Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1939 — Page 1

VOLUME B/1—NUMBER 47

| AGREE TO K NEGOTIATING IN COAL DISPUTE

Nation-Wide Strike in Effect, Nonetheless, Pinching Industry.

BULLETIN NEW YORK, May 5 (U. PP). —Wage-hour negotiators for the Appalachian soft coal industry agreed today to continue efforts to settle the soft coal dispute, John LL. Lewis, United Mine Workers president, and Charles O'Neill, spokesman for the operators, agreed to name new committees to continue negotiations which broke down today after meeting since March 14

COAL STRIKE AT A GLANCE NEW YORK Government tries to avert absolute breakdown in negotiations. Industries pinched.

INDIANAPOLIR Consumers

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well stocked as shutdown affects 9800 state miners, WASHINGTON Secretary Perking believes there still is hope operators, alwave vield. ing MW past, now ready for showdown with Lewis, NIRRB accailed g organizer HARLAN, Ry Police with machine guns guard mines

as ik 9

8 8) strike

Pp) A began

NEW YORR soft today while the Federal Government

Man nation-wide coal

struggled tremendous oh-

against it developing into and

stacles ta nrevent

of the biggest most bitter

“ne

labor struggles of recent times While Dr John R. Steelman, head the Department of Gabor Cone ciliation Service, the Government's representative at the Appalachian contract negotiations, was pleading with management and labor to keep negotinting, thousands of miners were going on strike in indiana, i noise, Kentucky, Washington, Montana, Wroming, Kansas, Virginia Colorado and New Mexico A nation-wide soft coal tieup was expected to be completely effective tomorrow night,

Shortage Grows Acute

While Dr. Steelman pleaded, =a coal shortage wag growing more acute, threatening industry, the esservices of cities, and the) employment of thousands in busi ness which cannot operate without) Government officials mated that there were 268 million | tons of mined soft coal in the hands] industry, rajlroads and public utilities—enongh for only 26 days, | Already two of New York's three cubway svetems, which earry milliong to and from their jobs and homes daily, were operating on curtailed schedules, The third system will curtail its schedules within a few days All lines are supplied with electricity by power plants whose coal supplies are dwindling and must be nursed If management and labor adjourn sine die. Dr. Steelman warned, halt a million miners and their families will be threatened with destitution industrial output will be jeopardized and the four-billion-dollar soft coal business will suffer to com peting fuels which may be irrepan able

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Roveevelt Plea Observed

yeconvened a of sub-committee the Federal Gov plea for continuation ot settle the nationwide

The conference noon from and erament’s efforts to mine strike Pr. Steelman presented what he indicated was President Roosevelt's urgent personal hope that the con ference might find some means of continuing the negotiations Phere were some indications that the conference might adjourn and then reconstitute a committee to maintain relations of some sort bes tween the operators and John 1 pewis' United Mine Workers © America It appeared more likely, however (Continued on Page Three)

to receive a report ative ite negotiating

to consider

STILESVILLE BOY DIES FOLLOWING DOG BITE

Three-vear-old Charles Lee Lyons Jr. 8tilesville, was dead today as the result of a bite received two dave apy. Dy Norman Booher, coroner, said the death resulted from a streptococcus infection. He was told that a pet bulldog bit the child and that the wound was treated at home at first When the child's temperature reached 1068 degrees late yesterday his parents, Mr. and Mis. Charles Lyons Sr. took him to Riley Hospital, The ehild died before he vould be given medical assistance

dog

deputy

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tomorrow, increasing cloudiness and warmer, followed by showers at night or on Sunday.

FORECAST

: Fair and warmer tonight:

Ban the ban on bingo is the request contained in this long petition | It was displaved last night at a meeting of binge It ic held by Mise Lote Houston left), of Ruby Mercurio of 1108 N. Euclid Ave,

th City oficial boosters at the Athenaeum 825 N. Grant St, and Mrs ~

Chief |

Promises Ar

| Bingo Boosters Arrange Test

rimes Phase

rests

If Players Are Found

An attempt to operate a bingo of the Safety ciation Wednesday night I'he announcement was made ia the Athenaeum declare that “we've neen spanked lc

FAIR AND WARMER,

|| BUREAU'S PROMISE

Chance Showers to Develop Late Tomorrow, Though,

LOCAL TEMPERATURES am 5% 10 ao my am 58 1am am Ll 12 (Noon) am Li) I nom

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Fair and warmer weather for tos Weather But warmer weather tomoy-

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night was promised by Bureau row will be accompanied by cloudt possibly late in I'he showers, however may not start until Sunday U. 8 Meteorologist J. H ton said that with the mereury ing rapidly todav, it probably go into the 80s He sald such temperature would be normal He's not responsible for the Kens tueky weather, but he said that the weather forecast for Louisville snd the Derby tomorrow was for fairy and warmer with showers in the late afternoon or at night

GOVERNMENT BUYS HELTONVILLE STONE

Contract Reported as to Be Largest Since 1929.

ana showers

aay.

ness the

Armingrise will n

BEDFORD. May 3 (UU. PHA limestone contract, reported to be the largest since the 1929 boom dave was awarded the Heltonville Co. today by the U8 Government The stone ig to be used for the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board Building at Washington, The agreement is with the MeClogkey Contracting Co which

[holds the 11 million dollar construes {tion contract | Although details of the contract

were not disclosed, new full-time

night shifts are to start at the Hel«|

Board's ban will be made hy the Bingo Operators

heard Bovee Bidson, 712 Day

game (0 foree a fest of the validity AkR0-

ct night as 350 bingo fans, meeting at St. association president me enough” rhe location of the game was not annhonnced Chief Morrissey sald arrests fwigld be made if any game was fohnd “If anybody holhs a bingo game and we find ot where it is well be there” he sajd “If we see a law violation there will be an arrest I don't see why these people didn't gO before the Legislature to get the gambling laws repealed.” + As new petitions seeking the lift [ing of the ban were circulated last | night, Roy Grow of Rushville, asso |clation secretary, sald that | Indianapolis bingo players already had sighed such pleas

proposed

PATRONAGE IN KEY PARK JOBS

Officials Indicate That Only ‘Well Qualified” Will Get Supervisory Posts.

WOMEN'S CLUBS HEEDED

Lesser Positions Expected to Be Awarded Favored Party Workers.

By RICHARD LEWIS A modification of the patronage svstem of distributing summer plays around jobg was foreseen today as City Park officials indicated that key supervisory posts will be award ed only to “well qualified” persons According to the plan, minor jobs which entail little responsibility and experience will be awarded fa |vored party workers while the im portant spots will be reserved for those who have proven themselves capable in former years The move

toward thinning the patronage gravy was under way, it wag learned, as a result of the ac tivities of prominent womens or ganizations in demanding better per sonnel for parks and playgrounds

Rigid Standards to Be Sel

While the key poste, which inelude supervisorships and matronships in the parks and large playgrounds will not be awarded on a straight | merit basis, it persone selected rigid standards Mavor Sullivan, who is preparing to select a committee of representa tive women's organizations to assist him in improving parks, said

will have to

selected in June hy himself, H W. Middlesworth, recreation direcs tor, and A. C. Sallee. parks supers intendent, would prove staisfactory The heat hag been on City ade ministrations to improve personnel selections for vears, but its intensity [ has increased this vear with the charge last fall that numerous sums mer employees had proved incompes tent

Check Applications

Myr. Middlesworth and My. Sallee, meanwhile, are going through hun dreds of applications for the sums mer jobs preparatory to choosing a Het of eligibles for the Mayor's approval Appointments to 200 jobs are scheduled about June 1, Mr, Sal« lee said He added that if the volume of applications continues there will be more than 4000 requests from which

17.000] to select the 200 employees

| Officials have said that one of the [reasons why personnel standards

| Police were invited to attend the have been low in the past is because

meeting and three officers were assighed. They were not invited two similar meetings last week when more than a score attended to prevent any attempts at condueting a game, Social Game,

White pins with red lettering Be a Bingo Booster’ were handed the fans ag they entered the meet ing The majority of those atl tending were women A trio of musicians clothes plaved as the crowd as sembled Hold Tight I Cried for You" and "Hail. Hail, the Gang's All Here were the favorites Mi. Ridson declared that bingo (1g a social game and "not a racket {like the Better Business Bureau favs, Its an upsand=up business that gives a lot of its profits to fraternal and charitable causes” Suggests “Binge Platform” "We've learned a lot ang we've aoing te fight this thing clea through,” he continued. “We've hired attorneve and we're all set to see just where the law keeps us from plaving a social game | "Call up the City Fathers tomo frow. Tell them you're a taxpavel and you'd rather spend your money in Indianapolis than go up to An derson Saturday night to play bingo and buy groceries. Tell them when the day comes to vote, vou'll show them just what you think about the bingo ban. We'll give them a bingo platform before long”

Save Eidson

in evening

| Persons invited to the platform all

said they wanted to piay bingo “as

[soon as they'll let us”

LINDBERGH FLIES WEST

| FORT RILEY, Kas, May 5 (U P)-Col. Charles A. Lindbergh

10 discourage a

the low salaries for the summer jobs great many persons from applying

RESURFAGING DUE

ON CENTRAL AVE

Works Board Approves Paving From 38th to 44th.

| "The Works Board today a proposal to resurface Central Ave. from 38th St. to 44th St he resurfacing will be done with five<ineh reinforced concrete, City Engineer M. GG. Johnson said. Cost [to the City with use of WPA labo Will be 242586 Property owners will 25 per cent of the City's cost will amount to about £125 a fool The remaining 75 per cent of the cost will be paid out of gasoline tax | funds

HEALTHIEST BOYS IN COUNTY SELECTED

A basketball sear and a couple of fillings in hig teeth were all that kept John Mills, 17, adjudged the healthiest boy in Marion County from having a 100 per cent rating Hig rating in the health contest sponsored annually by the 4<H clubs among their 400 members, was 073 per cent, He is a senior at Decatur Central High School William Arnold, 16, Warren Cen tral High School, was picked as secs ond healthiest boy; Floyd Bass, 16

approved

he assessed which

tonville quarries tonight and officials landed here at 11:30 a. m. (Indian«| junior Augusta High School, third.

sald they were assured of continue apolis Time) today after flying from |

until workmen

next will

ous operation About 250 ploved

spring be em-

|8t. Louis. He refueled his ship and took off for Albuquerque. He left Davion early today

| Young Mille will represent the county in the 15th annual health contest at Purdue University

(June 12 and 14

10 Colts in Derby Starting Field With py

Fast Track and 85,000 Crowd Fo

(Other Stories, Page 258)

LOUISVILLE Ky. May 5 (U.P) Ten colts will make the fun for the in the 65th Kentuekys Derby tomorrow A bright blue sky and hot sun portend cleay weather and fast footing for the rather short field in the mile and a quarter classie All horses will carry 126 pounds Mis. Ethel V. Mars’ On Location was the first horse entered after trainers had shied away from the racing secretary's office for more than an hour, waiting for their rivals to show their hands The name of Xalapa Clown was the last dropped into the box. Trainer Barl Sande, who saw his great colt Stagehand cut out of the

roses

25, 26, 27| Derby by fever a year ago, appeared [over the walks when J. J

personally to name John Hay

221 Whithey's Heather Broom, winner] Viscounty, the

recast

How They Line

Post Position 5 10

Horse On Location T M Dorestt Heather Broom Viscounty xlohinstown xChallenge Peehnieian El Chico Challedon Xalapa Clown

XBelalr Stud Entry

J H

Real Wool

WwW Mis

Owners Milky Way Joe WwW

Valdina Farms

Rela

William L

Up at Churchill

Jockeys A. Robertson I. Haas James Bierman Stout ORurtsinger Adams Wall Seabo Coneet

Farm Brown Whitey

Stud + Stud ford Farm Jlepley Brann B. Franzheim

of the Blue Grass stakes at Keene [land a week ago. Hundreds of persons gathered about the racing shed and spilled n

entered the Vvaldina Farm's

ol colt which de-

| feated Technician by a nose in the | mile derby trial on Tuesday

1 . “ | A cheer rose from the crowd when the Esterline-Angus Co

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939

CITY TEMPERS |

was understood that | meet

he ns was confident that the personnel to

{with

4-H!

| leum because of the soft coal shute

Entered as Second Class at Postoffice,

War Aid Here

LEGION URGES TRAINING IN CCC CAMPS

Compulsory Military Service In State Universities Also Asked.

| i

. "Allison plant Indianapolis.”

Loonie Johnson a great thing for

JOHNSON LAUDS ALLISON ENGINE

Predicts Powerful ‘Mystery’ Army Plane Motors.

300,000 CCC enrollees, expansion of | (the R. O.T.C.and C. M. T, C., and| furthe renlargement of the U, Army were called for today by the | American Legion “to meet today 's| crisis.”

action was taken by the executive committee, which speaks for the Legion, as its two«day ses sion closed at headquarters here, The Legion also astked that ship: Start Soon on 800 ments of scrap iron from this country he banned for the present. It suggested that “industrial America [be prepared for large-scale emergens= cv production rather than to now manufacture excessive quantities of expensive material to be placed in | warehouses,”

The

By SAM TYNDALL

Assistant Secretary of War Louis Asks Guard Increase

Johnson announced here today that ‘The report of the National Des projected Allison En< fense Committee, adopted by the] expansion plans are Executive, urged that the National | Guard be enlarged, that shipyards be built on the Wset Coast to sory. | jce war and commercial craft, and/ that the defense of the Panama the Canal be strengthened LWO The immediate establishment of | $150.000,000 to finance the armament and equipment reserve neces sary to meet the mobilization needs of the regular Army and National : Guard was urgd, as was the immes«| metings, also disclosed that the Als diate establishment of a $440,000. lison plant, although a division of 000 armament and equipment ree the General Motors Corp, has [OF gon nesessary to mobilise one mil nine vears been “owned and cons lion men \ trolled” by the War Department The formation of a board to study He said the Allison 12<cyvlinder, ye requirement of an effective air liquid coled, V-type engine de- gefonge for a five-year period was | veloped after vears of research was advocated y | the Army motor’ and declared that Compulsory military training for the War Department considers it the gi dents in land grant colleges was greatest airplane engine for high|,sged, in order that military-age | speed performance in the world Lo= ojtizens will be made familiar with | day.” the use of modern weapons of war, the report said The report urged that commiss| sioned officers in the Army be in (Continued on Page Three)

3000 CASUALTIES IN CHUNGKING RAID

Japanese Also Bomb Swatow on Coast.

SOON AR

gineering Co will its

motors

hegin to mystery’ for the

completed. the plant manufacture 800 of powerful warplane U 8S Army Mr. Johnson said he contract for the motors hours after the money available by Congress My. Johnson, here in American Legion execulive

signed within was made

connection

The U. 8 Government has in effect subsidized the General Motors Corp. in its Allison experimental division according to Myr. Johnson He said that the General Motors corp. in its co=operation in carrys ing on the research ‘deserves the highest credit He added that the Allison plant “is a great thing for Indianapolis Most of the funds the research were paid 8 Government, he said I'he flew motors, two of which are in experimental stage. recently powered an Army pursuit craft | across the country at reported | speeds of better than 400 miles an hour, will equip a portion of the 571 new Army fighters recently ordered CHUNGKING, May 5 (U, P) by the War Department, he said Thirtv«two Japanese airplanes Some will be fitted in the new bombed the business and residential planes in twins, while others will be district of this third emergency used alone He declined to say capital of Nationalist China today what portion of the planes will be | Foreigners, including many Amer) equipped with the motors jeans, were endangered An estimated 3000 Chinese were killed or wounded. Foreign schools, | In this connection he announced | missions and consulates were blasted | that signing War Department cons |and set afire. Dead and dying lite] tracts for additional alr fighters | tered the streete ane thousands fied | could be “expected within the next | ihe city ahead of the resultant fires | few days." | which were fanned by a high wind. | The national warplane expansion | Foreign advices said Japanese air- | program. under which President planes had also bombed the center | Roosevelt envisages an additional 6000 planes, including the 571 cone tracted for. he said progressing ahead of schedule” He was asked whether he thought

Praises G, Cooperation

to canny by the

used on u

Ny ROBERT PP. MARTIN

United Press Staff Correspondent

More Contracts Due Soon

coast 200 miles above Hongkong,!

is morning. Bombs struck the British and] the United States would be capable French consulates here. The Brite of adequately defending itsell from ish Embassy Secretary, John G.| attack with completion of the 6000 Tahourdin, was slightly injured and | additional atrplanes [the Vice Consul's residence was He replied that ‘the present pros badly damaged, gram is adequate to defend the| The Canadian Friends mission and | (Continued on Page Three) [school were burned and Mr, and | Mrs. Arnold Vaught of Chicago

OIL STOCKS STEADY barely escaped trom It. North Amer- | IN FALLING MARKET

ican Aviation Co. had offices and NEW YORK, May (U

Outlook for increased use of petro-

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Danzig Nazis

downs today made oil shares a firm spot in an otherwise lower stock market Although gains were fractional in| the ofl issues. they were in contrast | with the remainder of the market, | whieh displayed losses ranging to 2 points in Johns-Manville, BERLIN, May 5 (U. P).—A spe-) cial airplane courier carried a full Hogs above 160 pounds rose 10 summary of the challenging speech | cents at Indianapolis today while of Foreign Minister Josef Beck of lighter weights held steady. Top |Poland te Berchtesgaden, where price rose to $725. Vealers were Fuehrer Hitler pondered his reply steady, (he top price at $10.50 [in his Bavarian mountain retreat.

Foreign Minister Joachim von FORMER TVA CHIEF | Ribbentrop and Albert Foerster and | Arthur Greiser, the Danzig Nagi ARRIVES FOR TALK leaders were with the Fuehrer, The possibility o fa plebiscite to | determine the fate of Danzig was Dr. Arthur EE Morgan, former gyggested in an official statement Tennessee Valley Authority chairs given to the foreign press tonight man, arrived here today for an ad«| Danzig is 98 per cent German and dress at the North Methodist the result of a plebiscite would be Church eighth anniversary dinner|a foregone conclusion tonight | While Col, Beck left the way open Dr. Morgan, now president of An«| for negotiations, it was strongly] tioch College, Antioch, O, is the doubted that Herr Hitler would guest of J. W. Esterline, president of negotiate on the terms which Col.

| Trainer Matt Brady walked in and mer TVA chairman is to speak onto Poland,

1038 juvenile champion,

|ler's | (Continued on Page Three) a

Flani« dropped the name of William Zieg-| "Expansion of Government" at the

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POLAND TURNS DOWN HITLER DANZIG TERMS; RITAIN SPURNS RUSSIA

‘Beck Calls Germany’s Proposals ‘One-Sided’,

Leaves Door Open for Negotiations, But Insists on Equality.

FOREIGN SITUATION WARSAW-Parliament thanks Beck for firm speech.

LONDON«<Irish cause wor

cow, GIBRALTAR—Nazi guest,

fleet

ry as Britain answers Mos-

to be unwelcome Lisbon

BERLIN—Danzig plebiscite discussed.

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tow.

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-— \ Y ‘ 5 Y . . »>4 ‘ Military training for the nation's CHUNGKING-—Japanese bomb Chungking and Swa-

SHANGHAI—=Foreign property unsafe, Japanese say.

WARSAW, Poland, May jected Fuehrer Hitler's “one-sided” demands for return of

Danzig to the Reich and a N Corridor, but offered to enter a solution of their quarrel, Foreign Minister Josef B

5 (U. P.).—Poland today ree

azi highway across the Polish into peaceful negotiations for

eck replied to Herr Hitler in a

speech to a crowded, cheering Parliament, which immedi«

ately afterward took the first torial on President

SOVIET ARMED PACT REFUSED

powers

Britain Rejects Proposal as pojand:”

Irish ‘Army’ Calls 5000 Men.

LONDON, May 6 (U. P) at present she cannot accept Ruse sia's request for a military alliance with Britain and France, Although Britain was occupied at the moment with an Irish crisis, Lord Halifax sent the reply to Sir Willlam Seeds, British Ambassador, after it had been approved by the

| Cabinet's foreign committee at the

House of Commons, The Irish crisis was marked by bombing outrages and a ‘call to arms” by the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Twelve thousand policemen, including 4000 special constables, patroled London all night and kept down a repetition of the bombings of the night before that wounded

(five persons, but the I. R. A. proc=

lamation issued in Belfast seemed to bode serious trouble for the British Government. h The “mobilization” order was read at an I. R. A. demonstration at Belfast It instructed all members to be ready with arms and equipment “immediate response’ to calls from headquarters. It is estimated that the I. R. A. has 5000 men, It operates outside the law in the six counties of North Ireland and works for the union of North Ireland with Eire, Lord Halifax instructed Sir Wilview with {Vacheslav Molotov, Pre(Continued on Page Seven)

SLAYS 75-YEAR-OLD FIANCEE AND SELF

JACKSON, Tenn. May 5 (U. P.). ~The love tragedy of a 25-vear-old man and a 75-year-old woman was termed beyond explanation today. Ten minutes after they applied for dragged the old woman to their shot and killed himself. She was identified as Mrs. George H. Donnell,.of Oklahoma City, he as

L. J. Bums.

SENATE GROUP 0. K.S BILL TO DRAFT CASH

WASHINGTON, May 5 (U, P.) = The Senate Military Affairs Committee today approved a bill to draft

in which many foreign pilots lived, | dollars as well as men in the event |

of War,

See H itler;

Plebiscite Is Considered

and British circles viewed it as unlikely to aggravate the tense European situation. Fascist circles at Rome deplored the speech as indicating an unyielding attitude but expressed hope that a solution might yet be found for the German-Polish quarrel, Political quarters In Danzig described it as "merely a general

[answer” which fails to clarify the

differences. As in the past when he has met with opposition, Hitler was not expected to modify his demands. His Reichstag speech indicated that yermany would increase her demands if they were not met in the first instance, The German press gave an indication of the Reich's course by renewing its campaign of reporting

The papers reported anti-German

(Continued on Page Seve a

Moscicki

~Cireat | Britain informed Moscow today that

step toward conferring dicta for duration of the [emergency. | The emergency decrees ‘were submitted to a commite ‘tee for approval upon order f Parliament.

As Col. Beck concluded ormally received the thanks [ Parliament, the deputies shouted: “Long live Moscicki! Long live

and

( | { of

Col. Beck, in a firm but concili= atory speech, declared that: Poland will not permit herself to be cut off from the Baltic Sea coast Million Men Back Him

Poland, with an estimated million men under arms, believes that no | “self-respecting nation” would ace cept one-sided demands such as |Herr Hitler made. Poland will enter into any nego= [tiations Germany desires to initiate [with “good will” but only on condi[tion that the Reich uses peaceful [methods to reach a peaceful objec« (tive, Poland has been forced to consider (whether Germany actually seeks freedom of the German population lof Danzig or “is it a matter of bare (ring Poland from the Baltic?” | Poland considers the Corridor as [“our Province of Pomorze"” and “we ‘have no grounds whatever for re= stricting our sovereignty on our own territory.” He said, however, [that Poland had offered to extend the present highway facility between Germany and East Prussia across the Corridor.

Denies Knowing Hitler's Plans | Declaring that “we in Poland do

not known the conception of peace

lat any price,” Col. Beck put par= [ ticular emphasis on statements that (he did not know in advance-—as in[dicated in Herr Hitler's speech—of German proposals for extending the

liam to seek an immediate inter-|now denounced nonaggression treaty

| between the two Governments or for an international guarantee of the Slovak territory. Polish newspapers hailed his speech as “dignified, calm, moderate land firm” and carried such heade [lines as { "Poland does not know the cone ception of peace at any price—Po= land will not allow herself to be cut off from the Baltic—Germany must prove her will for peace,” | The leading opposition newspaper

of Swatow, a city of 178,000 on thea marriage license, the young man | Goniec Warszawski said, “The ene

tire nation stands behind this

and inflicted many casualties this|automobile and killed her. He then speech.”

Polish Parliamentary circles believed that Col. Beck was referring (to the Russian Ukraine when he mentioned unofficial allusions by [prominent Reich Government officials "reaching far wider and fure [ther than the subjects now under |consideration.” | It was believed that this remark referred to suggestions for a joint German-Polish policy regarding the | Ukraine. It was learned that Col, | Beck's reference to a German

statesman who “opined that this provincial town (Danzig) would not be an object of conflict between Po« land and Germany” meant Air Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goe-

(Continued on Page Seven)

TEXAS OBSERVATORY DEDICATION OPENS

FT. DAVIS, Tex. May 5 (U, P.) ,~ | Recent, studies of the so-called {“variable” stars may enable astronomers to measure the dimensions of the Milky Way, Prof. Marlow Shap= told

|ley of Harvard Observatory, scientists today. He addressed the opening meeting of the symposium being held in | connection with the formal dedi cation this afternoon of the Mcg= {Donald Observatory which houses the world's second largest telescope. More than 200 prominent astronomers and educators will take part in the four-day symposium and the dedication.

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| 0. K. FARM PARITY FUND

| WASHINGTON, May 5 (U, P.).—~ The Senate Appropriations Commit=

The for-|Beck indicated would be acceptable anti-German “outrages’ 'in Poland.|tee today approved a $358,000,000

increase in the Agriculture Depart

French quarters gave|demonstrations at Posen, where an|ment Appropriation Bill to finance W dither, Whieh is sponsored by the|whole-hearted approval to the “firm effigy of Herr Hitler was burned in|farm parity benefits and distribu wer Club,

tion of surplus commodities. \ x