Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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33RI) YEAR, NO. 27-44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
BRITAIN APPEASES JAP WAR LORDS
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Quashing of Highway Graft Cases Expected Monday
State-Wide
Attention
Attracted
Court en Banc Decision on Exceptions Due
GAVE 16 REASONS
Prominent Men Among Many To Be Affected
A decision of state-wide Import¬ ance Is scheduled to be handed down by the Luzerne county courts tomorrow on the motion to quash indictments lodged against prom¬ inent political leaders by the March ».-and Jury for alleged highway graft, extravagance and conspiracy In connection with tremendous highway e.xpcnditures in Luzerne rounty during the 1938 state elec¬ tion.
It   was   generally   conceded   last night  that  the   indictments  would he qua.shed. Drew National Attention
Among the prominent men in¬ dicted were:
Roy E. Brownmiller. former sec¬ retary of the Pennsylvania state highways.
William J. Carroll, division en¬ gineer in the highway department.
John Conlin jr.. former superin¬ tendent of state highways in Lu¬ rerne county.
After the Indictments were re¬ turned by thc grand jury in April, a group of prominent Luzerne county attorneys filed with the court Ifl reasons why the indict- ment.s should he set aside.
The charges filed by the district attorney were sensational in char¬ acter and not only attracted state attention but were discussed na¬ tionally. Doubts Kxpre»«<Hl
Since the exceptions, legal minds which have followed the district attorney's probe have doubted that he had built up sufficient defense to withstand them in an exacting IfSal manner.
During the probe before the grand jury, hundreds of men who worked on the state highwa.vs prior- to the last general election appear¬ ed as witnesses.
Hope to Answer Question: 1s Tiiere Life on Mars?'
Presence of Giant Insects Thought Most Likely; Scientists Ready For Planet's Vi«it This Week
New York, July 22. (UP) — Astronomers the world over wait¬ ed expectantly tonight for thc moment next week when they will have the best opportunity in the history of their science to de¬ termine whether or not life exists on   Mars.
On Thursday the red planet with its "oases" and "canals," polar caps and atmosphere will be vir¬ tually In the earth's ba,ckyard, closer than at any time since 1924, and observers hope that with im¬ proved astronomical equipment they may solve many mysteries posed by the more or less inde¬ terminate di-scoveries of 15 years ' ago. I
Evidenre of Plant Life |
Anticipating the time of closest' approach, when Mars will be only 36,03.").000 miles away — a mere stoncthrow. astronomically speak¬ ing -Earl C. Slipher has already found what he considera to be evidence of vegetation on the j planet. ;
The  American  astronomer  Is  In '
South Africa, where observational facilities nre better than in the northern hemisphere, and thi.s week he reported changes in the so-called "Great Eye" of Mars which indicated, he said, the existence of plant life over an area about the size of the United States. May Be Giant Inserts
In London, Dr. H. Spencer Jones, royal astronomer, said that scien¬ tists "generally believe there is' plant life and extensive vegeta¬ tion on Mars" but that there wns "so far no evidence of human or animal  life."
Ob.scrvation through telescope. hc said, has shown rhanges ot coloration-green becoming ycUov.' and yellow turning to brown suggestive of seasonal changes in plant   life.
Whether or not animal life ^yi..*.. f..j ^J?.'*5. j-pTO^in.*. .?,n• VI¦¦ answered question, but astronom¬ ers are agreed that the conditions are favorable to the support of (Continued on Page A-9i
Senate to Consider Lending Bii!
To Rewrite Clause Ending Competition With Business
On Newest War Front
Meningitis Makes First Rural Area Avnearance
Sweet Valley Man Stricken; 72nd Local Case
FIREMEN ANSWER 4 ALARMS SATURDAY
Wilkes-Barre fire department re¬ sponded to four calls yesterday afternoon between 1 and 7. None of fhe fires caused any great damage but one was threatening and dan¬ gerous. It was a grass fire sl Breaker street In Parsons, "^he power house of Mineral Sprins "il- llery is located nearby. Number Nine Company responded at 1:25. Number Nine was also out at 2:35 and extinguished a grass fire near Pearh Orchard colliery in Parsons.
Number .Seven put out a grass flre atCathin avenue at 1:05 oclock. .N'umber Five was out at 7 investi¬ gating smoke emansting from a point on North Pennsylvania • avenue, near old Sheldon Spring | and Axle works. A pile of ashes wss smouldering. '
Spinal menigitis, paralyzing di¬ sease which first broke out in Nan¬ ticoke ^ast Junuary and since has .spread to a number ot Wyoming Valley towns, yesterday made its first appearance in the rural re¬ gions. Stanley Masters, 30. of RDl Sweet Valley, was admitted to Wilkes-B;«:re Contagious Hospital at three oclock yesterday after¬ noon.
The death of Elizabeth Wolfe, 11- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.athan Wolfe, 1ti\ Orchard atreet, Plymouth, was the tenth in the val¬ ley caused by meningitis during the epidemic. She will be buried today. All told 72 cases have been reported in Luzerne county since the first of the year and practically all of these have been confined to Nanticoke. Hanover Township. Ashley. Wilkes-Barre. Plymouth Lu/.erne and Wilkes-Barre Town¬ ship, i .Stat«i Concerned
State Health Department officials are investigating the outbreak thoroughly, sinre Luzerne is the only county in the commonwealth afflicted. Although everything i.i being done to prevent a further spread, the fact that there have been 57 new cases reported in Lu¬ zerne county wilhin a period ot two and one-halt months is puzz¬ ling those in charge. Only 15 cases were reported previously.
Dr. Joseph Drapiew.ski ot Nanti¬ coke  ordered  Masters   to  the  hos-
900 Picnic on Floating Bomb
New York. July 22 (UP) - Nine hundred children and their parents enjoyed a free hnat'ridc up the Hudson River today, un¬ aware that gasoline had been mixed with the ves.-iel's fuel oil. A spark could have destroyed the ship.
Nearly four hours after the "floating hospital" of St. Johu'.i Guild sailed the driver of a gas¬ oline truck discovered that hc had mixed 1,50 gallons ot gaso¬ line with 4,50 gallons of fuel oil pumped into the vessel. Mean¬ time, the ship, a barge with no propulsion of its own. was being towed up the river. Its Diesel engines, used only for electric power and cooking, were work¬ ing smoothly and not even the rrew was aware of the gasoline mixture.
The driver notified police of his mi.stake. No one knew the location of the boat at that time. Police boals sped up the river in search for it. A plane was dis¬ patched from Floyd Bennett Field. Radio cars searched from river side highways.
A police launch caught It in time.
May 23.      Several deaths in Nanti- (coke,      Hanover      Township     and
Wilkes-Barre  were   caused   by   the
disease.
Find "Carriers" at Loomis I     Of more than 1.700 employees of
Loomis   Colliery   in   thc   center   of
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pital after spmal punctures showed i           *^ , ,    , „.„„i,
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sease. Hospital attaches reported his condition good last night. Thc only other patient at thc institution is Mrs. Foss of Luzerne, who was stricken   two  weeks   ago.
The Plymouth death was the second within a month, ot four cases reported In the West Side community. Alvina Swinkoski ot rear 117 Nottingham street died on
Susquehanna Fast Becoming Creek As Water Reaches 50-Year Low
The Susquehanna, by no means unlovely in normal times, is getting leaner and leaner, so to speak. That once dignified stream, is now trickling down trom the New York watershed as meekly as a colliery creek when the mines is idle. It ia showing its sores and other ail¬ ments, particularly in this section. It needs nourishment; It needs rain and a lot of it to cover up the bad spots and move the waste of many towns to the sea.
The river is now one toot above the zero mark, according to John Mirmak, local observer. It Is thc lowest figure in his eight years of service, he said, and Is believed thc lowest in .50 years. Aided by Rains Ahove
In September of last year the river was down to 1.49 above zero. The late summir ot 1938 was not
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I particularly  dr.v,  yet  through  this dry spell is only slightly above six I inches lower, when it should seem ' to be about ten feet lower.
Mirmak   was   asked   about   that. , "Don't  forget  that six  Inches  Is  a ^ considerable amount ot water," he said.    Not to be overlooked  is the ' fact  that rain  has  fallen  in many points    In    the    drainage    area   of 10,000   square   miles   nt   thc   head¬ waters.     That    accounts    for    the comparatively   slight   difTerence   In readings in Wyoming Valley.    The water is coming from above. . Old Records at Danville I    James   Bryan,   official   river   ob¬ server at Danville, makes an inter- ^ esting   report.     Residents   of   that ^ section have chiseled dates on Elc- i phant Rock for years.    The oldest one is "1837," now above the water line.
Other markings arc "Oct. 12, 1907" and Aug. 24, 1878, Centennial," both an inch and a halt above thc present water line. Thc Initials "J. H., 1881," said to have been placed on the rock by John Hunter, who years ago was toll gate keeper at thc river bridge, are four and a half inches below the present level, and regarded as the all time low in the river. i
16 "carrier.s" of the disease were tound and these have been placed under observation of their physi¬ cian until "negative" cultures are obtained. Only one "positive" re¬ port was found in tests taken in 800 cultures.
Dr. W. F. Davison, Luzerne county medical direclor, revealed that cultures of Miss Julia Scott. 229 Cooper street, Courtdale, proved "negative" and she has been re¬ leased from quarantine. Gave Wrong Name
John Borak, who gave his ad¬ dress as 19 Blair street, Plymoulh. one ot the Loomis colliery miners discovered a "carrier" was found not to live at that address and un¬ known there. Health Officer .lohn Harrison ot Plymouth laler iT'tcr- mined that Mike Wieczorch, 2(i Blair street, is the man. His dwell¬ ing has been placed under quaran¬ tine. .7. W. Geist, rear ot 270 East Main street, Plymouth, anol'.fr Loomis employee, also had 'li-'* home posted when It was found that  he w; ;  a  "carrier."
Spinal meningitis has not hit the Pittston area and no cases have heen reported in thc Hazleton sec¬ tor. The outbreak to date has been confined between Georgetown and Mocanaqua on the ea.st side of the river, and Luzerne and Plymouth Township on the west. Thc Sweet Valley case was the first reported back of the mountains. Contracted  In Nanticoke
While there have been two Moc¬ anaqua cases, the disease was con¬ tracted in Nanticoke, it is reported. The outbreak first started in the down-river city, when eight cases developed in a short time. It later spread to Hanover Township and Ashley at about the same time, then hit Georgetown. Wilkcs-Barre. Plymouth  and  Luzerne  in  order.
Authorities do not state positive¬ ly how the disease is spread.   Med- (Continucd on Page A-9) '
CUT $310,000,000
Jones Says RFC Expects to Suffer • '    'Plenty of Losses'
Washington, July 22. (UP)—The senate banking and currency com¬ mittee late today sent President Roo.scvelt's $2,490,000,000 lending program to the Senate for consid¬ eration on the floor Monday.
Submitting   ils   favorable   report
on the bill, trimmed by $310,000,000
from   the   amount   Mr,   Roosevelt
asked, the committee tacitly afcrecu
to leave the way open to additional
changes in the measure up to the
moment  it is brought out  on  the
floor.    Majority Leader Alben  W.
Barkley,  D.,  Ky.,  said  he  planned
, to call the bill up Monday and that
I he  expected  Congress  to  complete
! work on it in time to adjourn by
I August 3.
I Rewriting "Competition" Clause The committee struck from the measure the "competition with private business" clause which Sen. Alva Adams, D., Colo., had sought to include. The amendment pro¬ vided that none of the funds au¬ thorized could be expended to build or expand any industry that would compete with an existing industry. This proposal was stricken with thc understanding that Sen. Robert Wagner, D., N. Y., and Barkley would attempt to wOrk out an agreement on language ot the amendment before Monday.
Committeemen said that the lan¬ guage of Adams' amendment was so strong that some of the govern¬ ment agencies had pointed out they could not function. The com¬ mittee suggested thnt the change be revised so that further gov¬ ernment competition would be curbed but would not interfere with present governmental agen¬ cies. Prevailing Wage Clause
Tiie committee adopted a pre¬ vailing wage clause In the bill, de- ceeing that prevailing wages be paid under funds provided for the roads, railroads and public works phases.
The committee trimmed the au- Ihorization for public roads loans from $7.50.000,000 to $.500,000.00 and the authorization for railroad equipment loans from $500,000,000 to $3,50,000.000. The committee, however, added $90,000,000 for re¬ clamation projects in western states, making the net reduction from the original $2,800,000,000 bill $310,000,000. In addition to this sum. Congress has under con¬ sideration in another bill a pro¬ posal to double the authorization for housing authority loans by in¬ creasing  the  fund  by  $800,000,000.
In revising the measure, th,-> suggestion that loans to small busi¬ ness be incorporated In the pro¬ gram. Such a plan was sponsored by Sen. James Mead, D„ N.Y., whn had sought the approval of a bill embodying this plan. Plenty   of   Losses   for   RFt;
One ot the final witnesses before the Senate committee was Jesse Jones, head of the new federal loan agency. He testified frankly that he expects to suffer "plenty ot losses" on his loans to business. He said that he would be "ashamed" to outline some of the losses incurred by the Recon¬ struction Finance Corporation un¬ der   its   industrial   loan   policy.
In the disclosure of testimony, the following exchange on indus¬ trial loans was shown:
"Senator Adams: The liberality of thc policy is going to show up in the losses you take?
"Jones: Yes. We are going to have plenty of losses.
"Adams:    Is there any estimate as to the percentage of losses that (Continued on Page A-S)
^Settle Dispute as Tokyo Reopens Drive; American Killed
4 Die in Fiaht As New Terrorism Strikes Shanghai
NEWSPAPER RAIDED
More War Threats As Soviets Claim Border Victories
Frequent clashei  between Soviet and Japanese  troops  on Mongolian
border    foster further strained relations between the two nations. Here
are Russian frontier guards at an observation post on the border.
Believe Agreement Will Recognize War in China
JAPS HOLD TO AXIS
London Denies Any Concession In Principles
BENEFIT CHECKS  MISSIONARY TAKEN
Shanghai. July 22 (UP)—A sud¬ den outbreak of terrorism in which an American was killed In Shang¬ hai, a widespread surge ot anti- British activity and reports ot new Soviet war threats in Manchukuo marked intensification tonight ot Japan's drive to establish a "new order"  in East Asia.
Four persons were killed when police battled terrorists who raided a plant housing anti-Japanese pub¬ lications. About 15 Chinese were wounded and one wa.s ariesleu. Terrorists Break Loose
While Japanese In a dozen Chin¬ ese cities increased their pressure against Great Britain, a band of 10 or 15 Chinese terrorists, who police said were pro-Japanese, raid¬ ed the plant ot the Chinese-Ameri¬ can Daily News, which has been strongly opposed to Japan.
In the ensuing turmoil, Interna'
Tokyo, July 22 (UP)—Or«tt Britain and Japan hava reached complete agreement on general principles tor a settlement of their dispute over Japanese military and political activity in China, the for¬ eign otfice said in communique to¬ night.
The communique was Issued after a 50-minute conference be¬ tween Hachiro Arita. Japanese for¬ eign minister, and Sir Robert Craigie, British ambassador, which began at 11 p. m. Make Statement Monday
A statement revealing the term* of the agreement will be delayed until Monday, when it will be re¬ leased simultaneously in Tokyo and London.
Tlie agreement it was stated, in¬ cludes British recognition of the necessary actions which the Jap¬ anese army must take in maintain
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tional  Settlement  police  shot  and   ^„g "peace and order" in China—in
300 Valley Workers Estimated Eligible To Receive Awards
Must He Fair's Best Attraction
New York, July 22 (UP)-A man and a woman were marooned 100 feet in the air for 30 minutes at the World's Fair tonight when their parachute jammed on thc parachute tower.
Concession employees were able to lower the parachute with nn harm to Agnes Neilson, 27, Wolburn, Mass., and her broth¬ er-in-law Lawrence Tetrault, 30, ot Brentwood, L. I., a Suffolk county deputy sheriff.
Thou.sands jammed thc amuse, ment area when word of thc accident was circulated. An¬ other couple was marooned five hours in a similar accident two weeks agn.
Washington,  July 22.   (UP)-The first benefit checks under the rail¬ road  unemployment  insurance  act went into the mails tonight lo qual¬ ified unemployed railroad workers. The  checks  were  for  unemploy¬ ment occurring from July 1 through July   15,   the  Railroad  Retirement Board,  which  administers  the  In- ' surance   Act  as  well  as  the  Rail¬ road Retirement Act,  said the In¬ surance Act, setting up a federally , administered, nationwide system of i unemployment  insurance  for  rail¬ road     workers,     began     operating July 1. On that day such employees ceased  to be  covered by state  un¬ employment  compensation  acts.
The board said that it had per¬ fected machinery designed to tacil- ' itate prompt payment of benefits at a low administrative expense. i All the unemployed applicant has to do to file a claim is lo go to the i foreman on his last job, who if he is not authorized to accept regis¬ tration, will Immediately put the applicant in touch with an author¬ ized person. Under no circum¬ stances may an unemployment claims agent refuse to receive reg¬ istrations and claims from persons who properly identify themselves. Benefit checks will be sent by mail to the applicant. Eligibility Rules
To be eligible an applicant must
be  unemployed,  must  have  waited
15 days and must have earned $150
or more in 1938 from an employer
; or  employers  covered   In   the   act. '
j An eligible applicant Is entitled to
j draw benefits from each  day over
! seven that he did not work In any
i 15 consecutive days.
'     This  means  Ihat   If a  worker  Is
I totall.v unemployed tor the 15 days
i he can draw eight days benefit; If
j unemployed   nine   days,   two   days
: of benefit.  The  benefit  rates  vary
from  $1.75 to $3 a  day.  depending
unon    the   workers'   earnings   for
1938.
The fund from which the Bene¬ fits are paid is raised by contribu¬ tions from employers covered in the act. They give 3 per cent ot their i payrolls exempting monthly earn¬ ings of an employee In excess of $300. Employees make no contribu- i tions. To Benefit SOO \alley Men
Executives of railway unions In the valley believe this new federal act will benefit at least 300 local men.
Due fo the heavy shipment ot coal during the winter ot 1938, large numbers ot railroaders were called hsck to work, which enables them to have sufficient earnings during I that year to make them eligible for compensation.
They also report that the law Is a big improvement over the present state compensation act.
Police Ready to Strike Against Bedouin Bands
Jerusalem,    July   23 ice    prepared    tonight against Bedouin  bands vicinity  in  the  event
(UP)~Pol-
to    strike
In  Hebron
negotiations
wounded six of the terrorists as i they fled toward the Japanese area ¦ of Shanghai in taxicabs. :
Albert F. Wilson of Philadelphia, a bartender popular among Ameri- 1 can sailors of the Asiatic fleet, was | fatally wounded by a  stray bullet fired'by   the   terrorists.   He   died after    an    operation.    A    acore    ot United    States    sailors     narrowly ¦ escaped the flying bullets. j
Cabaret  Girl   Killed
other words, recognition ot the fajrt that war conditions exist, although no war has been formally declared.
The agreement also was under¬ stood to include a Briti.sh under¬ taking to maintain neutrality in the blockaded British concession at Tientsin and to suppress anti- Japanese agitation there. Tokyo Approves
Tho  Japanese   cabinet   approved the agreement early today, but the
A Russian cabaret girl was killed I British   embassy   had   not  yet  re by  a  stray   bullet.  | ceived   Instructions   from   London,
One  (Jhinese   printer  was   killed i and   two   were   wounded   in    the j newspaper plant, which also houses the. American-owned   China   Press and    one    British-owned    Chinese newspaper.
A Chinese street car driver was killed and another wounded by the explosion of a hand grenade.
Municipal police later found two hired cars used by the terrorists abandoned near the so-called "bad land"    of    the    Japanese-occupied
tor ransom of Gerould Goldner of Akron, O., fail.
Efforts to locate the origin of a mysterious telephone call from Bethlehem, saying Goldner was be¬ ing released were unsuccessful here, but a thorough tour and search of 1 the terrorists.
the region satisfied police thnt thc j The chauffuers of two of three young American missionary was j cars used in the raid were picked being held in the Hebron district, I up by police. They said they had which has served as hideaway for i been forced lo drive  the cars.
which may explain the delay in issuing the communique before Monday.
Premier Baron Kiichiro Kiranuraa motored today to Hayama, whers the Emperor is spending the sum¬ mer, to report on the Arita-Craigi« conversations.
Baron Hiranuma, after reporting to the Emperor, told the Japanese press that the basic principles settled in the Tokyo conversations
_, , . J .        .J ! are   applicable   throughout   China.
area. They also arrested two armed ^^ the  event  Great
Chinese    after    wounding    one    of them believed to be connected with
j     Police    seized     two     rifles,    one pistol,   several   hand   grenades  and \ other  explosives   after  exchanging I more  than  100 shots with  the  ter¬ rorists.
Fear Soviet Invasion Soviet artillery fire on the Mon
the Arabs during many of their previous uprisings. It contains many dry wells into which a victim could be lowered.
Aarb   Informers  have   been   sent among the Bedouins and Royal Air
Force   planes   are   being   held   In,,...,       . ,      , , _
readiness  If  news  comes   Ihat   the j golian-Manchuquo border and Rus- kidnappers hnve been located. Ten
Arab shepherds have been recruited and sent through the district with notes to drop inlo the wells, and to stick on trees, promising the Bedouins Immunity if they surren¬ der Goldner.
Meanwhile, the Bedouin police su¬ perintendent. Qued El Faress, began conferring with 10 Bedouin sheiks. who gave them their solemn vow that they would assit In effecting Goldner's release.
Large crowds gathered at the YMCA building awaiting word nf the search.
Goldner, kidnapped by a dozen Bedouin outlaws In the Wadi Nar, South of Bethlehem, was helieved seen earlier today by an Arab shep¬ herd, who reported that the young man was being taken toward He¬ bron.
Although Goldner's original cap¬ tors were Bedouins, the shepherd saw five armed men Including two in uniforms and his report strength¬ ened belief in Arab circles that a rival abduction gang had "high¬ jacked" the Bedouins and seized their victim. Rival Gangs Reported
Reports had been circulating that rival gangs were plotting to take Goldner away from his original abductors, who first demanded $5,000 ransom and later reduced the demand to $1,000.
The shepherd who believed he saw Goldner was employed by an Arab notable tn aid In making con¬ tact with the abductors.
sian airplanes penetrating deeply into Japanese-controlled territory were reported by Domei (Japanese) News Agency messages from Bal- shagal, although Japanese army officers at Hsinking denied that there had heen any massed flights of  Soviet   planes  over  Antung.
The dispatches quoted Japanese militar.v officials as saying that the Soviet-Outer Mongolian forces which have been waging sporadic but severe battles with the Jap- anese-Manchukuo troops apparent¬ ly were planning "another inva- ] sion" of Manchukuo.
Soviets (Plaini Victories
.Moscow, July 22. (UP)- Jap anese-Manchukuoan troops were [ repulsed today in several attacks on Mongol-Soviet troops east of the | river Halhingol in the Lake Buirnor : region of Mongolia, an official com- | munique from the Mongol-Soviet ; army headquarters said tonight.
The communique said the attacks , started yesterday and were con- I tinuing. \
Fourteen   of   a   squadron   ot   120 '¦ Japanese planes were dawned and ((.'ontinued on  Pa.'^e A-8)
Britain pursues a policy ot recogn- I izing the "realities" of the situation in China. Japan will be in a posi¬ tion to afford greater protection to British as well as other third power Interest.s. Stay In Fascist Axis
The Japanese government, hs declared, intends to control anti- British agitation in Japan, and also intends to pursue its previously decided European policy, which is co-operation with the Rome-Berlin axis, without a military alliance.
Aside from the British negotia¬ tions and the genera! situation In North China, Japan was also pre¬ occupied today with the dispute be« tween Japan and Soviet Russia on the jointly-owned Saghalin Island. Broke .Soviet Labor Laws
Russia charged Japanese oper¬ ators of oil concessions in ths northern (Russian-owned) half 'of the island with failing to comply with Soviet social and labor la\^. Russia levied a heavy fine, which the Japanese refused to pay.
The concessions are considered by Japan to be vital to her navy oil supplies. Japan considers Rus¬ sia's move an attempt to cut off her oil supplies and has indicated she Is ready to fight rather tb*B submit.
The admiralty revealed that ds- stroyers from the Ominato naval base are cruising northward io preparation for any emergency ds- veloping in connection with tlM Saghalin dispute.
War Recognized
London,   July   22.    (UP)—Ore*! (Continued on Page A-8)
104 Couples in Mass Wedding as Church Seeks to Reglorify Marriage
POPE TO BEGIN VACATION
Vaticap City, July 22 (UP)-Pope Pius will leave Monday for a vaca¬ tion at the Papal Estates. Castel Gondolfo. unless some unforeseen incidents prevents. It was announc¬ ed today. He Is expected to return in September In time tn receive Gen. Francisco Franco of Spain.
See What You're .hissing
Wyanet, III., July 22 (UP)- Only three pages ot the four- page Wyanet Weekly Record appeared with stories and ads toiiay. The fourth was blank except for a paragraph in small type:
"Don't laugh We had a helluva time filling the other three pages."
majority  of the  couples  havs  al¬ ready agreed not to take a honey¬ moon trip until three months attsr the ceremony. To Delay Honeymoons
Father Roy, who persuaded them to adopt this unusual departurs from established custom, is of ths opinion that a bride and groom can learn about one another in ths privacy of their own homes bettsr than they can in a hotel room.
The average age of the brlds- grooms is 26: that of the brides, 23. Fourteen of the brides are oldsr than the?r prospective husbands. For five years following tomor- [ Thirty-one of the girls and ten of row's ceremony thc couples will be the men are minors, but all aes kept under lhe surveillance of the gainfully employed and capable of church in an experiment intended financing their newly-estabUabs^ to reglorify the married state. Tbe | homes.
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Montreal, July 22. (UP)—Before a huge altar stretching from second base to centerfield In the ball park here, 104 French-Canadian couples will be married tomorrow in the most unusual ceremony in provin¬ cial ecclesiastical history.
Each of thc newlyweds-elect has , been hand-picked from the mem- | bership of the Jeunesse Ouvriere Catholique. Each has successfully , passed a medical examination and has been instructed in marital re- i lationship by Father Henri Roy, ; chaplain ot thc organization. {