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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1941
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HAZI AIR ATTACK BEATEH OFF FREHCH TROOPS JOIH BRITISH
Aid BUI Foes Hint Filibuster To Halt U. S. Plans for War
M'Carran Says Roosevelt Has Changed His Views
|RECEIVESR[P0['IS ON DEFENSE BILL
Hazards of War
Senator from Nevada Fears for Selectees; Barkley's Schedule Stirs up Tempers
By LOUS J. SCHAEFLE
Washington, Feb. 22. (UP) - Opponents tonight accused ad¬ ministration leaders of using "pressure methods" to shorten debate on the British aid bill after .Sen. Pat McCarran. D.Nev., In an impromptu speech predict¬ ed that if the measure becomes law every selectee leaving his home next month will "be gone for   good   and   all."
The flare-up on debate limit came at the conclusion of the first week of oratory on the Sen¬ ate floor. Democratic Leader A. W. Barkley of Kentucky an¬ nounced a plan to convene the Senate at 11 a.m. Tuesday, one hour earlier than customary. Filibuster Threat
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont.,    objecting,    said    that    the
Works on Documents Of the New Deal For U.S. Archives
Hyde Park, N. Y., Feb. 22 (UP) -
President Roosevelt tonight was In
[ the   quiet   of   the   library   on   his
[ estate   here,   working   for   several
hours  on  the  documentary  record
of  the  New  Deal  whieh   is  being
¦ made     a    part     of    the     federal
archives.
It was the fir.st break In the President's White House grind since   early   in   .lanuary,   and   Mr
debate   had   been   going   along   on   Roosevelt made the most of Wash-
a hlRh plane but "I can assure thff Senate that if members are going to be forced to speak when they are unprepared there may be some speeches which are not directiv on the merits of the bill." Sen. Bennett C, Clark, D.,Mo., echoed  the  filibuster threat.
inston's  birthday  holiday. Informed  nn  Lend Bill
By a direct line from temporary White House headquarters to Washington, Mr. Roosevelt re¬ ceived reports from senatorial leaders managing the lease-lend bill. It was understood Mr. Roose-
EXTREME UNCIION;
free' Force Takes Part In Cajnpaign
Senegalese Fighters Ready to Battle Keren Defenders
LED BY FRENCH
Barkley reported that he did nnt velt and administration congres- believe "any senator has the right ,innal leaders are hopeful that the to aak tha Senate to postpone ac-   bill might be passed late next week
tion   on   the   bill   while   he   runs about the country making spe.eches
perhaps hy Saturday night.
If that schedule should work oul.
to people who are not going to : ij ,vas understood Mr. Roosevelt vote on the bill." He referred to : ^^y leave Washington for a trip recent radio speeches by opposi- ggmj,. White House officials would tion senators in various cities. i „„[ confirm or deny that such a Clark said he did not see how a trip is planned, but it was under- delay of two or three days would j stood the President hopes for about hurt England. If ncces.sary, he ! a fortnight's vacation as soon as said, he would force reading the the defense bill is enacted, entire    Congres.sional    Record    and
rrious'sXectl''''  """"¦"'" "" PETAIN COMPLETES
The   exchange   between   Wheeler   CABINET   SELECTIONS
and    Barkley   followed   a   lengthy j 	
speech  by Sen.  Robert A. Taft, R.,      .^. ^,^^    ^2.    (UPi    Marshal
(1., denouncing the bill a.s a dicta- i ^^^^. •'phuippe Petain and Vice- lor.chip" nica.sure and ProP'«'"K« ; Premier Jean Francois Darlan, $2,0no.000.00fl credit to gr^eat Britain conferring   at    length,   have
Onions are members of the lily family, but they don't smell so sweet when you're peeling them. So soldiers on kitchen police duty at Fort Dix, N. J.,  don  their gas masks while  they  prepare  tubful.
ARMS CONTRACTS 'NAZIS PROTEST DUE EOR CHECK   JAPANESE OFFER
BY LEGISLATORS
Joint Committees Of House, Senate To View Financing
as a substitute.   Earlier Sen. Arthur A. Capper, K., Kans., spoke against the hill. Says Willkie for War
A  question  Sen. Scott  Luca-s. D,
agreed   to   reorganize   the   French cabinet  and  set  up  a  government compo.sed of five ministers, it was learned tonight. The   new   cabinet,   which   is   ex-
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Ambassador Calls On Yosuke Matsuoka; Home Critics Loud
Spain's Former King Failing Rapidly; Visited by Royalty
New York, Feb.'w (I'D— Tlie Natlonnl Broadcasting Company tonight heard a Ber¬ lin radio report that former King Alfonso of .Spain, seri¬ ously III In Rome after a heart ailment, had died.
Rome, Sunday, Feb. 2.1 (UP) Former King Alfonso XIII of Spain, critically ill of a heart ail¬ ment, summoned all his ebbing strength to pray for restoration of the Spanish monarchy aa a priest administered extreme unction. In¬ timates   revealed   early  Sunday.
As the priest, Ramon Lopei, a Spanish Jesuit, recited the prayer that is said only when all hope of a person's recovery is gone, Alfonso prayed:
"Mny God  always be with Spain and  pardon  me  for my  errors." In (ireat Pain
Alfonso, said to be suffering great pain, has been lucid through¬ out. However, he was given an in.1ection late last night to enabU' him to sleep. Hii .p)rii» was aaid to  be  very weak  early  today.
Queen Victoria, Alfonso's wife: hia aon Don Juan, in whose favor Alfonso recently renounced his claims to the Spanish throne; Don Jaime, another son, and Princess Beatrice, a daughter, remained In adjoining rooms so they would be able to go quickly to the former king's  bedside.
King Vlctr Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy visited Alfonso's sick room late In the day but remained  only  a  few  moment*.
Presence in Africa Expected to Add Men for DeGaulle
111., ajiked Taft focussed the bitter   pected  lo  be  announced  tomorrow   pominuous check on defense spend- Intra-partv     feud     In     Republican   or Monday,  reportedly  will  con.sust   . . o,k„.u    t^
ranks    over   the    British    aid    hill. ! of Darlan  as  vice-president  of the   '"K-   Chairman   Adolf   Sabath,   D., Taft  told  Lucas   that  the  "logical i council and minister of foreign af-   111.,  said  tonight, consequences"   of   the   position   of | fairs;  Joseph  Barthe[emy  as min-;     Rep.  Sabath  said  he would  call
Washington, Feb. 22.   (UP)- The   By H. O. THO.MPSON
Hou.se rules committee next week j Tokyo, Feb. 22. (UP) - Foreign will consider a special congressional j *''"''''^'' 'i'osuke Matsuoka'a al- investigation   intended   to   keep   a' !!«^*^    offer   to    mediate    between
EDUCATORS REGISTER FOR 71ST CONVENTION
Great   Britain   and   Germany   to-  „,.„,„.„.  „.    .,... ,
night arou,sed Isar.i diplomatic rep-   for the next five days
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 22. (UPt - Hundreds of the nation's edu¬ cators registered here today for the 71st annual convention of the Amer¬ ican Association of School Admin¬ istrators, which will hold eeaslons
criticism  at  home, Matsuoka has met twice with the  e. Stassen of Minnesota, U.S. Con
I    Among speakers who will address ' the convention are Governor Harold
:- up for consideration Monday orlJ^Psnese press in an effort to gre.ssman Martin L. Dies of Texas, ''Tuesday six resolutions providing clarify his position on the "media- Major George Fielding Eliot, U.S. y i for   special   defense   investigations   ''O"   ^^"il   ''""day   German    Am-  Commissioner   of   Education   John
Wendell   L.   Willkie   "is   that   we ! i.ster of justice; Gen. Charles Hunt- should   go   to   war."    He  said   that   ziger   as    minister    of   war;    Yves
he believes both Willkie and Presi-   Bouthillier a.s  minister of economy'.,,.    „^         _ „  .              ^j,
dent Roosevelt have changed their   and  finance:  and  Pierre  Caziot as   after    the    second    naval    defense   bassador  Eugen   Ott  called  at  the  w.     Studebaker,     Philip    Murray, views on war from those presented   minister of agriculture. i authorization    of    the    session    Is   ''"'f'K"   Office   and   was   reported! president  of the CIO   and  promi-
the voters in 19*0. I     "    ,.-....,   i,.,..   —j.   .—.-.
Democrats challenged Taft's as¬ sertions that the bill would enable the President to give away the en¬ tire navy and that exchange trans¬ actions to bolster Argentine cur- rencv constituted "loans".    Taft re¬
state.
Other member.s of the government
would he Rene Belin. labor; Jacques
Piicheiix.      indii.'trial      production:
Abel   Bonnard,   public   in.struction:
.lacques     Chevalier,     family     and
torted    that    the    President    could   health:    Gen.   Jean   Bergeret.   air;
value the navy at'Sl.SOO.OOn.OOO and   .lean      Bethelot.     communications:
give  it  all  away:   that  the   matter [ Adm.    Rene    Platnn.   colonies   and
'Continued  on  Page A-10) Jean Achard. supplies.
Heifitz Leads Concert Stars In Fight Against Boss Petrillo
Petain would remain as chief of   placed on the House calendar.  This   ^P   "ave   made   verbal   representa-  nent educators.
The theme of the convention hajs i been   taken   from   the  preamble   to
New York, Feb. 22,  (UP)—Some , it  Is  known   that   he  has  been   in
of the most glittering name.s of the ' constant touch with Lawrence Tib- ""* '" ^^^^y '" *'"''*•
American   concert  stage   indicated   bett, Albert Spalding,  the violinLst.   	
tonight through Jajseha Heifitz. the   and   Jose   Iturbi.   the   pianist.     Aii SOVIET MAKES AWARDS
famed violinist, lhat they would re-   have   been   active   in   the   fight   to Moscow, Sunday. Feb. 23. (UP)
measure,   approved   by   the    naval   ''°"s  concerning  the  offer.
affairs   committee   along   with   the : Grew a Caller „.;.^.,   .„...        .^, »,
bill  paving  the  way  for  President       United State.i Amba.s.sador .Toseph  t1^p"u\s'" Constitution:  "Toprovide Roosevelt's   Sfi9S,000,ono   emergency   Clark    Grew   also   conferred   with   for   the   common   defense:   to   pro- naval  prooram, covers sea  and air   Matsuoka on the tense Far P^astern   mote   the   general   welfare    to   se- defenses  to  be  financed  next year.           (Continued  on  Page  A-lOt            cure the  blessings nf liberty." Would <'on»b:«t Profiteering ¦—  .
Sabath said he believed a joint congressional committee co-operat¬ ing with the Army and Navy could keep racketeering and profiteering on  arms spending to a  minimum.
He added that a joint investi¬ gation by the House and Senate might eliminate duplication result¬ ing from .separate investigation by established House and Senate com¬ mittees.   Two are In  progress and
Germans Charge British Vessels Fly U.S. Flag
Berlin Claims Plot To Ensnare America In European War
Berlin,   Feb.  22   (UP)    Germans, claiming to have inflicted  tremen-
I a swindle in the hope that Germany would become involved with a neu¬ tral  power."
I     Asserting that the United States
j "already has a mortgage on the British    fleet."    DNB    added    that
! "British shipping does not feel safe on   the  world's   seas   and   so   hides itself under a neutral  flag." "It    is    to    America's    concern."
By ,IAX YINDRICH
Khartoum. Anglo-Kgyptlai. Su¬ dan. Feb. 22. (UP) Free French troops, with their own equipment, have arrived in Eritrea after a l..%00-mile march across Africa to join the British drive on Keren, it was disclosed tonight.
The French, after crossing the continent, were transported by sea to the Eritrean coast, where they disembarked in the first landing effected since the British advance started Jan. l.'i. I'se American  Truck*
Bearing their own rifles, ma¬ chine guns, ammunition, trench mortars, and other equipment, the French forces traveled all the way across French equatorial Africa In American trucks with¬ out  losing a  single  vehicle.
The only item of equipment lacking when they arrived was artiller.v and the British have supplied   that.
¦The  march,   which  started   from I Fort Ljmy near  Im.\c  Chad,  was I entirely Without incident, the dap¬ per,  diminutive  colonel  in charge aal(l.
The units were composed of strapjiing, six-font Senegalese war¬ riors  with   French   officers,
I interviewed the colonel aboard a ship piled high with cases of am¬ munition, rifles, and machine guns while a huge Senegale.<e in khaki shirt and sht.rt.s stood by warning everyone not to smoke near the ammunition. Calls for French Aid
The colonel had traveled from Vichy to Morocco, thence by auto¬ mobile to Nigeria, and finally to "somewhere in the Sudan" where the la.st stage of the journey started. While we talked Royal Air Force planes roared overhead and white- clad Sudanese workers handled sup¬ plies of water, oil, and gasoline.
The colonel told me his wife and children were still in France. He was cheerful and eager to fight nevertheless.
"I hope the news of Free French fighting in Eritrea will lead many more Frenchmen to join De Gaulle (Gen. Charles De Gaulle, leader of the "Free France" movementi, for although the Vichy government is pro-German, a majority of the | French people are pro-British. |
"Many would have joined De ! Gaulle," he added, "but It Is not [ easy to leave France." I
Voids Conressions
Lo:idon. Feb. 22.   (UPl-   General Charles   de   Gaulle   tonight   placed the    Free    French    movement    nn 1 record as refusing tn recognize any[ territorial   or   political   concessions made  by the Vichy government   in French   Indo-China   nr   any   olher part  of  the  French  Empire. De Gaulle's  slatement said: "Any   renunciation   whi<h   might be  accepted  by  the  Vichy  govern¬ ment In connection with the Integ¬ rity of the  French  Empire's  terri¬ tory   or   the   rights   of   France   in any part of the world will be <oii- sidercd    void    by    the    Council    of Defense  of the  French   Empire."
Planes Fill Sky As RAF Blocks Raiding Bombers
Tliree Wave/t of German Planes Repelled While Spectators View Dogfights Over English Coast,' British Fighters Carry Attack to ^azi Ports With Heavy Damage
By H. L. PKRCY
landon. Feb. 22 (UP)—The Ho.val .\ir Force in a Miies of terrific doKfiRhls drove three swarms of (ierman homberi bacii from the Knglish roast toda.v and followed up destruc¬ tive nijcht attacks on Wilhclmshaven, Kmden and Brest with smashing raids on Northern France.
RAF patrols intercepted .s(iiiadron.s of invadinj? (lernian bombers over tlie Channel and, at altitudrs of 20,000 to 2.5,000   feet,  gn\e  battle  in  a  scries  of  dogfijfht.s   which
— —   observers said were reminiscent of
»•»        11    ff 1    I »T    If lb   encounters   which    kept   Great
Death  1 afieS t other     Britain    in    the   war   last   August
Of'Lord Hau Haw'  i «¦>;'septnnbe,
  1     In    the    lale    afternoon,    a    lone
raider was reported to have drop¬ ped several bombs on a southwest England toun, causing extonsive damage to houses and killing a woman.
Raiders were reported also over towns in eastern England, tha south English coast, and South Wales.
J3rd Attack nn  Base
The ministries rrportnd the de¬ struction of three enemy planes, one a bomber shot down by anti¬ aircraft guns.
i     The    RAF    night   raids   started
1 fires and caused heavy explosions,
I the   air   ministry   said.   The   great
i German   naval   base   at   Wilhelm.s-
haven,  attacked fnr the  4,1rd time,
:«as bombed steadily for no minutes.
It  was  said,  and  "a  large  flre  was
started  near  Baiihafeii   followed  by
a succession  of explo.sinns."
Despite  bad   weather  "a  number ' of airdromes in Holland and Francs \ also  were  attacked."  the  ministry ] said,    with    British    fighters    and bombers    continuing   tlieir   opera¬ tions  along   the   French  coast   to¬ day.
In a daylight sweep of Northern France. It was reported, bomber* and fighters streamed across the ihannel and pounded at invasion bases. Heavy explosions were heard on  the  English  side.
During  the   night  indu.'-trial  ob-
London, Feb. 22. (UP) Michael Joyce, believed to be the father of Germany'.!: "Lord Haw Haw" (William Joyce', Is dead, it was disclosed   today,
Jo.vce, whose house recently was wrecked by a German bomn, died of a heart malady, it was said.
His de.Tth occurred nt Under- hill Road, East Dulwich, where he had moved after his home was destroyed.
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Tired Firemen Win Over Vast Blazes; Thousands Homeless
ject an ultimatum from the Amer-   preserve the AGMA as a' separate  Marking   the  2,'ird  anniversary  of | dous blows again.st British shipping
ican   Federation    of   Mu.sicians   to   group. the   Red   Army,   the   presidium   of   suggestei!      tonight      lhat      Great   DNB said,  "to see  that  the  safety
join   or   suffer   the  consequences "Our organization will fight Pet- ¦ the Supreme .Soviet today awarded   Brilain was attempting to drag the   of  peaceful   American   shipping   is
wilh-, rilln
to the bitter end," Heifitz orders and medals to^l.88,'1 officers United States into war by camou¬ flaging British merchantmen as American  vessels.
presumably    picketing    and
drawal of accompanists,                       : said. and   men   for  successful   execution
The   ultimatum   was   i.s.sued   by '     The    battle    between    the    two of fighting orders and outstanding
James C. Petrillo, head of the AFM '. groups is one of the moat dramatic achievements, the Tass news agency
who has declared the concert artisLs   In  union  circles.   The membership reported.
to be in his jurLsdiction despite their   of the AGMA  includes names cele-;  ~~
memberjihip in the American Guild   brated   on   the   concert    platform.s ¦ .¦¦pijv DCi CACFC TWn
nf Musical Artists,    Petrillo's .stand   «nd    podiums    of    the    world.     Its VIUnT   ntLCHoCO   I WU
«as boLstered by an Appellate court   members  represent the virtuosi  in CPOM   'WAR   GUILT'
decision di.smi.s.sing an action which I "11    musical    fields,    artists   whose '''"''"     '*"'
sought to restrain him from moving   «chievements are bvwords in many ITT             , „
in on the AGMA.                                       homes. Vichy,   France   Feb.  22.    (UP) —
Heifitz said conferences would be '     Petrillo has insisted that regard- Two  former  high   French   govern-
Thc suggestion was based on the high command's report that the 7,17»-ton freighter Canadian Cruiser, said to have been sunk in the Indian Ocean, was flying the United States flag and had the Stars and Stripes painted on her side.
not harmed by such methods,"
The newspaper Nachtausgabe suggested that the British believed "they could thus conjure up a polit¬ ical Incident" but had, Instead, "suffered n political defeat as well as mal'^riil loss." Shipping  Losses
The Ormans said the Canadian Crui.scr was the property of the Canadian Steamship Company and
RUSSIA DENIES PART IN BIXGAR-TI RK PACT
Moscow. Sunday, Feh. 23 (UPi Reports lhat the recent Turko-Bul- garian non-aggression declaration waa concluded with the aitive assistance of the Soviet Union was denied today by the Tass news agency.
Tass said it was authorized to state that the report, published by the Swiss newspaper Rasler Nich- richten, does not correspond with fact.
By  EDWARD .IOB
Swansea,  Wales,  Feb.  22   (UP) This coal town's army of homeless
scratched    through    the    ruins    of jectives in the Ruhr werp attacked
former   homes   today   in   an   effort with  heavy  bombs and  the  Emden
to salvage  any  belongings  not  de- naval   ha.se  and  the  Port  of  Brest
stroyed by three successive nights were subjected lo sustained bomb--
of devastating attack by the Ger- ing.
mnn air force. I..arge formations of planes par- Stunned, grim, but carrying on, ticipated In the daylight dogfights, the lown tried to count its dead, fighters zooming, diving, and fir- The search for bodies went on in ing incessantly. Relays of RAF the ruins of homes, theaters, res- fighters drove to the attack south taurants, banks, schools, stores and of the Straits of Dover snd else- churches, where over the Kent coaat. Third Raid Worst German Boats Busy
Last      night's     three-and-a-half- Flying   In   close   formation   with
hour raid was worse than those of single    plane.--    far   out    on    either
the  preceding two nights.  Starting flank,    the    British    patrolled    th«
at dusk, the Germans first dropped channel  area,  darting  occasionally
illuminating flares, then thousands to the continental side  and sweep-
of incendiaries, and finally tons of ing   the   coast    from   Dunkirk    t«
high   explosive   bombs. Ostend.
Persons who fled to Ihe country- Vapor  trails   left   by  the   planes,
side  during  the  night  returned   to out nf sight from the ground, indl-
the   smoking   ruin.s   to   find   dirty, cated    the    British    fighters    were
red-eyed firemen near cnllap.se after seeking Iheir prey over large area*
three nights of unendiiig loil. Many nf northern  France,
of their comrades had been  killed. Shortly   b.-fore  one  large   forma-
Put the fires were out. tion     passed    over    Kent    toward
Raider KnIU in Flames France small German boats darted
One German raider, hit hy shrap- busily  along  the  French  shore  be-
nel from anti-aircraft guns, crashed tween  Boulogne and Calais,  laying
into   Ihe   flames   his   predecessors down a smoke screen,
had started. Three   times   German   planes   at-
Despitc    the    great    destruction, tempted    to    break    through    th»
casualties were not expected to be British   patrol and  failed, watchert
commensurate   with   the   Intensity reported.     At   times    observers   oa of the raid.                               ¦               i         (Continued  on  Page  A-101
2 Hurt As Double Engine Hits Auto At Plymouth
N. Y. POLICE RECOVER STOLEN MACHINE GUNS
In Today's Issue
Meanwhile. Germans claimed their that   its   home   port   was   Halifax, lould be       Petrillo has insisted that regard-    'wo   lormer   iuku   '¦''^"'j''   i'"'^^''"-: bombers    attacked    militarily    im- N. .S.  It  was  sunk,  the  high  corn- held   this   week-end   and   although   '^•''•''  "f  'he  brilliance  of  the  indi-   "'*"'   oflicial.-^   already   have   been  portant  points  in  a resumption of mand   said,   by   "German   surface he would  not  name  the  conferees   vidual members they arc perform-   released   from   administrative   con-  daylight raids on Great Britain to- units."
 —______^__^_^__   ers as a class and as such  belong   flnement at Vals Ie.s Bains, It was  jgy ^nd said British fighters were The high command also said that
I in   hia   union.    While   he   has   not   announced   today.    Those   re!ea.sed  unable   to   keep   the   raiders   from a  German  submarine  had  sunk  a
suggested  what  methods  the  AFM   "'ere Charles  Pomaret. minister of  penetrating past  the coast,              , 4,3.">0-ton  enemy merchantman  and
                             I would use to enforce his edict his   interior   in   the   cabinet   of   Paul  •swindle' Is Claimed that   long-range   German   bombers
Frf-i* I 1    B—11      union   could   order   bands   not   to   Reynaud,    and   Senator   Abraham       (London    reported    that    British yesterday      sank      one      4,000-lon
^^ »ln I '         *^*        accompany  AGMA  members  when, Schramack.                                              fighters,   in   a   succession   of   air freighter and  badly  damaged  two
^B P IIM *    *—'*    'they   arc   making   records   or   are      Jules Moch.  former secrelary  of  battles, drove three German squad- large tankers in a British convoy.
^^BIUdi°*   *^~'      j appearing on the concert stage.      j state   and   president  of  council   in  rona back to their bases.) Informed  Germans   subsequently
^^¦jr™Y  A—S*    I     Most accompanists also !>re AFM   the   first   Popular   Front   cabinet.      Discussing   the   sinking,   one   of • claimed  that German  bombers  to-
^^Rr"'**   B—I      I members  and  would  be  unable  to  will be released soon,  it wai said,  four claimed by the Germans, the day  sank   a  7,000-ton   enemy  ship
^^ SmiL  *—'*      work   wilh   AGMA   performers   if   because   of   poor   health   and   his official   D.VB   news   agency   asked and severely damaged two 5,000-lon
soeiu    A—1.1      Petrillo should so order.                     lecord as a five-stripe naval officer.' "whether the  English staged such , vessels northwest of Scotland.
New York, Feb. 22. (UP) An anonymous telephone caller tonight directed police to an empty lot on New York's downtown west side where they recovered 10 Thompson sub-macnine guns stolen from a Hudson River pier two days ago.
The ca.se of 10 guns was removed from a large consignment of the weapons awaiting shipment lo Brilain.
In an empty lot police found the guns in three burlap bags. All were assembled and ready for action, al¬ though they were knocked down In the packing case when stolen.
Two men were injured, one .seri¬ ously, wnen two D. L. & W. engines, coupled to a caboose, demoli-shed an automobile owend by a Bre.slau man on South Center avenue in Ply¬ moulh early this morning.
Joseph Krislo of Fourth street. Plymouth, suffered lacerations of the scalp, lacerations over the eye and a possible fracture of the skull.
Also injured was Theodore Racz- kowski, 44.'5 First avenue, Breslau, who was treated by Dr. Banjamin S. Davis of 28 Center avenue, Ply¬ moulh, for scalp lacerationa and shock and then removed* to his home. He was the driver of the car. which was owned by hi.s father.
Police said that Kenneth Brace of 218 Cherry street, Plymouth, was an occupant of the car but his whereabouts were unknown early this morning. He left the scene of   the  accident   before   police   ar¬
rived.  Brace la not beUeved to b«
injured.
Returning  from Wedding
The trio was returning from S wedding on River street, Plymouth, when the car collided with th« head engine at 12:0,'5 a. m. Th» front end of the car was com« pletely   smashed.
It was reported that Edward Kelly of Price slreel, Kingston, was the engineer, while James Fin« nen, 356 Rulter street, Kingston, was engineman. The two enginei go down the river at the same tima each night  lo pick up coal cars.
Patrolman    Edgar   Hughes   and (Continued on Page A-10)
Dispatches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject   to   censorship.