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Price Sc; Newsstands 6c
No. 223
Musica Probe
Goes l
World wiaeias Arms
Traffic sj Traced
Believe Scheming Fajjiily Gave Funds
for Three-Year ar Between
Bolivia, Pa jgigiiay
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Political and Financial Connections
of Musicas Investigated as'
150 Get SubSoenas
NEW YORK, Dec, 17. (Investigation of the
notorious Musica : brothers' bigst and most elaborate
swindle, involving millions of dolMrs of McKesson and Rob
bins assets, extended to all partof the globe today with
emphasis on reports of shipmentfiof arms and ammunition
to foreign powers. '
Gregory F. Noonan, acting tf S. attorney, said he felt
confident federal authorities wifuld develop "conclusive
proof" the head of the Musica finily Philip Musica who
called himself F. Donald Coster &0 became president of the
?S7.000,000 drug, corporation v
was actually exporting war mate- T C 11 11
rials on a large scale VUUP lOPKnOlfierS
' Gun-running and even possibil
ity that the respected head, of the
great drug corporation even fi
nanced . the three-year war be
tween Bolivia and Paraguay over
the Gran Chacoi border "were re
garded tonight as likely activities
for Coster-Musica.
Conference Slated
31onriay on Plans
Noonan said an important con
ference would be held Monday
among representatives of all fed
eral law enforcement agencies to
draft a definite plan of coordina
tion for their - multiple activities
ln'the future.- I
Gun-running, liquor shipments.
Coster-Musica's political connec
tions, his possible dealings In nar
cotics and the vast financial
tangle he left behind when he
sent a bullet into his brain will
be discussed.
So extensive were his labyrinth
ine affairs that federal as well as
state investigators believed they
had only beguL to remove the
numerous layers of the scandal.
More than 150 subpoenas already
have been issued for Wall street
operators and brokers, officials of
the firm, Connecticut politicians
and numerous other persons, and
for records which may explain the
confusion of questions raised, by
"Coster's fantastic swindle. r j
Living Persons' .'. 4 t
May lie Involved "'
The nature of the information
about gun-running, now in the
hands of Assistant Attorney Gen-
; eral Ambrose V.j McCall, was not
disclosed, but he said he knew
.'things "which may involve living
persons.
Giving support to this was a
statement of John Kantor, 60. of
Montreal, father of! MacKiniay
Kantor, the author. The elder
Kantor, held here in connection
with a-Connecticut stock case, ap
peared In the police lineup today.
"McKesson and Robbins offered
to sell me some guns," he told
Acting Lieut. James ; Pyke whq
was questioning bim about report
ed gun smuggling to other coun
tries "I was asked not to discuss it."
Kantor said.
'Was that by order of the at
torney general ?'ri 1
"Yes." Kantor replied, "and al
bo by the securities and exchange
commission." '
, Minning Money J J"
May Be in Guns' i"
It was regarded as likely that
the 118,000,000 missing assets of
: the crude drugs department which
Coster-Musica and his brother,
George E. Dietrich-Musica, oper
ated with non-existent warehouses
and detailed reports of purchases
and sales, might, in fact; exist as
money due for the payment of
munitions.
: When Coster-Musica, facing re
arrest on a charge of violating the
securities and exchange act, killed
-himself yesterday In his Fairfield
home, the chances of learning all
the amazing details of his incred
ible swindling career were great
ly diminished. '
But the authorities quickly re
covered their hopes with the ar
rest of Dietrich-Musica and two
other brothers, Robert E. Dietrich-Musica,
of the firm's ship
t ping department in Fairfield, and
; George Vernard-Arthur Musica, of
Brooklyn, Canadian agent for the
' firm. v -. - - i- " .!
. They were held In Jail in default
of $100,000 bail; George, the eld
est, was taken from -his cell in
New Haven for questioning. He
wilt be brought to New York Mon
" day. .;.-. - ' y -- : ".-,.. ;
Sheriff Edward J. Slavin. of
: New Haven, said George bad been
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Hire not Worried
Portland Attorney Says
ifVmerican End" Looks
1
"All Right"
Used Car Week K
Offers Variety
Now Is favorable time for'
" tbo purchase of nsed ear be
cause the tatrodnctloo of 1030
models has stimolated the de
mand for new: cars and trade
Ins live ; Increased the stocks
"of recent .models In the' hands
of dealers. Ten Salem autotive
" firms are- participating in the
"Used Car , Week" J, program.
Some of the exceptional -values
. they have to offer are listed ta
their iMlvertisements oa page i
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IPRTLAND, Ore., Dec. 17-P)-
Joftj C. Veatch, attorney, said-to-
dahe was informed the "Amerl-
cajnd" of the McKesson & Jlob-
bii Drug company affairs, were
"a right and it Is in this end
tht: Portland stockholders are in
terested." if Finn Unliquidated
eatch is attorney for Henry
J.Trank and other original stock
hqers of the Blumauer-Frank
Drg company, sold to McKesson
&obbins in October, 1937.- Al
thb'ugh not doing business, the
Bljftnauer-Frank company has not
befgi liquidated. The largest stock
holers are Henry J. -Frank and
Aaton M. Frank.
eports that the Franks and
might file claims to recover
property were deacribedhy
h as "unfounded.' He said
one can say t3ttoc' 4
any may be necessary at all, until
weKnow an tne tacts arxiut tne
patent organization."
. Currier Un worried
Dne Oregon man who was un
wearied was Roy G. Currier of
Lakeside, who has several million
dollars of McKesson & Robbins
mney paid for stomach ulcer tab-
jji'I have all my money from the
company," Currier said. "How
ever, if the firm - should fold for
an reason I think I'd make an
eflrt to buy back the rights to
manufacture the tablet and handle
sales right out of Lakeside."
jfurrier at present has a show
pjce home on an island in Coos
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IS Fleet to Sail
f For West Indies
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Dec. 17-(JP)-The
United States fleet will
sail early next month for the West
Indies where the next big war
games will be conducted from
Guantanamo as a base in March
and April. The fleet will visit the
New , York exposition in May and
then return to west coast bases.
The war games, officially
known as fleet problem No. 20.
will be held in February in the
West Indies and the Atlantic as
far south as the equator. The
fleet will be divided into two
parts, the black and the white, the
blacks defending a coast and the
white trying to establish a base
on the coast.
t Navy officials said the games
would furnish ; training in fleet
cruising at sea and employ aU
units, 140 surface ships, (00 air
craft, submarines and3000 offi
cers and 60,000 men.
FR Talks Over
Congress With
Vice-President
Natiqnal Defense Might
Form Basis to Bolster
Par ; Strength
Foreip egjicy Broadly
0 fcd to Garner
paring Chat
O.INGTON, Dee. 17 -()-nt
Roosevelt talked over
the congressional outlook with
Vice President Garner today in a
conference which led to specula
tion that the chief executive would
try to reunite his party on the
common ground of national de
fense. Garner and the president lunch
ed with a committee drafting
plans for a building at Hyde Park,
NY, where the president's papers,
books and pictures are to be col
lected for historians.
Then they retired to the chief
executive's study in the residen
tial quarters of the White House,
for a long chat about many things.
Chat Between Pair
Lasts Two Honrs
Two hours later, preceded by
two butlers, Garner strode swift
ly from the White House. He mo
tioned for his waiting car, and
then, when reporters started ask
ing questions, pulled off his gray
cow-country hat.
"I'm perspiring," he remarked
with a grin. "It's awfully hot up
there."
"What did you talk about?" a
newsman asked.
"I j cant remember," the vice
president shot back.
Foreign Policy
Is Outlined
White House attaches asserted
that Mr. Roosevelt gave Garner a
comprehensive outline of Amer
ican foreign policy, but there was
no elaboration on this statement.
The fact that it was the only sub
ject mentioned , publicly led to
speculation that great emphasis
would be placed in the next con
gress on international affairs.
Stephen Early, White House
secretary, told reporters that the
president has completed a first
draft of about half of his annual
message to congress. A major por
tion of the talk will be devoted to
foreign affairs, Early said.
Slayer of Woman
Hunted by Police
San Francisco Girl Found
Dead Alongside Road
in Farm Area
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 17-(P)-Police
tonight launched a wide
spread search for a man suspected
of having slain auburn-haired Jer
ry Dale and of leaving her body
along a nearby farm road.
Coroner C. C. Spalding said Ann
Johnson of San Francisco viewed
the body today and positively
identified it as that of Miss Dale,
23, San Francisco salesgirl.
Inspector Harry Hasted of San
Francisco quoted Miss Johnson as
telling him she and Miss Dale met
a strange man in San Francisco
last night, and that after a visit
to an apartment Miss Dale accept
ed his invitation to go for a ride.
There were no marks of vio
lence on the body. County Pathol
ogist Frederick Proescher said
that by Monday it could be deter
mined whether the stomach
showed presence of poison or anas
thesia. San Francisco police records
showed today a Jerry Dale pre
viously had been taken Into cus
tody on charge of vagrancy, solic
iting, and petty theft. .
Spain War in 30th Month
BURGOS, Spain, Dec. 17-JP)-The
insurgents finished the 29th
month of their revolt today fully
determined, officials said, that
there could be no end to the war
except in unconditional surrender
of the Barcelona government, .
Honor Paid Wright Brothers
On Flight's 35th Anniversary
DAYTON, . O... Dec, 17P)
This "cradle of aviation" paid
tribute to the Wright brothers
tonight on the' 35 th anniversary
of man's first successful flight
with 'a suggestion from Henry
Ford, 'honor guest, that economically-stricken
people could well
emulate the air pioneers '.In find
ing a Job to do." . - .
Ford, a r r i t i n g at Orville
Wright's home shortly before the
municipal observance, . said "re
covery depends , on work. It
people think they are going to get
along without working well . . .
"Where are people going to get
Jobs where did the Wright
brothers get one?.
"There are a lot of things to
do in this world. They are no more
finished than they were 40' years
ago.: ::- r. ..w
OnrilSo Wright, survivor of the
famous pair of brothers, posed
with Ford in Wrigbfa home, keep
ing up a crossfire of animated
conversation. , ' .
The -celebration, staged in an
industrial auditorium, was at
tended by civic and aviation lead
ers including .Col. E. A. Deeds,
Charles F. Kettering, Brig. Gen.
A. W. Robins, and Maj. Albert W.
Stevens.
.. Both Deeds and Kettering as
serted before the assembled crowd
that "spirit such as shown by
OrviUe- Wright, and bla. lato
brother, Wilbur,' is needed in in
dustry today - .. i.
Neither Ford nor Wright spoke.
They merely acknowledged intro
duction by Mayor Charles J.
Brennan. : ' , .
v The speakers traced the
Wrights early experiments with
gliders until the day just 35 years
ago when, from the snowy bleak
ness of Kill Devil hill at Kitty
Hawk, N. C, Orville maneuvered
hl "bird contraption" into the
air for- a sustained bop of 67
seconds. -
A committee laid a cedar
wreath on the grave of Wilbur
Wright In Woodland cemetery.
Coster-Musica
25 Years Ago
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Philip Musica, central figure In
the growing scandal of the Mc-Kesson-Robblns
drug firm, as
he appeared in 1900 when he
was arrested for smuggling
cheese. (Acme Telephoto).
Hutchins Resigns
Stock Group Post
Educator Parts Company
With Board on Probe
in Whitney Deal
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-yP)-Robert
M. Hutchins, president of
the University of Chicago, re
signed today as a "public" gov
ernor of the New York state ex
change after the governing board
had voted against re-opening the
Richard Whitney case for further
investigation.
Hutchins, one of three public
representatives among the 32
governors, parted company with
the new liberalized regime in a
difference of opinion over the
question of determining responsi
bility of exchange members who
may have known of the conditions
that led to the collapse of the
Whitney firm last March.
In a report on its investigation
into the affairs of the man who
was five times president of the
exchange, the federal securities
and exchange commission recently
charged an "unwritten code4 of
Bilence on matters of borrowed
money In brokerage circles had
enabled Whitney to hide his situa
tion. In a brief letter of resignation,
made public today by the ex
change, Hutchins pointed out the
SEC record contained "evidence
tending to show that members of
the exchange or their partners
knew of Richard Whitney's crim
inal conduct' or the condition of
his -firm some months before its
failure."
Halt Rescue Try
For Stranded 18
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 17. -(&)-Coast
guard headquarters said tor
night current efforts to rescue 18
survivors of the wrecked motor
sbip Patterson from the beach at
Cape Fairweather had been aban
doned because of continued fog
and rain.
A half-dozen .airplanes and
three ships were poised all day
to make a dash for the barren
beach: if the weather cleared.
Pilot Sheldon Simmons said he
would attempt a flight at the first
sign of clearing weather. His
plans called for landing on a
"spot" back of the camp where
survivors are huddled. Once
safely landed, Simmons said he
would lay out a landing field on
the shore so other planes could
land and pick up the men.
Oklahoma College
Has Oregon Qub
ENID, Okla., Dec. 17.-(Speclal)
-With a ' membership of 17 stu
dents, the Oregon club is the first
to organize on the campus of
Phillips university here. The av
erage distance travelled by the
members is 2000 miles.
In a recent election Gilbert
Cays of Eugene was elected presi
dent; Holly Jarvls, also of Eu
gene, vice-president;" Josephine
Gilstrap of Turner, secretary; and
Mrs. Joe Jewett of Eugene, re
cording secretary. -' W
Members include Howard Cole
of Salem, Josephine : Gilstrap of
Turner, mad Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Boatman. . Mr.' ' and ; Mrs. r Robert
Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cays
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jewett, all
of Eugene.. - -
CorvaUis Police Search
For Narcotics Burglars
CORVALLIS, DecUT--gk
search was started by police today
for a gang believed to be raiding
doctors and dentists' offices for
narcotics. :
Thieves broke into the offices
of two dentists last night and re
moved drugs and some needles,
A short time ago the offices of
other dentists were entered. -
Philips' Fate
In Slaying Is
In Jury Hands
LaGrande Man Tells Tale
of Shooting in Which
Bryant Killed
States Bryant Drew Gun
and Firing Was Begun
After Warning
LA GRANDE, Dec. 17-Cff)-A
Jury considered the case tonight
of Jesse Philips, charged with the
first degree murder of Frank Bry
ant and the wounding of Mrs.
Elsie Carlson, long Philips com
mon-law wife.
Philips pleaded self defense in
the shooting, which occurred last
October 19. The Jury'took the case
at 6:10 p.m.
In clear, even tones marked by
not the slightest hesitation, Phil
ips gave his version of the shoot
ing. Woman's Habits
Source of Worry
He first told of knowing Mrs
Carlson since he was 13 years old
and living with her for the past
10 years. Her habits were a source
of worry to him, he claimed, and
he said he tried to protect her
from them.
On October 19, while driving
Into LaGrande, he said he was
behind en automobile, the occu
pants of which he could not iden
tify at the moment. Someone fired
a shot, narrowly missing his dog
and he stopped. Approaching the
city limits, he said he recognized
Mrs. Carlson's daughter, Betty,
15, and followed the car because
he had some mail for her.
States Bryant
Drew Pistol
The car stopped before a resi
dence and Philips got out of his
machine and approached. As he
did so, Bryant leveled a pistol at
him and Mrs. Carlson shortly af
terward came out of the house
with a gun. Philips said he called
out and told them to put the
guns away and the shooting
started.
One shot blinded him, he said,
and he fired back. On his third
shot he saw Bryant slump over
the wheel but In the meantime
he said be had been wounded In
the side so he walked from the
scene to police headquarters.
The jury examined both auto
mobiles a&d found on Philips' ma
chine tw V apparent bullet marks.
Green to Compete
For Chicago Post
Man Who Sent Capone up
to Seek Nomination
Against Big Bill
CHICAGO, Dec. 17-(iT)-Dwight
H. Green, gangster nemesis who
sent Scarface Al Capone, head
man of Chicago's gangland em
pire to federal prison, will com
pete with William Hale (Big
Bill, the Builder) Thompson for
the republican mayoral nomina
tion. The 41-year-old former United
States district attorney who help
ed put many gangsters behind
federal prison walls, announced
his candidacy today and named
racketeering as one of the ma
jor problems that will confront
the successful candidate.
"We must rid the city of rack
eteers and destroy the alliance
between crime and politics,"
Green said, adding that he was
entering the political war at the
request of "thousands of liberal
democrats together with the
elected officers of my party."
Green has the support of a
citizen group opposed to Thomp
son, whose 1926 4Smack King
George" campaign furnished col
orful political history. "Big Bill"
announced his candidacy last
Tuesday night.
On the democratic side Mayor
Edward J. Kelly is expected to
seek reelection. Friends of State's
Attorney Thomas J. Courtney,,
who has busied himself lately
with orders to his policemen to
smash gambling bouses with ax
es, are urging blm to oppose
Kelly. Courtney has made no
statement.
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Raw Food Eater
Has 12th Infant
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-(ff)
-Another baby made it an even
dozen today in the family of St.
Louis Estes, health .campaigner
and raw. food advocate,, who ad
mits being "nearer 72 than IS
but X promised my wife I wouldn t
tell my age." ' '
t The 'entire ' Estes family,
eseonced in a penthouse 'apart
ment during a lecture- tour, .was
to have lef t - f or Lo Angeles
Wednesday, : but a storm ham
pered air travel then and the next
day arrival of the baby appropri
ately nicknamed "Frisco'-' com
pletely disrupted the plan.
"Frisco," the sixth boy, is ac
tually named St Louis VIII. All
the hoys carry the name SL Louis,
with - consecutive - numerals. St.
Louis 1 is Estes himself "I was
the first, wasn't I?". .
"Maybe 111 have a whole
army," Estes said in response to
a que ry as to whether more chil
dren ' ould be welcome. "At least
I can have an orchestra."
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New Japanese Envoy Arrives
At Seattle on Way to Capital
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Arriving in Seattle en route to Washington, D. C, Kensuke Ho
rinouchi, successor to Hirosi Saito, Japanese ambassador to the
United States, told Interviewers his principal duty will be "to do
all in my power to establish a basis for permanent understanding
between America and Japan." He is pictured with his wife as they
rested in Seattle before continuing their journey. (UN).
Voice in Naming
Nominees Sought
Nonpartisan Body Makes
Bid for Power Among
Democrats
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17
John L. Lewis, as chairman of la
bor's non-partisan league, stepped
into the 1940 presidential cam
paign today with a bid for a voice
In the selection of candidates and
policies by the next democratic na
tional convention.
Surrounded by his chief aides in
both the league and the CIO, Lew
is unfolded to newspapermen a
program of political action which
has for Its goal the election of
league-endorsed candidates to the
1940 democratic national conven
tion. The CIO leader indicated he
was not interested in the third
party idea at this time, and shied
away from . questions as to his
views of a third term for Presi
dent Roosevelt, j
But he announced that the
league would have a convention in
1939, adopt a platform for the
1940 campaign j and aim at the
nomination of "progressive" can
didates by the democratic party.
Close associates of Lewis inter
preted his program of political ac
tion as an effort to line up as
large a bloc of democratic conven
tion delegates as possible, and
thus he able to swing a decisive
vote against conservative elements
of the party.
Roosevelt Winner
Of Rhodes Award
BOSTON, Dec. 17-(P)-Archi-bald
B. Roosevelt, Jr., danced
until 4 o'clock this morning, but
later in the day made a winning
appearance before the Rhodes
scholarship committee.
The s le n d e r, 2 0-year-old
grandson of the late Pre .ident
Theodore Roosevelt, was elected
one of four New England stu
dents to study at Oxford Univer
sity, England.
Chinatown Ired
At Ship Loading
School Children Picket
Ship Being Loaded
With War Scrap
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17-(JF)-Indignant
: Chinatown sent 2,300
of ita school .chilirn to the wa
terfront todiyJ jIto picket lini
which again, stopped the loading
of the Greek freightefpyros with
scrap iron destined forapan,...
Upwards of 500 adultVjrfkny of
them Chinese, others of Creek an
cestry and others sympathetic to
the Chinese cause, formed the
picket lines.
CIO longshoremen, who had
been loading the ship, refused for
the second successive day to pass
through the lines to the ship.
Three Chinese members of the
ship's crew quit their jobs, hur
ried ashore and the Chinese con
sul arranged to send them home
on another vessel.
President Almon E. Roth of the
Waterfront Employers association
wrote the longshoremen's union
insisting that the dock workers
load the ship. He said the union
had no right to halt work over a
"political issue."
Nazi Spy Movie
Irks Nazi Heads
LOS ANGELES, Dec. n.-JP)-Dr.
Georg Gyssling, German con
sul, said tonight he had advised
the Will Hays office "there may
be trouble ahead" if Warner
Brothers produce a picture Involv
ing a nazi spy. -
Work on "Confessions of a
Nazi Spy" is now under way at the
Warner studio. '
Dr. Gyssling said Germany may
bar all future productions of any
studio if it exhibits a picture
which "conflicts with German in
terests," adding he had first writ
ten ' the Hays office two months
ago "as a friendly tip not as a
protest or warning" w b e n he
heard Warner Brothers were send
ing a man to watch the nasi es
pionage trial in New Yorkv
He said be had received no
reply to either communication.
Despi
Jobless Law Status Hearing
Ope
Monday
ns
By RALPH; C. CURTIS
Experts' opinions , on the out
come of a major football game
get big headlines 24 hours be
forehand, but nobody gives .a
hoot about them at tbo moment
of the klckoff. Various opinions
as to what the federal social se
curity board will do about Ore
ton's unemployment, compensa
tion law have carried some
weight but the j klckoff In that
matter comes tomorrow, when
the bearing opens in Washing
ton, DC, on the petition of teo
Pressman, counsel for the CIO.
asking - revocation of the law's
certification on the ground that
ft effect ' has been changed by
the anti-picketing law." '
Members of the social security
board -are John; G.Winant, Ar
thur J. Altmeyer and Vincent M.
Miles. According to one long
distance appraisal, they are level-headed
men who have en
deavored - to administer the law
for the best interests of the pub
lic On the board's decision bin-
in
Washingto
n
ges somewhere between $5,000,
000 and $1,000,009 In payruU
taxes and a like amount In un
employment . benefits. -
' . Th rommanwttilth Federation
got its nana into - tnia matter
when Monroe Sweetland accused
Governor Charles H. Martin of
neglecting to warn Oregon citi
zens ; of the jeopardy in which
passage of the anti-picketing bill
would i place the unemployment
setup. Governor Martin said the
warning letter did not reach bim
until too late; certainly It was
mailed, too late to be injected
into the issue In a fair manner.
The real significance of the let
ter ' from .Altmeyer la that the
board, or one member, .did indi
cate . beforehand , that the com
pensation .law was jeopardized;
and. that adds to the seriousness
of the nrospect. f i
- T. Morris Dunne, "chairman of
the unemployment compensation
commission, is on band for the
hearing In the capital, and so
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OfCordellHull
Chairman Says Possible
for Resolution to Be
Offered Again
Argentine Fascist Body
Arouses Against "US
Imperialism"
LIMA, Dec. i7-;p)-Heads of
leading delegations to the Pan
American conference failed to
night to reach an agree mention
a measure for continental soli
darity, the Argentine representa
tive refusing ' to accede to the
United States viewpoint.
The meeting the second to
day heard Secretary of State.
Cordell Hull plead for acceptance
of the American project, but - d
journed without taking action.
After the session, Afraaic Mel
lo Franco, chairman of the meet
ing and its spokesman, said it
still would be possible for any
delegation to introduce its -own
resolution next week although- a
midnight deadline has been set.
He expressed optimism that the
delegates would reach an accord
next week.
Mello Franco, who is chairman
of the Brazilian delegation, said
Dr. Don Carlos Concha, Peru
vian foreign minister and presi
dent of the conference, could
construe the rules in such fa
shion. -
BEUNOS AIRES, Dec. 17-;Pr-Hundreds
of boys of high school
and college ages have set them
selves the task of arousing; Ar
gentina's 12,000,000 people k to
"the perils of Yankee imperial
ism." - r-
They are backed by fascistlc
high-ups and are trained in the
gestures of Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler of Germany and Premier
Benito Mussolini of Italy. t
.Their placards on street corn
ers warn Argentina 4halci
i'tnt Roosevelt's good neighbor
policy is.'V-terce". and "a blind"
and, despife"police bans, they at
tempt to hold meetings in the
broad squares of Bcunos .-Aires.
The agitators'against the Unit
ed States are" banded together
in the "Nationalistic Youth Al
liance," fledgling of the "ar
gentine Civic Legion." ? -
The latter is a brown-shirt
movement founded by the lato
General Jose Felix Uriburu, who
ruled the country as a. military
dictator from 1930 to 1932.
Its youthful offshoot Is credit
ed )t nnnrtnents with less than
the 500 to 600 members it claims1
to have, but the Youth Alliance
mrte considerable noise tn Bea
nos Aires and often is in conflict
with other youths who hold
meetings of protest against to-yTiV
talltarian regimes of Europe.
One of the activities of the
latter is to tear down posters
against "Yankee Imperialism" as
fast as they are pasted up by the x
Youth Alliance.
$350,000 Fortune
Left by Recluse
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 17-)-Yes-terday,
death ended 50 years of
squalor for Mrs. Letitia VY Gra
ham.' Today, Tampa learned she
left a $350,000 fortune its source
a mystery and its extent a shock
to the tew who knew the 93-year-old
recluse. '
Mrs. Graham died in a four
room shack on Tampa's outskirts
and her passing drew little notice
tn the press or among neighbors,
one of whom said, "She dressed
like a charwoman and lived like
a hare-CTopper.
Today, her attorney, M. O. Gib
bons, said an inventory disclosed
she had 144,000 in cash; $124,900.
in savings bank accounts; $2501
in postal savings; enough gilt
edged securities to total con
servative $350,000. -'
. Gibbons said even be knew lit
tle of her life, nothing at all of
how she gained her riches. She
was born, be said, on an ante beK
lam plantation near Coldwater, la
northern Mississippi.
Halt a century ago she came
to Tampa with her husband. Soon,
ha died and since then she seemed
to take little Interest in life.-llT
ins alone with a parrot for ft com
panion, in the squalid boused ,1
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