Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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4TH YEAR, NO. U--44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, I'A., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
NAZIS LOSE 4 PLANES IN FIRST MASS RAID 100 DEAD AFTER REDS' WORST AIR iTTACKS
Democrats Force Wide Open State Primary Campaign
Guffey  '
Refused
Support
Party Rules Cut "To Avoid Enttersing Candidate for Senate
MUNDY ATTACKS
Convention Urges Third Term for President Roosevelt
Not for Dancing
Harrishurg, Feb. t (UP)—The Pennsylvania nominating conven¬ tion unanimously urged "with ut¬ most insistency" today that Presi¬ dent Roosevelt run for a third term bul refused to support the second term aspirations of Sen. Joseph F. Guffey.
Acceding to pressure from state leaders, the state committee re¬ frained from endorsement of pri¬ mary candidates for senator and two state fiscal offices, suspending clcsr-cut parly rules that such action  be  taken.
Departure from established party procedure was an attempt to spike what appeared to be an almost cer¬ tain primary fight between Guffey i
snd Ihe slate committee's nominee,       Dr.    Ira    C,    Miller,    slate which   state   and   national   leaders   demologist, and three special nurses feared    would    mean    default    of , °' "'e Stale Department of Health Pennsylvania   Id   the    presidential   ''»^« "**" assigned permanentl.v lo election. .Mundy Nearly Stampede*
Mobilize Figlit For Farm Money
Prepare Demand for Senate to Restore Slasli in House
DOUBT SUCCESS
Remember them'.' They're hobnailed shoes left over from first World War and 55,000 pairs of them are being distributed In New York to WPA workers.    Federal Commodities Division dug them out for distribution.
Meningitis Strikes 4 More Persons Here
First Two Cases Found in Hazleton; State Aid Comes
epi-
Luzerne counly, it was learned last
nighl, following report of four new
_.,„.. ! cerebro-spinal   meningitis   cases   in
Senator Leo C. Mundy of Wilkes- ! les, than 24 hours.   These made a
Barre came cloSe to stampeding the state committee Into bolting the Kelly-Lawrence leadership and voting endorsements. The response lo Mundy's speech against suspen¬ sion of the rules showed the tem¬ per of the committee was clearly belligerent.
The pre-arranged plans were saved by Kelly, who insisted that state leaders be given more time to find their candidates and pre¬ vent a fight that would hand the slate to  Republicans  In the  fall.
He warned a primary scrap could easily develop into repetition of the 1938 quarrels which resulted from Guffey's refusal to accept the state committee's gubernatorial nominee and supported CIO Union Leader Thomas liennedy, who was defeated. 'Behind Cloited Doors'
Mundy charged the reasons for the postponement had not been made clear to the state committee and were discussed only behind closed   doors.
"If you abandon tbe rules you will have a nominee of the minor¬ ity," he said, "and the derision the party must make will only be de¬ layed,"
Present opposition to Guffey de¬ veloped from his IMS primary ac¬ tion and Chairman Lawrence safd a majority of the state committee of 113 members, which made up the nominating convention under party rules, were opposed to re¬ election of Guffey, Ouffey Enemies Bitter
The motion to suspend part.v rules carried by a roll call vole of R7 lo 22. The minorlt.v representing hitter anti-Guffey factions who were determined to put the sen¬ ator's name before the convention snd knock it down with an em¬ phatic crash.
Guffey apparently was Impressed by the warnings of State Oialmian David L. Lawrence and Philadel¬ phia Chairman Jobn B. Kelly that feeling among local leaders, who (Continued on Page A-11) I
total of 31 for the county since January 1, of which twelve, or barely less than 40 per cent, have died.
The 21tth and 30lh cases were Gerald Guido, 11, and John Guido, 5'j, sons of a Hazleton mine work¬ er residing at 957 Peace street, that city. Thomas jr.. three, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Krisulevicz. 212 Gould street, Plymouth, was the 31sl victim, being admitted to Wilkes-Barre Contagious Hospital in the afternoon. First Hasleton Case*
Although the disease hss been i rampant in W.voming Valley for 13 months, these were the first cases reported in Hazleton. Both patients have been admitted to Geisinger Hospital at Danville for treatment and health authorities ; ! have  quarantined  all   three   homes.
Admitted to the Contagious Hos¬ pital   for   meningitis   treatment   on i Friday night was John Andronow- !
ski, 49, who lived in a basement at 116 West Poplar slreel, Ply¬ mouth. Six meningilis cases were reporled within a block of this address in the last two weeks. Glen Alden Instriirt* .Miners
It became known last nighl that Glen Alden ('oal Company, largest operator in the antliracite field, has po.sted notices informing its thousands of mine workers that it will close wash houses unless they take their work clothes home al least once a week to be cleaned. Most of the persons stricken willi meningilis in the valley either have been mine workers or members of miners' families. General cleanli¬ ness is said lo be a big factor in combating  the   epidemic.
"I am pleased lo hear of this co-operation," said Dr. Miller last nighl. "If a general move is made to bring about cleaner conditions in homes, schools, mines and in¬ dustrial plants of tbe area, this and oilier diseases will die a nat¬ ural  death."
Dr. Miller said he and his aides will remain here, taking cultures in schools and points wherever thought necessary, until the epi¬ demic is checked. He also said other doctors connected wilh the Stale Department of Health will visit here from time to lime to assist local authorities. "Follow  I'p"  Promised
It   has   been   ascertained   that  a (Continued  on Page A-10)
Both Branches Are Determined to Cut All Appropriations
By RONALD G. VAN TINB
Washington, Feb, 3. lUP) -Farm state senators, angered by the House's refusal to approve huge farm spending, mobilized tonight for a fight to restore parity pay¬ ments and surplus commodities funds to the $722,001,084 agriculture appropriation bllL
Senate Democratic and Repub¬ lican leaders said, however, that they doubted If the restoration could be made. Both Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley, and Re¬ publican Leader Charles L. Mc.N'ary pointed out that Congress seems determined to slash all appropri¬ ation bills in order to avoid new taxes or an increase In the .?45,- 000,000.000 national debt limit.
Senate Also for Economy , .      ,       ,    j .,.
,,   .      ., ... . i most   severely    bombed   were    the
Under the present status of ap- districts of Loivisa, Kotka and proprialion measures, budget esli- viipuri At Viipurl (Viborg i two mates have been trimmed by |15S,- 1)29,263, Some of the savings, which have been initialed by the House, may be restored by the Senate, but both branches of Congress appar¬ ently were concentrating on a major economy campaign.
The Senate begins work Tuesday on a J 1,138,693.,528 independent of¬ fices bill, cut S,56,010,945 below bud- gel estimates bul .t38,,506.621 above the figure appaoved by the House. Senate and House conferees reach¬ ed agreement on a $2.51,200,000 emergency deficiency bill, which contains funds for army and navy activities and the neutrality patrol. It is $19,500,000 below the Presi¬ dent's budget figures.
Mobilizing for a drive to boost farm expenditures. Sens. Richard B. Russell, D,. Ga., and Scott W. Lucas, D„ III,, indicated that a conference of farm slate senators might be called   next   week   lo   con.sider   the j
Squadron after Squadron Bomb Cities of Finland
Destruction and SufferinR Widespread; Finns Claim More Land Successes, Taking Of Soviet Stronghold, 13 Planes Downed
By WKBB .\UIXKB
Helsinki, Feb, t. (UP)--Mass flights of Russian warplanes sub¬ jected Finland to the most destructive air raids of the two-months- old war today, killing more than 100 persons and wounding as many more,  it was  officially  announced tonight.
While the Finns were claiming to have turned back Russian land thrusts on four different fronts, sq'jadron after squadron of Red planes roared  over  Finnish  cities  dropping thou.sands  of  bombs.
The  death  toll  reported  by  the  Finns  was  the  greatest  of  the  war to   date   from   air   raids   and   the ¦ nouneed, and extreme damage was properly   damaged   also   appeared ' done lo olher buildings, to be unprecedented. Capture  Soviet  Stronghold
Southwest Finland was the great- | Before issuing the air raid casu- est sufferer. More than 30 persons allies announcement the Finns had were killed at Kuopio alone when ; officially claimed successes in the attackers scored hits on seven ' yesterday's land fighting, including
THOUSANDS SEE GERMANS' SHIPS SHOT FROM SKY
20 Heinkels Make Drive on Shipping; Berlin's Claim of 14 Vessels Sunk Denied in London, Say One Set Afire; Speed of Royal Air Rorce Called Best Defense Yet Against Aerial War
London, .Sunday, Feb. 4. (IP)—The British believed toda.v that their fiKhtins; planes downed four, possibly five, (ierman bombers in yesterday's attack on coastal shipping;, the bigRCst of the war to date.
Otiicial announcements last night said two German air raid shelters and at least 10 j ihe capture of a Soviet stronghold pjanes and piohahlv throe were shot down and that another buildings. northeast of Lake i^doga. and to believed seriouslv damaRcd.
Spee<l Triipe Civilians | have   shot  down   13   to  19  Russian | . e.     •
The   Russian   planes   swarmed planes. Today, however, the British reported evidence that at
over   the    bombed    cities    in    such '
great masses and wilh such speed that in most instances many civil¬ ians were caught without warn¬ ing  and  trapped  in   buildings.
They had no time, the official announcement said, to seek air raid shelters or the comparative safely of open fields. Many bombs fell in the forests or lakes but hundreds of others found their mark.
The Finns estimated that the number of bombs dropped totaled high in  the thousands.
Pori in western Finland reported several persons killed and Seina- joki in the Vasa district wss- heavily damaged. Among the areas
; hospitals    were    hit,    it   was    an-
The most strenuous of yester- j day's fighting, the communique said, was in the Sunima scitor of the Karelian Isthmus front where I the Russians, supported by a heavy artillery barrage, altempted unsm- cessfuliy to smash the Finnish de¬ fense  lines, I
The Finns nol only held their ground but inflicted sizable losses on the enem.v, the communique said. The battle slarled early in the morning with Russian field i guns raining shells on the Finnisii lines. Soviet infantry attacked at noon and continued the battle un- ' til late  in the  nislil, i
Claim Heavy Red Louses I
Almost .500 Russian soldiers were killed,    the   communique    asserted, in  fighting Friday  on  central   and tConlinued on Page  A-ll)
U.S.1BASSA00R IflWARONAZIS FIRED ON IN CHINA
Had Been Warned; French Victims of Jap Air Raiders
Wants Peace and Independence; Drop Territorial Claims
least  four of  the  20  Heinkels which raided  the 400-mile ea,stern coastline had been destroyed.
(In Berlin the (iermans admitted three bombers "did not return" but said (he raiders had sunk 14 British vessels.)
English Watch .Stntgf/les in Sky
There were five ddK'I'JKlits in all, the P.ritish reported, two of whicli were seen by thousand.^ of Britons in York¬ shire and Northumberland, where two Heinkels were brought down.
Two fights near Fame Island were also believed by the British to have resulted in di.saster for the Heinkel.s enKaged. -Another Nazi bomber flew oft" at .slackened speed wit!) one win«: tilted earthward after tlie pilot of the Biitish Httackinjr plane, as he reported later, saw hi.s tracer bullets strike the Heinkel at an altitude of a few hundred feet above the sea. Report bul One Ship Damaged
The British claimed that the only serious damage by the raiders was done to a trawler, which was sel afire. One of the ships attacked, the Greek steamer Nirolaou Zografia, reported on making port that the (jcrmans dropped three bombs which missed and then machine- gunned the deck, wounding a crew member in the  leg,
A Brili.sh ship reported il was attacked off Norfolk but that all the bombs fell into the waler.
Two German airmen were known killed, two others were wounded and taken prisoner and it was oelievcd that eight more may have been lost aboiiid one plane shot down at sea and another reported damaged ao seriously that British pilots believed il would not be able to gel home acioss the North Sea.
.Many Ships Attacked
British coastal shipping was at¬ tacked sporadically throughout the day in the aerial warfare extending from the Firth of Forth area south¬ ward along the eastern English coast. Possibly half a dozen vessels were victims of the attacks bul the speed of the British counter-attack was believed to have frustrated the
ROOSEVELTSILENICOUNCILOFAFL AS NAME GOES TO LLINOIS BALLOT
Formally Presented But Minus Usual Candidacy Statement
Hyde Park, N. Y„ Feb. 3. (UP) -President Roosevelt tonight main¬ tained complete silence on new developments bearing both on the possibility he may seek a third term and the candidacy of Vice- President John Nance Garner.
By ROBERT BKLLAIRK B> HKNRV T. GORHKLL
CL. I. , -c I. ., ,TICl^ Tri.,„ I Belgrade, Jugoslavia, li'eb. 3. (UP) ^^^Z'Z::::.::^'^ r/^'^'^n ""l\, S''«"K'^»'' ^'^- ''. '''^T-ir^T -a determination to mainti.m the ' annronri^Hnn   hin       f'«;'"¦""¦);¦ "^"^'. fo^'gn"^  WC" Z''P°'^<'^_, ^'"^^    " ' neutrality   of   Southeastern   Europe   "lain Nazi attack.
conference   m«vh    t M'w i ' nJ'""'"T uT,"lf/!l      '"       T^   ^-il"""^ ^<'"''^'^^ "^ ""t'O''^' '"^^K'1     B'iti-^h   air experts  described  to-
conference   may   be   held   Wednes-  China and shots fell today near the .    . "   i >
da.v,   at  which   the   farm   bill   and i Yangtze   River   American   gunboat
other  legislative   problems  will  be  carrying    Ambassador    Nelson    T,
Johnson  as the fighting tempo in¬ creased in the undeclare<) war.
A British embassy announcement here   said   five   foreigners   and   20
IN POL
Request Congress To Act Now to Give New Board and Rules
Miami, Fla., Feb. 3. (UP)-The executive council of the American Federation of I,.abor, asserting that "labor, industry and the American public have lost all confidence In the present Nalional Labor Rela¬ tions Board." tonight urged speedy
discussed.
Want New Deal Proinifte Kept
"The New Deal made a compact wilh the farmers," said Sen. Ellison D.   Smilh,   D.,   S,   C.     "They   said,
i 'you reduce your acreage and sub¬ mit  to regimentation  and  we  will
: give you parity prices." The farmer has carried out his end of the com¬ pact but he Is still not receiving parity prices."
Last year's farm bill carried .$225,000,000 for parity payments and approximalely   $83,000,000   for   pur
Chinese had been killed and aboul  <-'nurtr-Maikovilch, the Jugoslavian
foreign   minister,   in   a   speech   re
rity   or   independence   was   empha-1 day's fighting a.s the most success- sized  tonight  at a formal   banquet climaxing the meeiing of the Bal-
i kail  Knlente,
Italy   was   praised   and   the   co-
i operative altitude of Hungary and Bulgaria   welcomed   by   Alexander
75 wounded when Japanese planes bombed a passenger train and cul the Indo CSiina-Yunnan Railroad at two points, near French Indo-China, French Are Victim*
A United Press dispatch from Kunming Identified the foreign air¬ raid victims as French women and
, , , children,   members   of   families   of
chases of surplu.s commodities. Sen-: railroad employees ale   fjrm   leaders,   including   .Sen,      Johnson,     proceeding     on     the (Continued  on Page A-10) ' (Continued on  Page  A-ll)
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EMERALDS OF QUESADA
By  .'Mary-UnuglAs  8tovall
Rand Terrell's mission lp thc Colombia mining country was, in some of its phased, a mystery even to him. He had expected Lo start at the bottom; he found himself in a position of high authority. He had thought Kit Alderman simply a pleasant young girl; he found her to be shrewd, intelligent, skillful at Ihe some game he was playing. The nrst chapter of thia thrlll- i"! adventure roniance appear'* today  nn   Page  B-l'J  in
INDEPENDENT
Mr. Roosevelt, as usual, was kept   enactment    of    AFL-sponsored j
amendments   which   would   create -, an enlirely  new board and set up different rules for procedure. j
Expressing full confidence in the "basic principles" of the Labor Re¬ lations    Act,   the   council   said   it-s ¦ amendments,      embodied     in     the Walsh-Barden bill befuie Congress, were    intended administralion o Appeal to Coiigreno
Tbe council's statement appealed lo Congress lo adopt the amend¬ ments at this congressional session
informed of developments, but tem¬ porary While House office returned a "no comment" response to re¬ quests for reaction on the prospecl that Garner mfty be on a presi¬ dential ballot in Georgia and that Mr, Roosevelt's name may be pre¬ sented   in   Illinois
The President, usually wilh face- tiousness, had shrugged aside all commenU during the past year on the possibility that he may seek a third term. Engrossed in the routine of his own home here to¬ dav, he gave no indication that growing intensity of the political situation would prompt him to re¬ veal his own political intentions before he feels the time is propi¬ tious.
White Hou.se headquarters re¬ ceived without any indication of surprise the information that Mr. Roosevelt's name had been sent to the Illinois secretary of state lo be placed on a primary ballot. Mr. Roosevelt's aides presented no indi¬ cation that they felt that the inci¬ dent implied anything more than the suggestion that there may be extensive support for a third term in Illinois.
'Great Profile' Eases Spanking of Miss Dudley
And Actress Takes That as a Sure Sign Barrymore Is Ready to Can Her in Favor Of Reconciled Elaine; Latest War Flashes
New   York,   Feb.   3.    (UP)-John    Barrymore   didn't   spank   Doris
Dudley  with  his  accustomed  enthusiasm  during  the  matinee  of  "My
l^^ar Children" today and from his lack of emphasis the pretty blonde
to   guarantee   fair'actress  deduced  that  ahe  will  indeed  soon  be  supplanted  in  her role
f the act. i *>y 'l'h«  Great Profile's newly  reconciled  wife,  Elaine  Barrie
Miss Dudley showed up early for the evening performance expeclin? that ner written two weeks notice-lhe only notice she will respect- would  be wailing  for her.    It wasn't but she  declared  It was  certain it would be handed her some time  years   but   up   until   the   mood   of We   feel   il  would   be  unwise  to   during   the   weekend,   clearing   the ' and   drag   Ihis   i.'<sue   way   for   Miss   Barrie,   who   leaped -   into a Broadway pari and her hus-
Nhiiii- Filed In lUlnola
Springfield,   III.,   Feb,   3     lUP)--
Pelitions    offering    the    name    of
President    Roosevelt    as    a    third
term    candidate    in     the    Illinois
(Continued on Page A-10)
delay   action
into the election campaigns," said the AFL's governing body. "The subject of such vital consequence to the welfare of the workers and industry should not be made a political   football."
The AFL's charges of "bias and maladministration" against the NLRB have been "justified and confirmed" by the special House committee investigating the board, the council asserted. Evidence pro¬ duced by the inquiry, the council contended, "has made clear to all what we have known for a long time:
'That  the  present board and  its slaff   are    tolally   unfit    for   their important  duties. "Sought to Deetroy An."
"That    this    government    agency (Continued on Page A-10)
band's  he^rl  in  a single  fantastic episode  Wednesday night. Hope for Another Spat
Miss Barrie, meanwhile, assured inquirers that she had nothing but respect for Miss Dudley and that there waa no possibility that a spat would mar her highly publicized reconciliation. Miss Dudley had expressed the wistful hope that some such domestic explosion might save  her role.
Nor would Miss Barrie bark back al Miss Dudley's comment that "she did all this (the reconcilia¬ tion i because she wanted the part and wanted it had.   She would have
up   until   the   mood reticence  struck   him   he   had   kepi Broadway   and   its   environs   in   a
fleeting the theme of the enienle conference.
Markovilch also urged closer eco¬ nomic collaboration among the Bal¬ kan countries as a requisite of the solidarity   of  Southeastern  Europe.
The Balkans fervently hope that they can keep out of war, the Jugoslav foreign minister declared, but they are determined lo inaiii- laiii their independence and their integrity. Both Hungary and Bul¬ garia have contributed toward the preservation of peace, he added, apparently in reference to the understanding that Bulgaria would postpone until peace comes her territorial claims against Rumania. Italy Praised
"The wise attitude of Italy" was praised by Markovilch, in refer¬ ence lo the decision of Premier Benito Mussolini not to take part in   the   European   war,
Grigore Gafencu, foreign minis¬ ter of Rumania, whose country has been in perhaps the most difficult position of any Balkan nation be¬ cause of her oil supplies and the territorial claims of Bulgaria, Hun¬ gary and Russia, spoke wilh warm friendship  of  Bulgaria's  attitude.
He praised the desire of Bulgaria "lo establish a relation based un confidence" and expressed appre¬ ciation for "the efforls of Jugo¬ slavia toward development of good relations  with   Hungary."
One   of   the   chief   ditficullies   of
' ful   defense   yet   provided   against j the    German    aerial    attacks     on I coastal  shipping,   which   began   on December   17   when   14   ships   were bombed and machine-gunned in the campaign     to     frighten     shipping ] away from English watres. i     The   R.   A.   F.   thereafter   began ) patrols    lo    offset    the    new    Nazi threat, which continued sporadical¬ ly until January 9, when il was re-1 sumed  on a large scale ind  three j merchant  ships  were  sunk.    Mo.*t of thc victims of these attacks have ¦ been  trawlers,  many of which  the British claim arc unarmed. Fimt Down nn English Soil
The fierman victims claimed hy thc British fighting planes today were:
1.—A Heinkel bomber shot down near a farm house al Whitby in Yorkshire, killing two and injuring two of the crew. This waa the first German plane shoi down on Eng¬ lish soil, although others have been destroyed al sea and in Scotland,
2. Another bomber shot down off the Tyne River, in Northum- bria, on the norllieasl coast afler it bombed ships near the coast.
3.- A third Heinkel bomber "very seriously damaged' and believed to have fallen Into the sea off the Northumberland coast. It was one of two planes bombing shipping near the Fame Islands.
The attacks of the German planes on shipping and the counter-attacks by British fighting planes were wit¬ nessed by thousands of persons along the coa.st, where the invaders had come out of a misl.y sky and tried to dodge back among tha clouds to escape the RAF pilots. The German machine-gunners fired al the British planes without bring¬ ing any down. Berlin Admite I.rfMwi But Claims Big Success
Berlin,   Feb.   3.   (UPi—Germany tonight officially admitted the loss (Continued  on  Page A-10)
whirl trying to figure his next move, ithe entente conference  has ceiitcr- Tbis,  incidentally,  is something  no one  haa  been  able  to  do  since  he attained hig majority. War Front Communiques
His rapid fire movements boiled down to:
6  p,  m,  Jan.
31~Permitted   one
ed around Rumania, which has been persistently rumored swerv¬ ing more toward Germany as re¬ sult of the entente's failure to pro¬ vide any guarantees of the Ruman¬ ian frontiers, 'rurkey and Greece have been generally credited with pro-Ally tendencies and Jugoslavia
^°^''i"!L""''.°"« .*"'"""* Scotch as I has   sought   to   main   the   ,slrictest
neutrality. BritUh-Turk Trade  rreiity
Hunger and Madness Kill 13 Men Croicded in Lifeboat after Sinking
Dublin. Feb. 3 (UPi Survivors | found it swamped. It had drifted of the Greek steamer Eleni Slata- IhoM told today of drifting from their torpedoed ship in an over¬ crowded lifeboat, and of four days and nights of hunger and madnes.s which killed 13 of their lompanions before Ihey reached shore.
Michael Ryan, able seaman, now recovering in a hospital, said the ship was attacked Sunday morn¬ ing, 'rhcrc was a violent explosion and he lushed on deck to find the rest of the crew standing in the two lifcbuaU, whicii had been pro¬ visioned with dry biscuits, a lin of waler and some corned beef. Criiuded intn  Boat
While the irew discussed the silualion, he said, " a big oil tank¬ er came up behind us, showed no lights, stopped a minute hut sud¬ denly and mysteriously moved off without any signals and we never saw   her  again."
He  said  the  ship's  engines  were
pre-performance bracer.
6 lo 8:40 p, m.-Hls daughter, Diana BIythe, shooes away dress¬ ing room visitors including Miss Barrie,
8:40 lo 11 p. m.- Barrymore be¬ hind   the   footlights,   gets   ovation
done   il  to  her  best  friend."   Miss   heckles unemployed actor who leaps Barrie  merely  sighed   "our  love  is   ""  "'•"Ke  to do Hamlet, going  along  smoothly." ,' "• "^^ ''"*''• 1- Goes to night club
Barrymore   mainlained  a  silence , with daughter, who rises to dance so dignified it well became hla U' (Continued on Pa«« A-10)
Al f.,ondon, today, it was under¬ stood that British F'oreign Secre¬ tary Lord Halifax and the Turkish amba.ssador, Tewftk Riishdi Aras, had signed a British-Turkish com¬ mercial agreement envisaging a substantial increase in reciprocal trade on the basis of recent British credits to Turkey. This, the British hoped, would result In further Crer- man  loesei  in Turkey.)
' over   the   propeller  and  had  beea cut in two."
All were rescued from the second boat.    There were 33 men crowded into the one  boat.    Provisions ran out Monday. Died and Went .Mad
"Tuesday was simply too awful to think about." Ryan said. "The Insanitary slate of, the boat added to our troubles. That night two men went mad and died. They were slipped overboard. All the ! men were Greeks. The younger j ones couldn't stand the strain. The firsl deaths had a shocking effect on them. Wednesday morning wa found two or three more dead. During the day, two more died. An¬ other two died Wednesday night." Ryan said once a trawler ap¬ proached, but moved on despite their signals. I.,aler they sighted a sailing vessel which took no notice slarled"agaiirand"an attempt made "' '^eni. Ryan said he wondered Ito move, when a second explosion '""' '""^ "*", ordeals hadn't blew the ship out of thc waler. in- I'?'"'v«'". "^o "*' 9[ '^em crazy b* juring the captain, chief officer and wireless operator with flying splinters.
'"'rhen we wasted no time getting into the  boats," he said. Ryan and five others were iti nne Iboat. the other 27 men in the second boat.
i     "We heard shouts for help from tiu aacoad boat, pulled  back and
fore they sighted land.
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