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34TH YEAR, NO. 12-68 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY21, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHURCHILL CALLS NEUTRALS TO JOIN WAR OF ALLIES AGAINST DICTATORS
British Attack U.S. Contraband Traffic to Germany
Claim Nazis In America Use Mails
Wilkes-Barre Cops May Quit Today
Refuse Hull's Request to Stop Postal Search
CALLED NECESSARY
Ask if U. S. Protested Sinking Of Mail by Subs
Washington, Jan. 20. (UP) — Great Britain charged that German sympathizers in the United States are carrying forward an organized traffic in contraband with Germany through the medium of the Amer¬ ican mails.
The charge was contained in the official British reply to the Amer¬ ican protest against British inter¬ ference with U. S. mails destined for neutral nations. Tho British reply was made public here as U, S,-British controversy increased over the mail issue.
The British cited the alleged use of U, S, mails by German sympath¬ izers among reasons for her re- , fusal to cease interference with the transport of American correspond¬ ence.
State Department officials indi¬ cated no change in the American attitude toward the question as 9 result of the reply by the British. It was understood that Secretary of State Cordell Hull still regards the British action as a clear violation of the provisions of the Hague Con vention—the grounds on which hi original protest was made to Lon¬ don last December 22. SmugRllng Called •¦Extensive"
The BritLsh flatly rejected Hulls interpretation of the Hague Con¬ vention and said plainly that they would go on examining U. S. mail. "It would be difficult," said the British note, "to prevent the use of the letter post for the transmis¬ sion of contraband to Germany, a use which has been made on an ex¬ tensive scale, without submitting such mail to that very examination to which the United States govern¬ ment is taking objection,"
The note said that last Novem¬ ber 23, information had been com¬ municated to the American em¬ bassy In London "In which clear evidence was given of the exist¬ ence of an organized traffic in contraband on a considerable scale between German sympathizers in the United States and Germany through the mall, "An article in a newspaper pub
PRESS RETREATING REDS TO Sees All Victims of COMPLETE SALLA VICTORY Germany and Russia
If Democracies Lose
Merciless Battle in Far North after Russian Bombers Again Hit Finland
By WEBB .DULLER Russian bombers were believed de-
Helsiniti. Kinland. .Jan. 20 (UP)— stroyed.   Ru-ssian   air   raids   today
A merciless pitched battle waa re- resulted in four alarms but no bom-
norled developing on the north cen- bardment at Helsinki.   Finnish ofTi-
tral    front    tonight   after   another cials  .said   it  appeared  that  Soviet
series of Russian aerial raids over aerial  raiding   elsewhere   in   south
southern   Kinland   and   announce- Kinland   was   comparable   to   yes
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Finns Fighting to Cut Russians from Other Units and Line of Supplies; Visits Battlefield
By HIBERT I EXKI EI.L
\Vith Finnish Armies, on Salla Front, Jan, 20, (UPl Russian troops  defended a strong out-post
^nrt'liat^Aed'Arm^ratrackT'h^d te^da/s a"c;Vity:wh;n-'mo;e" than   line at Lake Marka today but Fin- been   hur'ed   back   on   the   south- 1,000  bombs  were   dropped   on   27    "¦'''i  '¦^""P-" ^^ere  steadily  incre»s- caslern fr'onts different   localities. I |"K  pressure  on  their  right   «»"" tdsiern  ironus.                                                                             imnortnnt     develon-   '"   «"   effort   to   score   a   cc Intensified   fighting   despite   the J^^ areared^o be on the Salla ' victory on the vital Salla se extreme  -'^/PPea-d to m-^^^^ J^^t   aU^ough   the   onTy'mention   the,north central front 1'-'^f.'.uP^"!"  !.'"!,„!:;'"'"„„''..; of fighting at Lake Marka  in  to-      This was after a week of
Shows Confidence as He Claims Half of il'Boat Force Sunk, English Convoys Safe for Ships, But Finds Only Hope of Early Peace In United Action of Free Nations; Tells Them the War Will Spread
especially    on    the   north
different   localities.
The    most    important    develop-I'"""  eiiort  10  score  a  complete , ,^ . ^^ ^ ^ ^,„„,„ ,
ments appeared to be on the Salla   ^Mctojy^ mi the vital^ Salla sector of , By DAN CAMPBt.LL
,  ,    „   ,     .   ,        "".""'   "'"'" \    , ,        London, Jan. 20. (lfI')—Win,ston Churchill, finst lord of
s 11    f    t     h       s    et Trots' I ^^"^^^ -s^ a -t^: «7htin;^"duri?ig^ w,^",'' V^, thn adi.iralt.v, declared in a radio .speech,^oni.ht .that Fin- Salla   front  where   .Sov-iet   troops j j^^^j. ^j^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^.^1^ ^^i^^i^ ^^^.^ ^^„,y   f„^pp,   j^,,   ^.^^.j^  30  miles land had expo.scd the military "incapacit.v" of Soviet Russia
^n"n^fs»^rller,«   soffered^'earlier ^ ^'aPtu'-cd   yesterday. i from  Lake  Joutsi  to  L,-,ke  Markn   .,11(1 pointedly SUfTSe.sted that European nrutral.S join Up with
to offset  reverses surrcreo earner I    ,j,^^   Finnish   troops   were   de-^ and   sought   to   consolidate   th^'r | flip   Allips   to   cuard   airainst   bcin^   divided   hetwepn   "thp
scribed   in   military   advices   as  positions in defense of the village! tne  Allies  10  Ruata  aR.iiiihi   orinp oivinea   oeiween    tlie pressing their  advantage  In  the  of Salla, which is  now the key opposite  though  Similar  barbarisms  of .Nazism  and  Bol-
slievism."
this week,
P'inns Report Sucopsses
Developments reported on three main fronts:
l.-The Salla sector: Russian troops,   pushed   back   30   miles   to
um\
rough   country   and   as   atempting   point of  the  conflict, to slice the long Russian commu- j    There    still   was    strong   patrol nication and supply lines, the head ! action and the Finnish troops were Lake Marka   counter attacked in a   "'   '*""   ^*^   ^^^   column   being   pressing steadily ag,iinst  the  Rus- vnin  .,i/i^; f^hlo^i^   f,, pf^ ^*""'t 120 miles from the base on   .sian   right  flank,   bntli   to   prevent
mZ u   fTn*^   ?bree  ^iHe»   and   to. '^o     Murmanski-Leningrad     rati-   the Soviet forces from joining with thrust-s   from   three   sides   and   to  ___j . i.l     n  j » -^     * ,»-
join their lines west of Salla with   '°^^-   ?'^'h^ ,n1,,1;'''^L"'?fHrf„^"nrr";
other  units  50 miles  southward  in ' 500  Bomber,   in   AcHon 'Hemnt,   ^^,^Lr,   »   Iw   PiLIln
the Kuusamo sector. Severe fight-      Copenhagen,   Denmark,   Jan.   20. I ^L^^J, ' .L«   , K'L?Zrv^
ing was  reported,  with  the Finns   (UP)    A Helsinki  dispatch  in  the   ''^'^"^"'.^  "^"d Kem.jaervi,
holding the upper hand in an at-  newspaper Berlingske Tidendes to-   Strategic, Retreat
tempt to cut off the Soviet forces  night said that about 500 Russian '     T'i«    Russians    have    attempted
from  their base, I airplanes  participated   In  bombing
2,- Southeastern fronts:—An offi-   raids   throughout   Finland   during
cical  communique  said   that  Rus-   the  day,
5lan  attacks Friday had  been  re-      The   dispatch   said   the  greatest
It's an old Italian custom that on the feast day of Epiphany, trafli policemen  shall  receive  gifts   from   motorists.   This   fellow   in   Rome
pulsed at Taipale, on the Karelian damage was inflicted on Abo, Fin- I.sthmus where four Soviet thrusts nisn port 50 miles west of Hel- cost the Red Army about 40 knied; I sinki,   where   the   raiders   dropped
ieems to be doing all right, judging by parcels around his traffic island, i ?'^'5_°'l '!'i^''°"'.'^°!!l'^,S^.'l.'!L^'l''   ?P°"'..-™ ''^1?-^^-'l'u.'l "' R".}."
several countcr-tliriists but the Fin¬ nish pressure has made it difficult for tiiem to reorganize their de¬ tachments on an effective scale.
Wait until news gets up North State street
waa   not   mentioned   by   Churchill
who    told    Belgium,   Holland,    the
Scandinavians,    the    Balkans    and
(It was in  the .Salla sector that   Switzerland    that    there    was    no
the   Ru.ssians   made   their   deepest   chance of a speedv end to the con-
penetration—about 75 miles -in an   fnpj except through united action.
0 i attempt to cut across mid-Finland   ™„,,   „, ,.. ..„, _  . .
- ; to the Gulf of Bothnia. They were ! '^-"'' "',^»,^'»' Tnu nphi.
The sharp-tonjfued Rriti.sh cabinet mini.ster for the first time In official pronouiuements j another were pledged to uphold, brought into the open the question There is the danger, however, of general European action in this that without united action the war war and he based his warning to "ill drag on, he said. What, he the neutral st.iles on the argii- a-iked, if at any time Britain and ment that unless the Allies win France got tired of the struggle they will all become victims not «"<! mafl^ » "shameful peace?" only of Gernianv but of Russia. Then, he declared, the little states This war, he said, will spread, t>iat  remained  neutral  could hope
Onlv Italy, which considers itself   '"f  no  fate   except  to  be   divided non-belligerent, rather than neutral! "P hy Germany and Russia.
    „„,   „ ,;„„„j   u.,   r'v,,,,,,1,111 '     Churchill s   bid   and   warning   to
the   neutrals   was   unique    In   Its
frank appeal to the little powers which iiave fought to maintain strict neutrality although caught between the belligerent powers. In Ihe same way, the first lord of the admiralty pointed out to them what
: LaGuardia Demands-Gets- End of Coal Men's Strike
sto^^'^ho;:^ orKemij;:;?i"v;;d^^«---.,:r^!: .:r.^..:^ !-.--^f"- »^^-^..°' p-
Ladoga, where several Russian ad-   20 houses.   The number of casual ! vances were hurled back but where ; ties was not Immediately learned,     Di.iiiji,tu   i>,>,„i,  ui   ivcuiiiai,..   n,.v. j «     .       ,-,      u
fighting continued late this evening. I    Other   Scandinavian   press    dis-   early this week forced to fnll back   mean.sdcfcati.st.  On   the  contrary,   tection by the BHtish Navy.
.More Bombing Attacks I patches from Finland said Russian   from  Lake Joutsi to Lake Marka,   [[^ f,*''^ 7'"'' the Briti.sh navy wa.s   (.,„!„„ jja,, „, jj^j,, gy^s
2.-Air:-The   communique   said ! planes   also  bombed   the   Helsinki t about 30  miles  from  the  RiLssian' ^'^¦•'""K    trcmeniinus    blows,    that j     „^,j   ^^   Germany's   submarines .Finnish   fighting   craft   and   antI-   airport  and  the  towns  of  Hango, i border,   where   they   are   now   en-P'*""'"""-^'''   ^o kl   front    hid   grave   j^^^^.^   ^^^^^  ^^^^^   j^^  ^^.^  ^^^   ^^1^^
aircraft  batteries   on   Friday  shot   Borgo  and   Kotka.    Details   aa   to   ' >--^ ^ I economic   weakness,   that   half   or i
down   seven   more  Russian   bomb- I the   effectiveness   of   these    raids :
ing   planes   and   that   three   other ' were lacking.
trenched,) The    Russian
retreat    to
Shuts off Heat On Conferees to Give Them an Idea
New York, Jan, 20 (UP) -The New York coal drivers strike which had paralyzed deliveries of coal for four days ended in a com¬ promise agreement tonight as the bitterest cold of the winter de¬ scended on the city and frantic householders deluged city depart¬ ments with requests for aid in obtaining  fuel.
The agreement, which Is Intend¬ ed to remain in force for three years, was reached at a City Hall conference that had been in prog¬ ress for two days. A few minutes before   the   announcement.   Mayor
Pittston Gets
U. S. Capitol Flag
Unfurled three weeks ago over the United States Capitol at Washington, the only American building over which Old Glory may wave continuously night and day, a brilliant new flag has been secured by Congressman J, Har¬ old Flannery for Pittston city's new municipal building.
Certified by Capitol Clerk South Trimble and David Lynn, Capitol architect, as having flown over east wing of the Capitol, the "storm" size national em¬ blem was presented to Flannery this week and is being forwarded to Mayor Kenneth J. English, Highly prized and sought by all
POPE'S LEHER
In Agreement wRh Hungary to Face War Threat Together
lislied   in" German "in" "thT''Un*i't7d ^- ^- LaGuardiahad issued a vir-,   offTcTais ' "at"   Washingt''on,    flags
States which  was  handed  to   (the   tual   ultimatum   for  .settlement  on
embassy) at the same time showed I the ground the health of the city
that    an    organization    existed    in 1 demanded it.
United States territory for the pur- ' Compromise Reached
po.se   of   facilitating   this   traffic." ;     Representatives  of Local  553  of
Contraband  Believed  .Money the   International   Brotherhood   of
The type of purported "contra- 1 Teamsters and Chauffeurs, AFL, band" which the British alleged | «nd the Coal Merchants Associa- was going through the U. S. mails ! tion and the Fuel Merchants Asso- was not specified In' detail hut it [ elation agreed to the settlement, was indicated the British believed ' The membership of the union that German sympathizers might and members of the dealers asso- he transmitting securities, checks!, | ciations will meet tomorrow to money orders or industrial dia- vote on the terms of the agree- 1 monds   to  the   Reich, | ment which follow roughly'he lines
The note suggested that such suggested by the mayor. The truck articles could easily be sent in , drivers will receive an increase of U. S. post bags to a neutral coun- 1 75 cents a day -they had asked an try where, in turn, the assets increase from $1.00 to J1.20 an would   be   forwarded  to  (Germany,   hour.   All   other   provisions   of  the
"Quite  apart   from   transmission   present   contract   will   be   renewed ' (Continued on Page A-10) 1 (Continued on Page A-10) '
Drunken Cop Kills Wife, Daughter Of Sergeant; Dies in Gun Fight     \
which have graced the Capitol are considered a mark of dis¬ tinction for whatever buildings they are sought. For this reason, appropriate ceremonies are being planned for flag-raising dedica¬ tion of the PWA-constructed Pittston City Hall.
Unfurling of flags over east and west wings of the Capitol at night also signifies that either the House or Senate is in session. the practice having been in oper¬ ation since the World War, Trim¬ ble  informed  Flannery,
ICE JAMS REPORTED EXPLODING NAZI MINES
Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 20. (UP)- The first tangible move In at¬ tempts by Turkey to form a uni¬ fied Balkan bloc including Bul¬ garia and Hungary was seen today in   an   exchange   of   messages   be-
ROOSEVEIJPLEA
Unprecedented Answer Accepts Offer to Strive for Peace
economic   weakness,   mm   nnu   m   ,,„,„/.» i„,;iji    u
^   ,    I the   Nazi   U-boats   had   been   do-   fXn 'h^,iL     h  t i'^   fv     \ ^ " I      ine    nu.ss.an    rc.rea.    .n    Lake   ,,troyed  and   that  the  British   -nn-, f*^^". ^^''  f „^'?,', was^"^^^^ ' Marka was a strategic move rather   .-ov   svstem   made   It   certain   that   ,      ' '"" '^^^'^ °' tne war, Germany than  a  flight and  the   Red  troops   ^^T of'^rvesris^'o^ld get safe?y { ^^^l^   "^ bulfdr."","   '^Z^r'T^^ are now in strong defensive  posi- 1 Hirnncrh tn Allied nnrt.< •'and 28  building for a total of 93.
tions,  but     their  base  for  a  new   "^ ^.V,^  „ ';'^^.^°''he  declared    " ^^^' ""^'^  "«*"  '"'"'^'  " ^°"'^
attack is much weaker than it was   have things "goL s^'well  ftom t'h'e   .Trad'TaHe^n !^ct'im'' rfh"^!*?,'".' R week atrn ,      ,  ,    *    . , .,    , , '* had fallen victims of the Allied
a wecK ago. j na^„i ^„^„^ „f ^,,g^v   „,,„|e  i„ cq,,. ; machine -"'"cu
Everything seemed quiet today trast the Germans were divided In 1 Churchill seeking to eneoiir«<r. when I reached a point about ten , their councils and showing "re- no,,7r/l shiLfnt fn Fn^ii!h Tiff?, miles west of Lake Marka,    There , .arkable" signs 0^ di.ssohition both   Td'Thaf t^r4ances""wet To^"t'o
physically and psychologically. The
"lihieration" of Warsaw, Prague and because    the    road    was    not   yet   Vienna   Is  assured,  he   added,   be- cleared of Russian land mines and   pause there Is no reason to doubt 1 because Russian patrols were oper- j that the Allies will be victorious,     I ating in the woods. But after giving  that  optimistic I
Sees Battle Wrerkage ' picture -which  coincided  with  the
The situation on the Salla front   remarks earlier by Foreign Minis- now  is  about  the  same  as  it  was   ter Viscount Halifax at Leeds -the
in the first week  of the  war.  be-: first lord of the admiralty went to j ;'^;;/'^^';;';,;'p;;p;\7'-J'-^;;.;;;^;-*^ fore  the  Russian  drive  on  Kemi- 1 great  pains  to  paint  another  and | .j^ .      .,    , . jaervi. - grimmer picture hinting at general 1
On  the way  to  this  new  front, I conflict  in  Europe.
was no audible artillery flre but I was told that I could go no further
one that ships convoyed by the British and French navies would r«ach their destinations at Allied ports.
"We must always be expecting some new bad thing from Ger¬ many," Churchill said, "but I will venture to say that it is with grow* ing confidence that we await fur-
Washington, Jan, 20 (UP)--Pope!however,'lsa'w many evidences "i ,^".}"*X^" ^'""''J."^^^ iu« XII warmlv resnonded  todav' the    severe    fiirhting    which    took I     " (liurchill  dirt  not
Pius XII warmly responded  today! the   severe    fighting   which    took
say  that  It
to President Roosevelt's Christmas appeal for enlistment of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish churches in an attempt to check the forces of
tween Presj^dent Gen. Ismet Inonu ' aggression  and  establish  peace  in  the Russian artil
place  before  and  during  the  Red   was th .
Army retirement toward Salla. | to pom the w.r on the side of   le
The Finnish lines on the western   Allies, he a   least «»''''l;^hat wouW
bank of Lake Joutsi  showed  that   happen  if tlirough a    spontaneous
and King Boris of Bulgaria,
Their telegrams expressed to each other complete identity of views. Informed circles took the viewpoint that the exchange of messages and the recent visit of the Turkish under-secretary for foreign affairs, Nouman Rifaat .Menemencioglii, to Sofia, were (Continued  on  Page  A-3)
for    many
Europe. them
The spiritual head  of 350,000,000 Catholics In the world, in a lette made   public   here,   accepted   M
Roosevelt's   offer   of   collaboration      in   fighting   near   tho   lake, in peace moves "in defense against   Russian   infantry   repeatedly
Hitler ,Mi<ised His Chance
Churchill's    speech    followed    a
broadcast    hy    Foreign    Secretary
e'dutv'of'lhe'rest of Europe i Viscount    Halifax,    who    declared
that Adolf Hitler had lost his only chance to win the war by failing to strike with all of the Nazi power at the beginning of the conflict.
Lord Halifax charged Germany with   being   an   accomplice   in   tho
lery  hnd"po"undcd   impulse'' such a development should hours.      Almo.st   come   about    And_ he   referred   to
V.»..•.»    .".    ......J    ..V.V..... ".-  ,.:u;ii(,, nf nr»i<:hnvi«it f»vnan-   With   being   ail   acromplife   in   ttio
,0; every house in the small village of '^^^^^^^^'^^'^^J^f,"'^^^^^^^                                Russian  attack  on Finland;
.r  Joutsijaerv. had neen hit by shells Mon»     he cxpen.se o^              Nazi i said that Hitler hesitated to strike
r.  of medium calibre. "Lressinn       *^   ¦•"   '                          because   "*  bully  hesitates   to  hit
the had
aggression. uv^auoo    «   bully
In  this  connection,  he  took  the   somebody who may hit back;" and
aiy    nau position that the Allies were fight-   declared   that   Hitler's   methods  of
the   chilling   breath   of  aggressive   tried to  cross on  tho  ice  but  had j^^    "against aggression and wrong" : absolute rule would bring about hl«
and deadly godless and anti-Chris-  been thrown back with heavy losses ^^^^i ^^ eonformity with League of   downfall.
.,  ,_.. TT.:...,;.i.   u;..-    ..-J -;/i- rj.[,p  j^^.^  spccches  were  part  of
(Continued on Page A-10)
tian tendencies that threaten to dry , by Finnish  machine  gun  and  rifle   ^I,\\nL'nH'nri'nles whlck at'""f the , (Continued    nn    Pniro    A-5^ lfl—        At    nno    .^n«l     «n,.lli     nt    thn    '">*"'•'¦    I > .... ._
(Continued  on  Page  A-3)
Paris, Berlin Differ on Raid by French Troops
Copenhagen,   Denmark.   Jan.   20	
(UP)—Pack    ice    jammed   Danish
waters today and was roported to      Paris, Jan. 20. (UP)- French mil- them back to the French lines.
be destroying German mines in the itary  advices  today  reported  that.    Tonight's war communique said:
area  southeast  of Zealand. a   French   patrol   had   penetrated   "in   the   West   Vosges  Sector,   the
Terrific   exnlosions   were   heard ''eeply into the German Saar front, enemy attempted a sudden attack
in^ernVi tently'duHn^ the "ay from ,''-'^^"-"^'^^.'^^f irf^.i^^'"--''; 1 ^^¦'^''^'>   '""^'^   completely,"
that   riirpptinn  nnd  it  was  bclievcd f""* Ime-and fought its way out ot Ihrnfinos'rre being detonated by'« Nazi Uap with   'slight" losses, the  pressure of the ice.
fire. At one post .south of the highway which leads to Markajervi and Salla I saw at least ,'iO Russian dead. The Finnish told mc that about 600 others were under the snow in the nearby woods. Visils Deserted Red (amp
When    the   Russians    saw    they would nol break the Finnish  lines ;
European   states   at   one   time   or
Big Battle of War Is Won With Victory Claimed over Cooties
at  Joutsijaervi   they  attempted   to '        ,„«fc,„„ ,    .,vi »•» move   southward   to   out-flank   the I "> JOSKI M 1>. ,>lVl.r.K
iOn  Dutch   Border
Major Firth, who was a British
Finns.    Here,  tho  Finns  said,  the;    Now  York,  Jan.  20.   (UP)    Maj. gunnery officer in the World War
Russians   showed   greater   skill   in   Ivan Firth   he used to be a soldier and   is   now   asssociated   with   the
fighting   than   al   any   other   time   himself   painted   a   graceful   word Oversees  Trading Corporation, said
and they believed that the Russians   picture  today  of  British  Tommies the   cootie   powder   was   perfected
were   using  their  crack  troops  for   und French I'oilus at their toilettes. """'•- '¦""  "'  "^'"""^   >"'  ri.nro-. the    operation.     '""he    Finns    out
after years of research  by Georgs
Chelsea,  Mass.,  Jan,  20,   (UP)-1     "lm going to kill you and then ! ;L'r '""'^ZirV'nf TC'''wT^" ' *I"   Berlin,   the   high   command
Policeman  John   Price,  a  trouble-! the chief,"                                              i t"«  Pressure 01 tne ice. announced that between the Moselle
some    duty-shirker    for    a    dozen '     Hannabury switched off the light '     ^"^„ German   coast   guard   ooai j^j^^j. ^^^j ^^^ Palatinate Forest a
years, got drunk last midnight and   and raced for a revolver in another   Patrolling the mined area was re Qg^man scout patrol had captured
.''ergeant    Herbert   J.    Hannabury   room as Price fired an ineffective   Ported to have been caught in tnn ^^ number of enemy  soldiers  as a
reprimanded him.                                 1 shot at the door which Hannabury ; """ ""'' "thers were said to ne in ^^^^^^^   ^f   ^^   engagement   with   a
"I've had enough of your actions.! slammed behind him.                            I danger. French patrol! I'm  going  to  turn  you   in   to  the I Shool» Both Women                            }     South of Jutland, it was reported, freneh (laini Succens chief in  the  mnrriing," Hannabury       IMrs.   Hannabury   called   to   her   the  ice  pushed  drifting  mines  to- .J.^^^ French version of the fight- said,                                                               husband   and   Price,   hearing   her   ward   the   coast   where   Ihey   were .^^^  which took place in bitter cold.
Muttering, Price went to a near-   voice, rushed into the bedroom and   exploded   by   the   increasing   pres- ^^^^   ^l^^^j   ^y^^•^^  soldiers  operating
by  tavern   and   bought   a   drink—   shot her three times.   Her daughter   sure. north  of the  Biles  River had se then several more.                                  Virginia ran in from another room
The French  war office also was   maneuVvered   then,,   however,   and  alternately e.xtendcd as m the^^^
Clad in their birthday suits, ir'ms   Bellh, American consulting chemist
who   prepares   it   according   to   a
reported   to   have   received   infor¬ mation :
1, — That Intelllgen«<e' reports showed that two more German divisions (about 15,000 men each I had arrived opposite the Dutch and Belgian frontiers and that German aviation was attempting to determine whether the Allies had  shifted  troops  as  a  result  of
turned back the flanking attack. ments of the  dance,  the  Tommies
We inspected the camping places and   Poilus   deftly   and  with   prac-
on    both    sides    of    the    highway ticcd   gestures   annoint   them.selves
toward  Lake Marka, where  it ap- with    powder,
peared   that   about   two   regiments      It may sound sissy-ish, but take
of Russian troops had been.    They it   from  the major, it's belter  than
saved   all   of   their   equipment   by having shots in the arm or sending  ready bemg repeated in the current
orderly retreat. clothes   to   the   dolousing   wagon.
There  were  bomb-proof  artillery "and  iniii h  more  < Tectivc."
observation    posts,    machine    gun Sounds  .Marvelous
'     -      - For tho powder is not the  stuff  »' typhus and trench fever causet
"very secret formula.' Quite Definitely
Cooties were the subject of mor» bad jokes during the World War than any other single phenomenon of the front, and the jokes are al«
wnr.
"But   the   cootie matter," P'irth said.
Is   no   joking "This carrier
Price  who,   pistol   in  hand,  thrust   death J2 hours later. his way into the kitchen and  bel¬ lowed belligerently:
i-pppnt    r»r>n..t.    n,ot    XT„.:.    _:_u.   "Psts  and  lookouts   in   thc  Russlau       I-,..   .....   i-....—   ..             ,,,        ^, ,,
lack of military efficiency than tht and
At 3:30 a. m., Hannabury answer-   and  Price   fired  again - the   bullet   south of Zealand as a result of ice   disposition of the German forces. (In Amsterdam, It waa said that   a graveyard where the higher offi-   insecticide, "thc first non-poisonous,
•d a  knock  at  his  door.    It  was   entering   her   head   and   bringing   pressure. Two crew members tried      The     tJermans     discovered    the   Dutch   authorities   had   no   Infor-
Dispatches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject    to   censorship.
;            .      .                    ,!,„   ;,,„   hilt .    1       I       ».      •.  1.  J             »            .¦       .   1-    .,             ""        I cers had been buried with military   non-irritating,     non-staining
to   reach   shore   over   the   ue   but patro    only  after  it  had  gone  far mation   Indicating   an   increa.se   in   honors and their names written in , non-corrosive' louse-killer ever de- were earned away. They Y'^-f'?'' '"'°  the  enemy  lines,  the  advices German     troops     opposite     their ' pencil or charcoal on small boards,  vised, according to Major Firth, and ed up    0 hours later by a D.ui.sh said.     An   attempt   was   made   to border.)                                                    ,'^^   ,^^   ,,,,^^   ^j  j,,^  ^^^^,^.     q^^   jj  ^^^  ^l^^^j^.  volunteered  in  the icebreaker. surround the French troops and a 2.~ That   the   presence   of   Ger-   such tombstone .said that tho man   war on the side of the Allies. The     Copenhagen-Naksl<ov     ex- severe skirmish developed. mantroops  in   the  southern   part   buried there had "died while fight-      That is to say, this bane of cooties
Meanwhile, Hannabury had re- j turned with his revolver and fired I twice, instantly killing Price,
When brother officers arrived in _ .     .                 „
answer to Hannabury's emergency   press  train   was   blocked   by  snow      The French soldiers were able to   of    Polish    territory    occupied" by   Ing for the liberation of Finland,'
call,  they found  the sergeant  col- '   ... ._...-....
j lapsed beside the body of his dead ' wife.    Hysterical, he waa taken to
a hospital with his mortally-wound.
ed   daughter,   who   failed   to   rally
after an emergency operation.
a   couple  of  miles   from   Nak^ov   fight their way out of the trap an.'l i Soviet Russia had-been confirmed.   Everything Mined
and the 70 passengers were forced   slowly     retired     across     no-man's   It   was   said   the   German   troops       In  the  Russian  carnp.s  I  visited
to   spend   thc   night   aboard   after  land "to their own  lines. were  believed  to  be  guarding  the 11   found   trees   where   the   horses
attempts  lo remove them  by auto-       It     was     uiiilrrstoiid     that     thc   railroad    line    from    Rumania    on   had   gnawed    hark    for   fond   and j at  London  aiul  Pari.,  lo  detrrniine
mobile   failed   Snowswecpcrs  were   French   soldiers   laptiircd   .-several   which (icrmany is largely depend-I there were remnants of apparently   whether  it  is  all  the  makers  tan
rushed to the scene. ' German    prisoner*    and    bought; ent for oil Imports. I        tCcntinued on Page A-11)        1 it 1».
has been offered to thc British and French governments by the Over¬ sees Trading Corporation and even now is being tested in laboratories
combined  effects  of  red  tap*  and staff blundering." "In short, the cootie Is a louse."
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