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BRITAIN SHIES | Rescuers Dig Slowly

AT REPRISALS

IN SHIP RAIDS

FOREIGN AFFAIRS SHANGHAI — Floods reported have killed 5000 Japs. WASHINGTON — Senators. drop bombing protest proposal.

i LONDON —Britain to avoid retalia-

tions for ship raids. PARIS—French forces U. S. Envoy asks prisoner trade. HENDAYE—Loyalists retreat before intense Rebel drive.

Britain Not to Take Action in Bombings

June 14 (U.P.).—The has considered

LONDON, British Government various methods of retaliation for the bombing of British ships in Spanish waters, but is not prepared at present to embark on such measur berlain told the House of Commons today in reply to nation-wide resentment against his failure to take drastic action. The Government does not feel Justified in recommending active participation which might result in spreading the conflict far beyond its present limits,” Chamberlain said. Therefore they repeat the warnIng to British shipping to enter military ports at their own risk.” warned Spanish Rebels, however, of the danger relations involved in attacks. times apparently deliberate, which British lives are lost. Chamberlain revealed that the Spanish Rebel Government had expressed regret that its aviators should single out British ships, but could not abandon the use of the air arm to prevent war supplies reaching the Loyalists in foreign vessels. The Burgos Government, he said, deplored the loss of life in Valencia and other ports. Chamberlain declared the British Government had considered earnest!v what action it could take to protect British shipping without reversing its declared policy of nonintervention but difficulties were encountered.

China Battle Front Buried Under Water

SHANGHAI,

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June 14 (U. P)—

day that 5000 Japanese troops had been drowned in Yellow River flood waters, that 7000 more were trapped. and that gigantic quantities of war 1 s were inundated. rdi to these dispatches, at 5000 Japanese were overwhen the Paishah sector the central front was buried 30 feet of water. The other 7000 were reported isot Kalleng, provincial capital and their fate was un-

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Honan, Known. Kaifeng, the dispatches said, was nder 20 feet of water and 2350 field

were submerged.

Civilians’ Fate Unknown No mention was made of the fate civilians. The city, on the eastest Lunghai railroad, had a popution of 200,000 Dispatches from Chinese portions the central front said the floods stopped the Japanese drive in the Chengchow secat the junction point of the Lunghai and the north-south Peip-ing-Hankow railroad. Japanese had nothing to say regardil the fiood. They did not explain the silence of their army which was at the gates of Chengchow four davs ago. to the Chinese, the floods were becoming steadily worse

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Jap Planes Ready

So serious was the situation beoming, it was said, due to addibreaks in dykes and the steadily rising level of the canal at magistrates had ordered the poverty-stricken farmers in the area trees in breaches. Meanw possibilit

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an effort hile lending weight (0 the r of a Yangtze drive in force, Chinese reported that 300 Japanese airplanes had arrived at ‘uhu, between Anking Japanese authorities reported that Americans at Anking safe. These were reported Miss E. Borne, Utica, N. Y.; M. Colson, Montgomery, Ill.; Miss E. Myers, Grand Bay. Ala.; L. A. Fairfield, Chelsea. Mass.’ and Dr. H. B. Taylor, Norfolk, Va.

to be Miss

Senate Resolution Asked Against Bombinds

WASHINGTON, June 14 (U. P). Chairman Pittman (D. Nev.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today abandoned plans to eek Senate concurrence in Secreary of State Hull's disapproval of bombing of noncombatant cities. Instead, Senator Pittman anhe will introduce a new resolution and request its consideratomorrow which merely will (Continued on Page Three)

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ground in a makeshift mine, his 17-year-old son awaited rescue today after being entombed for

Toward Miner and Son

Earlier Believed Dead

P.).—Three hundred feet undera “bootleg” anthracite miner and

more than 24 hours and given up as dead.

crude mine—one of the “bootleg

The miner, Peter Shinkowsky, 48, and his son, Peter Jr. were trapped when some timbering was knocked down yesterday in the

” holes which unemployed miners

have dug on the property of companies in the anthracite district.

Tons of earth and thought that the man and boy n Shinkowsky shouted through the unhurt. Rescuers said that the however.

rock crashed

into the diggings. It was aust have been kiiled. Hours later, barrier that they were alive and youth's voice sounded hysterical,

Because of the narrowness of the bootleg slope, rescuers had

to remove the debris one bucket at a time.

Some hoped a new

slope might be opened by nightfall, but others were not so opti-

mistic.

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RS. CATHERINE SHINKOWSKY, wife and moéther of the

trapped men, came here f{ the mouth of the slope all night daughter, Mary, faintea when st Miners said there was plenty it is above an old Centralia collie

rom Shenandoah. She stayed at and refused to leave today. Her 1e arrived. of air in the closed slope because ries working. They said sufficient

air would seep upward into the closed slope.

“Shall we start removing th first words to reach rescuers, th

e rock here?” were Shinkowsky's e first indication that rescue at-

tempts would not oe fruitless. The men, working in relays to clear away the barrier, 135 feet from the surface, instructed the pair to return to the bottom of the hole and remain there until rescued. They feared that efforts of the trapped men might cause another

fall.

Order 1 l Safety Islands;

Auto Kills

Board and Morrissey Agree On Immediate Survey Downtown.

The Safety Board today ordered immediate construction of 11 new permanent safety islands to safe-

guard streetcar riders in the down- |

town area. Work will start next week. At the same time the Board ordered a survey of the entire city to determine other spots that are dan-

gerous for pedestrians, and

hazards. Theo Dammeyer, Safety Board head, announced he will ask for a $10,000 appropriation in the 1939 budget for construction of the additional zones and traffic signal lights, The Board acted on the motion of Edward P. Fillion, member, who said: “We should put in those needed worst immediately and conduct a survey of the entire downtown area to determine how many more are needed. I believe the lack of safety islands in congested areas has created one of the most hazardous conditions in the city.” No Protection Now

Pedestrian

Two Others Die in State Traffic; County Toll Reaches 53.

BULLETIN MUNCIE, June 14 (U. P.).—C. C. Merrill, salesman of 1215 W. 36th St, Indianapolis, was killed instantly today when his automobile was struck by an Indiana Railroad car south of here.

Indiana's traffic death toll was in-

how | creased by three today as a pedes- | Joc many additional permanent zones) trian was killed in Indianapolis and | aft { would be needed to eliminate the

two other persons died as the result of accidents outside Marion County. The dead: Carl Young, 32, of 224': W. New York St., fatally injured in an accident here. Harry Forrester, 19, Ray, killed when his auto overturned north of Angola, Walter Cook, 48, Michigan City, injured when struck by an auto. The Marion County death toll rose tq 53, compared to 70 on the same date a year ago. Meanwhile police arrested 50 motorists charged with traffic violations. Thirty-nine persons were con- | victed in Municipal Court today of traffic law violations and were fined

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1938

TOBIN FLAYS HAND-PICKED’

Labor Leader Warns Workers Lose Confidence in Conventions.

‘WARNS DEMOCRAT HEAD | Sl :

Attorney General Says Primary Return Is Up To Legislature.

Declaring the masses of workers are losing confidence in state conventions, Daniel J. Tobin, Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers international president, today warned Democratic leaders to be ‘“exceptionally careful as to the candidates they put forth for office.” In a letter to Attorney General Omer Stokes Jackson, State Democratic chairman, Mr. Tobin said that “labor —unorganized as well as organized—will not support any can-

meets in full measure the confidence of the workers.”

Attorney General Jackson said to- |

day: “He thinks we ought to have a | return to the direct primary for nominations in senatorial and gubernatorial races. Of course that is a matter for the Legislature to decide. It was a iine letter and he is a fine man. I'm always glad to get suggestions [ron anybody.” Mr. divisio

| many labor men in the

| “especially representatives of

{ the Democratic Party. | teamster’s union is an A. F. | affiliate.) | “The workers . . . do not believe in | hand-picked candidates,” Mr. To- { bin’s letter read. “It is our judg- | ment that the Democratic State | Convention should recommend a | change in the present law so that | voters in Indiana would have some- | thing to say as to who should rep- | resent them in the United States Senate.”

| Losing Confidence

“In other words, the masses of | the toilers are losing confidence in

Streetcar patrons have been with- | $131 by Judge John McNelis, Twenty | State conventions, as they believe

out protection since March 8, when | Of them were convicted of running Such conventions safety | preferential streets and were fined | the stage is set

the Board abandoned all

controlled, the

are and

zones guarded only by yellow lines $46. Judge McNelis suspended fines agreed upon before the opening of

and metal markers. The new islands will be at: north-

| west corner of Delaware and Mar- City Hospital after he was hit by

ket Sts, on Delaware St.; northwest corner of Delaware and Ohio Sts.,, on Delaware St.; northwest corner of Delaware and Washington Sts., on Delaware St.: northwest corner of Capitol Ave. and Washington St, on Capitol Ave.; northeast corner of Pennsylvania and Maryland Sts., on Maryland St. Southwest corner of Pennsylvania and Maryland Sts, on Maryland | St.; southwest corner of Delaware | and Maryland Sts., on t.; southwest corner of Maryland Sts., on ; northeast corner of and Maryland Sts, on St.; southeast corner Ave Ave, and Virginia Ave. at Fountain Square, for outbound traffic on Virginia Ave.

Meridian

Maryland !

of Virginia

The Board's inability to replace carried for some distance down the!

the abandoned zones with permanent chain-and-concrete-abutment islands, has “created a most dangerous emergency,” Police Chief Morrissey said. Asks Gamewell Fund He urged that installation of traffic signals be dropped temporarily and that the $600 remaining in the Gamewell Division fund be used ex-

clusively for safety island construc- ices were arranged today for Harry |

| tion. The | $6000. John McNellis, Gamewell Division head, estimated each island built would cost the City approximately $35. Chief Morrissey promised to furnish the chain. The Gamewell Division is to furnish cement and fixtures, and the Indianapolis Street Railways is expected to provide | sand, gravel, and iron posts.

Confer on South Side

Track Elevation

City Engineer Henry B. Steeg today conferred with I. W. Greer, Pennsylvania Railroad chief engineer, on plans for South Side railroad track elevation. Results of their conference were not disclosed. ~

IT’S A BOY AGAIN AT THE REX BELLS

HOLLYWOOD, June 14 (U. P).

fund originally

. and Maryland St. on Virginia |

amounting to $365. Mr. Young diea en route to the

the intersection of Vermont St. and Senate and Indiana Aves. James O. King, 22, of 1125': W. New York St., who told police he was driving the auto that struck Mr. Young, was not held John W. Williams, a Big Four Railroad fireman, narrowly escaped death today when a Big Four pas-

an auto at

senger train struck his auto at the |

N. Sherman Drive crossing a mo-

Maryland | ment after he jumped clear from it. |

Mr. Williams said he was on his

Maryland | way from work to his home at 714 Meridian | N. Wallace St., and that the flasher | represent them.

lights began operation just as he drove his car onto the tracks. He said he tried to speed the car | up but instead stalled it and jumped hurriedly from it as the train bore down. The wreckage of the car was

tracks.

MICHIGAN CITY, June 14 (U. P.).—Walter Cook, 48, Michigan City, died today from injuries received last night when he was struck by a car driven by Clinton Pcllard, Michigan City.

ANGOLA. June 14 —Funeral serv-

Forrester, 19, Ray, killed when his

contained auto overturned 10 miles north of! A : | realize that there is a disturbed and | Dr. Sherill said,

dissatisfied condition of mind pre- | dwarfs vailing amongst the workers, and | sirable res

here.

DR. FOX DIES AT FRANKLIN

Dr. W. A. Fox of 1123 Oliver Ave. a dentist in Indianapolis for more than 40 years. died today at the Masonic Home at Franklin, according to word received here. He was 71.

| the convention.

“After years of struggle, the workers of the nation were successful in obtaining a referendum system of choosing their candidates. Most states have continued this system. Only a few backward states have discarded or refused to adopt the primary in the selection of all candidates for public office. “Whether it is justified or not,

the workers of the state are losing |

confidence day atter day in the present condition that exists. This may be due to unemployment. The labor movement cannot be purchased for a few jobs. The labor movement demands that men shall

Desires Sidetracked

| “Many large groups of the work- | ers in Lake County and other in- | dustrial centers, believe the pres- | ent Democratic leadership within

| object to take care of themselves, and that the desires and aspirations of the workers have been sidetracked or of a secondary con- | sideration, which is in direct vio- | lation of the promises and pledges | made by the Democratic candidates and leadership in the last election. “Believe me when I say to you that I am volunteering this information so that the Democratic leadership before it is too late will

they will not be satisfied to vote for | candidates who are self-constituted | or who are chosen by three or four leaders, which leadership in their { Judgment does not represent the (Continued on Page Three)

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CANDIDATES

didate who has been decided upon by a few people who believe they are leaders, unless that candidate

our state have made it their main!

‘Former President of Univer-

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind.

Dies in Lap CALL ENTERS GUILTY PLEA I KIDNAP CHARGE

21-Year-0ld Abductor of ' Jimmy Cash Denies Murder Count, However.

TEAR ROLLS DOWN FACE

| Youth’s Trial Tentatively! Set for Tomorrow; Counsel Named.

Dr. William W. Campbell n =

BLINDNESS FEAR OF ASTRONOMER

MIAMI, Fla. June 14 (U. P.). — Franklin Pierce McCall today pleaded guilty to charges of kidnaping Jimmy Cash but entered a not guilty plea to a second charge ac- | cusing him of murdering the 5-year- | old boy.

‘Flood Control Bill ‘Action Is Awaited

PRICE THREE CENTS

HOUSE APPROVES WAGE-HOUR BILL

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FLOOD CURB UP

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

ADJOURNMENT delay likely with rail aid bill. FLOOD CONTROL bill puts cost on U. S, LEWIS LOSES plea for “black list.”

WASHINGTON, June 14 (U.P). —A conference report on the 375 million dollar flood control bill, pro-

sity of California Takes Own Life.

Only a few minutes after an 18man grand jury returned indict-

{and first-degree murder, the 21SAN FRANCISCO, June 14 (U. | year-old farm youth was brought P.).—William W. Campbell, one of | into court to enter his pleas. an a chin . | His trial on the kidnaping indictthe world’s greatest astronomers, | ment tentatively was set for tomor-

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Tobin, who headed the labor| a jeap from his fourth floor apartn of the Democratic National |

killed himself today because he was | row. McCall asked the court to ap-

represent him as defense counsel. Enters Mixed Plea

Although the youth entered a | mixed plea, conviction on either of | the two counts carries the maximum penalty of death in the electric chair under Florida law. { McCall entered his pleas before | Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson. Hustled

| become a burden to his wife. “Goodby, dearest Elizabeth,” read | 'a note to his wife. “Be of great |

courage. It is better that I go away now with my powers nearly all gone, than that I stay and become an incompetent person.” Dr. Campbell was 76. He was | | president emeritus of the University | of California, which he headed from | 1923 to 1930. He killed himself in | by 14 policemen and six sheriff's | deputies, he heard the indictments read by G. A. Worley, state's at-

ment window this morning while his wife slept. Dr. Campbell, who spent a life-

: torney. studying the heavens and | : spi i over his mathematical | Clenching his hands, biting his

| lips, and staring at the floor, Mc- | Call listened to the kidnaping in- | dictment. | “Guilty,” he said, when Mr. Worley | asked how he pleaded. Then Mr. Worley read the murder indictment. “Not guilty,” McCall said as a tear rolled down his face.

Wallace, Douglas eft his pen, watch, keys and a note. t said: “Look in my comet book in the red room.” In the comet book were found the other notes. “My blind eye was lost in 1932. My other eye is nearly blind,” read one. “I must not remain to Elizabeth a burden.” read another. Dr. Campbell's body was found by a newsboy. Police notified Wallace Campbell who awakened his mother.

In Flag Day Dr. Campbell, who was born on a Celebration | farm in Hancock County, Ohio, and | i

| educated at the University of Mich- | | igan, was head of the Lick Observa- |

‘Nation Joins

ticket | came University of California pres- |

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tory for many years before he be-

| today displayed the Stars

ident. American Legion Commander Dan-

| iel J. Doherty warned United States | PITUITARY HORMONE | citizens “they have failed their | ideals.” AIDS DWARFS, CLAIM

“On this birthday of Old Glory, | | I should like to speak with a voice |

| that would carry conviction to the ind and heart of every citizen,” r. Doherty said.

A. M. A. Meeting. “A government like ours, of the | people, by the people and for the | | people, can endure only if the peoSAN FRANCISCO, June 14 (U.| ple govern. | P.).—Restoration of dwarfed chil- |" «If they remain indifferent while | dren to normal physique has been | their rights—won and defended on | helped by pituitary hormone prep- | 5 thousand battlefields—are slowly | arations, Dr. James W. Sherill of | stolen from them, what can they | the Scripps Metabolic Clinic at La | expect? i Jolla said today. “They cannot cry out that their “This treatment helped one |ideals have failed them! It is they stunted child grow six inches in one | who have failed their ideals.” year,” Dr. Sherill said. Commander Doherty was to de- | His report was made before the |liver a nation-wide address over | Association for the Study of Internal | WIRE at 5:30 p. m. today. Secretions, meeting in annual con- | Downtown streets, office and pub- | vention in conjunction with the | lic buildings flew flags in celebraAmerican Medical Association. | tion of the nation’s adoption of the Correction of diet deficiencies is | emblem 161 years ago today.

of major importance in treatment | — |

of dwarfed children, Dr. Sherill 11 SENATORS TO AID IN |

said. If this fails, he added, it is!

probably because the patients are | i pituitary dwarfs, so described be- | VANNUYS CAMPAIGN cause their lack of growth can be | —-_— traceable to improper function of | Senator VanNuys today announced the pituitary glands. | the name sof 11 Democratic speak“Pituitary hormone preparations,” | ers to stump for him in Indiana in “have been given | support of his independent candiwith varying degrees of de- | dacy for re-election. ponse.” They are: en ———— U. S. Senator Clark (Mo.); WheelAPPOINT LEON D. ELLIOTT er, (Mont.); Hailey (N. C.); CopeThe Safety Board today appointed | land (N. Y.); Byrd (Va); O'MaLeon D. Elliott as City building in- | honey (Wvo.): Burke (Neb.): Conspector to replace Gar Davis, who [nally (Tex.); Gerry (R. I); Tydings died recently. (Md), and Gillette (Towa).

In This Flanders Field, No Poppies Blow

—Clara Bow, former “It” girl of the |

films, today pound 1ll-ounce boy in Santa Monica hospital by Caesarian section.

SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TEMPERATURES . 63 10 a. m. 66 11 a. m.

69 12 (Noon) 72 1pm. .

76 kk The Weather Bureau today predicted occasional | tonight and tomorrow and some- | what warmer temperatures.

gave birth to a 6-!

thunder showers

If the 53 persons killed in Marion County traffic accidents since

Jan. 1 were buried in Memorial Square, the gro

| to | authority to construct power dams

final Congressional action. | The House was expected to act on

MONOPOLY QUIZ proposal draws protest. RELIEF PROBE compromise voted, HOOSIER may get wage board post.

“Senate Approval of

Wage Bill Due Today

WASHINGTON, June 14 (U. P), —Congress moved a step nearer ade journment today when the House

| viding that the Federal Government | approved and sent to the Senata | shall bear 100 per cent of the cost | for immediate action | : : ments charging him with kidnaping of projects, was ready today for promise Wage-Hour Bill conference

the come

report,

Senate approval, sending the

| it before tomorrow night and then | measure to the White House for

send it to the Senate where approval was certain after conferees

would be in the public interest. Authority Extended

While the Government has in the | { past paid the full cost of actual | o | construction, the new bill would | Senate

| going blind and feared he might | point Stafford Caldwell of Miami 0 | adopted the chamber’s amendments. |

| from his 19th floor cell in the court- | eminent domain,” despite possible | | house to the fourth floor courtroom [state opposition, where such action

President Roosevelt's signature, was expected to follow later today. | The House, driving toward ade journment Wednesday or Thursday,

| Senate provisions would authorize | approved the compromise after brief the Government to pay the total| debate and proceeded to considera-

tion of the next major adjournment | task—the conference report on the | $3,753,000,000 Recovery Bill.

Rail Aid Plea Up

Leaders reinstated on the closing agenda a bill to liberalize RFC loans

“right of | to railroads.

Senate Majority Leader Barkley | (D. Ky.) said an attempt will be | made to pass the bill before Cone gress adjourns. After conferring with President Roosevelt by telephone from the Banking and Currency

| provide for Federal purchase of land | Committee room, Mr. Barkley said

and payment for relocation of rail- |

| roads, highways and public utilities | moved. These costs have in the past | have been borne by the states and | localities affected. Granting control of the Government

water rights assures it

competition

and permits Federal to stabilize

with private utilities power rates. The authority of the Federal Power Commission was curtailed in a compromise between House and Senate proposals. The compromise divided power control between the two, having “veto” power over recom-

toa} i the commission. As Indianapolis and the nation | TiERstons of

and

| Stripes in celebration of Flag Day, | Federal flood control program is 30 | million dollars.

Indiana’s share in the projected

F. D. R. Signs Bill for

‘Flood Curb Program

WASHINGTON, June 14 (U. P), —President Roosevelt today signed the $220,987,000 War Department Civil Functions Bill carrying funds for river and harbor navigation improvements and flood control con-

| struction by the Army engineers.

The measure, $954,000 larger than proposed by Mr. Roosevelt and carrying $24,025,000 reappropriated from unexpended funds, provides $24,049,000 less than was made avail-

cluding $52,500,000 in emergency relief funds. Funds for the 1939 fiscal year may be similarly increased. To carry on the $344,000,000 flood control program authorized in 1936. the bill carries $82,000,000. It also

| sites, easements and rights of way, | the Chief Executive did not object

to the bill. Senator Barkley pre dicted its passage.

Labor Executives Firm

The labor executives, who forced | tecommitment of the bill after the | carriers announced intention to cut wages 15 per cent, met for two hours to consider withdrawing their op= position. “We have not withdrawn our op= position to the bill,” George M, Harrison, boerd president, said. The labor executives then ade journed their meeting to discuss the

with the Secretary of War

bill with Congressmen. A host of important measures were to be sandwiched in by one | House or the other before Congress goes home. They include: 1. The $279,414870 second de= ficiency bill, reported to the Sen ate by the Appropriations Commit tee, with funds to start the naval expansion program voted earlier this session. 2. A politically important resolue tion bv “enator Tydings (D. Md.) calling .. investigation of charges that the WPA is being used to in-

| fluence primaries was compromised

in a Senate ommittee. Flood Bill Studied

3. A conference report on the

| $375,000,000 flood control bill pro=

viding that the Federal Government bear 100 per cent of the cost of projects—an important feature in

| furtheri Federal 1i A able for the current fiscal year in- | ng q power Doiicles

4. A House-approved bill change ing the immigration laws to permit deportation of aliens convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude and giving the Secretary of Labor discretion in cases where families

provides $31,000,000 for work on the)

Mississippi and tributaries. The Indiana allotments were: Indiana Harbor, $55,000; Michigan City Harbor, $17,000; Calumet River and Harbor, $77,000, all for maintenance.

HAGUE PROPOSES AMERICAN ‘SIBERIA

Alaskan Camp for ‘Enemies’ Urged at Hearing.

NEWARK, N. J, June 14 (U.P). —Mayor Frank Hague, whose Jersey City Thomas, Socialist, suggested at a

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Times Photo. obelisk would be filled with crosses resembling Flanders Field.. Traffic

unds unin the | deaths this year are 17 below the total this time last year.

American-born persons “opposed to

{ our Government” should be sent to

a camp in Alaska. “I think we should establish a camp in Alaska and keep them there if they are opposed to our Government,” Hague testified at a

hearing on an application by the | C. I. O. and the American Civil |

Liberties Union for an injunction to restrain Jersey City authorities

i | from interfering with civil rights.

Anyone who comes here (Jersey

City) and is displeased with our |

government should not go back where he came from, but should be driven back,” the Mayor continued. Spaulding Frazer, counsel for the C. 1. O. and the American Civil Liberties Union, questioned Mayor

police ejected Norman |

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Federal Court hearing today that |

Hague. “Do you believe that persons who believe in the doctrine of Mussolini, | Stalin and Hitler should go back | where they came from?” Mr. Frazer asked. Mayor Hague replied that such | persons should be “driven back.” “How about those who are born | ere?” Mr. Frazer asked. “I think we should establish a! camp in Alaska and keep them | there if they are opposed to our | government,” the Mayor “There should be a remedy.”

replied.

would be separated. 5. A resolution identical to that passed by the Senate, calling for a legislative-executive department ine vestigation of monopoly. The House Rules Committee gave it a right-of-way rule yesterday. The path to enactment of the multi-billion-dollar Recovery Bill, designed to finance the New Deal's pump-priming drive against depres=sion, was more complicated. House conferees took back two Senate items on which they will ask separate votes. One which would materially change the total of the bill is a Senate appropriation of $212,-

| 000,000 for farm parity payments.

The other was a $1,000,000 Senata amendment increasing administrative funds of the Rural Electrification Administration so it can handle

| the extra $100,000,000 the bill pro-

vides for its use in 1939.

White House Gets

Postmaster Bill

WASHINGTON, June 14 (U. P). —Congress today completed action and sent to the White House a bill broadening civil service to include first, second and third class poste masters. The Senate approved the confere ence report, agreeing to the House provision for indeterminate terms of such postmasters and retreating from its own provision for eighte year terms. The roll call vote was announced as 289 to 89. Under provisié 's of the measure, the President wo. ld appoint such (Continued on ‘age Three)

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CHICAGO, June 14 (U.P.) = Wheat prices swung sharply higher on the Chicago Board of Trade today on unfavorable crop reports from the Southwest. July wheat reached the highest level in over a month and closed up 23 cents at 8034.