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r ENLARGING WPA TO THREE MILLION JOB MARK A Paper por The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Weather Sunday: Cooler, partly cloudy, possible showers. Monday: Fair. FORTY-FOUR PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1938 PRICE TEN CENTS ATTACK NORMAN THOMAS IN NEWARK KILLED BY CANTON AIR RAIDS ANTICIPATE «TT'^' f"'" V! ^.#%#^.#%i- #%!- Trust Banks m Future PASSAGE OF MONEY BILL Adding 30,000 Jobs Weekly; Expect Compromises in Congress This Week HASTEN ADJOURNMENT For 28 Years He Has Worked Here, Saving $10,000 and Planning to Rejoin His Family in Europe; Now $8,500 and His •Good Friend' Are Gone Conferences Adjusting Ver¬ sions of Wage-Hour and Recovery Measures Washington, June 4 (UP) — Works Progress Administration officials, confident of early final approval of the t3,723,000.000 re¬ covery spending bill, pushed ahead tonight with plans to enlarge WPA rolls toward the 3.000.000-jobs mark. They pointed out that the num¬ ber of WPA workers has been in¬ creasing steadily since the first of the year, and that WPA Adminis¬ trator Hnrry L. Hopkins recently predicted that the number of WPA rolls would top 3.000,000 during the summer. During recent weeks, it was learned, WPA roils have been In¬ creasing at the rate of approxi- mstely 30,000 new jobs per week. This rnte of increase was expected to be stepped up even higher after House and Senate conferees final¬ ly have ironed out differences In the pending measure and Presi¬ dent Roosevelt hss approved It. The 3.000.000-plua high level for the number of jobs is expected to last until about October. Officials believe, however, that the rolls will decrease after that as the hoped- for pick-up business causes a heavy return of workers to private emiiloymenl. The increase in WPA rolls is designed particularly lo aid large urban centers, where relief agen¬ cies have been overtaxed in recent months, Conipromtsen Expected Washington, June 4 (UP) Con¬ gress spurted down the adjourn¬ ment track tonight with leaders confident that differences between the .Senate and House on the re- | covery and wage-hour bills would be rompromiscd in time lo end the session in seven days. [ Progress of conferees seeking to adjust widely differing Senate and Hou.se versions of wage-hour legis¬ lation encouraged tlie leadership to believe that that measure would not provide a major source of de¬ lay. Wage-hour conferees have agreed to a basic 25-cent wage minimum and lo a ban on child labor, recessed late today over the week¬ end wilhout reaching a compro¬ mise method of fixing wages above the 2.')-cent floor. However, views of conferees were drawing closer to common ground. Hours provi¬ sions have not yet been discussed. Attack Senate Clianges Controversy is expected, however, over several amendments attached Andrew Vohar of Dana and Perrin streets, Swoyerville, still has .Tome money left in the bank, but he is a very sorry man. He indi¬ cated that he will not be so trust¬ ing in the future. Vohar's friend of three years standing, John Haroschak, alias Kirko, erstwhile suit salesman and real estate dealer In a small way, is the one charged with relieving him of his life's savings, $8,.500. Swoyerville police claim that Vohar said he "still has $1,500 in a Luzerne bank. Bul that is only cigarette money compared with what he lost -mone.v earned dollar b.v dollar by the .sweat of his brow in the mines. No, Andrew will not be so trust- in Harischak, alias Kirko, and when the suit salesman continued to make supposedly disinterested and offhand remarks to the effect that Luzerne banks were not stable, the thrifty miner, a decidedly sim¬ ple and trusting soul, began to believe. And this is the story they teil now. On Friday, May 27, Andrew says he was convinced finally, under the "friendly" urging of Kirko, that Wilkes-Barre banks were safest and soundest. He went to the bank that served him the greater part of his adult life and withdrew $8„500 of his $10,000 savings. Then Kirko, the smoothie, began to get in his best work. He and JAPS SCORN WARNING OF O.S., BRITAIN Answer Declarations With Most Destructive Fire Yet Poured on City POWER PLANT STRUCK Enclosed Find Czech Smashing New Drive Upon Hankow Pushing Back Million Chinese ing any more. He will not doubt Andrew palled around Friday and the integrity of Luzerne banking Saturday and, Ihrough means not institutions which served him made public by the police, the through good years and bad, faith- former persuaded the hard work- fully and honestly. He will think ing and thrifty miner that there twice, thrice, before heeding the was plenty of time lo deposit the smooth, honeyed words of his so- roll in local institutions, called friend. j Then the Banks (Closed Told Banks Were Unsafe j Soon it was noon on Saturday Andrew thought he had a friend i (Continued on Page A-11) PETER CLARK NAMED 6th DISTRICT LEADER Hong Kong, June 5, Sunday. (UP) —At least 5,000 persons in Canton were killed or injured by the re¬ peated bombings of the past week, nccording to final estimates today. Today's casualties were placed at 1,000 dead and an equal number maimed and ^ injured. Hundreds were buried alive. Committee Forced to Battle Way Into Convention Hall in Wyoming 'ILLEGAL' SAYS DISQUE "We demand justice. This isn't Russia. We are Americans," shout¬ ed indignant Republican commit¬ teemen last night, attempting to gain entrance lo the Hose Company No. 2 building, Wyoming, to elect a chairman for the Sixth legislative district. When some semblance of order was restored and the election held, Peter D. Clark of Dallas was the winner, 55 lo none. Before that vote was taken. Henry Disque, in¬ cumbent chairman from Dallas, walked out of the hall with a num¬ ber of committeemen declaring in a loud voice: "Convention Is adjourned," Hudock Conducts After Disque left, the remaining committeemen proceeded to do business and their flrst act was the I naming of John Hudock, former chief of police of Exeter borough, as temporary chairman. Previous lo the opening of the sessioii, a large number of com- Tot's Second Tumble Tragic llftllWI Lynn, Mass., June 4, (UP)— Three-year-old Richard Kenney tumbled into a shallow pool twice this week. He was res¬ cued Wednesday but drowned yesterday. IN FLORIDA CASE Permanent Headquarters In¬ dicates Determination to Solve Cash Kidnapping SEEK VENGEANCE CLUE Princeton, Fla., June 4. (UP)— The distraught father of James B. Cash jr., five-year-old kidnap vie Canton, June 4. (UP)—Japanese war planes carried out the most destructive raid that this commer- j cial capital of Southern China has ! experienced thus far in the war. Not a single section of the city I now remains undamaged. ; Rescue workers who dug in the ruins tonight worked by the light of fires, which raged in many places. Light Plant Hit Save for the flames, many sec¬ tions were in darkness, for the city power station, in the west section of the city, was struck by the bombs of the raiders. Block after block of houses were razed. The raid came in the wake of British and Uniied Slates declara¬ tions against the bombing of civil¬ ian populations snd a direct British protest to Tokyo against such raids. Another power station on the riverfront was not hit, although bombs fell all around It. Bodies Litter Sidewalks This correspondent made a tour of the devastated area. There were countless bodies on the sidewalks. Many of them were of v/omen and children. The clothing of some had been blown off. Medical and rescue corps tried frantically to cope with the casual¬ ties. Ambulances and stretcher- bearers hurried through the streets to pick up bodies dug from the ruins. Anti-aircraft batteries finally fought off the invaders. EGGS, TOMATOES STOP EFFORT TO DELIVER SPEECH Socialist Leader Knocked to Ground in Melee as Demonstrators in Veterans' Caps Parade With Blaring Band to Drown out Address; Had Permit BLAMES FORCES FROM JERSEY CITY> Newark, N. J., June 4 (UP)—A [ ments while the crowd milled aboul crowd of hostile demonstrators in a frenzy of excitement, pelted Norman Thomas with rot- | By this time, the crowd had in« len eggs and ripe tomatoes and creased to more than 4.000. broke up a .Socialist meeting which he attempted to address in a city park late today. The demonstrators, many wear¬ ing veterans' caps and carrying banners such as Reds Keep Out," marched into the park with a band i just as the former Socialist candl- Thomas, still determined to spealc mounted a park bench and cried: "How many of you people belleva in fair play?" The answer was a chorus of boei. Voice Drowned by Band On the fringe of the crowd, a young man, apparently a Thnmas I date for President tried to begin j supporter, became engaged in a flst i hi.s speech, _,! fight with four or five plainclothea They booed and jeered hirn .and ; „nd uniformed police. The young let fly with a barrage until Thomas „,„„¦, ,hirt „.„, t^^n from his back was dripping with blobs of red and ' and, as he was rushed from tha park, he screamed several times. yellow. . J^!f "fn^'-'tU '*'*"' ^"'' *'¦""'''* " I At least one other man also waa permit for the meeting, were un-| ^^^p^tpfj ^.^inri^H^-^f""* order and finally j Ev-erytime Thomas attempted to escorted Thomas from the park, , ,u. i i ... Thoma. Knocked to Ground l'""*''' '^' "^^ ^'""^ '"^° * ""' During the melee, a policeman's i ""^" "' '"H-P^^"" "ra.s.s fri.ghtened horse knocked over the ' Despite recent tension between Czechoslovakia and Germany, the hot mud containing sulphur and other minerals continues to gurgle upward In Czechoslovakia's 100 famous spas and business Is reported pearly normal. Here, a Czech girl gets a dressing-down and a toning- up at 'I'renclanske TepUce, Mud comes from 5,000 feet below. HUGESAIGOF MIDWEST FLOOD FEDERAL FUNDS ROLLING THRDUGil TOBEOBJECTIVE HIGH GRAIN BELT Hope to Cut $400,000,000 from Government Ex¬ penditures Next Year Salina Threatened as Dam¬ ages Pile up In Wheat Fields of Kansas improvised plaltorm on which Thomas was perched and pitched him to the ground. The demonstration climaxed a series of similar but less violent events in northern New Jersey, particularly in nearby Jersey City, where Mayor Frank Hague has been waging warfare against j Thomas, the CIO and other ele- 1 ments thai he considers "Red." I Thomas' firat comment after the ! incident was: ! "This is the way tyranny grows i in the guise of patriotism. I cer¬ tainly shall add the name of Newark lo that of Jersey City." He charged that the reception j was inspired and organized by the same forces which ejected him from j Jersey City on May 1. He said he i "recognized" banners in the Newark crowd which were carried in Jersey City, Parade t« Platform Newark is in Essex county, where LIMIT ALL DEPARTMENTS PASSES 1927 HIGH MARK Push Baeic Million Chineao Shanghai, Sunday, June 5. (UP)— | ""fy government expenditures in By SAN DOR 8. KLEIN (Copyright 19S8 by United Press) Wa.shington, June 4—The Roose¬ velt administration, about to em¬ bark on a huge recovery spending part of this wheat capital of the program, will attempt to cut ordi- '. Kansas grain bell "I hope ynu are being paid union wages," Thomas shouted lo the bandsmen. In the meantime, scores of polic* were arriving in details at the parit in response to the riot call. Nearly ,100 uniformed policemen were in the araa,^.^ the climax of tha turmoil. Turning to a group of reporters, Thomas said: "II is apparent that this crowd has never paid for this band. Thii is purely a manufactured disturb¬ ance.' Smeared by Barragn Thomas was covered with red and yellow blotches. Hundreds of eggs, ripe tomatoes, and olher squashy substances had heen hurled at him. Parts of Ihem still dripped from him. Deputy Police Cliief Seibold mounted a bench and signaled for silence. The crowd quieted. "Ladies and gentlemen and Le« gionnaires." Seibold said, "thii meeting should be disbanded." As Seibold finished his plea to the crowd. Thomas stepped down from his bench and began walk¬ ing away. Several men, all armed with slicks fmm the wrecked plat¬ form, followed him. A detail of policemen immediately surrounded Smashing new Japanese attacks pushed back Chinese armies total¬ ling 1,000,000 men on a 200-mile n.i. mitteemen pledged to support the, .-¦ .— — r ¦¦-,... . •" ' candidacy of Clark stood In front i tim, believed tonight that his son front today an^ prepared the way " was djad, victim of a pitiless killer members of the Wyoming police force. Each committeeman trying to enler the hall was asked to show his credentials and, if he liesitated. he was immediately pushes outside k. .u o . . .u .,,00^/,.,/w, bv the officers. When the Sunday by the Senate to the $3,723,000,000 . ^^^^^^^^^ ^ „^^^^ attempted to appropriation and authorization for , ^^^^^ ^^ ^,,^ ^^, j„,^ to get out "b"''*?:,.^.''*' .'"?.•- ., T, ,r iand the door savagely slammed. Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, D., Va., I „ * « » u House sponsor of the recovery! Reporter Kept Outside measure, wili head House con- | Inside the hall Attorneys Wiiiiam f*rees. He will direct principal S. McLean 3rd of Kingston, and fire at these Senate changes: | D. O. Coughlin of Forly Fort, were Authorization of $212,000,000 par- j demanding that the Clark delegates ity price payments to farmers. I be admitted. Elimination of a provision re- i "We are not here for trouble, quiring recoverv agencies to spend ' they said. "We are peaceful Re¬ funds in such a manner that the j publicans interested in the success appropriations will cover needs for of the party. ' ^ ^^ the full period to March 1, 1939. > The police remained obdurate un- Authorlzalion that $12,5,000,000 in | til Burgess .lohn Masel, a Disque Works Progre.ss funds may be I supporter, y'elded and forced a •pent for direct relief purposes if : truce in which only committeemen needed. ¦provision for $40 monthly WPA minimum wage. Other Tasks Smaller of the hose company building de¬ manding to be let in. I who sought by the murder of a Right at the approach of the hall I '¦hild lo cover his trail against stood Henry Disque. surrounded by G-men and volunteer hunters. Dozens of Federal Bureau of In- for a final offensive against the provisional capital in Hankow, Concern of the Chinese govern¬ ment over the increasingly pre the new fiscal year by almost $400,- 000,000, it was learned tonight. Fiscal officials hope to follow the practice of the current fiscal year. This was to set up a restricted reserve account of approximately 10 per cent of the appropriations for regular government depart- carious silualion of Hankow was \ ments and agencies. vestigalion agents and hundreds of indicated by official announcement that 200.000 persons will be evacu- (Continued on Page A-10) civilian volunteers pressed their .search of the tangled everglades for the kidnapped baby. Bul as they did so, the father, who had paid $10,000 ransom, surrendered hope. Set Up Headquarters The government agents estab¬ lished semi-permanent headquar¬ ters, indicating that the search may be long and that they have "en¬ listed for the duration." Many of the searchers doubl that In this way, the administration I will attempt to make the depart- (Conlinued on Page A-11) DARING WIRE THIEVES ARE JAILED IN CITY With five men under arrest and the net closing in on a sixth. State the boy's body ever will be found Police last night broke up one of if il is in this area, the most daring and unusual wire- Mrs, Cash, near prostration and | stealing gangs this section of the under care of a physician since stale has ever known. Dangerous the loss of her only child, ap-, lines on lowering ironwork or those peared wllh her husband when lie to power motors in the mines of- received reports. Bolh showed fered no obstacles they could not obvious signs of the great strain ' overcome. ing the circuit by throwing a wire across two of the lines while cut¬ ting the dangerous cables. They continually robbed coal companies, flrst by removing the high tension wires leading lo fan houses, motor rooms and power plants, then, growing more daring entering the tunnels and other sec- State Senalor Lester H. Clee, a i Republican, has been waging a cam¬ paign for "better government." Hague's domain nominally extends i only throughout his own Hudson Salina, Kans., June 4 (UP) A county, but he is the acknowledged flood crest rolled down the broad; Democratic boss of the slate. valley of the Smoky Hill River to-1 AUhough the Newark police had Thomas and escorted him from tha "I,'!.!"-?".i,'!'.^u'!?*-..!l'.-',"""'^?..'^ granted a permit for today's meet-i field 1..1 < 1... .^^ .^ Mililary Park, more than a dozen patriotic, civic and other societies had protested the gather¬ ing, claiming that it would incite "bloodshed and violence." Only aboul 500 persons were as¬ sembled in the park when Thomas arrived. He had spoken only a few words when a parade of about 200 men, dres.sed in veterans' uniforms and led by a blaring band of 30 pieces, marched into the field and No nther major legislation Is be- 'Contlnued on Page A-lO) were allowed inside. Again the reporter attempted to enler only to be ordered out the second time. Fortunately, he was ! able to observe the proceedings ' (Continued on Page A-II) under which they have lived fori Troopers Fink .and Koval and slrfp "¦•'^' """"^ P"""""'^ '" *Kids Don *t Appreciate Parents, * Says Donald Carroll When Freed New York, June 4. (UP)—Donald . He was acquitted of murder Carroll, 18, who iast March 24 : charges iast week but the jury killed his sweetheart, Charlotte | verdict necessitated mental exam- Matlhiesen, 18, after they agreed ' ination lo determine his present death was "the beautiful way out" [ status. He went straight from jail when Ihey found she.was pregnant, to his allorncy's offlce, where he ¦elurned home free lonight, ' mel the Carrolls and the Mat- He was declared sane by Bellevue , Ihicscns and the newspapermen. Hospital psychiatrists, received a ! "Afler what I've been through," release signed by the judge who i he said, "I finally realize that the heard his trial for murder, was re- j trouble with kids including myself, uniied with his own parents and ' is that they don't appreciate that those nf his dead sweetheart and parents, who to them appear not K»ve reporters an interview, all to be able to understand, are their. Within the space of a few hours. I best friends. - * [ A , ... : more than a week, since the child was snatched from his bed. "Mr. Hoover visited us last night and said he naturally expects to solve the case," Cash said. "Bolh Mrs. Cash and myself wanl lo ex¬ press our deepest and most sincere , . . . . Thanks for the hundreds of people ' ;^''™P«"y Property in and around who have dropped their work and N^^riKo'^' »"<! ""I'l the loot in jobs to come to our assistance |n ! (Camden, New Jersey. Thousands of the attempt lo find lillie Jimmy ^"'t'' of electricity were no handi the Chief of Police of Jeddo round ed up and arrested the gang. Police have worked the pasl three days and nights to run down the : copper thieves who stripped high [ tension and cable lines from coal cables and wire which oper¬ ated the electric motors Stole Thousands of Pounds Thousands of pounds of heavy Marquette was slow Thousands of acres of rich wheat lands were covered with ^ater and highways were inundated. Maroon¬ ed in the flood were long strings of box cars on railroad sidings awaiting the product of the western Kansas harvest. Damage to the crop, the best prospective yield in ' Kansas in seven years, could nol' be estimated but obviously would | be large. Creeps Nearer Oty There was great anxiety here as | WPA crews and volunteer work- i men hastily threw up barricades along the eastern residential dis¬ trict. A great lake of muddy water the overflow from Smoky Hill tributaries, ci-epl up from the south i and at midaflernoon was within a quarter of a mile from the lown. j Al Mentor, eight miles upstream,' the Smoky Hill was four inches ; above its 1927 highwater mark. Home owners placed sandbags aboul their house foundations. They moved furniture upstairs. Some families moved to homes of friends in higher part > of the cily. Up.^tream, Lindsborg was isolated aa swift currents coursed streets of the town. The river was spread out a mile or more wide for a distance of more than 50 miles upstream. Its fall In already flooded Lindsborg and Small parades began tn form and several banners appeared. Some of Ihem read: "The Working People of Our City Are Satisfied." "Reds Keep Out." "Let All Russian Radicals an4 Red Foreigners Go Back to Russia." Photographer Attacked A photographer for a Jersey City headed straight for the platform, i newspaper said that he had been Four mounled policemen and a «"»^'<«d »nd his camera smashed score of patrolmen arrayed Ihem-! <*"r'"« *"* melee. .„..,,„- selves around the stand and braced Thomas proceeded to a meeting themselves for action. room at the St. Regis Restaurant A chorus of boos and jeers went i which he had rented earlier for a up. It appeared to be the signal ' meeting in event of rain. From for a barrage of missiles-most of there, with a few followers he them eggs-which were let fly at; went lo the Newark Athletic aub. the speaker I Thomas and his small coterie i later Excited Crowd Grows went to Newark Socialist Ti,^.^.^ y.rt,/i hi. ..ni... .h„«.' headquarters, still escorted by • Ihomas iiflea his voice aoove , . .7 * .. j * ,i .j ^... . J detail of police and followed by a band of onlookers. the jeers and martial music pleaded to be allowed lo speak. "In any cily of the United States." he shouted, "a man has the right to present both sides of the stor.v, W'on't you please let me present mine?" A deputy chief of police in charge down of the park detail immediately I turned in a riot call for reinforce- Thomas told police that ht wanted to go to Pennsylvania Sta» lion. "I expect." he said, "that I will be given safe conduct back t« America." A squad of motorcycle policemen, (Continued on Page A-U) cap to the gang which claimed an electrical engineer among its mem¬ bers. Five iTailed Here Allen Rudolph, 216 South Laurel sireet; Stanley Kuklis, Sherman Post; John Edzoola, age 27, the and the kidnappers. We are very grateful." >'engeance Possible Motive G-men took a new tack in their manhunt. They inclined to the be¬ lief that enemies of the father l.ad been motivated by a desire for,.--., ^.„„„.„, ... — "- que.slions was nurled at him bv vengeance as well as for ransom | engineer and alleged brains of the Troooer Fink EHrnnl- ...i, u. money, henc. the heartless kid- gang Michael Nesler, 23; and J^:ZLrMho^ttcoZnT'Hl naPP'"K- i Stephen Fogel, 22, are the five dangerous work confe,«S !„ .L! It was understood that Cash went i caught and jailed. All are f,.om°*"^"°"'-'^''.':''' ''""'""d to the over in detail his entire business I the Hazleton and McAdoo section. cable wire were stolen in this man¬ ner and it all found an outlet in Camden. According to police, some of the loot was seen on the scales during a transaction. Afler questioning two of those apprehended last night, police were satisfled that the case Is solved. Two of the thieves admitted their guilt in tho police station and offered sufficient evidence lo cap¬ ture the last remaining member. Breaking down after a volley of ¦ questions was hurled at Red ( ro«s and WPA Active The American Red Cross here sent workers out lo collect supplies and prepare for emergency lodg¬ ings. WPA crews, firemen and volunteer workers threw up sand- Little Woodchopper Admits Killing Man and Boy in Dispute Over Wages career in this county, 25 miles j According lo Corporal Hess of south of Miami, and named enemies i the State Motor Police, the crim he thought he might have made., j^als have heen operating in the At the end of his conference with Nuangola and Hazleton territory Hoover, the chief G-man's a.ssisl-, for the past four months, first thieves had removed in hairhour (Continued on Page A-ll> testing the voltage and then short- i weighed l.SOO pounds. crimes. Duplicate receipts had been made out by the buyer In New Jersey and theee, confiscated by police, caused the undoing of the gang. One load, which police say the Lebanon, N. H., June 4. (UP)— | Believed to have escaped a simi- A pint-sized, red-haired wood- lar death, Barris' wife, Mildred, chopper, John Henry Gray, 54, con- said she was silling in an automo* . , . , ... J I fessed after hours of questioning bile in the farmyard, wailing for bag barricades and strengthened j ^^^ ^^ jj^^ axe-slaving of a man i the others to go for a short ridt, the dikes about the town in antici- I ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^j^ related lo him by when the slayings occurred, marriage. ,„ .. ! Gray, she said, persuaded Barrli Seized by a posse in a mill-yard ' hidoul. Gray al first said "it's ali a blank." but later admitted, police said, that he killed Paul Barris, 24, in a wage dispute snd then slew Arthur Cullen, 9, in fear that he had witnessed Barris' death. A 20-man posse trapped CJray 12 hours after the slayings which oc¬ curred lale yesterday in an isolated farmhouse at nearby Canaan palion of a flood as bad as that in 1927. Upstream the stage approach¬ ed the highwater marks in the dis- i astrous flood in 1903. | This Dog's Taste }} as Not So Good Lynn, Mass,, June 4. (UP) — When police arrested James Hogan. 38, they found with him the watchdog of the restaurant he was charged with burglar¬ izing. and the boy to enter the housa with him in search of a wrench. She heard Gray arguing with Bar¬ ris over wagA due for woodcutting, she said, and then Gray walked lout alone and shouted: ! "I've just killed a rat," Panic-stricken, she clasped her daughter and ran a quarter mila lo the home of George Church. Authorities planned to ask that Church followed a bloody trail from the woodsman be placed undei; kitchen to cellar and found tha mental observation afler hil ar- i bodies, their heads split, and • raignm|nt Monday. ' blood-ttalned ax* ntarbjr, -1 k^^
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1938-06-05 |
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Full Text | r ENLARGING WPA TO THREE MILLION JOB MARK A Paper por The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Weather Sunday: Cooler, partly cloudy, possible showers. Monday: Fair. FORTY-FOUR PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1938 PRICE TEN CENTS ATTACK NORMAN THOMAS IN NEWARK KILLED BY CANTON AIR RAIDS ANTICIPATE «TT'^' f"'" V! ^.#%#^.#%i- #%!- Trust Banks m Future PASSAGE OF MONEY BILL Adding 30,000 Jobs Weekly; Expect Compromises in Congress This Week HASTEN ADJOURNMENT For 28 Years He Has Worked Here, Saving $10,000 and Planning to Rejoin His Family in Europe; Now $8,500 and His •Good Friend' Are Gone Conferences Adjusting Ver¬ sions of Wage-Hour and Recovery Measures Washington, June 4 (UP) — Works Progress Administration officials, confident of early final approval of the t3,723,000.000 re¬ covery spending bill, pushed ahead tonight with plans to enlarge WPA rolls toward the 3.000.000-jobs mark. They pointed out that the num¬ ber of WPA workers has been in¬ creasing steadily since the first of the year, and that WPA Adminis¬ trator Hnrry L. Hopkins recently predicted that the number of WPA rolls would top 3.000,000 during the summer. During recent weeks, it was learned, WPA roils have been In¬ creasing at the rate of approxi- mstely 30,000 new jobs per week. This rnte of increase was expected to be stepped up even higher after House and Senate conferees final¬ ly have ironed out differences In the pending measure and Presi¬ dent Roosevelt hss approved It. The 3.000.000-plua high level for the number of jobs is expected to last until about October. Officials believe, however, that the rolls will decrease after that as the hoped- for pick-up business causes a heavy return of workers to private emiiloymenl. The increase in WPA rolls is designed particularly lo aid large urban centers, where relief agen¬ cies have been overtaxed in recent months, Conipromtsen Expected Washington, June 4 (UP) Con¬ gress spurted down the adjourn¬ ment track tonight with leaders confident that differences between the .Senate and House on the re- | covery and wage-hour bills would be rompromiscd in time lo end the session in seven days. [ Progress of conferees seeking to adjust widely differing Senate and Hou.se versions of wage-hour legis¬ lation encouraged tlie leadership to believe that that measure would not provide a major source of de¬ lay. Wage-hour conferees have agreed to a basic 25-cent wage minimum and lo a ban on child labor, recessed late today over the week¬ end wilhout reaching a compro¬ mise method of fixing wages above the 2.')-cent floor. However, views of conferees were drawing closer to common ground. Hours provi¬ sions have not yet been discussed. Attack Senate Clianges Controversy is expected, however, over several amendments attached Andrew Vohar of Dana and Perrin streets, Swoyerville, still has .Tome money left in the bank, but he is a very sorry man. He indi¬ cated that he will not be so trust¬ ing in the future. Vohar's friend of three years standing, John Haroschak, alias Kirko, erstwhile suit salesman and real estate dealer In a small way, is the one charged with relieving him of his life's savings, $8,.500. Swoyerville police claim that Vohar said he "still has $1,500 in a Luzerne bank. Bul that is only cigarette money compared with what he lost -mone.v earned dollar b.v dollar by the .sweat of his brow in the mines. No, Andrew will not be so trust- in Harischak, alias Kirko, and when the suit salesman continued to make supposedly disinterested and offhand remarks to the effect that Luzerne banks were not stable, the thrifty miner, a decidedly sim¬ ple and trusting soul, began to believe. And this is the story they teil now. On Friday, May 27, Andrew says he was convinced finally, under the "friendly" urging of Kirko, that Wilkes-Barre banks were safest and soundest. He went to the bank that served him the greater part of his adult life and withdrew $8„500 of his $10,000 savings. Then Kirko, the smoothie, began to get in his best work. He and JAPS SCORN WARNING OF O.S., BRITAIN Answer Declarations With Most Destructive Fire Yet Poured on City POWER PLANT STRUCK Enclosed Find Czech Smashing New Drive Upon Hankow Pushing Back Million Chinese ing any more. He will not doubt Andrew palled around Friday and the integrity of Luzerne banking Saturday and, Ihrough means not institutions which served him made public by the police, the through good years and bad, faith- former persuaded the hard work- fully and honestly. He will think ing and thrifty miner that there twice, thrice, before heeding the was plenty of time lo deposit the smooth, honeyed words of his so- roll in local institutions, called friend. j Then the Banks (Closed Told Banks Were Unsafe j Soon it was noon on Saturday Andrew thought he had a friend i (Continued on Page A-11) PETER CLARK NAMED 6th DISTRICT LEADER Hong Kong, June 5, Sunday. (UP) —At least 5,000 persons in Canton were killed or injured by the re¬ peated bombings of the past week, nccording to final estimates today. Today's casualties were placed at 1,000 dead and an equal number maimed and ^ injured. Hundreds were buried alive. Committee Forced to Battle Way Into Convention Hall in Wyoming 'ILLEGAL' SAYS DISQUE "We demand justice. This isn't Russia. We are Americans," shout¬ ed indignant Republican commit¬ teemen last night, attempting to gain entrance lo the Hose Company No. 2 building, Wyoming, to elect a chairman for the Sixth legislative district. When some semblance of order was restored and the election held, Peter D. Clark of Dallas was the winner, 55 lo none. Before that vote was taken. Henry Disque, in¬ cumbent chairman from Dallas, walked out of the hall with a num¬ ber of committeemen declaring in a loud voice: "Convention Is adjourned," Hudock Conducts After Disque left, the remaining committeemen proceeded to do business and their flrst act was the I naming of John Hudock, former chief of police of Exeter borough, as temporary chairman. Previous lo the opening of the sessioii, a large number of com- Tot's Second Tumble Tragic llftllWI Lynn, Mass., June 4, (UP)— Three-year-old Richard Kenney tumbled into a shallow pool twice this week. He was res¬ cued Wednesday but drowned yesterday. IN FLORIDA CASE Permanent Headquarters In¬ dicates Determination to Solve Cash Kidnapping SEEK VENGEANCE CLUE Princeton, Fla., June 4. (UP)— The distraught father of James B. Cash jr., five-year-old kidnap vie Canton, June 4. (UP)—Japanese war planes carried out the most destructive raid that this commer- j cial capital of Southern China has ! experienced thus far in the war. Not a single section of the city I now remains undamaged. ; Rescue workers who dug in the ruins tonight worked by the light of fires, which raged in many places. Light Plant Hit Save for the flames, many sec¬ tions were in darkness, for the city power station, in the west section of the city, was struck by the bombs of the raiders. Block after block of houses were razed. The raid came in the wake of British and Uniied Slates declara¬ tions against the bombing of civil¬ ian populations snd a direct British protest to Tokyo against such raids. Another power station on the riverfront was not hit, although bombs fell all around It. Bodies Litter Sidewalks This correspondent made a tour of the devastated area. There were countless bodies on the sidewalks. Many of them were of v/omen and children. The clothing of some had been blown off. Medical and rescue corps tried frantically to cope with the casual¬ ties. Ambulances and stretcher- bearers hurried through the streets to pick up bodies dug from the ruins. Anti-aircraft batteries finally fought off the invaders. EGGS, TOMATOES STOP EFFORT TO DELIVER SPEECH Socialist Leader Knocked to Ground in Melee as Demonstrators in Veterans' Caps Parade With Blaring Band to Drown out Address; Had Permit BLAMES FORCES FROM JERSEY CITY> Newark, N. J., June 4 (UP)—A [ ments while the crowd milled aboul crowd of hostile demonstrators in a frenzy of excitement, pelted Norman Thomas with rot- | By this time, the crowd had in« len eggs and ripe tomatoes and creased to more than 4.000. broke up a .Socialist meeting which he attempted to address in a city park late today. The demonstrators, many wear¬ ing veterans' caps and carrying banners such as Reds Keep Out," marched into the park with a band i just as the former Socialist candl- Thomas, still determined to spealc mounted a park bench and cried: "How many of you people belleva in fair play?" The answer was a chorus of boei. Voice Drowned by Band On the fringe of the crowd, a young man, apparently a Thnmas I date for President tried to begin j supporter, became engaged in a flst i hi.s speech, _,! fight with four or five plainclothea They booed and jeered hirn .and ; „nd uniformed police. The young let fly with a barrage until Thomas „,„„¦, ,hirt „.„, t^^n from his back was dripping with blobs of red and ' and, as he was rushed from tha park, he screamed several times. yellow. . J^!f "fn^'-'tU '*'*"' ^"'' *'¦""'''* " I At least one other man also waa permit for the meeting, were un-| ^^^p^tpfj ^.^inri^H^-^f""* order and finally j Ev-erytime Thomas attempted to escorted Thomas from the park, , ,u. i i ... Thoma. Knocked to Ground l'""*''' '^' "^^ ^'""^ '"^° * ""' During the melee, a policeman's i ""^" "' '"H-P^^"" "ra.s.s fri.ghtened horse knocked over the ' Despite recent tension between Czechoslovakia and Germany, the hot mud containing sulphur and other minerals continues to gurgle upward In Czechoslovakia's 100 famous spas and business Is reported pearly normal. Here, a Czech girl gets a dressing-down and a toning- up at 'I'renclanske TepUce, Mud comes from 5,000 feet below. HUGESAIGOF MIDWEST FLOOD FEDERAL FUNDS ROLLING THRDUGil TOBEOBJECTIVE HIGH GRAIN BELT Hope to Cut $400,000,000 from Government Ex¬ penditures Next Year Salina Threatened as Dam¬ ages Pile up In Wheat Fields of Kansas improvised plaltorm on which Thomas was perched and pitched him to the ground. The demonstration climaxed a series of similar but less violent events in northern New Jersey, particularly in nearby Jersey City, where Mayor Frank Hague has been waging warfare against j Thomas, the CIO and other ele- 1 ments thai he considers "Red." I Thomas' firat comment after the ! incident was: ! "This is the way tyranny grows i in the guise of patriotism. I cer¬ tainly shall add the name of Newark lo that of Jersey City." He charged that the reception j was inspired and organized by the same forces which ejected him from j Jersey City on May 1. He said he i "recognized" banners in the Newark crowd which were carried in Jersey City, Parade t« Platform Newark is in Essex county, where LIMIT ALL DEPARTMENTS PASSES 1927 HIGH MARK Push Baeic Million Chineao Shanghai, Sunday, June 5. (UP)— | ""fy government expenditures in By SAN DOR 8. KLEIN (Copyright 19S8 by United Press) Wa.shington, June 4—The Roose¬ velt administration, about to em¬ bark on a huge recovery spending part of this wheat capital of the program, will attempt to cut ordi- '. Kansas grain bell "I hope ynu are being paid union wages," Thomas shouted lo the bandsmen. In the meantime, scores of polic* were arriving in details at the parit in response to the riot call. Nearly ,100 uniformed policemen were in the araa,^.^ the climax of tha turmoil. Turning to a group of reporters, Thomas said: "II is apparent that this crowd has never paid for this band. Thii is purely a manufactured disturb¬ ance.' Smeared by Barragn Thomas was covered with red and yellow blotches. Hundreds of eggs, ripe tomatoes, and olher squashy substances had heen hurled at him. Parts of Ihem still dripped from him. Deputy Police Cliief Seibold mounted a bench and signaled for silence. The crowd quieted. "Ladies and gentlemen and Le« gionnaires." Seibold said, "thii meeting should be disbanded." As Seibold finished his plea to the crowd. Thomas stepped down from his bench and began walk¬ ing away. Several men, all armed with slicks fmm the wrecked plat¬ form, followed him. A detail of policemen immediately surrounded Smashing new Japanese attacks pushed back Chinese armies total¬ ling 1,000,000 men on a 200-mile n.i. mitteemen pledged to support the, .-¦ .— — r ¦¦-,... . •" ' candidacy of Clark stood In front i tim, believed tonight that his son front today an^ prepared the way " was djad, victim of a pitiless killer members of the Wyoming police force. Each committeeman trying to enler the hall was asked to show his credentials and, if he liesitated. he was immediately pushes outside k. .u o . . .u .,,00^/,.,/w, bv the officers. When the Sunday by the Senate to the $3,723,000,000 . ^^^^^^^^^ ^ „^^^^ attempted to appropriation and authorization for , ^^^^^ ^^ ^,,^ ^^, j„,^ to get out "b"''*?:,.^.''*' .'"?.•- ., T, ,r iand the door savagely slammed. Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, D., Va., I „ * « » u House sponsor of the recovery! Reporter Kept Outside measure, wili head House con- | Inside the hall Attorneys Wiiiiam f*rees. He will direct principal S. McLean 3rd of Kingston, and fire at these Senate changes: | D. O. Coughlin of Forly Fort, were Authorization of $212,000,000 par- j demanding that the Clark delegates ity price payments to farmers. I be admitted. Elimination of a provision re- i "We are not here for trouble, quiring recoverv agencies to spend ' they said. "We are peaceful Re¬ funds in such a manner that the j publicans interested in the success appropriations will cover needs for of the party. ' ^ ^^ the full period to March 1, 1939. > The police remained obdurate un- Authorlzalion that $12,5,000,000 in | til Burgess .lohn Masel, a Disque Works Progre.ss funds may be I supporter, y'elded and forced a •pent for direct relief purposes if : truce in which only committeemen needed. ¦provision for $40 monthly WPA minimum wage. Other Tasks Smaller of the hose company building de¬ manding to be let in. I who sought by the murder of a Right at the approach of the hall I '¦hild lo cover his trail against stood Henry Disque. surrounded by G-men and volunteer hunters. Dozens of Federal Bureau of In- for a final offensive against the provisional capital in Hankow, Concern of the Chinese govern¬ ment over the increasingly pre the new fiscal year by almost $400,- 000,000, it was learned tonight. Fiscal officials hope to follow the practice of the current fiscal year. This was to set up a restricted reserve account of approximately 10 per cent of the appropriations for regular government depart- carious silualion of Hankow was \ ments and agencies. vestigalion agents and hundreds of indicated by official announcement that 200.000 persons will be evacu- (Continued on Page A-10) civilian volunteers pressed their .search of the tangled everglades for the kidnapped baby. Bul as they did so, the father, who had paid $10,000 ransom, surrendered hope. Set Up Headquarters The government agents estab¬ lished semi-permanent headquar¬ ters, indicating that the search may be long and that they have "en¬ listed for the duration." Many of the searchers doubl that In this way, the administration I will attempt to make the depart- (Conlinued on Page A-11) DARING WIRE THIEVES ARE JAILED IN CITY With five men under arrest and the net closing in on a sixth. State the boy's body ever will be found Police last night broke up one of if il is in this area, the most daring and unusual wire- Mrs, Cash, near prostration and | stealing gangs this section of the under care of a physician since stale has ever known. Dangerous the loss of her only child, ap-, lines on lowering ironwork or those peared wllh her husband when lie to power motors in the mines of- received reports. Bolh showed fered no obstacles they could not obvious signs of the great strain ' overcome. ing the circuit by throwing a wire across two of the lines while cut¬ ting the dangerous cables. They continually robbed coal companies, flrst by removing the high tension wires leading lo fan houses, motor rooms and power plants, then, growing more daring entering the tunnels and other sec- State Senalor Lester H. Clee, a i Republican, has been waging a cam¬ paign for "better government." Hague's domain nominally extends i only throughout his own Hudson Salina, Kans., June 4 (UP) A county, but he is the acknowledged flood crest rolled down the broad; Democratic boss of the slate. valley of the Smoky Hill River to-1 AUhough the Newark police had Thomas and escorted him from tha "I,'!.!"-?".i,'!'.^u'!?*-..!l'.-',"""'^?..'^ granted a permit for today's meet-i field 1..1 < 1... .^^ .^ Mililary Park, more than a dozen patriotic, civic and other societies had protested the gather¬ ing, claiming that it would incite "bloodshed and violence." Only aboul 500 persons were as¬ sembled in the park when Thomas arrived. He had spoken only a few words when a parade of about 200 men, dres.sed in veterans' uniforms and led by a blaring band of 30 pieces, marched into the field and No nther major legislation Is be- 'Contlnued on Page A-lO) were allowed inside. Again the reporter attempted to enler only to be ordered out the second time. Fortunately, he was ! able to observe the proceedings ' (Continued on Page A-II) under which they have lived fori Troopers Fink .and Koval and slrfp "¦•'^' """"^ P"""""'^ '" *Kids Don *t Appreciate Parents, * Says Donald Carroll When Freed New York, June 4. (UP)—Donald . He was acquitted of murder Carroll, 18, who iast March 24 : charges iast week but the jury killed his sweetheart, Charlotte | verdict necessitated mental exam- Matlhiesen, 18, after they agreed ' ination lo determine his present death was "the beautiful way out" [ status. He went straight from jail when Ihey found she.was pregnant, to his allorncy's offlce, where he ¦elurned home free lonight, ' mel the Carrolls and the Mat- He was declared sane by Bellevue , Ihicscns and the newspapermen. Hospital psychiatrists, received a ! "Afler what I've been through," release signed by the judge who i he said, "I finally realize that the heard his trial for murder, was re- j trouble with kids including myself, uniied with his own parents and ' is that they don't appreciate that those nf his dead sweetheart and parents, who to them appear not K»ve reporters an interview, all to be able to understand, are their. Within the space of a few hours. I best friends. - * [ A , ... : more than a week, since the child was snatched from his bed. "Mr. Hoover visited us last night and said he naturally expects to solve the case," Cash said. "Bolh Mrs. Cash and myself wanl lo ex¬ press our deepest and most sincere , . . . . Thanks for the hundreds of people ' ;^''™P«"y Property in and around who have dropped their work and N^^riKo'^' »" of the cily. Up.^tream, Lindsborg was isolated aa swift currents coursed streets of the town. The river was spread out a mile or more wide for a distance of more than 50 miles upstream. Its fall In already flooded Lindsborg and Small parades began tn form and several banners appeared. Some of Ihem read: "The Working People of Our City Are Satisfied." "Reds Keep Out." "Let All Russian Radicals an4 Red Foreigners Go Back to Russia." Photographer Attacked A photographer for a Jersey City headed straight for the platform, i newspaper said that he had been Four mounled policemen and a «"»^'<«d »nd his camera smashed score of patrolmen arrayed Ihem-! <*"r'"« *"* melee. .„..,,„- selves around the stand and braced Thomas proceeded to a meeting themselves for action. room at the St. Regis Restaurant A chorus of boos and jeers went i which he had rented earlier for a up. It appeared to be the signal ' meeting in event of rain. From for a barrage of missiles-most of there, with a few followers he them eggs-which were let fly at; went lo the Newark Athletic aub. the speaker I Thomas and his small coterie i later Excited Crowd Grows went to Newark Socialist Ti,^.^.^ y.rt,/i hi. ..ni... .h„«.' headquarters, still escorted by • Ihomas iiflea his voice aoove , . .7 * .. j * ,i .j ^... . J detail of police and followed by a band of onlookers. the jeers and martial music pleaded to be allowed lo speak. "In any cily of the United States." he shouted, "a man has the right to present both sides of the stor.v, W'on't you please let me present mine?" A deputy chief of police in charge down of the park detail immediately I turned in a riot call for reinforce- Thomas told police that ht wanted to go to Pennsylvania Sta» lion. "I expect." he said, "that I will be given safe conduct back t« America." A squad of motorcycle policemen, (Continued on Page A-U) cap to the gang which claimed an electrical engineer among its mem¬ bers. Five iTailed Here Allen Rudolph, 216 South Laurel sireet; Stanley Kuklis, Sherman Post; John Edzoola, age 27, the and the kidnappers. We are very grateful." >'engeance Possible Motive G-men took a new tack in their manhunt. They inclined to the be¬ lief that enemies of the father l.ad been motivated by a desire for,.--., ^.„„„.„, ... — "- que.slions was nurled at him bv vengeance as well as for ransom | engineer and alleged brains of the Troooer Fink EHrnnl- ...i, u. money, henc. the heartless kid- gang Michael Nesler, 23; and J^:ZLrMho^ttcoZnT'Hl naPP'"K- i Stephen Fogel, 22, are the five dangerous work confe,«S !„ .L! It was understood that Cash went i caught and jailed. All are f,.om°*"^"°"'-'^''.':''' ''""'""d to the over in detail his entire business I the Hazleton and McAdoo section. cable wire were stolen in this man¬ ner and it all found an outlet in Camden. According to police, some of the loot was seen on the scales during a transaction. Afler questioning two of those apprehended last night, police were satisfled that the case Is solved. Two of the thieves admitted their guilt in tho police station and offered sufficient evidence lo cap¬ ture the last remaining member. Breaking down after a volley of ¦ questions was hurled at Red ( ro«s and WPA Active The American Red Cross here sent workers out lo collect supplies and prepare for emergency lodg¬ ings. WPA crews, firemen and volunteer workers threw up sand- Little Woodchopper Admits Killing Man and Boy in Dispute Over Wages career in this county, 25 miles j According lo Corporal Hess of south of Miami, and named enemies i the State Motor Police, the crim he thought he might have made., j^als have heen operating in the At the end of his conference with Nuangola and Hazleton territory Hoover, the chief G-man's a.ssisl-, for the past four months, first thieves had removed in hairhour (Continued on Page A-ll> testing the voltage and then short- i weighed l.SOO pounds. crimes. Duplicate receipts had been made out by the buyer In New Jersey and theee, confiscated by police, caused the undoing of the gang. One load, which police say the Lebanon, N. H., June 4. (UP)— | Believed to have escaped a simi- A pint-sized, red-haired wood- lar death, Barris' wife, Mildred, chopper, John Henry Gray, 54, con- said she was silling in an automo* . , . , ... J I fessed after hours of questioning bile in the farmyard, wailing for bag barricades and strengthened j ^^^ ^^ jj^^ axe-slaving of a man i the others to go for a short ridt, the dikes about the town in antici- I ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^j^ related lo him by when the slayings occurred, marriage. ,„ .. ! Gray, she said, persuaded Barrli Seized by a posse in a mill-yard ' hidoul. Gray al first said "it's ali a blank." but later admitted, police said, that he killed Paul Barris, 24, in a wage dispute snd then slew Arthur Cullen, 9, in fear that he had witnessed Barris' death. A 20-man posse trapped CJray 12 hours after the slayings which oc¬ curred lale yesterday in an isolated farmhouse at nearby Canaan palion of a flood as bad as that in 1927. Upstream the stage approach¬ ed the highwater marks in the dis- i astrous flood in 1903. | This Dog's Taste }} as Not So Good Lynn, Mass,, June 4. (UP) — When police arrested James Hogan. 38, they found with him the watchdog of the restaurant he was charged with burglar¬ izing. and the boy to enter the housa with him in search of a wrench. She heard Gray arguing with Bar¬ ris over wagA due for woodcutting, she said, and then Gray walked lout alone and shouted: ! "I've just killed a rat," Panic-stricken, she clasped her daughter and ran a quarter mila lo the home of George Church. Authorities planned to ask that Church followed a bloody trail from the woodsman be placed undei; kitchen to cellar and found tha mental observation afler hil ar- i bodies, their heads split, and • raignm|nt Monday. ' blood-ttalned ax* ntarbjr, -1 k^^ |
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