Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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35TH YEAR, NO. iS~^4 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST   24, 1941
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British Report:
BATTLE OF LENINGRAD OPENS
[FDR and Navy Take over Kearny Yards for U, S,
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Navy to Assume Charge Tomorrow, Company Refused U.S. Board's Peace
By T. F. REYNOLDS
Hyde Park, K Y.. Aug. 23. (UP) —President Roosevelt tonight com¬ mandeered the Federal Shipbiuld- ing and Orydock Company at Kearny, N. J., in the name of the United States Government and or¬ dered the Navy Department to get the strike-bound plant back to work on $493,000,000 in defense orders  by   Monday   morning.
Acting . under his unlimited emergency power* on grounds that halt of work on the defense orders Jeopardises the national ii,tcrf»t. Ml. Ro--. >€velt ordered the Navy Department to mov* In and  take over immedlatefy.
"It Is expected that work will be resumed on Monday,'* a terse White Houae announcement said, indicating that Mr. Roosevelt ia determined to keep defense pro¬ duction rolling at all costs.
The seiiure order, issued at < p.m. (RDT) held that the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydeck Co., and hence its parent company, tJt* United State* Steel Corp., had re¬ fused to accept a peace settle¬ ment propoaed by the National De- f*ns* Mediation Board.
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Accordingly, Mr, Roosevelt said In his erder. seisure of the plant became necessary since production of naval and Maritime Commission vessels under construction in the yard is essential "to ths defense of the  United States."
Operationa In the sprawling Kearney yard have been halted for m days while 19.000 to 17,000 mem¬ bers of the CIO's Industrial Unlan of Marine and Shlpbuildlag Work- ars war* *¦ atrllt*. !
The sole final lani* at atake, aear which scttlament iwgetlatiena broke down In Waahington last aight, waa a "maintenance of memberahlp" clause In the workers' contract. This clause would have made good standing In the CIO union a pre¬ requisite for all employes of th* plant who now are members of the organisation.
Company Refuses I'nien Claus*
The Defense Medlstion Board recommended that the company ac¬ cept this clause. Preaident John Green of the CIO union said the men could not go to work under any other conditions. When the negotiationa Anally collapsed and the deadlock continued, Mr. Roose¬ velt stepped in.
The executive order promised thst, as was done in the case ot the North American Aviation Com¬ pany plsnt at Ingleweod, Cal., which' was seised earlier this sum¬ mer, the shipyard would be re¬ turned to private ownership.
"Possession and operation here under shall be terminated by the President aa soon aa he determines that the plant will be privately operated In a manner consistent with the needs of national defense," the order specified.
Fereed te Seise Plant
The President commandeered the yard only with the greatest reluct¬ ance, but hia action wss a renewed expression of his determination that Interests neither of labor nor of operators must be permitted to atand In the way of national de¬ fense. Yesterday, he had declared that he did not want to seize the plant unleas he waa forced to do so.
In selling the plant, Mr. Roose¬ velt specified that he was acting "pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, as President of the United States and com¬ mander-in-chief of the Army and Navy of the United States," Uttle Need for Marine* ,
It Is not to b* expected that any (Continued  on  Page A-8)
Mayor and AFL Agree to Settle Transit Strike in Detroit
By EARL. SELBY
Detroit, Aug. 23. (tP)—flayer Edaard Jeffrie* aiuieiineed tonight that an agreement had been reached to end the eity'a four- day traasportation lie-up and will be elTered Immediately to ijtaa atiildag AFI. transit worker* for ratiScatlon.
"nie settlenieat, announced Jointly by Jeffries and W. D. .>lahen, intemattoaal president at the AFL Amalgamated Aasoeiatlan ef Street, Electric Railway aad .Motor Coach employees, waa reached ia what the nuiyor ealled tke "Saai" conference with tke union.
The mayor aald terms ef the agreement «iH aot be revealed until after It has been submitted te the union memberahlp fer ratifleatlon at IS a. m. tomorrow.
.^lahon, wke eatered negetiatlenB fer the firet time t*da.v, said ke would recammead aeceptanee ef the agreement by the etriking transit workers. He Mid. be had intervened teday *1ieeause I felt ' it my duty."
He emphasised, however, tkat ke had entered negotiatienB en his own Inittatlve and net at the request ef Detroit AFL rt-pre- aeatativea.
It waa unofficially reported that the union had agreed to Jeffriee' dcinsuid that a bargaining election lie held among workxrs et the Detroit Street Rallaay Commisaion te determine whetlH*r the AFL graup er tke CIO State, County and .Mnnlelpal Workers et America keld a majorit)-.
.Mayor Jeffrie* wa* aald ta have agreed te grant tke maierlty nnlea ekela*iv* bargaining rights. He kad maintained throogh- eut aegatlatiaaa Ikat no governmental agency kad authority lo grant a labor union exclusive bargaining righta. Annauaremcnt et eettiement came aa a surpri**.
Jeffries went int* the Saai eeaferenec with AFL repreeenla- Mvee after announcing that .ke planned to "breadeaet to the people at Detroit Mir posttloa ia 4kis dispute."
"I have gene ta the limit af my patience," he aaid, *%nd I now believe tkat a publie statement must be made. The govern¬ ment must remain aupreme aad the people must be iafonned ef the aitnatlea."
Abram Flaxcr, Internatieaal president ef the CIO union, said be viewed with «nspirloH tke "secret" negotiation* and agreement In which ke aald niie CIO had ne park"
It was Indleated the agreemeat weuld not meet with approval of the CIO wheee •p*k«>*nien aald they feared the eoHeetlve bar¬ gaining eieetian "ndgkt ha rigged" ia tevar ef the AFL by Inclnalaa *I DBB wkil*-e*llar warkcra.
Flamr aald he iMd koMi aaaared ky Jeffrie* that the syetMH waaM Mt be ie-*peaed aatil tk* CIO apprawd th* *ettleHWt term*. .-•^M''--"»nc»)i"; ,
Tke breadeasis, hawever, were ta£eatlai taunediately after aaaauneemmt af tke agreement,
Tke strike kad fereed iMtJ»ea dally pasaengen aa the munlcl- pally-ewaed transit ayatam t* drive tkeir own ear*. waOc ar Mtek- hike slae* 4 a. m. Wednesday. Tke system'* Ijaaa ttieet rara aad l,«sa eaaekee, wkIck «ene tk* city aad the melwpeUtaa area, steed idle.
General Chaffee Reaches Last Resting Place
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Escorted by six tanks and 1,000 cavalrymen, the flag-draped cof¬ fin of Major General A. R. Chaffee flrst chief of the United States Army's new armored dlvi* sions, moves through Arlington Cemetery, across the river frem Washington,  O.  C.   This 1*  th*
flrst time tanks have been allow¬ ed within the  cemetery.
Chaffee, who died at Boston yeaterday following a prolonged illness, was burled beside the grave of his father, Ueutenant- General Adna R. Chaffee, a former Army chief of staff.
Tanks from the 70th Tank Bat-
Atta€kers Joined In Baffle Vfifh Cify's Defenders
One of Greatest Battles of History 'Well Into Its Opening Phase*; Bombing Planes Attempt to Smash Path For Advance of Nazi Troops; Moscow Claims Red Army Holding Germans in Southwest and West
tallon, Fort George Gordon Meade, Md., and l.OOO men from the Third Cavalry, Fort Myer, Va., escorted the flag-draped artillery caisson. Bight enlisted cavalrymen, whn once served with Chaffee, cai-ried the casket te  the  grave.
Armies 26 Miles from Leningrad, Nazis Say
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Nomura Visits Hull; Follows U.S. Action On Many Fronts
By JOHN A. REICHlklAXN
Washington, Aug. 23 (UPi — Japanese Ambassador Kichlsabure Nomura aald after a conference with   Secretary   of   State   Cordell
i Hull today that he still seea hope
' for betterment of U.S.-Japanese re¬ lations despite the severe atrain to which  they  now are  subjected. He   declared   that   it   would   be
I "folly  of  the   worst  kind"  if  the
1 gaps in policy between the two governments were not bridged. He added that ha has "a very strong conviction that It will be done, but I don't know juat how."
Nomura, a leading Japanese ad¬ vocate   of   friendly  relations   with
I Washington, spent 20 minutes with Hull. He told reporters afterwards that  "we  spoke  not ax  diplomats,
I but as one man to snother." Cenaider  Churchill's Statement Hull described the conference aa
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Boy Victim of Bomb Learns to Speak Again
By WILLIAM DOWNS
Birmingham, Eng., Aug. 23 (UP) Seven-year-old Roy Curtia walked slowly down the corridor of Queen Eliiabeth Hospital today looking very serious.
He pauaed near some nurses and for a moment, the llttle-old-man look left hia face. Opening his mouth, he ssid: "Beep-Beep." He thought a while and added: "Bow- Wow."
) The  nurses  applauded,  and  Dr.
Henry   L.   Hyle,   when   he   hsard
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about It later,  was delighted. Learning All Over Again
What Roy was doing, with such a ahow of deep reflection, wsa try¬ ing to remember the words he knew before a German bomb struck him dumb a year ago.
He is one of many "little old men" in tne neurological ward, where they are receiving treatment for what bombs did to their brains. The pennies, dimes snd dollara con¬ tributed to the Britiah War Relief Society by Americans are making them children again. Operation  Successful
Dr. Hylo of Boaton and New Canaan, Conn., a 35-year-old grad¬ uate of Harvard University, is the hospital's neuro-aurgeon. He per¬ formed the operation which made it poasible for Roy tn say "Beep- Beep" and "Bow-Wow" sfter a year of silence.
One night Roy snd his mother, (Continued on Page A-9)
U.S. INCOME TAX EXEMPnONS MAY BE DROPPED AGAIN
Senate Committee May Recommend $1,500-$750 Levels
By OEOROE E. REEDY JR.
Waahington, Aug. a. (UP)—The Senate Finance Committee ended I public hearings on the 83,236,700,000 tax bill today, with several mem¬ bers indicating a desire to lower personal income tax exemptions as a means of adding 8300.000,000 to the House-approved  total.
The  committee will  go Into ex¬ ecutive   session   on   the   bill   next week.   It Is expected to report the measure  before  the  week   Is  out, and Senate leaders hope to call it I to the floor for consideration short- I ly after the Labor Day week end. I    Chairman Walter F. George, D., |Ga., Intimated that the committee I might   move   to  cut   personsi  ex- ^ cmptiens from 82.000 to 81,500 for . married couples and  8M0  to 87SO ' for single  persons.   Several  mem- I bers  privately favored such ^ r«- duction.
May Compromise
A number of other committee members believed, however, that a compromise might be reached by lowering the exemptions for mar¬ ried people to $1,800 or $1,760 in¬ stead of $1,500. These members conceded that 'ie proposed $750 flgure for single persons might be adopted.
Committee experts have supplied
figures   which    indicate   that   the
lowering of the exemptions to the
$1,500 and  $750 levels would bring
in approximately $300,000,000 more
in annual revenue—the amount de-
, leted  from the  bill  by the House
j when  It struck out the controver-
I bial  mandatory joint  huaband-wife
1 returns provision.   It was believed
generally   that   the   Senate   would
I not   reinsert  the   mandatory  joint
I returns  provisions,
' Other New Propeeals
A number of other revenue-rais¬ ing proposals also are pending be¬ fore the committee, with a chance for serious consideration. They In¬ clude:
i 1.—A general salea tax, exempt- I ing food and necessities. Sen. I Arthur H. Vandenberg, D., Mich., j who favora the propoaal, has said a 5 per cent saleji tax, exempting food, clothing and medical supplies, ' (Continued on Pag* A-9>
Germans Claim Dniepropetrovsk Is Captured
Ry FREDERICK C. OBCHBNBR
B*rlln, Aug. 24 (Sunday). (UP)— Adolf HitUr'f armies, pounding to¬ ward Leningrad from thr** aides, were reported today to be "near Krasnogvardelsk," 26 miles south of th* Soviet second city, and In the Ukrsine wer* said to be In eontrol of Dniepropetrovsk and th* big Dnieper river dam.
However, both reperts lacked of¬ ficial  confirmation.
The new German thrust deep Into the defenaes of Leningrad waa raported in a propaganda company dispatch, which described furious fighting near Krasnogvardelsk ((Jatschina).
The report ssid the big Industrial city of Dniepropetrovsk and the $110,000,000 dam had fallen into German hands, giving Nasi forces driving toward Industrial heart ef the Ukraine an important bridge¬ head acroas the Dnieper, cam* from ususlly reliable but unofficial Nasi  quartera.
(Reports from London and ether European capitals earlier In the week said that the Russians had dcstroved the dam in an effort to hslt the Germsn drive toward the rich induatrial areas of the Eastern Ukrsine. German sources, in    commenting   on   the   reports.
BRITISHER PRAISES RED ARMY'S ATTACK
Moecow, Aug. 33. (UP)—Lieut. Gen. F. N. Maaon MacFarlane, head ef the Britlah military mis¬ sion here whe returned yesterday from a visit to the Central Front, tonight confirmed Soviet reports that the Red Army had launched a counter-offensive In the Smolensk area.
Drive on Odessa Alto Breaking Russian Defense
however, aaid the Rusaians had tried but failed to blow it up.) Btakaa Paee Blitakrieg
The new claim cam* a* Ger¬ many reported that har Stuka- paeed blittlcrleg was amaahing for¬ ward en all fronts, that Naal forcea were bringing constantly Increas¬ ing pressure on the defenses of Leningrad and Odessa and that the German Central and Southern Armlea had achieved a Juncture threatening Soviet forces in the Ukraine  with   annihilation.
In the battle which resulted In the capture of Ciomel, between Smolensk and Kiev on Aug. 19, the Germans claimed, tha bulk of two Soviet armies was smashed and 87,000 Ruaaian soldiers, ISft tanks, 912 guns and two armored trains were captured.
Land columns, driving ahead In a bewildering series of encircle¬ ment and pocketing moves from L«ke Ladoga to the Black Sea, captured Cherkasal on th* Dnieper, about midway between Kiev and Dniepropetrovsk, fought closer to Leningrad from three directions, and  captured   Important  rail  sta¬
tions near the besieged Black Sea port  of Odessa,  It  was   said. Pave Way fer Final Assault
Paving the way for finnl as¬ saults expected soon, bombers and Stukas blasted communications and airports in Leningrad's outer de¬ fenses, strafed and battered Rus¬ sians seeking to establish new lines east of the Dnieper in the Ukraine, and smashed concentrations of men and machines all along the  front.
The reported juncture of Marshal FedOr von Bock's central aector forces with Marahal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundatedt's armies in the Ukraine, the Germans assert¬ ed, spelled eventual doom for the Soviet forces of Marshal Semyon Budenny.
The juncture was effected east of the vsst Pripet Marshes after von Bock's forces had captured and pasaed beyond Gomel and, presumably, turned sharply south. EpIe Sweep Indicated
Although the High Command confined Its day communique to the brief statement that "on the Eastern Front operations are pro¬ ceeding further according to plan," official dispatches Indicated ths epic sweep ot tha German of¬ fensive.
In the north. It waa asserted, Finnish troops driving toward Leningrad through the Karelian Isthmus forced a croaaing of the 'Vuoksen river and smaahed a (Continued on Page A-9)
By NED RUSSELL
London, Aug. 23 (UP)—Informed British qusrters be* lieved tonight thst the Bsttle of Leningrsd, expected to bs. one of the grestest in the history of wsrfsre, wss "well ints- its opening phsse."
 Upon the outcome of the bsttle, in which the combstsnts
will be numbered by the miiiiontt; ^H re^it the fsle of ths entire Bsltic sector snd the fste of the Red Nsvy, it wss predicted.
Ever since the stsrt of the Soviet-German war, the former Csarist capital with its nearly .I.OOO.OOO inhabitants hss becR the objective of multi-pronged drives by both Germsn ani Finnish armies.
With bombing planes attempting to smash a path for lan^ ¦ troops, it was believed that the attackers had joined battls wilh the cit.v's defenders. Germans Warn "No Mercy" for Civilian Defenders
(In New York tiie Columbia Broadcasting System heard the German Radio declare that the attacking forces would "have no mercy with deceitful snipers and tricky females."
The   Oerman   declaration   was   a* •
comment on appeals which have besn'made to the Leningrad pop¬ ulation to aid In its defense.
"The latest appeal of the Ruasian newspaper Pravda, calling for wild hedge-ahnoting warfare," the Gsr¬ msn Radio said, "conjures up a terrible judgment upon the civil population,") .    ,    „ _i
However the battle goes, Brltlab  £."1 J" ''':"="'t'iL"':S« JT^Hl
brilliant successes in a savaga counter-offensive on the central front and reported that (3ermaa attacks on two unnamed citiea, under Nazi siege, had beeii smashed.
Heavy fighting continues throughout the night along tM entire front, the communique aaMU
observers believed. It will be an extremely costly one for both sides with quarter neither asked nor given.
Leningrsd in its centuries of existence has never, it was point¬ ed out, been rsptured by an enemy army. Aa the birthplace of the October Revolution led by Nicolal Lenin, it ia the Soviet Union's mott beloved shrine.
Klnffisepp and Novgorod on to* L,enlngrad front, around Smoleaalt on the Moacow front and near ths encircled Black Sea port of Odessa. The communique claimed that Red army forces at Odessa wera taking a terrific toil of the attaua- ing Rumanian forces and reported that of "many Rumanian divisions there remains no more than lit to 25 per cent of their effective^ neas."
Finns Claim Troopa Within 4S >lllea et Clly By HENRY SHAPIRO
Moscow, Aug. 24—(Sunday).   (UP) —The  Red  Army  appeared  today ^ .    v   —
. w- fl^htinr n(T normsn forces though Odessa appeared to be ea* to be fighting oft  German   lorces  ^^^^^^^    ^^^    ^^^   communications
driving from the southwest and ^ ^.^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ -r^ey reported alaa routh on Leninsrad, birthplace of i that the Red Army has sufficient tha Bolshevist Revolution, which it', reserves  and  material   to  be  abla
Germans Fall Baek
Dispatchea from the central froai reporttd that the (Sermana weMP, continuing to fall back In the faaS of the Russian  counter-offensive. ."
Neutrsi miliUry experts said al«.
admitted to be "in terrible danger." A Soviet war communique Indi¬ cated that the army of Marshsl Klementl Voroshllov was holding the Germans>at Kingisepp, 70 miles
to    continue    the    battle    ol   th* Dnieper bulge for some time.
In an impassioned appeal to "Comrades, men of the Red Army, commanders, commissars and poli«
War  Summary
The Battle of Leningrad may b*
under way. .     ^      ,.
Informed sources In London bs¬ lieved Saturday night that th* battle, expected to be one of the bloodiest in hiatory, had been joined.
German troops were driving on the ancient capital of the Csars from the weat, southwest and south. Adolf Hitler's Finnish al¬ lies were driving down the Karelian Isthmus from the northewst.
In the beleaguered city Marshal Klementl   Voroshllov,   commander i of  Russia's  northern   armies,   said "the decisive moment has arrived— the enemy is approaching." Fighting Not Placed
Neither Russisn nor German , communiquc.1 said Juat where the fighting waa tailing place, but the Germsna cinlmed that their dive- hombera hnd paved the way to a final assault.
The Of rmana. declaring they had smashed through Russian fortifica¬ tions between Lake Peipus and Lake llmcn in the sector before' Leningrad, said that the Russians by urging civilians to resist had invited for the city "the fate of Warsaw." Expect Street Fighting
But Informed obser^¦ers believed the Russians would defend their revolutionsry shrine from the roof- lops and from street barricades if the attackers broke through the outer   defenses.
The imminence of a historic battle In the north, however, did not overshadow German rlaims of tremendous auccesses in the cen¬ trsi and aouthern sectora. I   Tba Ciermani said tb* armies ot
Marshal Fedor von Bock, after a amaah through th* central sector which netted S7,000 Russian prison¬ er*, had wheeled and made con¬ tact with Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt'a armle* in the Ukraine. Red Fereea Endaagered
The significance of the German claims waa that, If true, they meant that Marshal Semyon Budenny's Red forcea seeking to re-establish themselvea east of the Dnieper were In grave danger of being out¬ flanked and destroyed.
The Russians, less explicit In their claims, reported brilliant suc¬ cesses In a Red offensive on the central front and aaid two un¬ named cities, one of which may have been Dniepropetrovsk, had repulsed deaperate German attacks. On the central front, the Russians ssid, a week-long offensive resulted in recapture of nine villages and defeat of German reinforcements which tried in vain to stem the tide. Nrar East Reetleae
Meanwhile. British observers saw possibility that Germany [might send troops Into Turkey or undertake a new offensive In Libya I If Great Britain and Russia moved to expel German technicians from Iran.
Tension between Britain and I Iran reached a critical point as a result of the Teheran government's '. failure to reply "satisfactorily" to demands that the Germans be ejected. For the time being, how¬ ever, the problem appeared to re¬ msin a diplomatic rather than a military, on*.
E IF ALLIES INVADE
Intensifies Activity Along Mediterranean; Situation Simmers
southwest of the former Ciarist, tical workers," Marshal Klementt capital, and at Novgorod, 120 miles Voroshllov, chief of Soviet armlea to the aouth, where fighting has on the Leningrad front indicated raged fiercely for five day*. that  the  city  was  virtually  in  a
(Helsinki   reporta   claimed,  how-' state  ef  siege, ever,  that  Finnish   troops   driving,    "The enemy Is approaching,    ha on Leningrad from the north were  said.
sbout *!i milea from the Soviet Coincident with Voroshilov's ap« second   city.) peal, an offlcial communique report*
Reds Claim Sureeascs ed "stubborn fighting" all along thS«
In other sectors, Russia elalmed' (Ckintinued on  Page A-8)
Man Invades Honeymoon CoffagOp Kills Ex'Wfe and Her Husband
London, Aug. 23. (UP)'—Informed observers said tonight that tension between   Great  Britain   and   Iran | had   reached   a  critical   point   and simultaneously predicted Axis mill- I tary   Intervention   should   the   ten-' sion   reach  the  breaking  point.       :
The   Tehran   government's   reply to  the  Anglo-Soviet  demsnd  thst I "German    technicians"    posing    as i tourists be ejected  from Iran  was described   as   "unsatisfactory." i
Expect Diversion
Intensified    activity    In    North Africa and  on the  Mediterranean, ! meanwhile,   was   Interpreted   here as an indication that Germany and 1 Italy  would  create a diversion  on ] Britain's    western    flank    on    the Mediterranean   front  in   the  event of an Anglo-Rusaian move against Iran.
The African "battle aeason" la at hand when the Libyan front probably wlil come alive again. It was pointed out, and the Axis is In a position to undertake a long jlContinued on Page A-9)
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 23 (UP)—A Jealousy maddened Army sergeant blasted the lock of a honeymoon cottage with a single shot today and stormed through the houae killing hia former wife and her new husband and critically wound¬ ing himself.
The slayer was James H. McDon- ' aid, 46, who had scrswled a note: "I can't live without her" just be- , fore the siayings. His victims were Robert Newcomb, 42, operator of a [ plumbing ahop, and his 34-yeBr-old wife,   Dorothy,   who  had   divorced McDonald after a brief marriage.   |
The     shootings     occurred     this ^ morning in the Newcombs' cottage ^ to  which   they   had  returned   less than   12   hours   before   from   their marriage Wedneaday in Mexico,       1 Police  Expected Trouble |
Authorities apparently were fear- ' ful McDonald, a high school ROTC instructor, might harm the honey- ' mooners. Neighbors aaid a sher¬ iff's car escorted the Newcombs to their home on their return yester¬ day.
There was no guard at the home this morning, however, as McDon- I aid, after writing a note telling i I his Intentions, fired a shot to break i j the lock on the cottage door and I invaded the bedroom of the newly- weds.
The Newcombs were just arising and were switching on lights when I McDonald started firing at New- ' comb. He emptied the clip of his automatic Into Newcomb's body, . killing him instantly. i   Mrs. Newcom rushed to a draw¬
er  and,   pulling  out  another  gttR fired   one   shot   at   the   intruder.. McDonald fled through the houa* with  his  former wife  In  pursuit.^ While h* ran he reloaded his gua.'^ Neighbora Summoned Poliee
At the front door McDonald turned and fired two ahoU, killiiUt) Mrs. Newcomb. Then be sh«» himself twice in the chest and tm critically wounded. Despite hiv wounds he succeeded in crawling: to her Sid*. He was lying beelaftl her when poUce, summoned k%| neighbors,  arrived.
At Fairmont Hospital, wherS J doctors fought to save hia life, Maa | Donald told of the shootings.
The note, found In his auton bile   parked  at  his   own   heme ^\ block  away  from  th*  N*weombjr' said  in part:   "Thi* la a tarHblT" thing  to  do  but  It'a  b**t  for concerned.
•Dorothy has left m* and I **¦• J not live without her.
"I lov* her so much and bav forgiven  her   fer   going  eut  witl , other men so many Um**, but tbis] Is th* and.
"May God  forgive me.   I am coward and have not the cour to fight it out.   The only way it possible to get aom* r*st 1* tbrowAl drink."
Diapatchea from Euro¬ pean countriea are note aubject   to   cenaorahlp.
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