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BELGIANS FEAR “NEW INVASION; LE SAY NAZIS
Turkey Stals Both Both Allies and Russia in Treaty Negotiations.
U-BOAT IN ‘SAFETY ZONE’
Hitler Well - Guarded Polish Triumph Before Big Speech.
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By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor
‘Turkey and Belgium were Europe’s immediate danger spots today as belligerent powers awaited Adolf Hitler's speech on Friday to the
: Reichstag.
In Brussels, the semi-official
" Agence Telegraphique - Be 1 g e
circulated a report from Berlin that the Nazis might consider their peldge to respect Belgian neutrality as void if Belgium proved unable te revent Allied air fleets from crossg the neutral belt. The report was described as causing some concern in: Brussels where newspapers speculated on
Lk whether Germany was seeking a
Jnelpretext to escape her pledges and corrundertake .a repetition of the 1914
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The Berlin Propaganda - Ministry spokesman denounced the Belgian report as an invention and said: “Our guarantee to Belgium has no conditions attached. We left no back door through which we could slip out. We stand by our guar-
tee.” Both the Allied ed powers and Soviet Russia wooed ‘the Turks—with -the threat of ‘a blackjack in the back-Sfound-—in. an ort influence control of . the. vital Dardanelles Siralts dividing Europe and the Near
i were meeting with difficulties that left the outcome in- doubt. . In London, it was reported that Turkey had rejected two demands by the Soviets designed to close the Dardanelles against any possible Allied attack on Russia through the Black Sea and to prevent any Turkish agreement that would align Turkey, Britain and France against a possible Soviet thrust in the Balkans. In Moscow, it was indicated that a “serious hitch” had developed in negotiations for a mutual aid pact with Turkey but belief was expressed that the long post-war friendship of the two nations would | be tightened in the end. Some Fighting Continues
While Adolf Hitler triumphantly reviewed the troops who conquered Warsaw as a prelude to his “peace
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tomorrow, the final outcome of the Turkish negotiations was considered of - great portance not | only in control of the Dardanelles but in maintaining a neutral blog friendly toward Germany in the Balkans. Apparently Herr Hitler was naking his third formal entry into the capital of a nation conquered by his Nazis, but. such precautions - were taken for his. safety that censors would not permit it n be said whether he was actually inside Warsaw or not. Sporadic fighting wan still .going on east or the Vistula River. | . The Germans today reported they ' had destroyed 27 British and 45 French. planes during the first month of the war. On Tuesday the French claimed to have shot down 24 German planes in September. Upon his return to Berlin, the Fuehrer will climax a week of diplamatic war by a speech expected to overshadow any military operations yet undertaken on the Western Front. There was a strong belief among Nazis that Herr Hitler would (Continued on Page Three)
USE OF GAS METERS RISES IN SEPTEMBER
An increase of 720 gas meters in use during September, as compared to August, was reported today by the Citizens Gas & Coke" Utility. The 88,676 meters in use last month represented a 4 per cent gain over September, 1938, and a 14 per cent gain over September, 1935, when the City took over the utility. An increase in meters in use has
. been recorded each month this year.
There Is { ¥ . More Time— for your own pleasures and relaxation when you live in 4a apartment because . of their compact room arrangements, steam heat, and the dozen and one little odd fobs that the janitor takes off "your hands. such as caring for the yard, the furnace and the walkg. - ete., ete. « Investigate the . - comforts and conveniences of the many modern apartments offered today and every dav in the “Apartment for Rent’ classification on the Want Ad page.
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into the war. .
hope. of escape. Everybody,
that if Germany—and now
By JOHN T. FLYNN Times Special Writer
MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 5.—There is a ‘general feeling that somewhere brooding over this nation lurks that terrible monster Propaganda—propaganda which will get us
a,
To be prepared against this propaganda is our. only
therefore, is all set for the
flood which will descend upon us from England and France, But what will be the nature of this propaganda? What de the European powers have to produce in our minds in order to make us willing to go to'war? : At once it is apparent to the propagandist setting out to trap us that he must (1) create in us the fear
Russia—is victorious, they
will come over here and attack us; (2) create in our minds a horror of German ruthlessness that will deepen and emotionalize our sympathies for the Allies; and, (3) play
upon our pride in the event ‘that our interests become
affected.
1. The first of these is already ait work. But it is not
proceeding from Europe.
Every man who is frank with
himself must admit that no foreigner could have done so good a job on this as our own Government has done. For three years—and particularly in the last year—the Gov‘ernment has lost’ no opportunity to persuade us that we are in grave danger—that Germany and her Allies might: turn their hungry eyes to our vast resources and those of
South America.
How Germany and her Allies could ever send an army to this hemisphere—from 8000 to 5000 miles from their bases—to conquer this country or South’ America, they never say. Every military authority knows and will admit that this is utterly impossible. - Yet the Government keeps
on terrifying us with this bogy.
we have most to fear.
This is the propaganda
Ayo. 1 Propaganda Danger: Bogy of Attack on U.S.
a On the question of horror stories, we Nave already
had plenty." : out, I am told every day.
“If London is bombed” nothing can keep us But is it not reasonable to ask,
so far as we are concerned, what is the difference between
bombing. London and bombing Warsaw?
been bombed and destroyed. into the war.
Warsaw has Yet we do not want to go
We have to keep our heads on this point.
Already war communiques have been mendacious on both
sides. They will continue to
be.
3. As to our vital interests and honor being attacked,
our greatest defense against that is to keep out of the war altogether, out of the economic front and the military
front. lt is by trying to sell
arms and munitions, by try-
ing to make profits, by horning into the dispute in various little ways, that we will put ourselves in a position to be “dishonored.” The idea of staying out of the war by going into it a little is the maddest of all illusions.
NYE INSISTS ON
As Senate Debates for Third Day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (U. P.).— Senator Gerald P. Nye (R. N. D), a leader: of the isolationist bloc, told the Senafe today that the United States needs an arms embargo and a “cash-and-carry” program “if we
Europe's war.” Senator: Nye declared he
but not “if the repeal of the arms embargo is the price to be paid for
‘Senator Nye spoke ‘after Senator urged the: Senate to divorce the
on the title-and-carry provisions. A
‘Monday. Senator Ind.), a member of the Foreign Rewhelming” defeat for Tobey’s motion.
Ludlow Favors It {
Representative Louis Ludlow (D. Ind.), author of the war referendum amendment, favors the Tobey plan, he declared today. was voiced by Republican Representatives George W. Gillie and Raymond S. Springer. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt emphasizing the White House “hands - off” attitude in the Congressional debate, prepared to leave today for a week-end visit at his Hyde Park, N. Y. home. Administrationists claimed that the Senate stood 61 for repeal of the arms embargo, 29 against and 5 undecided. The anti-repeal bloc disputed that. .
Nye to Speak Again Later
Presidential Secretary = Stephen T. Early was asked whether the White House was receiving any signs that Senate votes are being changed by the debate. He replied that the White House is receiving
Advising the Senate that he proposed to speak later and at greater length, Senator Nye declared that he agreed with Senator William E. Bora (R. Ida.) that ‘there is nothing ahead of America but hell if we repeal the existing embargo.” “There is no good reason why we should not have both the arms em: ~ (Continued on Page Three)
PETITION FILED FOR LARGE APARTMENT
Plan $350,000 Structure at 14th and Delaware. .
The proposed construction of a $350,000 apartment building at the southwest corner of 14th and Delaware Sts. was revealed today in a petition filed with the City Zoning Board by Elijah B. Martindale. The apartment building will include 84 units, according to the application. Further details on the proposed structure were withheld by the builder who declined to be identified for publication. The application was one among 10 others filed with the ~~ Zoning’
dustrial construction totalling $54,300 exclusive of the apartment building. The Zoning Board will meet Monday to review the applications. The Station Equipment & Supply Co. applied for a variance of use to permit the installation of three 20,» 000-gallon - gasoline and petroleum storage tanks at 928 E. New York St. af. a total cost of $10,000. Horace G. Cassaday asked a permit to opperate a concrete mixing plant at 906-1000 N. Sherman Drive, to be built at a cost of $25,000. Residential construction requests were filed by Howard L. McCord for the erection of a $6800 double house at 2101-03 E. 38th St.; Harry R. Wilson for a $7500 double at 3031 N. Talbott St. and Mrs. Ethel
963 N. Arlington Ave, 5
U. §. EMBARGO.
Overton Backs Isolationists |.
are to do our utmost to keep out of
‘was = ready to vote for “cash-and-carry,”| =
Charles W. Tobey (R. N. H) had!
vote on his plan may be taken on| erick VanNuys (D.|
lations’ Committee, predicted “over=}! Senator
Approval aisol
some signs and they are ‘“satisfac-
Board for new residential and in-|
Sherer for a $5000 single dwelling at "Mt, Sinai Hospital in his auto.
She Lost Her
arms embargo repeal and title-and-} a cajTy sections. of the neutrality. bill in order to ‘obtain immediate action |}
Linda Lee McMurray ely “somebody poisoned my dog.”
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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* Partly cloudy skies tonight will be followed by fair weather tomorrow, the Weather Bureau predicted today. There will not be much change in temperature, the bursau said.’
COY UNDERGOES 2D KIDNEY OPERATION
. BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 5 (U. PJ). —Assistant Federal Security Administrator Wayne Coy underwent a second operation today for a serious kidney ailment, after failing to te from an operation performed eight weeks ago. Doctors at Marine Hospital - de-
clined to make a prognosis except to
say that Mr. Coy was “very sick.” Although it was originally feared a kidney would have to be remaved because of continued infections, surgeons decided today it would not be necessary now.
‘Best Friend’
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wi WAKE OF DOGS’ POISONER
9 Pets Killed on Minnesota St. Neighborhood.
Every well-regulated - neighborhood keeps a happy ratio between the dog and the’ child population. This ratio has been thrown completely out of balance in the vicinity
"|of the 900 block E. Minnesota St.
‘For some unexplained ' reason, someone .has been poisoning dogs there lately. = Two were reported killed mysteriously yesterday. Seven {had died similar deaths previously. More than one mother in the neighborhood today had stories of inconsolable children. Mrs. Chester McMurray, 940 E. Mmnesota St., and Mrs. Russell Winzenread, 1851 New St., reported they let thejr dogs out for a few moments yesterday and found them dead. They said they had been -careful lately, because of the extensive poisonings, and had never allowed the dogs outdoors except in someone's
custody or when they were tied. Police promised to investigate.
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STEPHENSON'S HEARING OPENS
|Lawyers Call 1925 Verdict
‘Yoid’ in. ‘Liberty or Death’ Move.
By NOBLE REED Times Staft Writer
Asking for a new f{rial on the in his life sentence was illegal, D: Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan leader, today demanded “liberty or death.” His attorneys declared in Circuit Court that a verdict of second degree murder was given on an indictment which charged first degree murder only and that he has been imprisoned illegally for 14 years. . “There was no iy degree
er Sars he vord “verdict,
| tence, and all. other “| records are “void,” !'['Stephenson’s attorney, -argued. The ‘| former klansman was
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:| holtzer, Indianapolis stenographer,
in 1925 2 elay Hearing on Writ
The motion which demanded a new trial was presented before the
‘| scheduled hearing on Stephenson’s
previous writ of coram nobis, which charged that a new trial should be
‘|granted because Stephenson was
prevented from testifying at his murder trial in 1925 because of fear of mob violence. Hearing on. this writ was delayed While the new motion for a new trial was argued. Regarding the new motion, Deputy Attorney General James Northam said that he will charge that Judge Cassius Gentry has no jurisdiction to hear it. Mr. Christian said that the alleged illegal verdict question had not been raised before “because we were never
‘allowed to see our client in person.”
Claims Dungeon Confinement
“1t is a startling statement to make, but Stephenson las been in prison six or seven years incommunicado,” he said. “For many months he was confined in an unfurnished dungeon and compeiled to sleep on a cement floor without any bed and ‘without even a cup with which to drink water snd was denied the right to communicate with his attorneys. “He has been held virtually a political prisgper for 14 years on an illegal verd Mr. Christian said the verdict . (Continued on Page Three)
BERGDOLL GUARDS TESTIFY IN COURT
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (U. P.)— The two Army sergeants guarding Grover Cleveland Bergdoll on an expedition to find a “pot of gold” in Maryland in May, 1920, told a court martial, before the ution rested, today how the World War draft dodger escaped from them at his Philadelphia home. They told of going to the Bergdoll mansion, of accompanying him to a theater that evening and of shooting pool with their military prisoner. The last time they saw Bergdoll was the day following, each testified. They permitted Bergdoll to go into a second floor .bathreom of the mansion while Shey sf stood guard outside the door.
‘NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -Oct. 5.—|] grounds that the one which resulted | §
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George i Vaughn
yesterday. Vaughn, 5243 Carrollton Ave. and
The tragedy occurred at the Meng home. Members of the families and Deputy Coroner Donald Wood believe the boys built a fire in the basement, went outside for a few moments and then entered a coal chute to return to the basement. In the chute they were trapped by the fire which had ignited the). home by that time.
Father Returning by Plane
2 Vaughn, senior agent for the U.S. Internal Revenue Intelligence unit, was en-route to Indianapolis by plane today from New Orleans, La., where he has been on official duties. Mr. Meng, a salesman for the George F. Cram Co., Indianapolis map publishers, was located at Daytona “Beach, Fla. He telegraphed that he would return immediately. The tragedy occurred at 3:43 p. m. Mrs. Vaughn was at her home and was prostrated when she was informed. . George Russell was her only child.
Maid Hears Screams
Mrs. Meng was downtown when the tragedy occured and was not located until some time afterwards. She was taken to the home of her parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Meng, 5268 Park Ave. Mrs. Ruby Bibbs, 19, of 2308 Parker Ave. in the kitchen of the Meng home when Johnny came to the back door and asked to “see in the basement.” Mrs. Bibbs said she asked him where his flashlight was and he replied that the batteries were burned out. She turned on the basement light, and resumed her-ironing. “In a few moments, Johnny came up and I turned the lights out in the basement,” Mrs. Bibbs said. “I thought the boys were playing outside. “Then I heard screams and it sounded as though they came from the basement. I opened the base-
Infantile Paralysis Victim Bears Baby in
CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (U.P). SEA baby was ‘born. today to a mother in a respirator a few hours after the, mother . had, been found suffering | from infantile paralysis.
e Swedish - breastplate respira: mm
tor of Fred B. Snite Jr., famous in-’ fantile paralysis sufferer, was. borrowed for the’ delivery—one of the most unusual in medical history. The mother was Mrs. Gertrude tein, 22. She and her baby survived the delivery in good condition. Mrs. Epstein was at home: this morning awaiting arrival of her first
child when she began detecting the|
first signs that birth was near, Her husband, Jacob, took her to
There her breathing became labored and physicians diagnosed the complication as poliomyelitis (in-
[fantile paralysis). She was placed tely in a large, barrel-type
fron Jung with ‘the iinpend birth, doctors. contacted Fred ily b sr.,
- {father of the young man on whom
thousands of dollars ‘have been spent, for experimental * equipment to aid his recovery from the same disease which struck: «Je young mother. : Mr. Snite smuiediately volunteered ‘ the use of young Snite’s breastplate lung, a Sevies which body 10
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Respirator Rushed to Hospital From Snite Home
One. of the Snite technical assistants, Leonard Hawkins, brought the equipment at: mile-a-minute speed e city from the Snite’s suburban mansion in a station wagon. Six doctors and two nurses stood | by meanwhile pra that the baby would not arrive the breastplate lung. It would have been virtually impossible to have accomplished the delivery inside the large respirator and to remove the mother would be to doom her to death. A fire department officer administered oxygen to the mother by means of a hose clamped to her
ace, the only part of her body pro- |: jecting from the hospital lung. |
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‘Iron Lung’;
In ‘minutes that seemed hours to the anxious surgeons the breastplate arrived. . Swiftly Mrs. Epstein was shifted from the big respirator and the new device was clamped over her paralyzed chest. Then there was another agoniz ing delay. The breastplate did ny fit. She was returned to the tank and adjustments were made. : Finally it was clamped on and she was Soci in 3 the gelivery 1a Too; I, Pacey e or
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the maid, was ironing|gin
Investigate Deaths of Boys
John Mesg »
Traps Pair in Coal Chute of North Side Home
Coroner Indicates 4-Year- olds ‘Built Fire in Basement; Officials Reconstructing’ Tragedy.
Authoritjes and relatives today were attemplinie to reconstruct events that led to death of two 4-year-old boys in a blazing North Side home
The boys were George Russell Vaughn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
John Meng, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur J. Meng, 5261 Carrollton Ave.
BOX SCORE
Reds . 000 000 000— 0 Yanks 003 100 00x— 4 CINCINNATI
AB Werber, 3b ..3
Frey,2b ... 4 Goodman, rf 3 McCk, 1b...3 Lombardi, c .3 Bord’g’y ... 0 ‘Hershb’g’r, cl Craft, ef ... 3 Berger, If .. 3
Walters, p . 2 Gamble Seas
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Totals i 28 0 224 1
Bordagaray ran for Lombardi in Gamble batted for Walters in 9th.
NEW YORK AB Crosetti, ss . 4 Rolfe, 3b .. 4 Keller, rf .. 4 DiMaggio, cf 4 Dickey,c ...3 Selkirk, If ...3 Gordon, 2b . 3 Dahlgren, 1b 3 Pearson,p .2 0
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Totals .....30 4 9 27 SUMMARY - Runs Batted In—Crosetti, Keller, Dickey, Dahlgren.
Two-base Hits—Dahigren, Keller. Home Run—Dahigren.
Sacrifices—Pz=arson.
Double Plays—Dickey te Crosetti, Walters to Myers fo McCormick,
Left on ‘Bases—Cincinnati, 03 New York, 3.
Base on. salls—of Pearson, 1 1 Struck Out=—By Pearson, 8; Wal-
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SLUGGING ORGY PUTSNEW YORK 3 AHEAD IN 3D
Dahlgren Increases Lead to Four in Following Inning , With Series’ 1st Homer. |
BERGER DROPS HIGH FLY,
Pearson Strikes Out Six in, Five Innings; Keller Hits Heavily.
(Other World Series Stories, Page 22)]
YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (U. P.), —Superior batting and fielding prowess today gave the New York Yankees their second straight triumph over the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. ; The score was 4 to 0.
The Yanks swung wild at Walters’ offerings in the first two innings, but unleashed their power in thé third and shoved over three runs; Dahlgren doubled on a long fly to
|left, which bounced into the box
seats. Pearson sacrified Dalghren to third. Crosetti grounded, Myers to
McCormick, Dalghren scoring. : Rolfe singled to right. Keller drove
{a high fly to the left which Berger
dropped. Rolfe scored and Keller. went to second. DiMaggio's slow roller put him on first and Keller on third. Dickey singled ‘to right, scoring Keller and sending DiMaggio to third. Selkirk grounded out.
> First Homer of Series
Adding salt to the Reds’ thirde inning wounds, fhe Yanks’ allegedly weak-hitting first baseman Dahlgren -stepped--to the plate in the / fourth and smacked out the first
near the 402-foot mark in thé left= field stands. Pearson, showing no signs of his proverbial “invalidism,” had chalked up his sixth strikeout of the game in the fifth inning as Craft took his three clean swings and sat down. : A play-by-play description. fole OWS: |
First Inning
REDS—Werber worked the count to three and two and then popped to Gordon. On a 2-2 count Frey - flied to DiMaggio in short right center. Goodman fouled to Rolfe,
|| who raced back along the left field -
line to make the catch. NO ‘RUNS, NO. HITS, NO ER. RORS.
YANKEES—Crosetti singled over Myers’ head. Rolfe forced Crosetti at second, Walters to Myers. The Reds’ shortstop tried for a double play but’ Rolfe beat the. throw to first. Keller forced Rolfe at sep= ond, Frey unassisted. DiMaggio flied to Berger in deep left, about -10 feet from the barrier. NO ‘RUNS, ONE HIT. NO ERRORS. -
Second Inning
REDS— McCormick flied to Di Maggio who made an easy catch to his right. Lombardi drove a long, high fly to Selkirk who made ‘a running catch in left center. Craft fanned swinging at a sharp curve. ‘NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
YANKEES—Dickey was called out on three straight strikes. / Selkirx dropped a single into short center, but -was out trying to stretch it, Craft to Myers. Gordon lifted a high fly to Craft in center. NO RUNS,’ ONE HIT, NO ERRORS.
Third Inning REDS—Berger lined. to Selkirk who barely. had to move to make the catch. Myers was called out en strikes. Walters bounced out, Rolfe (Continued on Page Three)
NAMED TO ASSIST IN WNUTT DRIVE
Appointment of State Senaton J, Patrick Beacon, Huntington, W. Va, as associate chairman of the Paul V. McNutt campaign committee was announced today by Frank M., Mec= Hale, national chairman of the coms, mittee. Mr. Beacon, who 1s to direct the organization of You Democrats, has been president of the West Vike. ginia Young Democratic o tion, the second largest in the 6. i two years. He also is a member of the national committee. of the Young Democrats of America. : pS #.
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