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r~MUNDY FORCES SWEEP TO STATE VICTORY SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 8 A.M. SUNDAY THE WEATHER Generally fair and warmor except J for scattered thundershoners this afternoon. Monday fair. FIFTY-SIX PAGES The Onlj Sunday Newspaper Covering tha Wyoming Valley WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1934 XnteTed at Wllkea-Baira, Pa.. Aa Second Claaa Uall Matter PRICE TEN (ENTS CHECK CASE ORDERED MINERS COURT HERE State Executive- Committee Choices Of Democracy Go To Local Chairman AlOED BY SCRANTON Strategic Advantage Is Won Against Carroll And In Pittston - Avoca Contest VOTE 4 TO 2 2fiOO Rescued As Floods Rise Sioux City, la., June 9—UP— T\vo thousand persons, driven Into the atreets when flood watera on three river overflowed were under care of relief officers tonlKht followinf? a 60-hour de- liise. The BIr Sioux and Floyd rivers and Perry Creek, which a week ago were only staKnant |) 0 o 1 s after a seven-month drought, overflowed 20 milea from Sioux City northward, in¬ undating farm lands and hulld- iiiKS. Drought damage waa tcm- liorarlly halted throughout the State except in one section ot the aoiithweat by rains in the laat 4S houra. *r HarrlshuiK. Pa., June 9.—Kore- caBla that mlKht better be called estaliliahod facts were set in order here tonight In the aftermalh of the meeting of Penn.sylvania State committeemen and Committeewo¬ men of the Democratic Party, Mperlally In the bitterly contestid dlatrlrt ol Luzerne nnd Lacka¬ wanna counties. Almost of eiiu.Tl Importance with the aeating of a new State Chairman were the pre¬ liminaries to settlement of dlaputea between the Carrol-Keho hl-parti- sanltg of Luzerne county and County Chairman Leo C. Mundy, Rooupvelt app.iintment to Internal Revenue Collector. Mundy's sharp edge In cutting the tape of discord was put into plain evidence. ¦ft'hnt might be expected of deci¬ sions in the effort of the Carrollites to displace .Vlundy. aa well as in the Mundy efforts to obtiiln' what he claims to be only fairness in recog¬ nition of Alice O'Brien as commit¬ teewoman in the seat temporarily held hy .Mi«. (Gertrude Callahan of Pittstun, should be read between the lines of reports covering one pha.se of today's elections. The .Mundy forces awept to vivid vic¬ tory In their nominations to the Democratic State Executive Com¬ mittee, next in Importance lo the chairmanship itselt. Mundy Nominaea Win Luzoine and Lackawanna counties compose the Seventh Dis¬ trict in the Executive Committee •elections. Candidates for thia committee were John A. Riley of Sugar .Notch, Mrs. Nellie Burchell of Scranton. Mra. White of Scran¬ lon and Krank .McCormick of Han¬ over Township. Itiley and Mra. Burchell. Jointly backed by Luzerne Chairman Mundy and Lackawanna Chairman Hugh Itrady, won by a vote of lour lo two. Following nominal ions by State Committee¬ man Patrick Duffy, the Rlley-Bur- chell candidacies received aupport •' .Mr. Duffy of the Twrnty-flrat District. Mrs. Theodosia Kollenda "I Nanticoke, Mrs. Loftus ot Scran¬ lon and Joseph Brennan of Carbon- a*'*. The .McCormick-VVhIle caii- 'lldacles for the Executive Commit¬ tee received the votes of Mrs. Gertrude Callahan ot Pittston and Attorney Cletus Rogan or Hazleton, •"* latter holding the proxy of o'ste Committeeman Joaeph Dria- joll of Plymouth. Tlie aupport of l^uierne County Commlaaioner J^o'in A. Carroll nnd Luzerno County Asaeaaor .Tohn (Continued on Page E LOST TO WH BY STATE POLICE Nearby York State Combed For Trace Of Machine With 7 Persons Aboard SP A TRAP Reports To President That He Signed Wrong Code For The Retail Stores BOMB TO NRA ITS RADIO SILENT Roosevelt Carries Second Trouble Maker To Study On His Weekend Cruise 2 PARTS APPROVED Buffnlo. N. y., June 10.—UP- Kfforts to contact by radio a giant American Airways plane, mlaslng aince it left Newark airport eight hours ago, have heen futile, the local American Airways oflice announced early today. The plane waa equipped with radio and carried aeven per¬ sons, including four passengers, two pilots and a atewardess, according to the local Alrwaya ofllce. Kehoe C, Sec. went 1) Newark, N. J., June 10.—UP—A giant Curtlas Condor transport plane ot American Air Lines which left here at 4 p. m. yesterday tor Chicago la reported missing. The plane, reported to be carrying four pnaaengers besides ita pilot and co¬ pilot, waa scheduled to have stopped nt Syracuae. N. V., at 6:30 p. m. Several houra after that time, when It failed to arrive there, David I. Cooper, ot Oneida, N. Y., manager of the operating line, reported the fact to New York State Police who aent out a teletype alarm. The plane also waa acheduled to make atopa at Buffalo and t^leve- land. According to word received at the airport a search ia being made for the airliner between Oneida and Albany, N. Y. The namea ot the passengera were not immediately available. The plane was piloted by Clyde Holbrook of Chicago and carried aa co-pilot a man named Barron, also of Chicago. No mail waa carried. Raliili Schmidt, local manager of the line, said every effort was be¬ ing made to locate the plane. Last contact was at 4:30 when It re¬ ported everything O. K. over New- burgh, N. Y. JOBS FOR 100,000 ¦Wasiiington, June 9.—UP—Krank C. Wright, director of Public Works .^dmlnistration's Division ot Trans¬ portation Loana, reported today that more than 100,000 men and women have again been given employment under PWA's loana to railroad com¬ panies. "Thla phase of the PWA program," said Wright, "la going full blaat; the first to reach peak production of employment." Before the end of the year. It is expected that nearly all of the $200,000,000 allotted for railroad loana will have been spent. SCORES ARE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE BLAST San Salvador. June 9.—UP—.More ;,*" '"ty persons killed were Iden- ined In the hurricane-atricken San oaivador diatrict. Many others are "'lieved dead. Torrential rains "inipered and almoat halted relief "^ork. Ofnclals were unable to eati- mate the total dead In a wide area *f acted. tllatrk-ta to the weat and north of "Kucigalpa, capital of Honduras, ""ered the greatest damage in that country. al.ao struck by the hurrl- '"le. Santa Rosa Copan waa im- Mrlllert hy floods. Progreaao waa •'most enllrelj- inundated. Banana plantations in the Satlago area were under water and fears were ex¬ pressed for Choluteca, in the south. Communication lines were down. Plmienta waa almost wiped ^out by floods along the Ulua river. Hundreds ot head ot cattle drowned. Water was trom six to fltteen feet near Vila Nueva. Many small towns were wiped out ;ind, with communications disrupted estimates of the high caaualtlea were linposaihlc. Autiutiltics feared lypliold and dysentery epidemics unless the heavy rain stopped. . By LYLE A. BOOKOVER (Copyright, 1934, by United Press) Washington June 9.—UP—Clar¬ ence Darrow's famous Blue Eagle Review Board tossed another bomb¬ shell Into the Adralnlatratlon's lap today by reporting to President Rooaevelt that the Retail Store Code algned by him was not the one accepted hy the industry. The aecond Darrow report. It waa learn¬ ed, charges that the Retail Code waa changed In transit from NRA headquarters to the White House. President Roosevelt carried the second report of the committee headed by Darrow on hia week-end erulae aboard the yacht Sequoia. He expected to study it over the week¬ end. The Darrow board's firat report, a bitter attack on parts of the Na¬ tional Recovery Administration's work, concerned Itself cliiefly with alleged monopolistic tendencies of the NRA. W. O. Thompson, former law partner of Darrow, waa the only member who refused to sign the second report. He would not sign because he believes the review work la aiming toward better devlcea for control of bualness, a procedure which he thinks la futile. Unfair To Little Fellow The second report denounces failure to place small business men on code authorities, flays alloca¬ tion ot production in the cement in¬ dustry, condemns certain provisions ot the lumber code, and reiterates the board's previous condemnation of price ffxing. It was learned. In connection with Its report on the cement Industry, Darrow's board pointed out that the large planta had 10 operate at capacity betore smaller competltora could expand their production. Darrow aald that the code authority waa controlled by the large Intereata, making It almost impoasible for the amaller concerna to obtain an equitable share of available buainesa. The second report reviewed the codea for 13 industrlos. In addition to the eight reported upon previ¬ ously. Only code to eacape vigor¬ ous criticism was that for the petroleum Induatry, of which Secre¬ tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes Is controlling authority. The board complimented him for his able ad¬ ministration. Scathingly the board dissected the Retail Code. "Evidence showa the Retail Code signed by the President waa not the one accepted by the Industry," eald the second report. Only two parts of the Retail Code received fie endorsement of Dar¬ row and his fellows. They were: Two Parts Approved 1. The losa-leader provisions, found "really desirable." They prohibit selling goods below coat to attract customers. 2. Mark-up provisions. which add ten percent to Invoice or de¬ livery coats to Insure payment ot code wages. The board attacked price fixing In the lumber code, as well as pro¬ vision for uniform cost accounting which, they said, was unfair to small mill operators. "Many small operators claim they could sell for one-half the lowest reasonable coat as specified in the code and atill make a decent profit,' the report explained. It condemned the cost Item for IConlinued on Page 6, Sec. I) ' Oh, Yes, He Has Plenty Bananas East Orange, N. J., June 9.— I'P — Tluee-year-old Richard Alan Zeleny tonight made his bid for fame by disclosing, through his father, Stephen, that he la the world banana-eating champion, with exactly 14.140 banunaa to ills credit. Because ot abdominal inflation. Richard could not take the foods usually aerved to chil¬ dren. He eats only bananas. "If it hadn't been tor the bananaa, Richard would not be alive to¬ day," said Zeleny. "He averages '21 bananas a day. Milk nnd other baby tood make him sick." *r Dionne Babies Still Gaining ^* GIVEN NEW HOPE BY THE POWERS United States And Japan Improve Relationships Says A Tokio Report DIPLOMATS MEET Tokyo. June 9.—UP—Prospects of a personal conference between President Roosevelt and Japanese statesmen In Hawaii when the President visits the islands this Summer were greeted by Intense In¬ tereat today in official circles. Un¬ official reaction was highly favor¬ able. While the government has not been officially advised that the Prealdent Is inclined to favor such conversations, United Press dis¬ patches from Waahington regard¬ ing the posalbility of a meeting were received with extreme favor. It was believed here that If such a meeting were held. It would go far toward clearing up the atmosphere ot Japanese-American relations. In¬ cluding naval problems, Japanese Immigration, trade, the future posi¬ tion of the Philippinea. tlie Integrity of China, the "open door" In the Orient and recognition of Manchu¬ kuo. N STEEL Fiery Letter To Roosevelt From Union Dissenters Is Reply To Peace Plan JOHNSON SORRY North Bay. Ont., June 9.—UP —-•Vlthough "doing wonderfully well," the Dlnnne quintuplets are not yet out of danger and will not be for nt leaat another month. Dr. A. R. DaFoe reported today. Marie, regarded aa the weakest, la holding her own at one pound ten ounces. Emlle tipped the scales at one pound thirteen and a half ounces, Cecile at two pounds and Annette nt two pounds, five and a halt ounces. Y^vonne is the heavy¬ weight of the five with a weight ot two pounda, eight ounces. The hahle.s' mother will be allowed to see them In a few daya. Hints Of Rump Leadership In Sudden Withdrawal From Conference Room CRISIS THURSDAY Geneva, June 9—UP—A meeting between President Koosevelt and Japanese atateamen In Hawaii would have international repercuaslons of utmost importance. League of Na¬ tions circles said today. Intensely interested in the pros¬ pects ot such a meeting, they de¬ clared the 1935 Naval Conference certainly would fall unleas the United Statea and Japan settle ths political aspects of the problem be¬ forehand. More Peacs Moves Rome, June 9—UP—One ot the most important moves toward European peace in recent yeara may develop from a projected meet¬ ing on Monday between rulers ot Germany and Italy. Diplomatic sources said Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy and Chancellor Adolf Hiller of Germany would meet in Italy on Monday, although the Foreign Offlce refused to confirm it. The meeting was expected to oc¬ cur in Venice. Afterward, Foreign Minister Louis Barthou of France probably will meet Mussolini In Rome, making it an informal con¬ ference belween the chief European nations, following his meeting with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England in London late in June or early in July. Barthou was understood to be particularly eager to prevent an Italo-German rapproachment which might be the nucleus of a new con¬ tinental bloc to counteract France's recent agreement with Rusala and the Little Entente. Barlhou's visit will be the flrst by a French Foreign Minister to Italy aince Mussolini became head ot the Italian government. Gain for Rusala Bucharest, Roumania, June 9. - UP—A significant development In European diplomatic maneuvers waa seen tonight In the action of the Roumanian cabinet, which rati¬ fied the government decision to recognize Soviet Russia. The acllon confirmed United Press dispatches of a week ago forecaatlng such ac¬ tion and predicting that the Llltle Enteule—Roumanlt, Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia—would extend dip¬ lomatic recognition to the Com- muiilat Slale. Some obaervera have considered thia action, in connection with re¬ cent agreement hetween Russia .tContlnued uu I'a«e 0, Sec. i) I WashinKton, June 9.—UP— The Adniinlstratiori's efforts to end the threat of a strike in America's vast steel Industry broke up tonight In a cross-fire of bitter ch.argea and counter charges by union leadera and Recovery Administration of¬ ficials. The net result waa union rejec¬ tion of fien. Hugh S. Jolinson'a peace plan in a scathing letter to President Roosevelt and, in reply, a statement by Recovery Admlnla- trator Johnaon saying ho had done his best. The steel labor leadera called Johnson's strike settlement proposal an "insult" to the in¬ dustry's 100,000 workera seeking the 30-hour week. The tone ot Johnson's reply was one of aorrow, rather than ot anger, in response to an open letter ot the union chieftains, demanding that the President toss Johnson's pro¬ posals in "the waste basket." "They simply refused what was offered lliem," Johnson said, after the rank and file menibera of the union had written their letter to the President. Most of them had left the city before Johnson com¬ pleted hia statement. "Why, the fact is that I offered these men an opportunity to name a committee ot tive,.to sit witli me through Saturday atternoon and all day Sunday, it necessary, to work thia problem out." the Recovery Administrator continued. "They refused thla. "My consolation in the matter Is that even though they co-^t'eded the complete abaence of any authority to do or agree anything, we went to the ultimate ot our authority to do the best we could for them. "I hope the men they represent will understand this." Calls Letter Unofficial Johnson aaid the sizzling letter to Mr. Roosevelt, complaining about the non-settlement of the projected steel strike, had not been signed by any "authorized official" of Amalgamated Associalion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. The men who did sign It, mem¬ bers ot the Rank and File Com¬ mittee ot the union, apparently do not understand the law, Johnson added. ^ "My efforta were altogether con¬ fined to trying to explain to these men what Ihey could do to obtain the beneflta of the Recovery Acl," the General said. "They did not .seem to be interested in having this done for them." Johnson's lengthy statement call¬ ed the plan he presented lo the union a "revolutionary advance In the attitude of the steel industry." He aaid the union men "inia- concelved the rights and duties of thia Adminialration" and said they had reversed the fact when they charged Johnson wilh attempting lo lighten "company union cliaina." "They can get their rights nnd 1 think they know that," Johnaon said, "but they cannot utilize tho governmeni to force a parlicular form ot organization of nny group ot employees unless that group chooses 11. A Hurried Decision "When they say they had to re¬ ject traps set for them they do a craas Injustice lo an Adminialra¬ tion which stands ready at all tmes to insure to them or to any Labor group, lo the full exlent of Federal autiiority, any right guar¬ anteed to them under the law." Despite nil the argumenis and bitter words," Johnson said he was (Continued on Puge 6, Sec, 1) Many Motor Collisions In Valley Keep The Police Busy In Investigation DRIVERS ARE HELD Eleven children, from IS months to 14 years old, were Injured in ac¬ cidents yesterday, according to re- linrts fi'om W.\'omlng \'alley hoa- pitals. A Lackawanna county man was killed when run down by a truck. Two small boya fell trom porches yesterday atternoon in different sec- lions of the valley. Both accidents occurred at about the aame time. James Beverly Kelly, 3 years old. 240 South Hancock street, received a fracture ot the right leg when dropped trom the porch at his home. Tlie inisliap took place at one oclock. Body contusions were suffered by William Smith, IS montlis old, 42 Harriet street, Hllldale, when he fell from a porch, located 20 feet above the ground. Both children were ad¬ mitted to General hospital for treat¬ ment. The Smith accident wus re¬ ported about ten minutes atte'r young Kelly was injured. Two sisters, Elsie Thomaa, 11, and Catherine Thomas, 14, ot 209 Lehlgli street, suffered brush burns last niyiit shortly before 9 oilock when Ihey were struck by an aulomobile at Paik avenue and Lehigh streets. Both were treated at Wyoming Val¬ ley ilomeopathic hospital. Joseph Glasser, 28, ot 189 Loomis streei, driver ot the automobile, was released under $300 bail at 11 oclock last night by Alderman Ilay J. I'uusl. According to the report ot .Motorcycle Utticur Michael Kmctz, Glasser was driving nortli on Park avenue and was slowing down tor t| dtoppeil trolley car at Leliigh sireet wiicn the two girls came trom be¬ hind llie streei car. Killed By Truck While endeavoring to alight from a truck yesterday atternoon, Kd¬ ward Long, 36, ot 816 .Maple street, Scranton, was instantly killed when the vehicle passed over his body. Ualph Knott, also ot Scranlon, driver ot the truck, was arrested on a charge ot involuntary manslaugh¬ ter. Kight writs injuries were suffered by Herman Duolp, 12, of 74 Andover street, when he fell on steps. Sheldon .McGingley, 264 High street, tell while stepping into a machine yesterday. His left leg Is lacerated. The boy is 9 years old. Alice Wallser, 8, of 150 Parrish street, was treated at Mercy hos¬ pital tor left leg lacerations, caused when scratched and bitten by a tat as she was leaving a slore. While playing wilh a fish hook. Edward Adamskl, 3, of 6 Spring sireet, accidentally forced it into the middle finger of ills right hand. Assisting his father at work in the yard, Kdward Cavanaugh Jr., 3 years old, of 21 Daisy lane, suffered a nose laceration when accidentally struck by an Instrument used by tlie parent. Leonard Coles, 30, of 174 Hazle sireet, caught by a fall of rock last night in Loomis mine, suffered left toot injuries. A fracture of the right nrm was received by Thomas Mulherin, 51, ot rear 4 Orchard street, Kingston, while engaged In a fight, according to a hospital report. Right arm Injuries were suffered (Continued uu Pa^e 6, Sec. I) ^ DENY OLD UNION'S PLANS EOR DELA Y OF DUES PROTEST Representative Of Lewis Group Is Defeated In Petition To Postpjne To Next Term And Thursdag Of This Week Is Set For Case Bg Order Of President Judge McLean HUGE PAYMENT IS INVOLVED Whetliir Glen Alden Coal Com¬ pany a.'Iod legally last Fall in de¬ ducting $16,000 In union dues trom pay enveloiies of employees who afniiated wilh United Anthracite Minora of Pennsylvania will be argued before Luzerne county court on Thursday. New union battle lines—drawn up during tlie past week in anticipa lion of court hearing tomorrow- morning—were slackened laat night when it was learned that i'residenl Judge WiUiam S. Mrl.pan had yes¬ terda.v granted Attorney Roger Dever, counsel for Dlatrict 1, United Mine Workers ot America, a continuance until Thuraday. At¬ torney Dever, who must appear In Schuylkill count.v court toniorrow tor seveial hearings, asked tliat the local issue be postponed until the next term ot lOquity court, but this request was vlgrously opposed by Attorneys E. C. Marlanelli, James Stack and Charlea B. Lenahan, counsel for tho miners involved. Thoy aueceeded In having Thura¬ day act as the time tor all parties to appear. Intcrost In the union dues litiga¬ tion, which dates hack to the infancy ot United Anthracite Miners last Fall, runs high among the ranks of both unions, and c oal companies as well. Mine workers who Joined the new union were urged by of¬ ficers not to turn Into the pay officea ot coal companiea the cou¬ pons received In their pay, repre¬ senting $1 a month union duea. These coupons, under the "check¬ off" s«i«etom of union dues collection prescribed b.v the existing contract between the United Mine Workers ot America and anthracite operators are exchangeable, with the United Mine Workers treasury receiving $1 In cash for every coupon col¬ lected at the colliery pay window. Halt To Save Costs When new union members first began to withhold coupons, the Glen Alden Coal Conipany con¬ tinued to make dues deductions from their envelopes, this money being returned, however, by the company treasurer. Some time later, new union otflclals indicated that thousands of assumpsit aulta would be atarted ag<ainst Glen Alden Coal Company hy the membors from whose pay envelopes the money was deducted. It this pl;in had gone through with judgment entered for the employees Ihe coal company would have been liable tor pay¬ ment ot costs In the neighborhood ot $4.50 for each case. Compulsory deduction of union dues was then atopiiod hy tiie coal company with the reault that suit waa threatened in turn by the United Mine V.'orkera of .\merlc.'i against the Glen Alden. To check this action the compaijy filed an interpleader In court, asking that the proposed filing of individual suita be restrained and expressing the desire to turn the $16,000 In I duea which had accumulated up until that time. Into court for dts¬ position to the parly rightfully en¬ titled lo the money. Judge W. Alfred Valenlne grant¬ ed a preliminary Injunction to the company, restraining the Institu¬ tion of individual suits. Tomorrow waa originally fixed aa tlie time to determine whether a permanent in¬ junction should be ordered. Long Delay Denied During the paat veek, new union offlclala and their attorneys devoted considerable time to prcp.-iring for argument and lining up witnesses from various Glen AMen collieries. In aome circlea last ni,«lit it was reported that the new union standa an excellence chance of securing a court order directing that tlie duea he returned to the employees on the grounds that it ia their right¬ fully earned money and the quea¬ tion of what union they wish to pay it to aa duea la a matter entirely up to their own judgment. Since the Glen Alden Coal Com¬ pany discontinued deducting union dues trom pay envelopes. United Mine Workers organizers and mem¬ bers have been canvassing Glen Alden employees urging them to sign cards instructing the coal company to deduct $1 a month from their pay envelopes. This praclice haa been vigorously opposed by the new union wilh throats of court action being made in Instances where now union members declared their signatures were forged to these cards. One regular union leader was arrested and held under $500 bail on a forgery charge. With delay to next term ot court denied, the matter la forced to hearing on Thursday of this wook. To Speed Hearings Efforts to conclude grievance hearings by Umpire James A. Gor¬ man of Anthracite Conciliation Board within the next month will be started tomorrow at Scranlon where the first increaaed dally calender of complaints filed by United Anthracite Miners ot Penn¬ sylvania will be heard. From tomorrow until July B, when the fin;il he.irings should he held under the new plan. Umpire Gorman will hear from twenty-five to thirty grievances each day In¬ stead of calendara ranging front fifteen to twenty complainta. Until tlie end of this month alternate hearings will be held in Wilkes- Barre, the board sitting on Mon¬ day, Wednesday and P'riday at Scranton. nnd Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in this city. The final full week of hearings tor Wilkes-Barre came lo a close yesterday with arraignment of eleven coniplaints originating at the Lance and Avondale collierlei of Glen .^klon Coal Conipany. Com- (Contlnued on Page 6, Sec. 1) BOMBERS IN AUSTRIA THREATEN CIVIL WAR Vienna, Austria. Sunday, June 10. — UP— Terroristi'* activities. In¬ cluding attempta lo bomb govern¬ ment offices, continued early today with a series of explosiona tlirough¬ out Vienna. Afler midnight there were explosiona at intervals through¬ out the capital. The heaviest blast demollahed tho entrance to a Jewish aynagogue In the Seventh District. Hundreds of windows were shat¬ lered. Outrages climaxed a week of bombings which set a high record for numher and extent of damage since the "civil wiir" avainal Nazis and Socialists broke oul several months ago. The sabotage was at¬ tributed by oflicials to Nazis war¬ ring against the governnient. The latest attempt included $10,- OOO damage lo one of the water- intake pressure pipes of the power house supplying electricity to th» Arlbere railway, ^he Senimerinc automobile higliwul was bombed aiid damaged at m.'iy points. A performance of Wagner's "Dl« Walkure" at the Slate ^pera houi« waa interrupted tonight when tear- gaa bombs were thrown Into th* auditurium. { I
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 06 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1934 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1934-06-10 |
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r~MUNDY FORCES SWEEP TO STATE VICTORY
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 8 A.M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Generally fair and warmor except J for scattered thundershoners this afternoon. Monday fair.
FIFTY-SIX PAGES
The Onlj Sunday Newspaper Covering tha Wyoming Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1934
XnteTed at Wllkea-Baira, Pa.. Aa Second Claaa Uall Matter
PRICE TEN (ENTS
CHECK CASE
ORDERED
MINERS COURT HERE
State Executive- Committee Choices Of Democracy Go To Local Chairman
AlOED BY SCRANTON
Strategic Advantage Is Won Against Carroll And In Pittston - Avoca Contest
VOTE 4 TO 2
2fiOO Rescued
As Floods Rise
Sioux City, la., June 9—UP— T\vo thousand persons, driven Into the atreets when flood watera on three river overflowed were under care of relief officers tonlKht followinf? a 60-hour de- liise. The BIr Sioux and Floyd rivers and Perry Creek, which a week ago were only staKnant |) 0 o 1 s after a seven-month drought, overflowed 20 milea from Sioux City northward, in¬ undating farm lands and hulld- iiiKS. Drought damage waa tcm- liorarlly halted throughout the State except in one section ot the aoiithweat by rains in the laat 4S houra.
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HarrlshuiK. Pa., June 9.—Kore- caBla that mlKht better be called estaliliahod facts were set in order here tonight In the aftermalh of the meeting of Penn.sylvania State committeemen and Committeewo¬ men of the Democratic Party, Mperlally In the bitterly contestid dlatrlrt ol Luzerne nnd Lacka¬ wanna counties. Almost of eiiu.Tl Importance with the aeating of a new State Chairman were the pre¬ liminaries to settlement of dlaputea between the Carrol-Keho hl-parti- sanltg of Luzerne county and County Chairman Leo C. Mundy, Rooupvelt app.iintment to Internal Revenue Collector. Mundy's sharp edge In cutting the tape of discord was put into plain evidence.
¦ft'hnt might be expected of deci¬ sions in the effort of the Carrollites to displace .Vlundy. aa well as in the Mundy efforts to obtiiln' what he claims to be only fairness in recog¬ nition of Alice O'Brien as commit¬ teewoman in the seat temporarily held hy .Mi«. (Gertrude Callahan of Pittstun, should be read between the lines of reports covering one pha.se of today's elections. The .Mundy forces awept to vivid vic¬ tory In their nominations to the Democratic State Executive Com¬ mittee, next in Importance lo the chairmanship itselt.
Mundy Nominaea Win
Luzoine and Lackawanna counties compose the Seventh Dis¬ trict in the Executive Committee •elections. Candidates for thia committee were John A. Riley of Sugar .Notch, Mrs. Nellie Burchell of Scranton. Mra. White of Scran¬ lon and Krank .McCormick of Han¬ over Township. Itiley and Mra. Burchell. Jointly backed by Luzerne Chairman Mundy and Lackawanna Chairman Hugh Itrady, won by a vote of lour lo two. Following nominal ions by State Committee¬ man Patrick Duffy, the Rlley-Bur- chell candidacies received aupport •' .Mr. Duffy of the Twrnty-flrat District. Mrs. Theodosia Kollenda "I Nanticoke, Mrs. Loftus ot Scran¬ lon and Joseph Brennan of Carbon- a*'*. The .McCormick-VVhIle caii- 'lldacles for the Executive Commit¬ tee received the votes of Mrs. Gertrude Callahan ot Pittston and Attorney Cletus Rogan or Hazleton, •"* latter holding the proxy of o'ste Committeeman Joaeph Dria- joll of Plymouth. Tlie aupport of l^uierne County Commlaaioner J^o'in A. Carroll nnd Luzerno County Asaeaaor .Tohn (Continued on Page
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LOST TO WH BY STATE POLICE
Nearby York State Combed For Trace Of Machine With 7 Persons Aboard
SP
A TRAP
Reports To President That He Signed Wrong Code For The Retail Stores
BOMB TO NRA
ITS RADIO SILENT
Roosevelt Carries Second Trouble Maker To Study On His Weekend Cruise
2 PARTS APPROVED
Buffnlo. N. y., June 10.—UP- Kfforts to contact by radio a giant American Airways plane, mlaslng aince it left Newark airport eight hours ago, have heen futile, the local American Airways oflice announced early today. The plane waa equipped with radio and carried aeven per¬ sons, including four passengers, two pilots and a atewardess, according to the local Alrwaya ofllce.
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Newark, N. J., June 10.—UP—A giant Curtlas Condor transport plane ot American Air Lines which left here at 4 p. m. yesterday tor Chicago la reported missing. The plane, reported to be carrying four pnaaengers besides ita pilot and co¬ pilot, waa scheduled to have stopped nt Syracuae. N. V., at 6:30 p. m. Several houra after that time, when It failed to arrive there, David I. Cooper, ot Oneida, N. Y., manager of the operating line, reported the fact to New York State Police who aent out a teletype alarm.
The plane also waa acheduled to make atopa at Buffalo and t^leve- land. According to word received at the airport a search ia being made for the airliner between Oneida and Albany, N. Y. The namea ot the passengera were not immediately available.
The plane was piloted by Clyde Holbrook of Chicago and carried aa co-pilot a man named Barron, also of Chicago. No mail waa carried.
Raliili Schmidt, local manager of the line, said every effort was be¬ ing made to locate the plane. Last contact was at 4:30 when It re¬ ported everything O. K. over New- burgh, N. Y.
JOBS FOR 100,000 ¦Wasiiington, June 9.—UP—Krank C. Wright, director of Public Works .^dmlnistration's Division ot Trans¬ portation Loana, reported today that more than 100,000 men and women have again been given employment under PWA's loana to railroad com¬ panies. "Thla phase of the PWA program," said Wright, "la going full blaat; the first to reach peak production of employment." Before the end of the year. It is expected that nearly all of the $200,000,000 allotted for railroad loana will have been spent.
SCORES ARE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE BLAST
San Salvador. June 9.—UP—.More ;,*" '"ty persons killed were Iden- ined In the hurricane-atricken San oaivador diatrict. Many others are "'lieved dead. Torrential rains "inipered and almoat halted relief "^ork. Ofnclals were unable to eati- mate the total dead In a wide area *f acted.
tllatrk-ta to the weat and north of "Kucigalpa, capital of Honduras, ""ered the greatest damage in that country. al.ao struck by the hurrl- '"le. Santa Rosa Copan waa im- Mrlllert hy floods. Progreaao waa •'most enllrelj- inundated. Banana
plantations in the Satlago area were under water and fears were ex¬ pressed for Choluteca, in the south. Communication lines were down.
Plmienta waa almost wiped ^out by floods along the Ulua river. Hundreds ot head ot cattle drowned. Water was trom six to fltteen feet near Vila Nueva.
Many small towns were wiped out ;ind, with communications disrupted estimates of the high caaualtlea were linposaihlc. Autiutiltics feared lypliold and dysentery epidemics unless the heavy rain stopped. .
By LYLE A. BOOKOVER
(Copyright, 1934, by United Press)
Washington June 9.—UP—Clar¬ ence Darrow's famous Blue Eagle Review Board tossed another bomb¬ shell Into the Adralnlatratlon's lap today by reporting to President Rooaevelt that the Retail Store Code algned by him was not the one accepted hy the industry. The aecond Darrow report. It waa learn¬ ed, charges that the Retail Code waa changed In transit from NRA headquarters to the White House.
President Roosevelt carried the second report of the committee headed by Darrow on hia week-end erulae aboard the yacht Sequoia. He expected to study it over the week¬ end.
The Darrow board's firat report, a bitter attack on parts of the Na¬ tional Recovery Administration's work, concerned Itself cliiefly with alleged monopolistic tendencies of the NRA.
W. O. Thompson, former law partner of Darrow, waa the only member who refused to sign the second report. He would not sign because he believes the review work la aiming toward better devlcea for control of bualness, a procedure which he thinks la futile.
Unfair To Little Fellow
The second report denounces failure to place small business men on code authorities, flays alloca¬ tion ot production in the cement in¬ dustry, condemns certain provisions ot the lumber code, and reiterates the board's previous condemnation of price ffxing. It was learned.
In connection with Its report on the cement Industry, Darrow's board pointed out that the large planta had 10 operate at capacity betore smaller competltora could expand their production. Darrow aald that the code authority waa controlled by the large Intereata, making It almost impoasible for the amaller concerna to obtain an equitable share of available buainesa.
The second report reviewed the codea for 13 industrlos. In addition to the eight reported upon previ¬ ously. Only code to eacape vigor¬ ous criticism was that for the petroleum Induatry, of which Secre¬ tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes Is controlling authority. The board complimented him for his able ad¬ ministration.
Scathingly the board dissected the Retail Code.
"Evidence showa the Retail Code signed by the President waa not the one accepted by the Industry," eald the second report.
Only two parts of the Retail Code received fie endorsement of Dar¬ row and his fellows. They were:
Two Parts Approved
1. The losa-leader provisions, found "really desirable." They prohibit selling goods below coat to attract customers.
2. Mark-up provisions. which add ten percent to Invoice or de¬ livery coats to Insure payment ot code wages.
The board attacked price fixing In the lumber code, as well as pro¬ vision for uniform cost accounting which, they said, was unfair to small mill operators.
"Many small operators claim they could sell for one-half the lowest reasonable coat as specified in the code and atill make a decent profit,' the report explained.
It condemned the cost Item for
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Oh, Yes, He Has Plenty Bananas
East Orange, N. J., June 9.— I'P — Tluee-year-old Richard Alan Zeleny tonight made his bid for fame by disclosing, through his father, Stephen, that he la the world banana-eating champion, with exactly 14.140 banunaa to ills credit. Because ot abdominal inflation. Richard could not take the foods usually aerved to chil¬ dren. He eats only bananas. "If it hadn't been tor the bananaa, Richard would not be alive to¬ day," said Zeleny. "He averages '21 bananas a day. Milk nnd other baby tood make him sick."
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Still Gaining
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GIVEN NEW HOPE BY THE POWERS
United States And Japan Improve Relationships Says A Tokio Report
DIPLOMATS MEET
Tokyo. June 9.—UP—Prospects of a personal conference between President Roosevelt and Japanese statesmen In Hawaii when the President visits the islands this Summer were greeted by Intense In¬ tereat today in official circles. Un¬ official reaction was highly favor¬ able.
While the government has not been officially advised that the Prealdent Is inclined to favor such conversations, United Press dis¬ patches from Waahington regard¬ ing the posalbility of a meeting were received with extreme favor.
It was believed here that If such a meeting were held. It would go far toward clearing up the atmosphere ot Japanese-American relations. In¬ cluding naval problems, Japanese Immigration, trade, the future posi¬ tion of the Philippinea. tlie Integrity of China, the "open door" In the Orient and recognition of Manchu¬ kuo.
N STEEL
Fiery Letter To Roosevelt From Union Dissenters Is Reply To Peace Plan
JOHNSON SORRY
North Bay. Ont., June 9.—UP —-•Vlthough "doing wonderfully well," the Dlnnne quintuplets are not yet out of danger and will not be for nt leaat another month. Dr. A. R. DaFoe reported today. Marie, regarded aa the weakest, la holding her own at one pound ten ounces. Emlle tipped the scales at one pound thirteen and a half ounces, Cecile at two pounds and Annette nt two pounds, five and a halt ounces. Y^vonne is the heavy¬ weight of the five with a weight ot two pounda, eight ounces. The hahle.s' mother will be allowed to see them In a few daya.
Hints Of Rump Leadership In Sudden Withdrawal From Conference Room
CRISIS THURSDAY
Geneva, June 9—UP—A meeting between President Koosevelt and Japanese atateamen In Hawaii would have international repercuaslons of utmost importance. League of Na¬ tions circles said today.
Intensely interested in the pros¬ pects ot such a meeting, they de¬ clared the 1935 Naval Conference certainly would fall unleas the United Statea and Japan settle ths political aspects of the problem be¬ forehand.
More Peacs Moves
Rome, June 9—UP—One ot the most important moves toward European peace in recent yeara may develop from a projected meet¬ ing on Monday between rulers ot Germany and Italy.
Diplomatic sources said Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy and Chancellor Adolf Hiller of Germany would meet in Italy on Monday, although the Foreign Offlce refused to confirm it.
The meeting was expected to oc¬ cur in Venice. Afterward, Foreign Minister Louis Barthou of France probably will meet Mussolini In Rome, making it an informal con¬ ference belween the chief European nations, following his meeting with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England in London late in June or early in July.
Barthou was understood to be particularly eager to prevent an Italo-German rapproachment which might be the nucleus of a new con¬ tinental bloc to counteract France's recent agreement with Rusala and the Little Entente.
Barlhou's visit will be the flrst by a French Foreign Minister to Italy aince Mussolini became head ot the Italian government.
Gain for Rusala
Bucharest, Roumania, June 9. - UP—A significant development In European diplomatic maneuvers waa seen tonight In the action of the Roumanian cabinet, which rati¬ fied the government decision to recognize Soviet Russia. The acllon confirmed United Press dispatches of a week ago forecaatlng such ac¬ tion and predicting that the Llltle Enteule—Roumanlt, Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia—would extend dip¬ lomatic recognition to the Com- muiilat Slale.
Some obaervera have considered thia action, in connection with re¬ cent agreement hetween Russia
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WashinKton, June 9.—UP— The Adniinlstratiori's efforts to end the threat of a strike in America's vast steel Industry broke up tonight In a cross-fire of bitter ch.argea and counter charges by union leadera and Recovery Administration of¬ ficials.
The net result waa union rejec¬ tion of fien. Hugh S. Jolinson'a peace plan in a scathing letter to President Roosevelt and, in reply, a statement by Recovery Admlnla- trator Johnaon saying ho had done his best. The steel labor leadera called Johnson's strike settlement proposal an "insult" to the in¬ dustry's 100,000 workera seeking the 30-hour week.
The tone ot Johnson's reply was one of aorrow, rather than ot anger, in response to an open letter ot the union chieftains, demanding that the President toss Johnson's pro¬ posals in "the waste basket."
"They simply refused what was offered lliem," Johnson said, after the rank and file menibera of the union had written their letter to the President. Most of them had left the city before Johnson com¬ pleted hia statement.
"Why, the fact is that I offered these men an opportunity to name a committee ot tive,.to sit witli me through Saturday atternoon and all day Sunday, it necessary, to work thia problem out." the Recovery Administrator continued. "They refused thla. "My consolation in the matter Is that even though they co-^t'eded the complete abaence of any authority to do or agree anything, we went to the ultimate ot our authority to do the best we could for them.
"I hope the men they represent will understand this."
Calls Letter Unofficial Johnson aaid the sizzling letter to Mr. Roosevelt, complaining about the non-settlement of the projected steel strike, had not been signed by any "authorized official" of Amalgamated Associalion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
The men who did sign It, mem¬ bers ot the Rank and File Com¬ mittee ot the union, apparently do not understand the law, Johnson added. ^
"My efforta were altogether con¬ fined to trying to explain to these men what Ihey could do to obtain the beneflta of the Recovery Acl," the General said. "They did not .seem to be interested in having this done for them."
Johnson's lengthy statement call¬ ed the plan he presented lo the union a "revolutionary advance In the attitude of the steel industry." He aaid the union men "inia- concelved the rights and duties of thia Adminialration" and said they had reversed the fact when they charged Johnson wilh attempting lo lighten "company union cliaina." "They can get their rights nnd 1 think they know that," Johnaon said, "but they cannot utilize tho governmeni to force a parlicular form ot organization of nny group ot employees unless that group chooses 11.
A Hurried Decision "When they say they had to re¬ ject traps set for them they do a craas Injustice lo an Adminialra¬ tion which stands ready at all tmes to insure to them or to any Labor group, lo the full exlent of Federal autiiority, any right guar¬ anteed to them under the law." Despite nil the argumenis and bitter words," Johnson said he was (Continued on Puge 6, Sec, 1)
Many Motor Collisions In Valley Keep The Police Busy In Investigation
DRIVERS ARE HELD
Eleven children, from IS months to 14 years old, were Injured in ac¬ cidents yesterday, according to re- linrts fi'om W.\'omlng \'alley hoa- pitals. A Lackawanna county man was killed when run down by a truck.
Two small boya fell trom porches yesterday atternoon in different sec- lions of the valley. Both accidents occurred at about the aame time. James Beverly Kelly, 3 years old. 240 South Hancock street, received a fracture ot the right leg when dropped trom the porch at his home. Tlie inisliap took place at one oclock. Body contusions were suffered by William Smith, IS montlis old, 42 Harriet street, Hllldale, when he fell from a porch, located 20 feet above the ground. Both children were ad¬ mitted to General hospital for treat¬ ment. The Smith accident wus re¬ ported about ten minutes atte'r young Kelly was injured.
Two sisters, Elsie Thomaa, 11, and Catherine Thomas, 14, ot 209 Lehlgli street, suffered brush burns last niyiit shortly before 9 oilock when Ihey were struck by an aulomobile at Paik avenue and Lehigh streets. Both were treated at Wyoming Val¬ ley ilomeopathic hospital.
Joseph Glasser, 28, ot 189 Loomis streei, driver ot the automobile, was released under $300 bail at 11 oclock last night by Alderman Ilay J. I'uusl. According to the report ot .Motorcycle Utticur Michael Kmctz, Glasser was driving nortli on Park avenue and was slowing down tor t| dtoppeil trolley car at Leliigh sireet wiicn the two girls came trom be¬ hind llie streei car.
Killed By Truck While endeavoring to alight from a truck yesterday atternoon, Kd¬ ward Long, 36, ot 816 .Maple street, Scranton, was instantly killed when the vehicle passed over his body. Ualph Knott, also ot Scranlon, driver ot the truck, was arrested on a charge ot involuntary manslaugh¬ ter.
Kight writs injuries were suffered by Herman Duolp, 12, of 74 Andover street, when he fell on steps.
Sheldon .McGingley, 264 High street, tell while stepping into a machine yesterday. His left leg Is lacerated. The boy is 9 years old. Alice Wallser, 8, of 150 Parrish street, was treated at Mercy hos¬ pital tor left leg lacerations, caused when scratched and bitten by a tat as she was leaving a slore.
While playing wilh a fish hook. Edward Adamskl, 3, of 6 Spring sireet, accidentally forced it into the middle finger of ills right hand.
Assisting his father at work in the yard, Kdward Cavanaugh Jr., 3 years old, of 21 Daisy lane, suffered a nose laceration when accidentally struck by an Instrument used by tlie parent.
Leonard Coles, 30, of 174 Hazle sireet, caught by a fall of rock last night in Loomis mine, suffered left toot injuries.
A fracture of the right nrm was received by Thomas Mulherin, 51, ot rear 4 Orchard street, Kingston, while engaged In a fight, according to a hospital report.
Right arm Injuries were suffered (Continued uu Pa^e 6, Sec. I) ^
DENY OLD UNION'S PLANS EOR DELA Y OF DUES PROTEST
Representative Of Lewis Group Is Defeated In Petition To Postpjne To Next Term And Thursdag Of This Week Is Set For Case Bg Order Of President Judge McLean
HUGE PAYMENT IS INVOLVED
Whetliir Glen Alden Coal Com¬ pany a.'Iod legally last Fall in de¬ ducting $16,000 In union dues trom pay enveloiies of employees who afniiated wilh United Anthracite Minora of Pennsylvania will be argued before Luzerne county court on Thursday.
New union battle lines—drawn up during tlie past week in anticipa lion of court hearing tomorrow- morning—were slackened laat night when it was learned that i'residenl Judge WiUiam S. Mrl.pan had yes¬ terda.v granted Attorney Roger Dever, counsel for Dlatrict 1, United Mine Workers ot America, a continuance until Thuraday. At¬ torney Dever, who must appear In Schuylkill count.v court toniorrow tor seveial hearings, asked tliat the local issue be postponed until the next term ot lOquity court, but this request was vlgrously opposed by Attorneys E. C. Marlanelli, James Stack and Charlea B. Lenahan, counsel for tho miners involved. Thoy aueceeded In having Thura¬ day act as the time tor all parties to appear.
Intcrost In the union dues litiga¬ tion, which dates hack to the infancy ot United Anthracite Miners last Fall, runs high among the ranks of both unions, and c oal companies as well. Mine workers who Joined the new union were urged by of¬ ficers not to turn Into the pay officea ot coal companiea the cou¬ pons received In their pay, repre¬ senting $1 a month union duea. These coupons, under the "check¬ off" s«i«etom of union dues collection prescribed b.v the existing contract between the United Mine Workers ot America and anthracite operators are exchangeable, with the United Mine Workers treasury receiving $1 In cash for every coupon col¬ lected at the colliery pay window. Halt To Save Costs
When new union members first began to withhold coupons, the Glen Alden Coal Conipany con¬ tinued to make dues deductions from their envelopes, this money being returned, however, by the company treasurer. Some time later, new union otflclals indicated that thousands of assumpsit aulta would be atarted ag |
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