Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              FISTS FLY IN PITTSTON ELECTION BRAWL
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1937
PRICE TEN CENTS
JAPAN AGREES TO U. S. MEDIATION WOULD SEVER DRITISH RELATIO
DISTRICT LEADER IS BEATEN UP
Joseph p. McCanna Felled 4    After Words With Con¬ stable  Sheridan
AN UNKNOWN AIDS
Both   Depart   Scene   Hur¬ riedly On  Arrival Of Another Democrat
Pittaton political campaign, a tame and unintereiting affair since the primariei, developed into a colorful and highly entertaining epectacle yesterday afternoon, when combatants from both sidea staged what used to be termed "an elec¬ tion brawl," It forerunner of what the electorate of that fair city may expect from now on. "It looka like old times," was the general opinion of men who had taken part In bone-cruehing encounters in the hectic daya of the past.
It all happened when Joseph P. MeCanna. Democratic chairman of the Third legislative district, was walking peacefuly along Main street, at the busy lltiWtBotion at Water, concentrating on the mau scramble for power that will take place on Tuesday. He was hailed hv Joseph Sheridan, Second ward constable, who had been earning an extra dollar by serving warrants nn Fifth ward Democrats who had asked for and received assistance In voting at the September prim¬ aries. The affair ended ten or fif¬ teen minutes later in a free-for-all, with McCanna minui a tooth or two (which he denied) and consid¬ erably shaken  up.
McCanna Knocked Down
"Did you send four follows up to nee me to find out where I standi .Sheridan demanded, according to the McCanna version of the fracas. The chairman denied any such transaction. Why should he send anyone when he was fully aware ot Sheridan's views? Then Sheridan mentioned something about being promised a job a year ago, and Mc¬ Canna denied he made a promise »t any time.
By that time one word was lead¬ ing to another, and in no lime Sheridan hauled off and let Mc- Csnna have one in the vicinity of the jaw.
McCanna   and   others   aay   that Sheridan  was  accompanied   by  an unnamed   assailant,    bul    repeated efforts failed to reveal who he was. Several  names were given, though none of them seem to fit.    At any rale,   McCanna   was    reported   as heing knocked  to  the  ground sev¬ eral times by .Sheridan and waa at | one    time   held    hy   the    unnamed ' parly, while Sheridan unmercifully j piled on punishment.    Pittston was only   mildly   interested   spectators. I Saturday   afternoon   shoppers   and others looked on with  amazement. "HTiftt is all this ahout."
Reinforrementa  Arrive
Enlfr the hero. Seated by a •second story window in a build¬ ing across the way was Paul Mur¬ ray, than whom there is no more loyal Democrat. Murray earned his laurels larrying the ball for Wyoming .Seminary in the days of knock - them - down - and - drag- Ihem-nut football and late.- at State College. The fight was right down his alley and he reached the scene (Continued on Page A-91
Lost Pin Found In GirVs Stomach
Chriatina Latiko, 7, at Tit North 'Waahlngton atraat, wu not aura lait night whether or not ahe (wallowed a atralyht pin until an X-ray tslun at Oaneral Hospital located It In iiar   ftomach.
Onca located, however, there waa nothing to be dona for the time being and aha waa aant homa in tha expectation that normal organic functions will eliminate the pin.
According to reporta, t^a little girl waa preparing her Hal¬ lowe'en costume and in typical feminine fa.shlon waa holding tha straight pin In her mouth. When lhe realized that the pin had been ewallowed tha little Jirl told her parents, who rueh- •d her te the hoapital for wcam- ination.
Attaches said that foreign ob¬ jecta which pass into tha stom¬ ach without being lodged loma- whera enroute ara not difflcult to remove ordinarily. After tha X-ray had been takan, Chris¬ tina was sent homa to await deevlopments.
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Judge   Has   Not   Received
Testimony;   Pittston
Leader Unworried
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Unless a decision is handed down in the Kehoe registration contro¬ versy before the polls close Tues¬ day night, John C. Kehoe, Pittston coal operator and political leader, and three other members of hit family, will be unable lo cast their votes in the general election of 1937.
This prospect developed last night when it was learned that the stenographic transcript of testi¬ mony taken at the hearing of Kehoe's appeal from disfranchise¬ ment by the Lu7.erne County Reg¬ istration Commission has not yet been completed for examination by Judge E. B. Farr of Wyoming county, who will pass on the legal¬ ity of the commission's action.
Immediate Action Unnecessary
Reached at his Tunhannack home last night by a Sunday Inde¬ pendent reporter. Judge Tarr said he was hopeful of receiving the stenographic transcript by tomor¬ row. He did not venture an opin¬ ion as to how long 11 would take to study the testimony, remark¬ ing that the stenographic record would likely be a heavy one.
Judge Farr also said that It Is not necessary to hand down a deci¬ sion in the case before Tuesday, pointing out that the decision will serve principally to determine the future registration status of Kehoe. On this basis. If the decision is not made before the polls close Tues¬ day Kehoe and his family will be unable to vote. Should the regis¬ tration commission be restrained from revoking Kehoe's registration by the decision when it Is finally made, the fact still remains that election day passed and he was deprived of his franchise for the general election of 1937.
"Won't  Need  My  Vot*"
Kehoe,  contacted  last night,  ap- (Contlnued  on  Page  A-4)
Ben Ipock Is Confused- Found Sister, Lost Bride
Pleasant Surprise' Arranged To Tell Him Mar.v Lee
Was Sister He Never Knew He Had Was A
Blow—Had Been Married A Month
Registration Inspector In Avoca Registered In Lackawanna County
•John   "Dinty"   Waleski,   recently appointed Luzerne county registra- tir    inspector and Republican can- t*     tc for lhe office of burgess in Avoca,  against  Michael J.  Healey, .incumbent   and   Democratic   nom- linee,  is  registered  in  both  Lacka- Fwanna   and   Luzerne   county,   ac¬ cording   to   Information   given   out by   the   burgess   and   other   Avoca leaders yesterday.
George Murphy, employee in the Internal Revenue department, Scranton, prominent in Avoca political affairs, aays thai "John Waleski" card, on file In Lacka¬ wanna county court house, bears serial number 47,9'.'fi and is dated ¦'line 2R. ]9,'i7. The registration was  made   hy  Mrs    Harry  Decker,
•   resident   of   Mooiio,     Bevsrtl
addresses are li.sted on the card - one is R. D. 2. Avoca, Moosic bor¬ ough. Avoca postoffice handles mail in cerlain section of Moosic rural territory.
A second address lists 643 Main street, Avoca. His last address is given as 1407 Dawson street, Avoca, his actual residence. The card lists occupation as "boxing promoter." Waleski promoted fighfci at Rocky Glen arena during the past two years. His date of birth is given as 1912.
Waleski was appointed registra¬ tion Inspector several weeks ago hy the county commissioners He was not a candidate al the pri¬ maries. He received the majnrity nf Republican vntes by having hii nam* written In, _ .
Mountain Grove, Mo., Oct. 30. (UP) —Ben Ipock was too confused and downhearted today to do his farm work, because, in finding a sister of whom he had never known, he had lost a bride. They were one and the same person. He had been married to her a month.
The marriage was annulled im¬ mediately and they separated, each going back lo the home of foster parents who had had raised them from childhood, to readjust their emotions. He doesn't want to see her again until he has grown ac¬ customed to the idea that his love for her is a brotherly affection and not that of a man for his mate.
Mary Lee was stunned. She hadn't even known that she was an adopted child.
Story Start* 20 Vears Ago
The story dates back 20 yeai^ and it all happened in a compara- I lively small sphere of society here in southern Missouri where the principnls have spent their lives. The denouement arrived Thursday when they appeared hefore the dis¬ trict judge in Hartville to get the annulment.
The first coincidence waa when Grant Ipock, a Wright county farmer, and his wife bolh died within a year, leaving two infant children, Ben and Mary Lee.
The children went to the orphan¬ age at Jefferson City. Wheh Mary Lee was 2 years' old. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Williams adopted her. They took her to their home near Chil- howee. At about the same time, Mr. and Mrs. Sod Yocum took Ben away to their home In Mountain Grove. He waa 4 years old. Both children were too young at the time to realize that the other existed. They didn't know it until this week.
Ben grew to be a good worker about the farm and he decided six monlh.T ago to go on his own. He went as far norlh as Chilhowee and tnok a job on the Williams' farm. Then he fell In love with the Wil¬ liams' daughter, Marv Lee.
The Williams family liked Ben and approved of his attentions to the girl. After harvest, he wanted to go back and visit the Yocums, and the Williamses let Mary L*e go along.
It was Mrs. Williams who first began to untangle the maze of co¬ incidences. She had heard Ben say that he had only been "raised up" j by the Yocums, that his own folks ] had been named Ipock and some¬ times he called himself Ben Ipock rather than Yocum,
Mrs. Wlliiams remembered that Mary  L*e's  name  had  been   Ipock
ftt tht orphanage, and tt vrM not a
common    name.     Mary   Lee    had never been told of her adoption.
So Mrs. Williams wrote to Jeffer¬ son City for the records, and \\r( nesday they arrived.   There was no doubt,   Ben   and   Mary   Lee   were brother and sister.
A "Pleasant Surprise"
Knowing how devoted the couple was, Mrs. Willams thought shc would give them a pleasant sur¬ prise. She called thom into the house ond told them. The lool; that Mrs. Williams saw on their faces was one of dismay.
Then Ihey explained to her. They were married when they went to visit the Yocum farm a month ago They had stopped at Hartville, bought the license and had Rev. Albert Brook of Mountain Grove perform the ceremony. Then they went on to visit the Ynrums and hadn't told anyone of th?ir mar¬ riage. They wnnted to keep it a secret for a while.
There was only one solution. Ben and Mrs. Williams went lo Moun¬ tain Grove and got Mrs. Yocum. They all went to Hartville with their lawyers, George G. Murrefi and Charles H. Jackson, and ex¬ plained it to the judge, who said il was the strangest story he ever heard.    He granted the annulment.
Mary Lee is 20, slender and at¬ tractive. She was wearing an old house dress when a photographer attempted to lake her picture.
"Go away, please." she entreated. Her eyes were filled with tears. "You don't know how I feel—you don't know how I feel."
She said she and Ben had agreed not to sec each other until they had trained their emotions to con¬ form to their true relationship.
SPAIN REPORTS PLANE SANK BRITISH STEAMER
Madrid, Oct. 30. (UP) The British steamer John Weems. carrying two neutral observers of the non - intervention committee, was sunk by an airplane today, IB miles off Catalonia, a Spanish Loyalist   communique   said.
The observers, Gustav Ohesom of Sweden and Arnold Kifif of Latvia, and 26 members of the crew were saved. They landed near Gerons at the Village of Calella de Palafrugulla, the communique said.
The ship was enroute from Mar¬ seilles to Barcelona wilh a cargo nf wheat and condensed milk.
TTie steamship John Weems does aot appear in Lloyd's registrj^
Window Washer '^'  Hangs On Hook
New York, Oct. SO. (UP) — Dyntro Wasus, 200-pound win¬ dow washer, snapped one end of his safety belt to a case¬ ment hook five stories above the pavement today, turned to fasten the other end, lost his balance and fell.
He plunged the length of his belt and was stopped short witii a tremendous jolt. The case¬ ment hook began to bend. He tried to reach the window ledge with his hands, but the move¬ ment made the hook bend still further.    He screamed in terror.
Machines in a nearby loft prevented his voice from carr.v- ing to the workers who could hnve pulled him to safety. The hook gradually sagged tnw.ird the point where the snap would slip   off.
Crowds gathered on the side¬ walk on the oppn.site side of tbe street below. Police turned in a fire alarm and a ladder truck responded.
Two firemen raced up the ladder and pushed W.nsus to the ledge where other firemen pulled   him   to   safety.
TWO MARX BROTHERS CONVICTED
Groucho And Chico Facinc Year In Jail For Copy¬ right   Infringement
USED SCRIPT ON RADIO
Hariio,   Silent   As   Usual,
Not Involved In Ciim-
inal Charge Made
FACES EXICIN
Downtown Shanghai and tfSie Intci-natlonal Settlement rocked with the duel when Chinese artillery opened up after Japanese warships attempt- i cd  with   gunfire   to  cover  an   advance   by  their  troops.   Ahove   is   a Chinese   shell   that   turned   out   a   dud.   It   fell   outside   the   Speci.nl District Court In the Internfttional Settlement   and nothing happened. ,
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LaGuardia;   Drive  On Racket-Buster Dewey
Hollywood. Ocl. :in. (UPl A P>d- cr.il (Jnurl jury tod.Ty lonviclcj Ciroucho snd Chico Mar.x on a iharge of criminnl copyright in¬ fringement. The jur.v found i\vM a radio script whicli tho .screen comcdi.ins had used wa.s nol their property.
The jury of elderly men deliber¬ ated   on  Ihe   c.ise   bul   ¦i.'i   minutes.
Judpic George Cn.-^grave said he would impo.ic sentence on Mon¬ day. The maximum sentence under the verdict is one year in jail and a   $1,000   fine.
Defense     attorneys     announced
»f4*liat they would .T.^k a new trial. [ The comedians were accused hy I the  government  of  u-'^in'r  n   rfdio
     government  of  u-'^in'r  n   rffiio
Give    Up    Hope    Of    Beating   skit  prepared  by Onoll  nnd Oar
rett Gr.iham. broihcis. without per¬ mission   of   the   aiitliors.
Dabbled   Iiiiprnpcrly
The skit was ciitillcd "The Holly¬ wood Adventures of Mr. Dibble and Mrs. Dnbbli^" Gnvciiiment prosecutors allcged|tliat the broad¬ cast of this cript occurred in Jnn¬ uary,   1936.
Groucho and Chico worr stunned by the verdict. Thoy had laughod and wisecracked throughout the trial. One time Groucho, the black mustachioed, cig.ir-smoking expert in film siapsticic, drew a rebuke from the bench when he preface I his testimony with the remark that "wl' pay and pay and iiay and never stole anything in our lives."
Chico Is the glum dialectician who specializes in Italian accent and stooges for Groucho and the other brother. Harpo. Harpo, the silent, harp playing member of the trin,   was   nnt   a   defendant.
The brntiiers remained at liberty under $1,000 nail tonight.
The   prosecution   based   ils   case (Continued   on   Page   A-4)
CLAIM ENGLISH HA VE ASSISTED CHINESE FORCE
Tokyo Anxious To End War Dominant   Party   In   Japan But On Own Terms And      Proposes Diplomatic
If China First Agrees To Open Negotiations
FEARFUL OF SOVIET
Action Against England; Expect   Sharp   Reply
'IMPROPER ATTITUDE'
Russian Troops Fired On By Japs
,Mos<'ow, Oct. SO. (I I'l — The .Soviet gnverniiient asserted lonight that a detachment of .lapanese .Manchukuoan troops had   tired   on   a   Kntsinii   border  guard   near   Pakshekorl.
According to government informntion, the .Manchukuoan troops lired nil the Kiissian troops »hn were on the Soviet side of  fhe  bor<ler  i-.nd  were  driven  back  over  the  line.
The KuHsinn government said It would demand punishment of the "t;uilt.\" .lapanene as well as ».«suraiice that such "Eola¬ tions"   of   the   border   will   t>e  prevented   in   the   future.
BRUCE BARTON IN RACE
New York, Oct. 30. (UP) Tam¬ many Hall was poised lonight on the thrcshhold of an inglorious Exit from polilical power while around il the tumult and shouting of the most momentous city cam¬ paign in many decades heralded the approach of election day next Tuesday.
Resigned to the apparent defeat of its mayoralty candidate. Jere¬ miah T. Mahoney. the Democratic organization threw all its rciources into a desperate effort to salvage the one oflfice most essential to its continued existence that of Dis¬ trict Attorney of Manhattan. Dewey Also Favored
But   polls  and   surveys   indicated that   Thomas    E.   Dewoy,   racket- busting special prosecutor who has (Continued   on   Page   A-4)
British Aid Escape Of Chinese 'Lost Battalion'
Twenty Suicide Soldiers Killed In Rush To Safely Of
Setllenicnt. Which Is Hil Ajjain B\ Japanese
Shells; British Troops Warn Japan
Shanghai, Oct. ."il. (Sunday - (UP) A dramatic interlude in tho Shanghai war drama became a major international incident loday when British troops aided the Chinese "Lost Battalion" while the frustrated Japanese pounded the area with gui» lire which spread into  the   International   Settlement.
Through marhine gun fire and screaming shells, three of whicii plowed inlo the settlement behind the Palace Hotel, members of the Chinese "dare to die" squadron plunged to the safety of a British- built barricade, within the foreign defense lines, abandoning the ware¬ house in Chapei in which they had held out for three days. 20  Shot   I)owi\
Twenty of their number died under the hot glare of Japanese searchlights which swung back and forth over the ruins as the Chinese defenders began running the gaunt¬ let of fire from Japanese trench mortars and small arms. Twenty others were wounded, A total of 377 reached British lines.
At dawn today the "rising sun" of Japan floated over the smoulder¬ ing warehouse, on the northwest corner of the intersection of the Norlh Tibet and North Soochow roads, just beyond which arc the American Marine and British de¬ fense sectors.
Under terrific Ja;ianesc hnmbard- ment shortly nfter midnight, the besieged battalion began to evac¬ uate, nn orders they reported from Generalisaimo Chiang Kai-Shek, As
they fled In small grnups acrnss the Briti.-ili lines Ihe Japanese closed in, attempting lo capture the rear guard.
The  besieged  troops   replied  vig-
orusly.     Shrapnel   chinked   on   the
settlement  ronds  and  stray  bullc'.;
whi:'.zcd    over    the    United    Stales
Marine and Britisli defense sectors.
The   foreign  Y.   M.   C.   A.  and  the
United   Apartment   buildings   were
sprayed   hy   maihine   gun "liullets.
: Shells i)assod over Slinochow Crco)(
I toward  the  settlement.
j Artillery Opens  lp
1     Two   shells   struck   nnd   exploded
i behind the Palace Hotel and slirap-
' nel fell again on the Nanking Road,
I scene   of   the   August   14   tragedy,
I when   thousands   wore   killed   and
1 wounded.      Another    shell,    which
! failed to explode, landed in a bath-
' room of the palace.
The      Japanese     had      artillery ranged on three sides of the ware¬ house, firing at il poinl blank and starting a fire nn the  fourth  floor. ! Meanwhile  Chinese   machine   gun.s j from the warehouse kept up a bar- j rage of the North Tibet road, while small bands continued to creep out of  the   warehouse  under  cover   of this fire.
As the last of the squadron fled, the Japanese occupied the building and kepi searchlights playini; on the ruins seeking to locate any Chinese strng';lers. Rul before ilawn British military aulhoritie-. , nnnnuiiocd that all of the squadron had been evacuated. They wera be- ' (Continued on  Page  A-4)
Tokyo, Oct. 30. (UP) - A power¬ ful bloc of the dominant Seiyukai party proposed toniglil that the •jovcrnmcnt sever diplomatic rela¬ tion with Great Britain, with whom tho Japanese have been on in- cre:':!ingly strained lerms as a re¬ sult of incidents at Shanghai.
The proposal was enlirely unoffi¬ cial,  but il  was  given  treni^ejldpua politiral   significance   by   (rif.38» ' Iho  group  involved    a    council  on ; the current situation"    is compo.'^od i of   loaders   of   prominence   bolh   in poltical nnd industrial affairs. RoNcnt Kiiglaiid's Attitude
The nction of the couiicil-whicli should be distinguished from the so-ialicd "war-lime brain trust" or super-cabinet organized was be¬ lieved lo be an outgrowth of the British attitude toward Japanese armed forces in Shanghai.
It was understood unofficially thnt Brilnin is preparing the sharp¬ est note she has yel sent lo Tokyo, protesting the slicllinp; of areas ad¬ jacent to foreign zones in Shang¬ hai, which resulted in the deaths of four British soldiers during the past week.
The council held thai Britain's altiliide wns "greatly rrgrcltable" and unanimously adopted a resolu¬ tion suggesting severance of rela¬ tions.
The council, attended by several loaders of tho .lapanese parliament, declared the British had "assisted" the Chinese from the outset of ho.'Jtililies at Shanghai, by an "anti- Japaneso attitude whicii was im¬ prnper  fnr a  third  power."
Heap Blame On British
The council blamed Britain for "complicating" the international situation, and accused British statesmen of being the driving , force which resulted in convoking the nine-power treaty conference j nl Brussels. |
The resolution charged addition- i ally   that   Britain   had   atlempted, through  the League of Nations, to i foster   "international   intervention" in the Chinese war.
The resolution concluded that dc- ] spite the "deep friendship" belween Japan nnd threat Britain, the im¬ perial government would be forced lo a "grave determination" against the British if they "failed tn recon¬ sider their imprnper attitude,"
Brussels, Oct. 30. (UPl—Japan is willing lo accept the United States as mediator in an effort to settle the Chinese-Japanese war. provid¬ ing Iho Chinese agree first to open direct negotiations with Japan, the United Press was told today by unofficial but reliable sources.
The offer, on the eve of the con- vening of the nine-power treaty Sbnfercnce here next week, would mean that Japan wouid set her own ba.^iis for peace terms before any mediation beg,Tn. If Tokyo first opened direct negotiation with Nanking, it would permit a third power, such as the United States, to act as mediator wilhoul tlirow¬ ing open the entire qi'^stion to a general settlement, such as might be attempted by the nine-power ronference.
Anxinus Tn End Invasion
It was understood the Japanese, wilh the exception of certain mili¬ tary leaders in China, are anxious lo end their "punitive expedition" in China at its present proportions, for two reasons.
The first of these rea."ions, open¬ ly professed by the government, la that they dn not want lo "crush" China, but prefer to "force her into co-nperation with Japan," and cor¬ respondingly away from Moscow.
The second is thai .lapanese leaders fear that if the Chinese war is permitted to go to a showdown, they will be forced to penetrate so far into the interior of China they will render themselves vulnerable to an attack by .Soviet Russia. Added to this is the further anxiety that such penetration would push Japan into areas of British influ¬ ence and mighl rcsiiit in unexpect¬ ed clashes witli major powers.
The    two    unalterable    demands
Japan is expected to make in any
j setllemenl wilh China are:
j    1.    Absolute    autonomy    for   the
five northern provinces of China—
! Hopei, Chahar, Suiyan, .Shansi and
Shantung    plus   tho   noulv  created
, "Kmpire of Inner Mongolia,"
2,    Ceding  to  Japan   of  territory adjacent   tn   Shanghai   which   the < .lapane.so now hold, tn pre^'ent fur- ' ther disturbances in that sector.
!      Japan JSends Terms To China
I     Paris,   Oct,   ."50.   (UP'    Genevieve Tabouis. political commentator for I (Continued   nn   Page   A-41
Navy To Spend 20 Million On Planes; Army Plans For 1,800 Air Fightei^
Washington,   Oct.   .30.   (UP>    The j Navy    Dcparlmcnl    today    opened ! bids on more than $JO,000,000 worth of    bombing    planes,    accelerating America's   aerial   rearmament   pro¬ gram   in   a   world-wide   race    for military   supremacy.     Ofticials   an¬ nounced lliHl 270 "flying fortresses" would be constructed. ,     At the same lime, spokesmen for Secrelary of War Harry F. VVood- ' ring    said Ahe    War    Department pl.nns lo hMc an  air force of 1.800 "serviceable,  modern and cfli'ient" fighting planes hy the end of next year,   virtually   doubling   the   num¬ ber now in operation. It was slated oflirially that  1,0.V) planes are  now under  construction  or  ordered. Spending  K\«'eeds  KHtiniat's .     Oflicials   said   that   by   June   30, I 1940, nl the  latest,  a  force of 2..320 fighting    plilnes   would    be   under army operntion.    This goal was sel in   recommendations  of  a  commit¬ tee h-'aded hy former Secretary of W';ir Newton  D.  Baker.
Treasury stalem'nts showed that
e:;p"ndituros   for   national   defense
are   nnw   running   10  percent   nver
'last year, or slightly in excess of
President Roosevelts budget allot¬ ment of $92.1,000,100 for war and navy expenses during the 1938 fl»- cal year.
Navy oflicials said the 270 bombers would rost more than $20,000,000. AlHiough nil bids hava been nccopled yci, among those offered were $2,086.«0« submitted by Glenn L. Martin Co , Baltimore, on 14 planes: $8,0.^2,5041, Consoli¬ dated Aircraft Corp.. San Diego, 7H patrol bombers; and $9,04!,2M from United Aircraft Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft Division. Strat¬ ford, Conn,
Rushing  Rearniing
Other bidders included Brew«t«r Aeronautical and Curtiss-Wright Corporations.
Although no public disclosures ef the full extent ->f America's ra- arming plans have been made. It was evident from Treasury statis¬ tics that they are proceeding with dispatch. To date, $.303,497 2fi4 has been spent for "national defense" since July ). when the fiscal yaar begin, compared to $280 704 2M for the same period in tha 1B37 tittal jreor.  •
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