Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1939 — Page 3
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Germany
Annexes
Czech and Slovak
Areas as
Hungarians An Annou n ce Carpatho-Ukraine’s Seizure.
(Continued from Page One)
gold reserve that was in Czechoslovakia. Informed sources said that the amount of gold taken over was between $68,550,000 and $85,687,000 ‘which was in the Czech National Bank. at was understood to he about 72 per cent of the total of the gold reserve, the remainder heing in London or elsewhere, The seizure of Slovakia was a simple matter as Herr Hitler sat behind the thick walls of Bradzin castle in Praha and directed a series
of rapid-fire moves that shook all}
of Europe. Josef Tiso, President of Slovakia, appealed to Herr Hitler to take his newly independent state under Nazi protection and the Fuehrer replied that “I herewith take over protection of the Slovakian state.”
Carpatho-Ukraine Falls
Hungarian soldiers battled their way through the snowy highlands of Carpatho-Ukraine to decide the fate of the remaining easternmost tip of the dissolved republic. ° But as they fought against Ruthenian separatist troops, the government of Carpatho-Ukraine staged a dramatic eleventh hour surprise by appealing to Rumania to incorporate the entire terirtory in the hands
of King Carol, whose armies are|.
massed on the frontier and who has long wanted a score of towns on the Ruthenian border. ~ Rumania declined unofficially to accept the offer by Premier Augustin Volosin to take over CarpathoUkraine, and the Msgr. Volosin fled into Rumania, leaving the state to the Hungarian troops which fought to. crush the remnants of Ruthenian separatist resistance. Hungarians claimed to be in full control.
3000 to Concentration Camps.
Three or four thousand political prisoners seized by Nazi secret po- - lice immediately after. German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia
were reported taken to concentra-|
tion camps in the Reich. Probably 200,000 Jews and other thousands of Socialists and Communists were in hiding, seeking to
leave the country or in hopeless |. -
despair as the Nazi anti-Semitic-and anti-Communist laws were enforced in the newly seized country. Large numbers fled the country, including many men prominent in the Czechoslovak Republic. # Herr Hitler, who slipped into Praha last night after thousands of Nazi troops and secret police occupied the city, made a brief appearance on the balcony of the old castle this morning to be cheered by German residents in contrast to the jeers and hisses of the Czechs when his troops march in.
75,000 Square Miles Added
With the extension of Greater Germany * to include Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, the Nazi "Fuehrer has added 75,000 square * miles to the Reich since he came into power six years ago and taken on an additional population of about 25 million, including nonGermans whom he had said in public speeches he never wanted to see within the Reich. The assumption of rulership over Slovakia came suddenly and unexpectedly when Dr. Tiso, who had started the breakup of the Czechoslovak, republic ny demanding Slovakian independence - under Nazi pressure, telegraphed to Fuehrer: “In full confidence in you, Fuehrer and Chancellor of the Great German Reich, the Slovakian state places itself under your protection. The Slovakian state requests you to assume this protection. Tiso.” ‘Herr Hitler replied: “I confirm receipt of your telegram bf yesterday (March 15) and take over herewith the protection i of the Slovakian state.” Thus, with no more than an exchange of telegrams, such as might confirm a small commercial deal, the Nazi leader brought into his territory a state of 14,000 square miles in the heart of Europe—an agricul-
the
Provinces
tural country needed in the Reich's shaky economic structure. German troops already had “occupied the Slovakian terri ory, | which sticks like a sharp knife east- | ward into the thin lire of “buffer” states between the Reich anc. the | Soviet Ukraine. The Soviet tron- | tier, toward which Nazi eyes Yavel long been turned, is only about 150 | miles away. : The surprise of Herr Hitler's action regarding Siovakia was illus-
trated by the fact that Poland and |
Hungary already had recognized the Tiso Government, but now it became obvious that there never had been any intention of permitting a free Slovak state and that Dr. Tiso | had co-operated with Hitler to un-| dermine the Czechoslovak republic, | after which he turned over Slovakia | to the Fuehrer. The swift action by Herr Eitler today left only Carpatho-Ukraine’s
future uncertain, but it Sppenred |
likely that it would—es in fact already has—fall to Hungary, w hn troops now occupy virtually all of the area as they seek to crush armed resistance by Ruthenian separatists. . The fighting has beer severe and many dead were reported [officially on both sides. Czechs Ordered to Retreat
The Ruthenian press, spokesman said that Czech troops began retreating from Carpatho-Ukraine as the Hungarians pushed ahead. Most of the Czechs went westward through a heavy snowsiorm and many surrendered to frontier gu: rds in Rumania, having crossed the line to safety. Gens Lev Prchala ordered the Czechs to retreat after Msgr. Volosin, the Premier, vainly -attemp ted to declare the state independent, offered it to Rumania as a last resort and then fled into Rumania. With Nazis confident that Cermany’s expanding power in Central Europe will control Hungary (and thus Carpatho-Ukraine) if necessary, Herr Hitler delayed his scheduled “triumphal” appearance before the hostile Czech populat ion while he cleaned up administrative details in the newly seized territory. In a proclamation which Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop read over the radio ‘the Fuehrer said: “For a thousand years Eohemian and Moravian lands belonged to (he sphere of existence of the German people. . . . They were willfully torn from their ‘ancient historical setting. Were made a source of continual unrest. “The German Reich in the interests of its own peace and security could not tolerate continuing disturbances in this territory which is so decisively important fo the general welfare and general peace.” Two Contradictions Noted * Thus, Herr Hitler contradicted two fundamental points of past policy which he had repeatedly declared in public. 1. He. incorporated in Greater Germany a non-German people totaling almost 10 million of which more than half are the descendans of Czechs who played a large pat in wrecking the old prewar AustriéHungarian Empire. 2. He tock over new European tet - ritory iin contradiction of the statément he made after the Munich settlement that Germany had no further territorial ambitions on the continent.
In that connection, there were i
strong indications that the next Nazi move would be in the -direction of Memel, the little autonomous state on the Baltic coast which is under nominal sovereignty of Lith - uania. Actually, the areas of Bohemi: Moravia and Slovakia become part of Germany although they are technically under a protectorate an will have considerable autonomy.
PARK BOARD EXTENDS
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GERMANY
+» Ney,
Germany drives to the East, Solid black portions in above map show area completely within the Reich, while black-barred section indicates that part of former Czechoslovakia to all purposes under Nazi domination. Area shaded in horizontal lines is the new Hungary after penetration of Ruthenia. Tiny white portion at eastern extremity: of Ruthenia may be seized by Rumania.
3ERLIN, BUENOS AIRES
BUENOS AIRES, March 16 (U. P.)—Germany has negotiated a varter agreement with Argentina involving the exchange of one million metric tons of wheat for ma-
formed quarters disclosed today. Rumors that the amount of wheat which the Argentine would ship to the Reich would exceed a million
tons were denied by a high diplomatic source. Although no official announcement has been made as yet, it is understood that Germany will give in exchange for the wheat not only railroad material, but also automobiles, trucks and smaller mechanized products.
ANSWERTOU. S. QUERY DELAYED
Of Americans in Czech Collapse.
BERLIN, March 16 (U. PJ). Newspaper comments indicated today that Germans regard Herr Hitler's move into Czech areas as not
‘merely’ the institution of a pro-
tectorate but as absorption of the Czech State into the German Reich. The Voelkischer Beobachter, offi~ cial newspaper organ of the Nazi Party, headlined “Bohemia and Moravia Again in Reich,” and said editorially: “The incorporation of Bohemia and Moravia into the German Reich has been carried through today of necessity, as almost something obvious.” All newspapers carried prominently stories asserting that the German troops were “rapturously welcomed” n Czech areas. There was no indication that Germany would defer in the slightest to the views of other world powers. Great Britain and France had made the usual inquiries and it was learned that Raymond Geist, United States Consul General and Charge d’Affaires, had enquired of the Foreign Office: 1. What the status of remaining parts of Czechoslovakia would be. 2. In what way the safety of United States citizens was being
CONTROL ON MERIDIAN
The Park Board today adopted a | resolution extending its control ovet the boulevard system on Meridian | St. from the city limits north to| the Marion County line. The action was taken to prevent private individuals from erecting roadside refreshment stands and other commercial properties which would lower land values for residential purposes Jackiel Joseph, Park Board president, said.
guaranteed. Ernst Woermann, Under Secre- | tary of the Foreign Office, told Mr. | Geist that he must wait two or ‘thre days before it would be pos- | sible to reply to his first question. | As regards the second he said that | Dr. Hans Ritter of the Foreign Office had been sent to Praha as liaison officer between the Nazi Gov-
lernment and foreign legations to
try to assure safety of foreigners. German people knew little of the Czech move and seemed completely mystified,
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record
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Reckless dr iving cece
County Deaths (to Date)
1939 .... 1938 ...
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1 Running preferential streets Running red lights
City Deaths
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Accidents
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MEETINGS TODAY
Indiana apolis Real Estate Board, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Indianapolis Conference of Bank Auditors, dinner, Hotel Washington, 6:30 5.5 we Seral Businessmen, luncheon, otel ashington, Advertisin otub of Indianapolis, luncheon, Columbia Club, toon. cms Chi, luncheon, Board of Trade,
American Business’ Club, luncheon, Columbia_ Club, noon. Acacia, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. ima Nu; luncheon, Hotel Washington,
noCaravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,
oon. - alle Engineers’ Guild, meeting, Hotel Toit Club, “iuncheon. Severin Hotel, noon. Construction ue of Indianapolis, luncheon, Architects and Builders K Build-
iii, o Camera Club, meeting, 110
Ninth = Beta T heta 5, Mincheon, Canary Cot tage, yo
MEETINGS TOMORROW =
Vi Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, con-
cert, Murat Theater,
:45 p. § Exchange Club, on: Hotel Wash- umphr
rs 's Club, luncheon, Hotel WashBb ptim fst Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
Rese ve Ofticers Association, luncheon, Bosrd oF in ‘Theta, } luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon.
Delta Tau Delia, Juncheon, Columbia
CI ootty of Michigan Alumni Club, ain- 0
napolis Athletic C! :30 Bel nau gma, luncheon, Canary Cottage. noon.
Indiana Stamp Club, meeting, Hotel Antlers, 8 em a
William, Caroline Bower, at Coleman. John, Helen O'Connor, at Colem | Robert, Jessie Susemichael, at Met hodist. | Surt, Muriel Wright, at ss padist. Sarah Brook, at Methodist. West, is Methodist, renstein, at Methodist. Binh, Margaret Robinson, at 1405 8S.
Alabam Ala Mary Hahn, at 1922 W. Minnesota. Girls : Donald, Mildred Dixon, at 4711 W. Washin Trt. Mary Moorman, at St. Vincent's. Robert, Velma Raesner, at St. Vincent's. Robert, Doris Barr, at St. Vincents. | Albert, Vera Steinburg, at St. Vincent's. Roscoe, Sally Mae obbs, at £t. Vin-
t's, Harold, Rose Sumner, at St. Vincent's.
DEATHS
Mildred Richardson, 43, at Methodist, Boute nephritis. Lillian E. Lane, 15 at 1646 N. New Jersey, Re Reone. nia James Taylor, 65, at 918 Fletcher, cardio vascular renal ‘diséas Barnard Wilt, 86, at 129 E, 50th, femoris age. W. McKimmey, 87, arteriosclerosis
ce.
orge cerehrs at Veterans’
on Lou
myocarditis. e Mowwe, 86, at 1263 Shelby, acute myocarditis Cealie Johnson. Ho at 753 N. Elder, chioate myocardit issling, 558, at City, coronary thrombosis. Sophronia J. Zimmerman, 78, at 1902 N. Illinois, carcinoma. : INCORPORATIONS Harold I. Platt, Jndianapolis; Togistra~ fon of trademark, “Leather Re-Nu.” class aints and painters’ materials.
6 Gaulbert Corp:, Kentucky; admitted ' to Indiana to wholesale Hoar ‘cov-|
603 5 Sean
; capital stoc “ry 206 T value; general merchandise; “Hn ohn, A M. Krohn, Minnie Silverstein, i 8 Association, Inc, 726 nh ‘Haute; resident agent, Milian, Sams address; capiii value; promote illan, Delby C.
avis PEs Association, Indianapolis; sso on Avenue Bldg. & Loan Association, Indi tan apolis? dissolution. Gus Oberle’s Sons, Inc., Richmond; dis-
solution. Alyn G. jose Realty Co., Inc., indian‘apolis: dissolu . ~Goslien Inec., Gos! ure.
Jott etal and Auto Wreckers, hen;
Benjamni F. Shaw Co., Delaware : i ation; A awa] from Indiana. Sugar Creek Conservation Club, Ine. “a Paris Aye. West Terre Haute; no cepital stock; - to FO the State conservation
bler and others. Hanson-Va
pr ram; Will Kersey, N. L. Landers, Roy Winkle-Munn Jer; t of articl ee of jncor
ttie June *Lanam, 61, at 3233 N. Merid- | *
| ment increasing common stock to 14,000
shares of $5 par value.
DeKalb County Farm Bureau Co-opera-tive Association, Inc., Auburn, amendment increa. ing common stock to 10,000 shares of $5 par value.
Farni Bureau Mills, 1Inc., Auburn; amend nent changing name to Co-operat: ive Mills, (nc.. and other amendm Dukes Corp., Delaware; Shdmenys to Indiina to maintain shopping service and ‘etective agency
OFFICIAL WEATHER
=By U. S. Weather bureau —
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Fair tolight and tomorrow; lowest temperature {onight ' about 23; rising temperature tomorrow
Sunrise ..,... 5:55 | Sunset .....
TMPERATURE ~-March 16. 1938—
.5:53
BAROMETER -30.20
Precipft ition 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Indian a—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not so cold in northwest Forilon tonight, rising temperature tomorro | MMlinois~Fair, not so tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, rising temperature Lower Michi gan-Cionerslly fair toni BE ahd tomorrow, continued cold tonight rising temperature i Ohio— Generally fair and colder to tomorrow fair and continued cold. night; ai en tue ky=Fslr (20d, slightly coger to2 ir “in east an ol sudy in west portion. a mosuly
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M Vai
7 a m.... 00
Bar. Temp. 30.28 30"
dissolution by decree of Ee
New Ser
TO TRADE PRODUCTS
chinery and other products, in-
Geist Concerned Over Safety
FRIENDS FLAY CHAMBERLAIN
Conservative’ Newspapers Join in Attacks on Prime Minister’s Policy.
(Continued from Page One)
calling its Ambassador to Germany, Sir Nevile Henderson, to London to report on the situation in Central Europe, Mr. Chamberlain told questioners today in the House of Commons. Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told a questioner the Government had asked the Bank of England not to make any exceptional transfers of gold or other balances without consulting the Government, but that the Czechoslovakian State Bank had not yet asked for the transfer of any balances at present in England. Mr. Chamberlain said that the Government had not yet protested formally to Germany against invasion of Czechoslovakia. There were many signs that the German triumph over the seven million Czechs who remained in Bohemia and Moravia after the separation of Slovakia and Car-patho-Ukrainia meant much more than did the triumph at Munich when Hitler got Sudetenland.
300 Million Reported Gained
. The Financial News declared today that Germany, through incorporation of Czechoslovakia, “will achieve control of some 300 million dollars of gold, foreign exchange
and'realizable foreign assets.” This sum, the newspaper said, is large
enough “to meet Germany's foreign
exchange loss for the next six months.” : “Germany also will secure a large amount of Czech war material, command over the Czech armament industry and reserves of labor,” the paper said. “It is no secret that during the last four months the German economic system has been subject to serious and rapidly increasing strains. This was due partly to an unsatisfactory foreign exchange situation and partly to excessive demands made on labor and the productive capacity of the country. In both respects the annexa-
tion of Czechoslovakia will bring|
Germany important immediate reief.” At the time Austria and the Sudetenland were annexed, financial experts believed Hitler was worsening his financial condition.
Chamberlain Attacked
As a counterbalance to Herr Hitler's gains, Sir John Simon, Chancelor of the Exchequer, declared in the House of Commons that “history has a queer trick of pointing out from time to time that alien races put under the domination of their conquerors are not comfortable subjects and might easily lead to weakness later on.” There were signs also that chis new triumph might mean more for Prime Minister Chamberlain. After the Munich conference, newspapers and people, though showing their dismay that he had consented to the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia—a partial dismemberment, preliminary to the big operation, it proved—he had at least safeguarded peace. Today there were hints that he had only weakened Britain's position. Newspapers which had loyally supported Conservative Governments since the World War, and which had hailed the Munich agreement as a triumph, joined the criticisms of Mr. Chamberlain and his Government today with bitter denunciations of Herr Hitler. This time they saw no ray of light in what they—and apparently the British Government—saw as a work of absolute aggression and conquest.
Criticize Foreign Office
The Daily Mail blamed the Foreign Office for ignorance of Herr Hitler's plans. The Daily Telegraph, a supporter
-|of the Government, as is the Daly ,|Mail, and regarded as particularly
close to the Foreign Office, criticised Mr. Chamberlain and his Foreign Minister, Viscount Halifax, directly for their statements yesterday on the Czech triumph. “A monstrous outrage is the mild-
est term that can be applied to yes- |
i |terday’s events in Central Europe,” said the Daily Telegraph. “It must be accounted a deplorable oversight that not a word of sympathy for the Czechs was found by spokesmen (Mr. Chamberlain
‘land Lord Halifax) for the Gevern-
ment in yesterday's debates. “There were curious understatements in the Prime Minister's statement. He saw no reason to convict Herr Hitler of wilful bad faith. He said that Herr Hitler's actions were ‘not in accordance with the spirit of Munich.’ “That, surely, is pushing understatement to the point of irony. Yesterday’s proceedings were not merely
‘not in accord’ with the spirit of
Munich. They reduced Munich to complete and utter mockery. The
spirit or Munich is dead and buried
CITY RAILWAYS 1938 EARNINGS
DIP 3 PER GENT
$4, 228, 412 Gross Reventie ie | | | |
Reported by Chase as 10- Year Plan Ends.
By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM Operating revenue of the Indianpolis Railways Inc. declined 3 per ent last year in comparison with ¥ according to the annual report, the utility received today by Kkholders
: “The. report, signed by Charles W.
Chase, president, attributed the decrease to the business recession of
-| 1938.
|'The..company and its subsidiary, the Peoples Motor Coach ‘Co., re ported gross revenue of $4,228,412, 8 decrease of $130,895, or 3 per cent. der 1937, “the peak year thus far of the recovery period.” (Operating expenses of $2,809,785, were $112,439 lower than the preceding year. e report also revealed that for t e first time in the company’s history, trackless trolley operation produced more revenue than streetcars.
| Net Revenue Declines
e company’s operating revenue for the year was divided thus: Streetcars, $1,519,566; trackless trolleys, $1,667,202; motor coaches, $726,591.
he report showed net operating revenue, after deduction of operating expenditures, as $1,418,626, a 1.28 pet cent decline. After deduction of (taxes and interest, a balance of $576, 885, remained. This was a drop of | $70,911, or the previous year. r. Chase reported $500,000 set aside in the depreciation and retirement, fund, leaving a balance of $76,885 transferred to surplus. uring the year, Mr. Chase said, the company paid $537,000 on its indebtedness incurred in its 10-year-plan and spent $122,000 for other capital improvements. “As a.result of these and previous payments,” he said, “our equipment Pug notes, which amounted to $3,471,000 in the aggregate, have been reduced by total payments of $2,643,000 to the amount of $828,000 re aining unpaid as“ of Dec. 31, 1938. “This balance will mature and be payable tin monthly installments principally ‘during the year 1939 and the early: part of 1940, and will have been fully paid by August, 1940, with the! exception of $120,000 payable in installments over the next six years.
| Modernization Pushed “By Dec. 31, 1938, Indianapolis Railways and Peoples Motor Coach Co. had, since June 1, 1932, expended and| paid through its depreciation reserve and surplus earnings the aggregate, amount of $4,218,000 for work and obligations incurred in the prosecution of its modernization and rehabilitation program, leaving $579,000 to be paid in 1939 and $318,-| gu 000 in 1940 on such obligations, and thereafter $3,030,000, payment of which, with the exception of the $120,000 mentioned above, will be spread over a period of 26 years with interest ati 4 per cent as the remaining unpaid portion of the PWA loan of $3,120,000.” Despite sthe reduced revenues and increases in wages and vacation expense, the! economies resulting from the completion of the modernization program kept the ratio of operating expenses to gross revenue at a low point. The ratip last vear was 66.45 per cent, compared to 67.03 per cent in 1937 and 82. 19 per cent in 1931.
10- Year Plan Completed
Earnings! per vehicle mile were the highest, in six years. They were: Streetcars, | 32.86 cents; trackless trolleys, 20. 75. cents, and motor coaches, 16/14 cents Mr. Chase reported that the 10year modernization program begun June 1, 1932, at an estimated cost of $9,000,000, had been completed last year at an actusl cost of approximately $8, 000, 000. The modernization program resulted in purchase of 323 new units, including 90 streetcars, 152 trackless trolleys ond 81 conches. .
ITALY SEEKS HITLER BACKING IN TRIUMPH
ROME, March 16 (U. P). — Fascists expected today that Chancellor Hitler would make a triumphant radio speech from Praha soon, and hoped he wotlld have a good word to say| about Italy’s “natural aspirations.” If he doesn't, it was expected that Italy's demands for colonial conczessions from France would not, be officially made until Premier Mussolini speaks March 26 on the occasion of the- 20th anniversary of the founding of the first Fascist Troops of Combat. Although Fascists said Italy's “natural aspirations’ do not include Jugoslavia, where there is a minority problem ominously akin to the Slovak questibn, the Popolo d’Italia published a dispatch from Belgrade today headlined * ‘roats also demand independence.”
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11 per cent, under
about sightseeing from monument
Glad to Get Down to Earth
Lawrence Lisby, 14, of 44 Berwick Ave.,
Times Photo. wasn’t so eager today
tops. He spent some anxious mo-
ments yesterday in the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument before he was released. He stayed too long ana the attendant was gone and the door locked when he was ready to leave.
(Story, Page One.)
SLOVAK LEADER
Defense - Minister Sent Away; Nazis Take ‘Temporary’ Control.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, March 16 (U. P.)—Karl Sidor, Defense Minister charged with restoring order in this newly proclaimed nation, began a “vacation” today, leaving German troops, secret Nazi police and vigilantes in full control. It was announced officially that Dr. Sidor would be gone a week but there were some reports that he might not return at all. The reorganization of this remnant of Czechoslovakia under Nazi supervision and Nazi domination was in full swing. The German troops came at the invitation of Foreign Minister Ferdinand Durcansky, who said the Slovaks needed help because Polish troops were in-
ports of a Polish invasion and Poland scotched such reports by recognizing the Slovak state. The Germans, however, reported they did encounter ‘slight resistance” from Czech troops at the towns of Boesing and Ratzersdorf. This city was overrun with various assortments of uniformed men and plainclothes police and vigilantes. At the girdrome, for example, German , Storm Troopers, Slovakian Separatist Guards, agents of the Gestapo, or German secret police, and Slovakian vigilantes were on guard. Swastikas flew beside Clovak flags and portraits of Fuehrer Hitler and the deceased Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andreus Hlinka, organizer of the Slovakian separatist movement, were displayed in the streets. All. automobiles in Slovakia had been requisitioned for military use. The Slovak propaganda chief, Sano Mach, appealed to the people by radio last night to remain calm and ignore rumors. He said Slovakia, as an independent state, faced a bright and prosperous future, and intimated that the German occupation could be regarded as only temporary Minister Mach announced early today that the Government had received a guarantee of its borders but refused to say who made the guarantee. Earlier, the Foreign Office had announced that Hungary and Poland had recognized Slovakia.
POLES TO TURN ARMY BACK TO GERMANY
WARSAW, March 16 (U. P).— Retreating Czech troops surrendered their arms to Polish frontier guards today as ‘Hungarians established a common border with Poland by annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine, With Polish troops massed on the frontier on Government orders to maintain full defense of Polish territory, companies of Czech soldiers ordered by their commanders to retire were surrendering and being taken to Oderberg, where they will be turned over to German authorities.
50,000 URGE CHANGES IN WAGNER LABOR ACT
(Other Stories, Page Four)
WASHINGTON, March 16 (U. P.). —Senator Burke (D. Neb.) presented to the signed by 50,000 small businessmen throughout the country urging amendment of the Wagner Act. Senator Burke told the Senate he joined with the signers in urging the Senate Education and Labor Committee to fix a date not later than April 1 for hearings on proposed amendments. The petition was circulated by the National Small Business Men’s Association,
formed in 1937.
Embargo on State Cattle
Feared by
By NOBLE REED
A general embargo by other states against Indiana's cattle may result from the Legislature’s failure to appropriate money to fight Bang’s disease, Dr. J. L. Axby, State Veterinarian, declared today. Effective May 1, the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry will withdraw from Indjana all funds used to combat cattle disease unless its expenditures are matched with State funds, Dr. Axby said. “For the last four years the Federal bureau has paid all the expense of testing. Indiana cattle and also indemnities paid farraers for the destruction of infected cattle,” he said. “Under the burea u's new ruling, Indiana must pay one-third of the indemnities to farmers before . any Federal money will be alloted for
testing work.
Veterinarian
the work was cut out of the Appropriation Bill passed by the Legislature, “Failure to continue the work of testing cattle and condemning infected herds to slaughter will result in losing all the ground we have gained against Bang’s disease in Indiana,” he said. “This means that all other states that are continuing their programs eventually will not permit Indiana cattle to enter their borders and the cattle industry here will suffer greatly.” Bang's disease in cattle transmits, germs that cause undulant fever in humans, Dr. Axby said. Possibility of getting enough money from the Governor’s emergency contingent fund for the work
was regarded as remote because of | - {the SR demands pon Ji from
ON ‘VACATION’,
vading it. There were no other re-|
Senate today a petition|
Iran Prince
Taken Ill on Nuptial Day
CAIRO, Egypt, March 16 (U. P.) —Crown Prince Mohammed Riza Pahlevi of Iran, who was married yesterday to 17-year-old Princess Fawzia, sister of the King of Egypt, was ill {oday. He had a temperature of 102 degrees. The Crown Prince, who is 19, was suddenly taken ill im-
mediately after the ceremony of signing the marriage contract. The princess did not attend the ceremony, as King . Farouk signed for her. A military parade in honor of the wedding was ‘canceled.
ANDREW LOUDERBACK, HOOSIER, DIES AT 80
VALPARAISO, March 16 (U. P.).
according to word received here.
and illustrator, survives.
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—Andrew J. Louderback, 80, former Valparaiso Banker and civic leader, died yesterday at Palacious, Tex.
a son, Walt S. well-known painter
TCZECH FREEDOM
WILL LIVE AGAIN; BENES ASSERTS
Chicago Czechs and Slovaks: "Asked to Unite to Revive Their Liberty.
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: Dr. Eduard Benes, self-exiled former. { President of Czechoslovakia, pre-: dicted today a “free Central Europe will be resurrected” and called upon all Czechs and Slovaks to “unite for - the future freedom of our beloved : country.” He called the death of the: Czechoslovak Republic this week "1
: | shocking international crime.”
Dr. Benes, second President of the: postwar republic, who resigned: during the Sudeten crisis last fall, broke a political silence he has* maintained since then to address his: | message last night to a mass meet-: |ing of 6000 Chicago Czechoslovaks,: THe message was read to the: meeting by Jan Masaryk, son of first. President of Czechoslovakia. Dr, Benes, a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, remained in his hotel room. ‘
Send Roosevelt Message
The meeting adopted resolutions, addressed to French and. British Government leaders, charging that Czechoslovakia “has been deceived and deliberately betrayed.” It ade dressed to President Roosevelt a pee tition that he ‘‘announce to the world that the United States will not sanction by recognition the ine vasion of the Czech homeland and the destruction of a \ sister :democracy.” Mr. Masaryk read to the meeting: a prepared statement in which Dr, Benes charged that one of four Powe:
Conference which. awarded . the: promised to guarantee the existe and safety of Czechoslovak territor +. « Now has wantonly divided th terniony and is occupying it with its; arm “Also the Umbrella” “But you Czechs and Slovaks all over the world who remain free, keep: in ‘mind that the fight for a free: being and a free people of Czecho=: slovakia has not stopped and will! not stop until a free Central: Europe and the free land of the: Czechs. and Slovaks will be: resurrected.” Cries of “Shame! Shame!” greeted: his mention of France and Eng-: land. When the resolution to Prime: Minister Chamberlain of England: was adopted, the audience shouted:: “Send it to the umbrella too. It does all the thinking.” : Joseph Martinek, ‘Czechoslovakian editor, told the meeting that “Hite. ler is not only looking east, but west: to the Americas as well.” “Hitler's next air bases,” he said, “will be directly below the Rio Grande.”
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CHICAGO, March 16 (U. P).~
ers participating in the Munich’ hia
Sudentenland to Germany “solemnly. ian 9