Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1939 — Page 1
The Indianapolis Times
VOLUME 51—-NUMBER 358
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DISCIPLES MAP 4-POINT PEACE
Don’t Support Foreign War, Resolution Here Asks; Parley Ends Today.
Dis-
FATT our-
hundred Indiana
Eighteen ciples of Christ point “program for peace.” Resolutions deploring the alcoholic beverages and more widespread use of the Bible in college curricula also were passed by the group at the closing sessions of four-day centennial convention here The convention will Communion service tonight at the Central Church The services charge of the Rev. William A Shullenberger, pastor, and the Rev F. E. Davison of South Bend.
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The peace resolut recommended that: 1. No
1 or support be given a foreign
sanction Wa A permanent be
policy
nf neu trality adopted by the United
States, The stressed 4. All Christians form an opinion concerning American foreign policy and send that opinion to President Roosevelt
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The liquor resolution urged educa- |
as a means ot af
tion and home rule combatting the use beverages. Urge Bible Use The Bible resolution said “we consider it the obligation of all colleges and universities sible, to inciude courses in Bible and religion among requirements for graduation. and that most certainly all church-founded and tered colleges give courses as advantageous a place in their curricula as any other courses.” Delegates attended a “campfire luncheon” at the United Brethren Church in honor of longtime members of the church. The Rev, E. S. Conner, retired . pastor, presided. Charles M. Fillmore, composer of “Tell Mother I'll Be There,” was the song leader. Speakers of Columbus,
where legally pos-
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should
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included Thane Miller Ind.: Mrs. Effie L. Cunningham, former editor of Missionary Tidings, and F. E. Smith of Indianapolis. secretary of the Churches of Christ Pension Fund Symposium Held
A symposium based on the convention theme, ‘Christ Has Glorified Our Past—He Commands Our Future,” was held at the Central Christian Church, A pageant was to be held at Cadle Tabernacle this afternoon depicting the history of the Churches of Christ during the last 100 years. Symposium speakers included Edward Errett, editor of the Christian (Continued on Page Three)
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HARLAN TIPPLE IN MINE CLASH
‘Guards and Pickets Open Fire Near Totz but No
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apolis kindergartens gathered there to receive blue ribbons
at the Community House. M Wyon represented the Oscar The health tournament 2 apolis Free Kindergarten So
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‘Death Kiss Suspect [s Back in Jail
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PHILADELPHIA, Ma: (U. P).—The suspected “Borgia of Philadelphia's mass murder merchandising corporation was arrested by G-Men in New York today as authorities went before the May Grand Jury here and asked the indictment of 12 defendants in the widespread and fantastic plot to kill for insurance The arrest of Mrs. Rose Carina, the “widow with the kiss of death” was announced by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington in Washington. She is wanted particularly for questioning In connection with the mysterious deaths of two of her husbands. both of whom were heavily insured. She also will be questioned in connection with some of the other 100 murders charged against the syndicate
3014 DIPLOMAS T0 SET REGORD
Six Public High Schools in City to Honor Seniors At Commencement.
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Indianapolis’ six public high ischools will graduate the largest number of pupils in their history when 3014 diplomas are warded at [commencement exercises June 2 to 8. Technical High School will graduate 1275 in Rutler Fieldhouse on (June 6. John F. White, school commissioner, will distribute the diplomas. Dr. W. G. Spencer, Franklin College president, will speak at the Washington High School gradua(tion at Butler Fieldhouse June 8 {when Mrs. Carl Manthei, school commissioner, presents diplomas to 295 pupils. Broad Ripple High School will graduate 103 on June 5, holding the ceremony in its new auditoriumgymnasium where Evans Woollen Jr., school commissioner, will award diplomas. Earl Buchanan, School Board president, is to present the diplomas at Manual's commencement in Cadle Tabernacle June 5. Graduates will total 376 | Dr. John Davis, West Virginia {State College president, will speak at the Crispus Attucks exercises at Cadle Tabernacle, June 2, when Superintendent of Schools DeWitt S. Morgan awards diplomas to 220 pupils.
Pleads for Doomed Son; Blames ‘Super-Egotism’
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A Valley City, N. D., mother, who said the study of early European | philisophers had led her sons astray, |today asked Governor Townsend to {save one of them from the electric chair, She was Mrs. Carl whose son, Orelle Easton, 25, scheduled to die June 3 at State Prison for the murder of State Policeman Ray Dixon. She asked that the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Orelle’s brother, Clarence, was Killed at the time of the murder She and the Rev. R. A. Ofstedal, also of Valley City, said: “The boys were ambitious and mentally brilliant. They read early
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ER STUDY EXPERT
Inquiry Welcome, Geist Attorney Says.
WAT ~ WAITS
City officials studying the advisability of buving the Indianapolis Water Co. marked time today pending the arrival Monday of Judson E. Dickerman. Federal Trade Commission utiltiy engineer. The City yesterday negotiations for borrowing Mr. Dickerman to make a study of the company's property and advise the City {of its value, C. W. Mc¢Near, Chicago investment broker representing the C. H. Geist estate, announced that executors of the estate definitely had agreed to sell the company to the City for $223825.000, explaining that this was their final price and not merely a bargaining offer.
McNear
Earlier, Mr. McNear had declined to name a price, because of “Federal inheritance tax problems,” but had indicated that an offer of $22.825.000 by the City would be “favorably considered.” Meanwhile, Fred Bates Johnson Mr. McNear's local attorney, said the Geist Estate welcomes a full investigation of the property by M: Dickerman and promised to facilitate his survey in every way posSE He said Mr. McNear would return there from Chicago tomorrow,
Officials Laud Dickerman Dick-
Back Tomorrow
City officials described Mr erman as one of the ablest utility engineers in the country. In the last 44 years, he has been engaged as a consultant on utility problems in nearly every state in the Union. For several vears he managed a privale water supplv company. He served the City as a consult. ing engineer and expert witness in the electric rate case several years ago. Mayor Sullivan was attempting to learn what time Monday Mr. Dickerman will arrive in order to arrange a meeting of his committee of 23 officials with the utility expert.
CRICKMORE, PEATS WILL GET HEARING
Hearing on parole petitions filed by Victor Crickmore and Harry Peats, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a grocery truck driver four years ago. was set for June 8 by the State Clemency Commission today. ; Crickmore and Peats, both. union officials, were convicted in 1936 in connection with the fatal stoning of William Penny, Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. truck driver in 1935 They began serving two to 21vear prison terms April 19, 1938, and are now eligible for parole hearing
European philosophers and from this literature they developed a superegotism that led them lieve they were supermen and could accomplish anything they desired “The mental background of these boys parallels somewhat the Loeb and Leopold murder case in Chicago.” Attorney William R. Pierce, Valley City, said he was convinced the pauper attorney appointed by the LaPorte County Court to defend Easton “did not handle the defense properly.” The killings occurred a vear ago (and two months ago the Indiana | Supreme Court affirmed the convietion. W
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REOPENED SHAFT CLOSED |
‘Tension Holds as Operators Stand Rigidly Against Closed Shop.
HARLAN, Kv, May 18 (U. P) — National Guardsmen and United Mine Workers pickets exchanged about 50 shots today in a brief gun | battle near the mine tipple of the! High Splint Coal Co., Totz, Ky. No injuries occurred. The exchange occurred about two (hours after most of Harlan County {had been plunged into darkness by | {failure of a main power line be- | [tween Harlan and Lynch. The report of the firing—first seri|ous violence to mark the union’s | | effort to force Harlan County opera- | § [tors to sign a union shop contract | [for operations of the region’s coal {mines—was given by Capt. Vernon | Sanders, in charge of the National {Guard forces stationed at the High Splint mine | Men Ordered to Halt
Capt. Sanders said about 25 men! | suddenly appeared over a hill near | the mine tipple. A detachment of four state militiamen was stationed lat the point the men [to halt | Instead, the guardsmen reported {the men shouted: | “Were going to close down mine.” “At Capt
Times-Acme Photo, King George and Queen Elizabeth are shown on thrones in Cane aada’s Parliament at Quebec as they were formally welcomed upon their arrival. Reading welcome address (back to camera) is Premier Maurice Dupiessis of Quebec. Uniformed man on extreme left is
Hor Bullen: END RAIL TRIP FROM QUEBEC
Mr. Mercury Romantic Cloakroom Girl
Is Going Up ‘Falls in Love’ With George —'He’'s So Real’
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about the same moment.” Sanders said, “the pickets opened fire. Bullets started spattering aroumd the guardsmen. The guards were instructed to return the fire with their rifles, aiming over the heads of the advancing men When the guards opened fire, the pickets quickly scrambled back up the hill and disappeared.” | Capt. Sanders said that no arrests {were made. None of men was wounded and no injuries were apparent among the miners About 25 shots were fired on each side, it was said.
Picket Line Established
The United Mine Workeis Union, seeking a ‘“‘union shop” contract with operators, established their first 24-hour-a-day picket line this morning around the tipple of the Harlan Central Coal Co. at Totz, only completely mechanized mine in the area. National Guardsmen made no immediate effort to escort workers through the picket line, and the mine, one of the first to reopen on| Indianapolis’ 1939 traffic toll was Monday, shut down temporarily. It|increased to 17 today with the death | was believed that troops would take |at Methodist Hospital of a woman workers through the Who was among nine persons injured
nonunion picket line later today {in 14 overnight accidents The victim was Mrs. Clara
Failure of a power trunk line be(Tarn te Page 10) |rett, 79, of R. R. 11, Box 423 - rn She was injured in a collision at
lo St. and Arlington Ave, Others TWO CITY PRIESTS hurt in the crash were Mrs. Helen
Young, 41, also of R. R. 11, Box 423 J. C. Denton of 238 Minker St., and Fathers Dugan and Killian To Become Monsignori.
Wilson Workman, 61, of 267 Rich-
TEMPERATURES 2 ham 11am 12 (moon) 1pm
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a. a. n a. v warmer weather ind tomorrow was by the Weather The mercury hovered the 50s early then rose the 70s The Bureau the normal tems perature May 18 is 64
GRASH VICTIM DIES 39 TOLL NOW 1S 17
Injuries Fatal to Woman, 79; Eight Others Hurt.
Somewhat By WEBB MILLER
United Press Staff Correspondent MONTREAL, May 18 (U. P) The special train carrying King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived 12:15 (Indianapolis Time) today On the wav here Their Majesties
tonight predicted Bureau the Guards- today and . said at
ior
ance at Three Rivers, where they were greeted by 75,000 cheering Ca« nadians. On a special platform with a runway leading from the train Mayor E. A Pitt the King and presented him to the Most Rev Roman Catholic diocese. Mrs. Pitt gave Queen Elizabeth a bouquet of flowers which Her Majesty distrib uted to children standing near the platform. A stream-lined, rolling ‘palace” of blue and silver steel brought the
{subjects of the Crown were paying as high as $30 a seat in reviewing stands for a glimpse of the first British monarchs to visit Canada.
Bar-
Every Precantion Taken
he King and Queen boarded a special train at Quebec at 7:35 (Indianapolis Time) on the second phase of a journey that will take them twice across the largest of
R U I I I T | N | the British dominions and then into l a La Ra i {the United States
y bud ‘ Every precaution known to veterMcGurk, drivin Bin , wo, " r-evling ’ Ma © |an railroad men had been taken He UE Cy «hee [for the comfort and safety of the escaped injury in the south | °° 1 visit ; , a, east turn at the Indianapolis TO A eat at. 3 ' 5 Motor Speedway this after A pilot train ran 30 minutes ahead noon when his car went inte [of the royal stream-liner to see that a kid and slid about 150 feel {the traeks were clear; the King before he was able to bring {and Queen could rast in upholstered it to a stop "After an inspec. furniture; and a flick of a switch
tion of the machine, McGurk Lum Wo Page Mn
continued his trial test. | £5 Diocese of Indianapolis. He re- HOPE IS ABANDONED
Gn an audience with the FOURTH BEER PERMIT ope. Bishop Ritter is to arrive back | at Indianapolis, May 26 GRANTED BY STATE FOR SWEDISH FLIER Priests who will become mon- — . signori are the Very Rev. Fr. Henry | The State Alcoholic Beverage the | Commission today granted the the | fourth beer wholesale permit since
F. Dugan, chancellor of Diocese of Indianapolis, and (Rev. Fr. Peter Killian, pastor ofthe liquor laws were amended by | Floly Name Church, Beech Grove [the Legislature. The permit went | The Rev. Fr. John Becher, pastor to Buell E. Warren, Crawfordsville. | of Sacred Heart Church, Vincennes, | Sam Ziffrin, 1120 Division St., indi | also is to become a monsignor. anapolis, filed an application for a Elmer Steffen, diocesan director of | wholesalers permit, bringing music, is to be made a papal knight | total applications on file to 26. of the Order of St. Gregory. Miss - { Teresa O'Connor, a member of the! BLAST INJURIES FATAL SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, is to! SULLIVAN. Ind. Mav 18 (U. P). day for a solo airplane flight George H. Ringer, 60, of Cass, died Sweden.
receive a medal in acknowledgement in a hospital here today of burns It was assumed that Mr. Backman
of her being an outstanding member and benefactor received in an explosion in a poultry had crashed at sea. There remained, “ brooder house
BOGUS DOLLAR ; BILLS 250 chickens v.cre destroyed ARE REPORTED HERE
Secret Service agents today warned
land St {
| | Two Indianapolis priests will be! elevated to the rank of monsignori| and two laymen have been honored | by Pope Pius XII, it was learned! here todav. | The honors were conferred on the | recommendation of the Rt. Rev. | {Joseph E. I..tter, Bishop of the
On Atlantic Flight.
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he had been picked up by a ship.
‘It’s Like Hea ven--Some Go;
Indianapolis merchants and banks certificates apparently were moving into the city from surrounding com- | Surest method of detecting them,| WASHINGTON, May 18 (U. P) they said, is that all bear the serial|__a pit agitated and protesting that | and bitterly protest, in print and JAMES MATCHET | conterence—Really, 1 never did"= uy Lady Lindsay for the Embassy's 1, Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambas- June 8 garden party, RICH HOOSIER, DIES only gathering of reporters chat . : - ni : tact ave UP throughout the conference as EE— | Their Britannic Majesties were various ladies of the press sought to James H. Matchett, reputedly Prove ties of friendship between the was not well with them. Their dif | wealthiest resident of Marshall | Iwo countries. ficulty 18 that few, very few, of them farms and city properties and presi. Pose than that in it,” he said earn- they feel they are entitled to ate dent of the First State Bank of ©stly. tend and report as freely, say, as a his home in Bourbon today. He was in the United States, Sir Ronald 87. continued, not a regular one, but GET $25,000 IN GEMS health of President Roosevelt at the Plaining, finally: LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 18 (U. P). White House state dinner June 8. “The garden party is just (Shotguns robbed the Goslee F. ing visit under the unaccustomed and some are not.” Geiger Co. of jewelry valid at $25,- | handicap of flashing photogiraiers | A flash bulb went at that mo=
that passers of counterfeit $1 silver munties. Hae Gems {he never before had held a press = © privately, the arrangements made sador, today told a standing-room=| .... arden party kept bobbing PLYMOUTH, May 18 (U. P), .- [coming to the United States to im- | ooo to the Ambassador that all County, owner of more than 100| “There is no more political pur- wooo sited to the party, Which Bourbon, died of a heart attack at| King George will make one speech oo aon Samy at the White House, | Just a few remarks in proposing the —Three men who carried sawed-off Sir Ronald discussed the impend- Heaven, you know, Some are taken bulbs and the presence of numerous ment.
Second-Class Matter
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made a 15-minute platform appear- |
of Three Rivers greeted |
Comtois, bishop of the)
18 the (U. P) Hope was abandoned to- that although spy cases averaged in their modern history Backman, 25, a only 35 annually for the five years ers deplored violence, but the tems
Sir Ronald Gives Data on K ing ’s Party—
Sir Ronald, a big shy man, par- | ried the thrusts as best he could, eX« 4 inquire how the King was to|dispute and the Italian-French dis-
FINAL HOME
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PRICE THREE CENTS
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‘Nipponese Troops Leave as Democracies Land Bluejackets.
By United Prev United States, British and French marines, landed from warships at [the foreign area of Amoy, on the | South China Coast, appeared today |to have forced a showdown with
| Japanese troops occupying the area, | The Japanese reduced their forces at Kulangsu, the roreign zone, to 42 his afternoon and tiie other powers were scheauled to withdraw their [troops in proportion. Bluejackets of the were ordered into the simultaneously yesterday {unexpected landing of {troops. They had orders to defend [the area by armed action if | necessary. Authoritative Shanghai expressed belief today that the prompt action had saved the Kulangsu area from the Japanese and would have important influence on the future of the much more imporiant International Settlement at Shanghai American Ambassador Joseph C Grew in Tokyo today presented Japan with a strongly worded note declining to negotiate for revision of regulations in the Shanghai set= [tlement pending development of “more stable conditions.” He cautioned Japan against taking “ads vantage of developments which have their origin elsewhere and prejudice {the international character of the [ Settlement.” {| Renewal of agitation for a Jap|anese alliance with Germany and | Italy was expected to be another [result of the joint action of the demoncratic powers. Allegations that Western nations did not understand Japan's objectives in China also were forecast. Although Ambassador Grew'’s farewell call on Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita before sailing tonight for a furlough in America was to deliver a note of protest, the Army [newspaper Kokumin said Japanese officials unanimously hope that rumors he will not return are untrue
settlement atter the
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{an appeal to President Roosevelt. ( “In the event that a new (Turn te Page 10)
FBI CHIEF REPORTS * SPIES ON INCREASE
House Committee Approves Fund to Fight Them. { WASHINGTON, May 18 (U. P) |The House Appropriations Com(mittee, acting after Director J Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau [of Investigation reported activities |of foreign spies are increasing
(alarmingly, today approved a $300,
(000 fund to nance a counter. | espionage drive by G-Men { The fund, earmarked for emer. (gency FBI use in a drive against | spies, kidnapers and extortionists, was carried in the $121,399 120 State, | Justice and Commerce Department Appropriation Bill which was sent
ure was the last of the regular appropriation bills for the 1940 fiscal year, A record of Mr. Hoover's testimony, filed with the bill. showed
Swedish flier who took off from Bot« | preceding 1938, 634 such cases were per of the people was wood Airport, Newfoundland, Tues- | investigated last year and the chief desperate to | G=Man anticipates 772 cases during mination that the Jews would resist
Hoover said the Army asked G«Men to offices
{1939. Mr land Navy have establish counter-espionage
Canal Zone and Philippines
Others Don’t’
to be here.” and then two
lany ladies were going Another flash bulb more. | “Oh, for goodness sakes, stop that,” exclaimed Sir Ronald. | Another flash, “Well now!” Then the photographers let up. Sir Ronald explained then that only the White House speech was |seheduled for His Majesty-—"almost | protocol, you know" and that there [would be no royal press conferences President Roosevelt will respond to the toast, One of the lady reporters broke in
meet any average Americans if his
|hered to. “Average Americans,” mused Sir Ronald. "There are an awful pt of them, you know.”
three powers |
Japanese |
JOIN IN 10 FIGHT FOR HOLY LAND
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35 Jews, 21 Britishers
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STRIKE ORDERED
Hurt in Rioting at Jerusalem.
England Will Betray Arabs, Too, Say
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Zionists.
JERUSALEM, May 18 (U. P.) Tens of thousands of Jews dramatically pledged themselves today to fight on for a homeland in Palestine in defiance of Great Britain's ‘plans for creation of an in. dependent Arab - dominated ‘state. Thirty-five Jews and two British ers were injured in one clash be[tween Jewish demonstrators and [police at Jerusalem General strike, serious rioting, fasting, incendarism, sabotage and | gigantic protest meetings in Jerus | salem, Haifa, Tel-Aviv and many other towns brought the majority of Palestine’'s 500,000 Jews into the anti-British demonstrations over which reinforced British troops and police stood guard Barricades manned by soldiers with bavonets fixed were established [in the middle of the Jewish-Arab quarters in Jerusalem, Haifa and {| Tel-Aviv 40.000 in One Parade
Government buildings throughout the country were put under special guard to prevent repetition of ate tacks such as were made at Tele Aviv las! night, when the union jack was torn down and replaced with | the Zionist flag But most impressive and possibly most indicative of the long struggle 10 come was the solemn demonstras= [tion by 40,000 Jews in Jerusalem | who gatherad at the wailing wall jand marched through the streets | reciting Biblical passages prophesys« ing return of Israel to the homee | land
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“If 1 forget thee, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither,” intoned Dr, Isaac Herzog, chief rabbi of Yeshue rn Synagogue, as he symbolically tore up a copy of the British “white [ paper” in the presence of the deme onstrators. | Jewish groups, most of them youth
King and Queen to this city where and even were considering making Organizations, marched through the
streets with trumpets and banners reading: "We shall redeem Zion, We [shall not permit this betraval.”
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‘Everyone Betrayed’
Menahem Ussishkin, 75-year-old Zionist leader and president of ths Jewish National Fund, warned the Arab nation that the Government of Prime Minister Chamberlain had ‘betrayed Abyssinia, Czechoslovakia, Austria and the Jewish nation and will surely betray the Arabs in the (end.” Explosive tension obtained at Tele Aviv. Heavy troop reinforcements were sent there from Sarafand after rioting ia which 12 Jews, including a Jewish policeman, were wounded in a clash with British troops. A strict curfew was imposed. | Government offices at Tel-Aviv | were burned by incendiaries who | stormed them and disarmed guards, | Police charged into demonstrators, | their clubs swinging, and fired into | the air to disperse them,
| Passports Destroyed | Government immigration quarters here were burned by incendiaries {who wounded and bound Jewish su= pernumerary police guards and
Believed to Have Crashed to the House for action. The meas- | threw incendiary bombs into offices.
| Archives and passport records of 20 years, which determined the legal [status of Jewish immigrants, were | burned. Jews called this the blackest day Their lead~
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angry and There was every deters
to the limit any effort to make Pale estne an Arab-dominated state. General strikes were started here
“he building and however, the remote possibility that in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the Panama and at Tel-Aviv at dawn, to last
[until midnight, and the strike moves ment was spreading to other parts of the country Many British Aviv for Jaffa Arabs were jubilant. They spent (Continued on Page 11)
REPORT HITLER SAYS
families left Tale
ladies of the press. They, the ladies,] “And if I may have a moment,” NO FORCE ON DANZIG
are in a state about the royal visit he continued, "I really didn't know |
PARIS, May 18 (U, P).—A high diplomatic source said today that | Adolf Hitler had given Benito Muse (solini a definite promise not to res sort to force in settling the Danzig problem. A diplomatic source in Rome yess terday said that Sig. Mussolini had agreed to sign the new Italians German military pact only on cons dition that Herr Hitler try to settle his differences with Poland without recourse to war. Herr Hitler was (said to have agreed, saying that there was no hurry and expressing {his belief that the German-Polish
[pute as well could be settled without
like [official schedule were strietly ade hostilities
| The reported pledge by Herr Hit. {ler was held here to be responsible (for a sudden calm in the internas tional situation, \