignation I find the smouldering danger of a real war. Everywhere, throughout China, the people believe that war with Japan is inevitable. Editor's Note: H. R. Eklns, I nited Press war correspond¬ ent and flying reporter, has arrived in China after a flight across the Pacific. An observer of many years service In the Far East, during whirh he covered the li)3i .Shanghai war, Ekins sajs in the following di»pat<'h that the pnnrly-armed Chinese armies appear to hnve r:uffrrrd annther whirlwind defeat at the hands of the Japanese. ¦. a. SKINS The men upon whom rest the responsibility for war prnbably will resort lo statesmanship rather than open conflict be¬ cause they know the hopclc.s.s- ness of any attempt to oust the magnificently-equipped Japanese forces from their territory now. Clever Chinese propagandists and organizers of public opinion undoubtedly will utilize China's hurl pride and sense of futility in the face of defeat to solidify the rapidly-knitting Chinese unity against the day when China will be able to meet Japan on terms of military equality. Japanese artillery hammering away at Tientsin, China's com¬ mercial gateway to the north, and bodies floating down the river lo the Yellow Sea was fol¬ lowed by a conteniptunus Japa¬ nese communique Ihat "Ihri enemy has gone with the wind." These developments turned all eyes toward Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, commander, in-chief of China'.s armies and the strong man of the nation who holds full authority to send the nation into war. He alone must deride whether the aggressors arc lo be repulsed in Northern China or whether the hi.stcry of 1931, when Japan seized Manchuria, is to repeat it¬ self. He must dcciie whether China is to give up the rich Hopei and Chahar provinces as she gave up Manchuria because of Japan's military supremacy. The experts say Chiang will decide afc'.lust \.ar. But the people do not know this yet. Acute observers say Chiang will decide against war because he realizes that war would sub¬ ject other outlying areas to In¬ vasion and ports to a Japanese hlnrliade. Furthermore, there would be the grave danger of a hrc:il;-iip in national life. All this a costly, bloody and hopeless war mighl entail to .save face, to maintain prestige. Not Prepared For War "You can't go to war jusl be¬ cause you feel like il or without preparation." one observer said, and that seemed to sum up the situation. The government continues to let the population blow off .steam. Prcviou.sly-banned anti- Japnnese songs and slogans were sung afid shouted and blared from radio stations. Thi.s was obviously permitted on the theory that the people, when they learn there will be no war, will have spent their enthusiasm for war. DANGER IN WARLIKE OUTBREAK SoWiers Of Two Nations Train Guns Dn Each Other Over River SERGEANT WOUNDED Edward McMahon, 16, Scranton, Plunges To Death On Last Dip Of 'The Pippin'; First Fatal Accident On Coaster At Rocky Glen Before the eyes of hundreds of other picnickers, Edward Mc¬ Mahon, 16, of South Scranton, was hurled to his death yesterday afternoon from a speeding roller coaster at Rocky Glen park. He struck on hia head, receiving a fracture of the skull. He died while being hurried to a hospital. McMahon, son of a widowed mother residing at the rear of 424 Cherry street, Scranton, went to Rocky Glen yesterday along with hundreds of other boys attending a public outing. Shortly before 5 oclock he decided to take a ride on "The Pippin," one of the park's main attractions. He had a front seat in the train of small cars that dipped and twisted around the roll¬ er coaster. Wilh only one more dip to pass before the ride ended, McMahon, according to witnesses, stood up to wave to some other boys waiting for the next ride. As the car struck the dip, the youth was hurled out. He struck on his head twelve feel below. The tragedy unnerved the other youthful passengers on the coaster but all remained in their' seats until the ride vas completed. Meanwhile, rescuers reached young McMahon and started him for St. Mary's Kellar Hospital in Scranton. John Nallin, member of the firm of Nallin & Jennings, operators of the park notified tbe young vic¬ tim's mother. First they went to Taylor Hospital, believing the boy had been taken there. When Mrs. McMahon and Mr. Nallin reached Kellar hospital they were informed the youth was already dead. Be¬ sides his mother, the victim is sur¬ vived by a brother and a sister. Park attaches declared it was the first roller coaster accident in the history of Rocky Glen. WPA OFFICE FORCE CUT Felix J. Pawloski Included; Assistant Director Post Is Now Eliminated Registration Arrests Now Are Found Illegal 802 WORKERS TO GO Bee Flies In— Car Is Wrecked It might happen to anyone, but surely not more than once in a lifetime. Sydelle B. Hyman. West Pittston attorney of .tlO Wyoming avenue, was driving north on the Inkerman high¬ way around noon yesterday, when a bee, one of those care¬ less creatures with no place to go on Saturday since the five- day week went into effect, pass¬ ed, through the window of her brand new car, and alighted on her face. This particularly un¬ mannerly member of the tribe must have possessed a stinger out of the ordinary. In pro¬ tecting herself, Mrs. Hyman lost control of her car, swerved across the road and into a ditch on the olher side lo crash against a service pole. Fortun¬ ately there were no other cars moving south in the immediate vicinity. Mrs. Hyman was considerably shaken up and her car was damaged extensively. Her im¬ mediate family reported only minor injuries, which is noth¬ ing short of miraculous. The car, purchased early this week, had been driven only 280 miles. Mrs. Hyman is the wife of Ben M. Hyman, proprietor of the Ace Clothing Store of Pittston. END LOVE IRYSI Three Negroes Sought For Kansas Crime; Victim Was Married Man NO CLUES FOR POLICE Democratic Leaders Here Endorse Four For Tax Appraiser Positions Democratic county leaders have completed their list of appointees to the Inheritance tax appraiser- ship jobs in the office of Register of Wills Morris, final and most vigorous shake of the plum tree having taken place yesterday when four new endorsements were sent to Auditor General Warren Roberts. As now provided for, the county will be divided into two districts —North and South. William Mor¬ gan will be In charge of the North district and will receive a salary of $2,700. The South district will be in charge of John Bednar of Nanti¬ coke, chairman ot the Democratic committee of the Fourth legisla¬ tive district. He will also receive • salary of $2,700. The flvs other appraueri have been selected from this city and Kingston. They are: Adolph Herskovits of this city, father of tha well known attorney, Ernest Herskovitz. Fred Andes of the Thirteenth ward, only member of the old force of appraisers to be retained. Luke Sheridan, Democratic lead¬ er of one of the districts In the Sec. d ward. Robert Smalley of Kingston, who holds an official position with the unemployed workers of the valley. Robert Santuccl of this city, who has been active as a leader of the Italian Democrats of Wilkes-Barre for several years. Auditor General Roberts has also appointed Harold Wagner of Dallas as an appraiser for a half dozen counties In NorLjieastern Pennsyl¬ vania. Topeka, Kans., July 31. (UP) — Officers organized posses tonight to search for three Negroes who interrupted a roadside love tryst near here, shot a young married man to death and dragged his girl companion ioto a field where they attacked her. The young woman, Miss Marie Fink, 21. staggered back to the i automobile and drove several miles wilh the body of Verne Hedrick, j 30, lo her home. There she told her step-father what had happen¬ ed. He accompanied her to police headquarters. Girl Still Hysterical The crimes occurred late last last night and tonight Miss Fink still was so hysterical that she was unable to g've authorities a clear statement. She could not furnish definite descriptions of her assail¬ ants and Wayne Horning, chief of police, said that apprehension of the Negroes would be difficult. Horning said that no trace of the Negroes had been found. Ballis¬ tics tests were made on the bullet that killed Dedrick. Upon these tests depended the chief hope of a clue to the slayers' identity. Miss Fink told Horning that she left her home about 9:30 p. m. with Hedrick, a grocery clerk. Tliey drove to a secluded side road a few miles west of Topeka. Soon three Negroes appeared beside the parked automobile. "They ordered Verne to get out and when he refused one of them shot him," she told police. "Then they dragged me out into a field." ] A half hour later she wae re- j leased. She returned to the auto- j mobile. Hedrick was dead. She ] drove to her hom*. Dismis.sal notices were given 37 high officials and office workers of Works Progress Administration headquarters. Public Square, yes¬ terday. Most of those dropped were clerks and typists, according lo announcement of Director Joseph G. Schuler, but it has been learned that a general shakeup effects several of the bigger of¬ ficials. Felix J. Pawloski former Duryea school director, who has been serv¬ ing as Supervisor of Labor Man¬ agement, was dropped. His salary was $3,600 per annum. Pawloski had been with WPA since It flrst started. Previously he was assist¬ ant to County Director, John J. P. Dunn under the old setup. Demoted was John W. Owens, prominent resident of Maffett street, Plains Township, and promi¬ nent in affairs of that community. He was serving as assistant direc¬ tor of Luzerne county, being second to Mr. Schuler. He succeeds Paw¬ lowski as Supervisor of Labor Management at salary of $3,600. The position he previously held paid $3,900. The li.st of those dismissed could not be obtained, but Director Schuler asserts that the offices, located In this city, will be manned by a skeleton force. Yesterday's reductions were the last to affect the office force, but thinning of the working list still is to go on. S02 Laborers To Go A total of 802 laborers and fore¬ men will be dropped during the next two weeks, it has been re¬ ported. This is in line with re¬ trenchment, started several weeks ago. The working force will be brought down to 13,000 when dis¬ missals are finally checked. "There has been a curtailment of money," said Schuler last night, "and thai is the only reason we have for dismissing employees. It Is true that several executives have been affected, but no complaint as to their work can be made." Pawloski put a slate of candi¬ dates in opposition to one headed by Burgess James E. Dougherty, Duryea official, last week. Politi¬ cal observers of the upper sec¬ tion are of the opinion that this may have been responsiljle for loss of his job. Dougherty is a power in the Democratic parly, but the former school director questioned his leadership by endorsinR can- (Continued on Page A-4) Consternation that has been caused in several communities by the promiscuous arrests of hun¬ dreds of citizens on false registra¬ tion charges is definitely at an end. Most of these arrests were caused by subordinate employees of the county commissioners office with¬ out the authority prescribed in the Permanent Personal Registration Act and from now the procedure will be in strict accordance wilh the provisions of the new law. As a result of the new order, the county commissioners will begin their sittings in person, as the law directs, on Tuesday morning as a registration commission and all complaints on registrations must be made to them. The law is very specific on this point, no authority being delegated lo the registration clerks and inspectors who were ap¬ pointed a few weeks ago. Commissioners MacGuffie Davis and Riley will sit several days each week for the next month to hear charges on false registrations, in¬ timidation and all the other crimes which politicians are never bashful about resorting to when they are engaged in a drive lo swell the registration lists in their respec- i tive districts. I Preliminary hearings In the sey- j eral hundred cases, which were held before local aldermen, have run up a bill of several thousand dollars. These charges now must be paid by the county. Which means that, as always, th« taxpayer pays in the end. L 1 RANKS£REBELS Heavy Casualties Reported In Italian Brigade; Driv¬ ing On Madrid DiSPERATE STAND TODAY A New Short Serial DEATH COCKTAIL By Joseph Lewis Chadwick Jason Bartell was rich and powerful. But when he was murdered the police found loo many suspects and too few clews. Women had sought his favor; some of these he had scorned. Men had opposed him in business: some of these he had ruined. Scores of people hated him, but suspicion cen¬ tered on only a few; all mutual friends. Turn to Page B12 and begin thit mystery thriller today Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron¬ tier July 81 (UP)—Loyalist war planes massed on the northern Basque front for a government of¬ fensive, today bombed several bri¬ gades of Italian "Black Arrows" with heavy casualties. Loyalist frontier dispatches said. Thirty bombers accompanied by machine-gunning pursuit planes swept upon the Italian rebel bri¬ gades near Ermita, in the San Roque sector outside Santander. and reported "magnificent success." Try to Isolate Madrid Heavy fighting was reported on the Teruel front directly east of Madrid, where the insurgents have driven a 60-mile salient into Loyal¬ ist territory in an attempt to iso¬ late Madrid from Valencia on the cqfist and "starve" the capital into submission. The war office In Madrid said the insurgent drive southward from Teruel had been broke, but Rey¬ nolds P.ickard, United Press corre¬ spondent wilh Gen. Francisco Franco's Insurgents reported the Insurgents were pushing across rugged hills in a steam roller oper¬ ation that flattened Loyalist re¬ sistance. "Despite the lack of effective re¬ sistance," Packard said, "the I.>oyalists are prepared to make a desperate stand along the border between Cuenca and Teruel prov¬ inces where they already have dug a series of trenches and stretched barbed wire entanglements for sev¬ eral miles. Conscripted Anarchists "Prisoners report that the ma¬ jority of the Loyalist troops niong the Cucnca-Terucl frontier are Anarchists conscripted in Aragon." The Madrid front was quiet to¬ night, both Loyalists and Rebels apparently have collapsed In ex¬ haustion from the violent battles around Brunette that depleted their ranks to the extent of 80,000 cas¬ ualties. Nothing remains of Brunete. Not a building is standing, only a few battered walls, and neither Rebels nor Loyalists occupy the site of what was a picturesque little Gua¬ darrama town Uvea weelu am E GLEN LYON MAN KILLED Isadore Danoff, Grocer, Dies In Crash; Auto Hits Hay Riders MANY INJURED Eight Regain Minds When 29 Are Given 'Insulin Shock' In West DANGEROUS METHOD Norman Okla., July 31 (UP)— Dr. D. W. Griffin, 63, a slight, mild hospital superintendent with the courage to jeopardize a successful record established in 37 years at the same job, believed tonight that an experiment conducted quietly by him and his assistants mighl clear the way for restoration to sanity of thousands of insane persons. Unknown to this staid college town, seat of the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Griffin directed an experiment in v.'hich doses of in¬ sulin in coma-producing quantities were administered to 29 persons suffering from dementia praecox. Eight Regain Sanity Eight of the patients regained their sanity, he said. Most of the 29 displayed marked improvement. A few showed only slight benefit. Dr. F. M. Adams superintendent of the Vinita, Okla., hospital, who plans to start treatment of 10 pa¬ tients at once, emphasized that he believed that "complete results will not be determinable for a year afterwards." He said reports indi¬ cated 70 per cent of the younger patients were treated effectively. The cure is about 30 per cent in more advanced cases, Adams said. Dr. Griffin emphasized that the plan was not a "sure cure." He got the idea for the experiment while attending a lecture by Dr. Mannfrcd Sakel of Vienna at Pitts¬ burgh, Pa., last w^inter. Sakel out¬ lined the "insulin-shock" theory. Dr. Gr ffin decided lo utilize it. Dangerous Treatment He obtained the permission of the relatives of the 29 patients to conduct the experiments which hs described as "very serious." "The insulin in the amount which we gave the patients produced a terrific shock." he said. "I explain¬ ed the risk to the relatives of the patients. They told me to go ahead. I did, and the results were excel¬ lent. Dr. Griffin said the experiment was based on the theory that de¬ mentia praecox is caused by a lack of proper flow of fluids in the br«ln, a condition which tht insulin dOMt correct. A Glen Lyon grocer was killed and a dozen other persons Injured in accidents here yesterday. A{»qn9 the principals in the day's mishaps was a group of Y. W. C. A. camp¬ ers who escaped Injury when an automobile crashed into them while they were taking a hay-ride at Harvey's Lake. A city man was in serious condition early today after being struck by a trolley car. Automobile accidents included a collision which resulted In a double charge of hit-run and in¬ toxication being placed against a West Side driver. Isadore Danoff, 37, a grocer of 37 Main street. Glen Lyon, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when his automobile got beyond control as he drove home from a clambake. The machine ran off the highway and ploughed into an embankment, causing injuries which resulted in death five hours later at Nanticoke State Hospital. Although there were not witnesses to the accident. Dr. I. C. Morgan, county coroner, said no Inquest would be necessary. Found By Motorist* Danoff was apparently returning to his business place shortly after 2 oclock when the mishap occurred. He had made a delivery of food for a clambake being held between Glen Lyon and Mocanaqua. At a point near St. Adelbert's Cemetery, hia car left the highway and buried its radiator in a sharp embank¬ ment. Some time later an automo¬ bile carrying John Russian, Zig¬ mund Makosky, Ross Barzyk and RajTTiond Hynoski, all of Glen Lyon, came nlong. They noticed Danoff's disabled car and upon in¬ vestigation found the victim un¬ conscious at the wheel. Danoff was taken to Nanticoke State hospital where his death oc¬ curred at 7:25 oclock last evening. He suffered internal injuries and shock. He is survived by his widow and three children, Ruth, Albert and Leonard; also by a brother, Ben of Buttonwood, and a sister, Mrs. Nathan Saidman of Kingston. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 oclock this afternoon, wilh in¬ terment in Plains Jewish cemetery. Rabbi Benchel Goldman, Cantor Jehuda Briskin and Cantor Jacob Stein will officiate. Auto HiU Hay Ride A dozen girl campers from the Y.W.C.A. Blue Triangle Lodge at (Continued on Page 14-A> Defenders Giving Up North China But Warn Against Further Aggression By H. O. THOMPSOIf United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 19S7. By Cnited Press) Tientsin, Sunday, Aug. 1 (UP) — Japanese and French troops turned rifles and machine guns upon each olher across tha narrow Haiho River in shell-shattered Tientsin today and there was grave danger of open hostilities. The International situation, aris¬ ing from the alleged machine-gun¬ ning of a detachment of French troops by the Japanese, followed the complete collapse of Chinesa resistance and the imposition of Japanese military rule upon this ancient walled city. The Franco-Japanese tension in¬ creased hourly and diplomats of the foreign concessions where thou¬ sands of neutrals, including 403 Americans, were massed behind ¦and ba( and t>arbed wire barri¬ cades held hurried conferences. The Japanese held one end of the Y{tAfJ!ri*hatlonai Bridge across tha Haiho—at the East Railroad Sta¬ tion—and triiined automatic rifles upon French soldiers who were ar¬ rayed at the other end behind sand bags. Machine guns were turned upon the Japanese and a tank called the "Cleopatra" was ready to ad¬ vance on to the bridge in event the Japanese tried to cross. The French barricade separated the Japanese from their compound, consulate and military barracks. Japan Opens Fire The French consul, Charles Lelps- sier, charged the Japanese with not only machine-gunning a French military detachment at the East Station but with cutting communi¬ cations between the French con¬ cession and the French army garri¬ son, separated by the river. The French consul aaid the inter¬ national rights around the East Station were traditional since the Boxer Rebellion, 37 years ago, but that the Japanese disarmed th* French troops, attempted to blind¬ fold them and then turned machin* guns upo» them when they re« sisted. A wounded French sergeant, h« said, was without medical aid for more than six hours because th« Japanese would not permit enr- geons to attend him. As result of the charges later- national Bridge was closed to ths Japanese and the French blocked off the bridge head. The situation was aggravated by the wajrlaying by Japanese troops of four French trucks returning from the French concession to tha arsenal near the East Station with munitions. The Franco-Japanese tension and the state of panic that spretul through Tientsin in the wake of a terrific Japanese artillery and aerial bombardment caused the 15th United States Infantry to turn out In full war equipment. Japan Controls Ct^ Japanese troops were in control tonight of the former German, Austrian, Russian and Belgian con¬ cessions, where thousands of for¬ eign residents of Tientsin wers crowded behind hastily-erected b»r« ricadcs, A "peace preservation soetety" was established under Japanesa (Continued on Page A-4) /. C. Haddock Calls Coal Business As Badly Off As A WPA Project Saward's Journal, trade weekly of the anthracite industry, quotes John C. Haddock of this city and president nf tne Haddock Mining Company to the effect that the coal business "could not be worse off if j it were a WPA project." He de¬ clared he was in favor of the new Gufley-Boland control bill. If the measure is changed later, | he said, he might wish to modify | his stand in detail. | "At one time in my business! career I would have sooner been i shot than approve government reg¬ ulation of the coal business," he j said. "Bul after seeing the lack of 1 I economic foresight en the part of | the leaders of the United Mint Workers and complete lack of mer¬ chandising inleUigence on the part of the anthracite coal operators, th» anthracite coal business today could not be worse off if it were a WPA project. "Therefore, I amJieartily In lavot of the bill in principle, although, naturally, there may be some modi¬ fications or inequalities that will crop out during its consideration, which would make me want to modify my stand in detail, as dis¬ tinguished from its broad, general effect." Ths Haddock Mining Co. la ••• of ths large Independents la 1fc« northem Mithrftelte flelC
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Date | 1937-08-01 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 01 |
Year | 1937 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Date | 1937-08-01 |
Month | 08 |
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Year | 1937 |
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FullText | tr»"i r WfmSrS-rm teRfciW*iEJfcara> ^, iir:'^,-«*'-vj.,; . • .,.^':.mmM't:"i r. ifc-jfe*!i*^«k»«»ti^ BOY KILLED ON ROCKY GLEN ROLLER COASTER A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Weather Sunday: Fmlr. Monday: Fair. FIFTY-TWO PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1937 PRICE TEN CENTS f7 Woman Flier Claims Speed Record IN SENATE New Deal Program Saved i j After Drastic Changes ' '^ Are Put Into Act NEW CHILD LABOR PLAN Employees Uskig Collective Bargaining Among Many Exemptions Washington. July .31. (UP) - The Senate battered down a threat to President Roosevelt's pre-adjourn- ment legislative program tonight and passed the labor standards bill sponsored by Sen. Hugo L. Black, a, Ala. The vote on final passage was 56 to 28, presaged when the Senate, a few minutes previously had de¬ feated, by a 48 to 36 vote, a motion to recommit the measure to the. Senate Education and Labor Com¬ mittee for further study and action next session^ The bill, setting up a labpr standards board to regulate mini¬ mum wages and maximum hours within specified limits and to ban child labor under 16 years was approved after a week-long attack led' by rebellious Southern Demo¬ crats seeking adjournment of Con¬ gress. It now goes to the House, where a more drastic measure Is being prepared. President'ii Program Saved The admini.stration victory block¬ ed a powerful drive to abandon the President's program and go home. It gave impetus to the lead¬ ership's campaign to enact the $700,000,000 bond issue housing bill, sugar, tax avoidance, crop Insur¬ ance and lower court reform legis¬ lation at this session. Adjournment within three weeks appeared probable as the adminis¬ tration speeded action in an effort to give the deep split in Demo¬ cratic ranks a chance to heal. The Senate debated the wage- hours bill for hours during a tumultuous session in which scores of amendments and substitutes were brought up for a vote. Chief action on the amendments were the Senate vote to substitute | the Wheeler-Johnson Child Labor j Bill for the child labor provisions { in the original bill; and the vote | to table a motion to attach the j House-approved anti-lynching billi as a rider to the labor standards measure. I Rerommittal Vote Lose* The final vote on passage of the bill was preceded by a test of | sentiment on a motion by Ren. | Tom Connally, D., Texas, to send i the bill back to committee^ for | revision. The motion, which Black vigor-. ously denounced as designed to kill the measure, was defeated by a vote of 48 to 36, with 14 Republi¬ cans and 22 Democrats voting In | favor of recommittal. The admin¬ istration mustered 44 Democratic j votes against the recommittal, in; addition lo the ballots of Sen. Robert M. LaFollette jr.. Wis.; Sen. I Henry Cabot Lodge jr., R., Mass.; j Sen. Ernest Lundeen, F-L, Minn.; and Sen. Henrik Shipstead, F-L, Minn. Immediately after passage of the bill. Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley sought to capitalize on his ! first major victory as leader by (Continued on Page 14-A) ' Jacqueline Cochrane, noted woman flier, claimed an unofficial airspeed record of 203.89 miles an hour, from Burbank to San Francisco and return. Above, she waves from her plane after the flight. ^^___^__^——__—.^___—__^_^_^..^_-.^^—. Hurled From Car When He Stands Up To Wave JAPANESE OPEN FIRE ON FRENCH TROOPS Wage-Hour Bill Passes AMENDED, APPROVED 'Japan Has Won Her War ... h. r. a™ By H. R. EKINS United Press StaR Correspondent CopjTight, 1937, By United Frees Shanghai, Aug. 1. (UP)—The charred and smoking shambles of Tientsin, the ominou.s silence of Ward Lord Chiang Kai- Shek and the calm resig- nation of China's mil¬ lions c 0 n - vinced me to¬ day Japan has won her "war" in the north. To make war on .Tapan would mean a national cata-strophc, the.sc leaders apparently realize, but beneath this resignation I find the smouldering danger of a real war. Everywhere, throughout China, the people believe that war with Japan is inevitable. Editor's Note: H. R. Eklns, I nited Press war correspond¬ ent and flying reporter, has arrived in China after a flight across the Pacific. An observer of many years service In the Far East, during whirh he covered the li)3i .Shanghai war, Ekins sajs in the following di»pat<'h that the pnnrly-armed Chinese armies appear to hnve r:uffrrrd annther whirlwind defeat at the hands of the Japanese. ¦. a. SKINS The men upon whom rest the responsibility for war prnbably will resort lo statesmanship rather than open conflict be¬ cause they know the hopclc.s.s- ness of any attempt to oust the magnificently-equipped Japanese forces from their territory now. Clever Chinese propagandists and organizers of public opinion undoubtedly will utilize China's hurl pride and sense of futility in the face of defeat to solidify the rapidly-knitting Chinese unity against the day when China will be able to meet Japan on terms of military equality. Japanese artillery hammering away at Tientsin, China's com¬ mercial gateway to the north, and bodies floating down the river lo the Yellow Sea was fol¬ lowed by a conteniptunus Japa¬ nese communique Ihat "Ihri enemy has gone with the wind." These developments turned all eyes toward Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, commander, in-chief of China'.s armies and the strong man of the nation who holds full authority to send the nation into war. He alone must deride whether the aggressors arc lo be repulsed in Northern China or whether the hi.stcry of 1931, when Japan seized Manchuria, is to repeat it¬ self. He must dcciie whether China is to give up the rich Hopei and Chahar provinces as she gave up Manchuria because of Japan's military supremacy. The experts say Chiang will decide afc'.lust \.ar. But the people do not know this yet. Acute observers say Chiang will decide against war because he realizes that war would sub¬ ject other outlying areas to In¬ vasion and ports to a Japanese hlnrliade. Furthermore, there would be the grave danger of a hrc:il;-iip in national life. All this a costly, bloody and hopeless war mighl entail to .save face, to maintain prestige. Not Prepared For War "You can't go to war jusl be¬ cause you feel like il or without preparation." one observer said, and that seemed to sum up the situation. The government continues to let the population blow off .steam. Prcviou.sly-banned anti- Japnnese songs and slogans were sung afid shouted and blared from radio stations. Thi.s was obviously permitted on the theory that the people, when they learn there will be no war, will have spent their enthusiasm for war. DANGER IN WARLIKE OUTBREAK SoWiers Of Two Nations Train Guns Dn Each Other Over River SERGEANT WOUNDED Edward McMahon, 16, Scranton, Plunges To Death On Last Dip Of 'The Pippin'; First Fatal Accident On Coaster At Rocky Glen Before the eyes of hundreds of other picnickers, Edward Mc¬ Mahon, 16, of South Scranton, was hurled to his death yesterday afternoon from a speeding roller coaster at Rocky Glen park. He struck on hia head, receiving a fracture of the skull. He died while being hurried to a hospital. McMahon, son of a widowed mother residing at the rear of 424 Cherry street, Scranton, went to Rocky Glen yesterday along with hundreds of other boys attending a public outing. Shortly before 5 oclock he decided to take a ride on "The Pippin," one of the park's main attractions. He had a front seat in the train of small cars that dipped and twisted around the roll¬ er coaster. Wilh only one more dip to pass before the ride ended, McMahon, according to witnesses, stood up to wave to some other boys waiting for the next ride. As the car struck the dip, the youth was hurled out. He struck on his head twelve feel below. The tragedy unnerved the other youthful passengers on the coaster but all remained in their' seats until the ride vas completed. Meanwhile, rescuers reached young McMahon and started him for St. Mary's Kellar Hospital in Scranton. John Nallin, member of the firm of Nallin & Jennings, operators of the park notified tbe young vic¬ tim's mother. First they went to Taylor Hospital, believing the boy had been taken there. When Mrs. McMahon and Mr. Nallin reached Kellar hospital they were informed the youth was already dead. Be¬ sides his mother, the victim is sur¬ vived by a brother and a sister. Park attaches declared it was the first roller coaster accident in the history of Rocky Glen. WPA OFFICE FORCE CUT Felix J. Pawloski Included; Assistant Director Post Is Now Eliminated Registration Arrests Now Are Found Illegal 802 WORKERS TO GO Bee Flies In— Car Is Wrecked It might happen to anyone, but surely not more than once in a lifetime. Sydelle B. Hyman. West Pittston attorney of .tlO Wyoming avenue, was driving north on the Inkerman high¬ way around noon yesterday, when a bee, one of those care¬ less creatures with no place to go on Saturday since the five- day week went into effect, pass¬ ed, through the window of her brand new car, and alighted on her face. This particularly un¬ mannerly member of the tribe must have possessed a stinger out of the ordinary. In pro¬ tecting herself, Mrs. Hyman lost control of her car, swerved across the road and into a ditch on the olher side lo crash against a service pole. Fortun¬ ately there were no other cars moving south in the immediate vicinity. Mrs. Hyman was considerably shaken up and her car was damaged extensively. Her im¬ mediate family reported only minor injuries, which is noth¬ ing short of miraculous. The car, purchased early this week, had been driven only 280 miles. Mrs. Hyman is the wife of Ben M. Hyman, proprietor of the Ace Clothing Store of Pittston. END LOVE IRYSI Three Negroes Sought For Kansas Crime; Victim Was Married Man NO CLUES FOR POLICE Democratic Leaders Here Endorse Four For Tax Appraiser Positions Democratic county leaders have completed their list of appointees to the Inheritance tax appraiser- ship jobs in the office of Register of Wills Morris, final and most vigorous shake of the plum tree having taken place yesterday when four new endorsements were sent to Auditor General Warren Roberts. As now provided for, the county will be divided into two districts —North and South. William Mor¬ gan will be In charge of the North district and will receive a salary of $2,700. The South district will be in charge of John Bednar of Nanti¬ coke, chairman ot the Democratic committee of the Fourth legisla¬ tive district. He will also receive • salary of $2,700. The flvs other appraueri have been selected from this city and Kingston. They are: Adolph Herskovits of this city, father of tha well known attorney, Ernest Herskovitz. Fred Andes of the Thirteenth ward, only member of the old force of appraisers to be retained. Luke Sheridan, Democratic lead¬ er of one of the districts In the Sec. d ward. Robert Smalley of Kingston, who holds an official position with the unemployed workers of the valley. Robert Santuccl of this city, who has been active as a leader of the Italian Democrats of Wilkes-Barre for several years. Auditor General Roberts has also appointed Harold Wagner of Dallas as an appraiser for a half dozen counties In NorLjieastern Pennsyl¬ vania. Topeka, Kans., July 31. (UP) — Officers organized posses tonight to search for three Negroes who interrupted a roadside love tryst near here, shot a young married man to death and dragged his girl companion ioto a field where they attacked her. The young woman, Miss Marie Fink, 21. staggered back to the i automobile and drove several miles wilh the body of Verne Hedrick, j 30, lo her home. There she told her step-father what had happen¬ ed. He accompanied her to police headquarters. Girl Still Hysterical The crimes occurred late last last night and tonight Miss Fink still was so hysterical that she was unable to g've authorities a clear statement. She could not furnish definite descriptions of her assail¬ ants and Wayne Horning, chief of police, said that apprehension of the Negroes would be difficult. Horning said that no trace of the Negroes had been found. Ballis¬ tics tests were made on the bullet that killed Dedrick. Upon these tests depended the chief hope of a clue to the slayers' identity. Miss Fink told Horning that she left her home about 9:30 p. m. with Hedrick, a grocery clerk. Tliey drove to a secluded side road a few miles west of Topeka. Soon three Negroes appeared beside the parked automobile. "They ordered Verne to get out and when he refused one of them shot him," she told police. "Then they dragged me out into a field." ] A half hour later she wae re- j leased. She returned to the auto- j mobile. Hedrick was dead. She ] drove to her hom*. Dismis.sal notices were given 37 high officials and office workers of Works Progress Administration headquarters. Public Square, yes¬ terday. Most of those dropped were clerks and typists, according lo announcement of Director Joseph G. Schuler, but it has been learned that a general shakeup effects several of the bigger of¬ ficials. Felix J. Pawloski former Duryea school director, who has been serv¬ ing as Supervisor of Labor Man¬ agement, was dropped. His salary was $3,600 per annum. Pawloski had been with WPA since It flrst started. Previously he was assist¬ ant to County Director, John J. P. Dunn under the old setup. Demoted was John W. Owens, prominent resident of Maffett street, Plains Township, and promi¬ nent in affairs of that community. He was serving as assistant direc¬ tor of Luzerne county, being second to Mr. Schuler. He succeeds Paw¬ lowski as Supervisor of Labor Management at salary of $3,600. The position he previously held paid $3,900. The li.st of those dismissed could not be obtained, but Director Schuler asserts that the offices, located In this city, will be manned by a skeleton force. Yesterday's reductions were the last to affect the office force, but thinning of the working list still is to go on. S02 Laborers To Go A total of 802 laborers and fore¬ men will be dropped during the next two weeks, it has been re¬ ported. This is in line with re¬ trenchment, started several weeks ago. The working force will be brought down to 13,000 when dis¬ missals are finally checked. "There has been a curtailment of money," said Schuler last night, "and thai is the only reason we have for dismissing employees. It Is true that several executives have been affected, but no complaint as to their work can be made." Pawloski put a slate of candi¬ dates in opposition to one headed by Burgess James E. Dougherty, Duryea official, last week. Politi¬ cal observers of the upper sec¬ tion are of the opinion that this may have been responsiljle for loss of his job. Dougherty is a power in the Democratic parly, but the former school director questioned his leadership by endorsinR can- (Continued on Page A-4) Consternation that has been caused in several communities by the promiscuous arrests of hun¬ dreds of citizens on false registra¬ tion charges is definitely at an end. Most of these arrests were caused by subordinate employees of the county commissioners office with¬ out the authority prescribed in the Permanent Personal Registration Act and from now the procedure will be in strict accordance wilh the provisions of the new law. As a result of the new order, the county commissioners will begin their sittings in person, as the law directs, on Tuesday morning as a registration commission and all complaints on registrations must be made to them. The law is very specific on this point, no authority being delegated lo the registration clerks and inspectors who were ap¬ pointed a few weeks ago. Commissioners MacGuffie Davis and Riley will sit several days each week for the next month to hear charges on false registrations, in¬ timidation and all the other crimes which politicians are never bashful about resorting to when they are engaged in a drive lo swell the registration lists in their respec- i tive districts. I Preliminary hearings In the sey- j eral hundred cases, which were held before local aldermen, have run up a bill of several thousand dollars. These charges now must be paid by the county. Which means that, as always, th« taxpayer pays in the end. L 1 RANKS£REBELS Heavy Casualties Reported In Italian Brigade; Driv¬ ing On Madrid DiSPERATE STAND TODAY A New Short Serial DEATH COCKTAIL By Joseph Lewis Chadwick Jason Bartell was rich and powerful. But when he was murdered the police found loo many suspects and too few clews. Women had sought his favor; some of these he had scorned. Men had opposed him in business: some of these he had ruined. Scores of people hated him, but suspicion cen¬ tered on only a few; all mutual friends. Turn to Page B12 and begin thit mystery thriller today Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron¬ tier July 81 (UP)—Loyalist war planes massed on the northern Basque front for a government of¬ fensive, today bombed several bri¬ gades of Italian "Black Arrows" with heavy casualties. Loyalist frontier dispatches said. Thirty bombers accompanied by machine-gunning pursuit planes swept upon the Italian rebel bri¬ gades near Ermita, in the San Roque sector outside Santander. and reported "magnificent success." Try to Isolate Madrid Heavy fighting was reported on the Teruel front directly east of Madrid, where the insurgents have driven a 60-mile salient into Loyal¬ ist territory in an attempt to iso¬ late Madrid from Valencia on the cqfist and "starve" the capital into submission. The war office In Madrid said the insurgent drive southward from Teruel had been broke, but Rey¬ nolds P.ickard, United Press corre¬ spondent wilh Gen. Francisco Franco's Insurgents reported the Insurgents were pushing across rugged hills in a steam roller oper¬ ation that flattened Loyalist re¬ sistance. "Despite the lack of effective re¬ sistance," Packard said, "the I.>oyalists are prepared to make a desperate stand along the border between Cuenca and Teruel prov¬ inces where they already have dug a series of trenches and stretched barbed wire entanglements for sev¬ eral miles. Conscripted Anarchists "Prisoners report that the ma¬ jority of the Loyalist troops niong the Cucnca-Terucl frontier are Anarchists conscripted in Aragon." The Madrid front was quiet to¬ night, both Loyalists and Rebels apparently have collapsed In ex¬ haustion from the violent battles around Brunette that depleted their ranks to the extent of 80,000 cas¬ ualties. Nothing remains of Brunete. Not a building is standing, only a few battered walls, and neither Rebels nor Loyalists occupy the site of what was a picturesque little Gua¬ darrama town Uvea weelu am E GLEN LYON MAN KILLED Isadore Danoff, Grocer, Dies In Crash; Auto Hits Hay Riders MANY INJURED Eight Regain Minds When 29 Are Given 'Insulin Shock' In West DANGEROUS METHOD Norman Okla., July 31 (UP)— Dr. D. W. Griffin, 63, a slight, mild hospital superintendent with the courage to jeopardize a successful record established in 37 years at the same job, believed tonight that an experiment conducted quietly by him and his assistants mighl clear the way for restoration to sanity of thousands of insane persons. Unknown to this staid college town, seat of the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Griffin directed an experiment in v.'hich doses of in¬ sulin in coma-producing quantities were administered to 29 persons suffering from dementia praecox. Eight Regain Sanity Eight of the patients regained their sanity, he said. Most of the 29 displayed marked improvement. A few showed only slight benefit. Dr. F. M. Adams superintendent of the Vinita, Okla., hospital, who plans to start treatment of 10 pa¬ tients at once, emphasized that he believed that "complete results will not be determinable for a year afterwards." He said reports indi¬ cated 70 per cent of the younger patients were treated effectively. The cure is about 30 per cent in more advanced cases, Adams said. Dr. Griffin emphasized that the plan was not a "sure cure." He got the idea for the experiment while attending a lecture by Dr. Mannfrcd Sakel of Vienna at Pitts¬ burgh, Pa., last w^inter. Sakel out¬ lined the "insulin-shock" theory. Dr. Gr ffin decided lo utilize it. Dangerous Treatment He obtained the permission of the relatives of the 29 patients to conduct the experiments which hs described as "very serious." "The insulin in the amount which we gave the patients produced a terrific shock." he said. "I explain¬ ed the risk to the relatives of the patients. They told me to go ahead. I did, and the results were excel¬ lent. Dr. Griffin said the experiment was based on the theory that de¬ mentia praecox is caused by a lack of proper flow of fluids in the br«ln, a condition which tht insulin dOMt correct. A Glen Lyon grocer was killed and a dozen other persons Injured in accidents here yesterday. A{»qn9 the principals in the day's mishaps was a group of Y. W. C. A. camp¬ ers who escaped Injury when an automobile crashed into them while they were taking a hay-ride at Harvey's Lake. A city man was in serious condition early today after being struck by a trolley car. Automobile accidents included a collision which resulted In a double charge of hit-run and in¬ toxication being placed against a West Side driver. Isadore Danoff, 37, a grocer of 37 Main street. Glen Lyon, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when his automobile got beyond control as he drove home from a clambake. The machine ran off the highway and ploughed into an embankment, causing injuries which resulted in death five hours later at Nanticoke State Hospital. Although there were not witnesses to the accident. Dr. I. C. Morgan, county coroner, said no Inquest would be necessary. Found By Motorist* Danoff was apparently returning to his business place shortly after 2 oclock when the mishap occurred. He had made a delivery of food for a clambake being held between Glen Lyon and Mocanaqua. At a point near St. Adelbert's Cemetery, hia car left the highway and buried its radiator in a sharp embank¬ ment. Some time later an automo¬ bile carrying John Russian, Zig¬ mund Makosky, Ross Barzyk and RajTTiond Hynoski, all of Glen Lyon, came nlong. They noticed Danoff's disabled car and upon in¬ vestigation found the victim un¬ conscious at the wheel. Danoff was taken to Nanticoke State hospital where his death oc¬ curred at 7:25 oclock last evening. He suffered internal injuries and shock. He is survived by his widow and three children, Ruth, Albert and Leonard; also by a brother, Ben of Buttonwood, and a sister, Mrs. Nathan Saidman of Kingston. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 oclock this afternoon, wilh in¬ terment in Plains Jewish cemetery. Rabbi Benchel Goldman, Cantor Jehuda Briskin and Cantor Jacob Stein will officiate. Auto HiU Hay Ride A dozen girl campers from the Y.W.C.A. Blue Triangle Lodge at (Continued on Page 14-A> Defenders Giving Up North China But Warn Against Further Aggression By H. O. THOMPSOIf United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 19S7. By Cnited Press) Tientsin, Sunday, Aug. 1 (UP) — Japanese and French troops turned rifles and machine guns upon each olher across tha narrow Haiho River in shell-shattered Tientsin today and there was grave danger of open hostilities. The International situation, aris¬ ing from the alleged machine-gun¬ ning of a detachment of French troops by the Japanese, followed the complete collapse of Chinesa resistance and the imposition of Japanese military rule upon this ancient walled city. The Franco-Japanese tension in¬ creased hourly and diplomats of the foreign concessions where thou¬ sands of neutrals, including 403 Americans, were massed behind ¦and ba( and t>arbed wire barri¬ cades held hurried conferences. The Japanese held one end of the Y{tAfJ!ri*hatlonai Bridge across tha Haiho—at the East Railroad Sta¬ tion—and triiined automatic rifles upon French soldiers who were ar¬ rayed at the other end behind sand bags. Machine guns were turned upon the Japanese and a tank called the "Cleopatra" was ready to ad¬ vance on to the bridge in event the Japanese tried to cross. The French barricade separated the Japanese from their compound, consulate and military barracks. Japan Opens Fire The French consul, Charles Lelps- sier, charged the Japanese with not only machine-gunning a French military detachment at the East Station but with cutting communi¬ cations between the French con¬ cession and the French army garri¬ son, separated by the river. The French consul aaid the inter¬ national rights around the East Station were traditional since the Boxer Rebellion, 37 years ago, but that the Japanese disarmed th* French troops, attempted to blind¬ fold them and then turned machin* guns upo» them when they re« sisted. A wounded French sergeant, h« said, was without medical aid for more than six hours because th« Japanese would not permit enr- geons to attend him. As result of the charges later- national Bridge was closed to ths Japanese and the French blocked off the bridge head. The situation was aggravated by the wajrlaying by Japanese troops of four French trucks returning from the French concession to tha arsenal near the East Station with munitions. The Franco-Japanese tension and the state of panic that spretul through Tientsin in the wake of a terrific Japanese artillery and aerial bombardment caused the 15th United States Infantry to turn out In full war equipment. Japan Controls Ct^ Japanese troops were in control tonight of the former German, Austrian, Russian and Belgian con¬ cessions, where thousands of for¬ eign residents of Tientsin wers crowded behind hastily-erected b»r« ricadcs, A "peace preservation soetety" was established under Japanesa (Continued on Page A-4) /. C. Haddock Calls Coal Business As Badly Off As A WPA Project Saward's Journal, trade weekly of the anthracite industry, quotes John C. Haddock of this city and president nf tne Haddock Mining Company to the effect that the coal business "could not be worse off if j it were a WPA project." He de¬ clared he was in favor of the new Gufley-Boland control bill. If the measure is changed later, | he said, he might wish to modify | his stand in detail. | "At one time in my business! career I would have sooner been i shot than approve government reg¬ ulation of the coal business," he j said. "Bul after seeing the lack of 1 I economic foresight en the part of | the leaders of the United Mint Workers and complete lack of mer¬ chandising inleUigence on the part of the anthracite coal operators, th» anthracite coal business today could not be worse off if it were a WPA project. "Therefore, I amJieartily In lavot of the bill in principle, although, naturally, there may be some modi¬ fications or inequalities that will crop out during its consideration, which would make me want to modify my stand in detail, as dis¬ tinguished from its broad, general effect." Ths Haddock Mining Co. la ••• of ths large Independents la 1fc« northem Mithrftelte flelC |
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