Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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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. - *
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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,
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