The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 18, 1939, Page 1, Image 1

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    The Weather
Fair today and Saturday
oat occasional cloudiness
near coast; rising temp, and
falling humidity. Max. temp.
84, mln. 48. Hirer -3.0 tU
NW wind.
1 Local News
- The Oregon Statesman is
by far the leader of Salem
dailies In local new cover
age. Alert attention Is given
to all local, sources. -
ffSUNODO 1651
EIGHTY -NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 18, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5e
No. 124
Pfnvti an7 Iff rivf s- fltAtsV? f
Reached.
:.-. Details ot State Soft! V Meet
Recounts How
Alien Watched
Between Wh
County Court
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Onetime 4Spy'
AnnualBudget
Making Faces
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Captain '.. Bakesy Relates
Great Funds Paid Him
' - for Probing
Declares Doyle Wanted
Him to Sign Paper
V Against Bridges
SAN TRANCISCO, Aur. 17.
(yp)A former military intelli
gence officer, known ai "Captain
X" during the World wr, testi
fied at Harry' Bridges deporta
tion hearing today that he had
been paid thousands or dollars by
waterfront and "shipping official
to Investigate he CIO labor lead
er and determine whether soviet
money, was supporting waterfront
strikes. ' '
Th. witness. Cantata Charles
O.- Bakesy of Santa Monica, Cal.,
also testified he had oeen
threatened by Larry Doyle, mys
tery figure in the case, unless he
signed a paper saying he had
seen Bridges at a "big commun
ist meeting."
Bakesy, a short-bearded man
with a big cauliflower left ear,
aid he had been discharged sud
denly in 1936 as an investigator
and almost had a scuffle with
Thomas 6. Plant, then president
of the Waterfront Employers as
sociation; because "Plant said I
was slow getting evidence."
llerriam "Aided
Him to Get Job.
The captain, who got his title
as master- of sailing ships, also
mentioned the name of Frank F
Merriam whom, he testified, had
Introduced him to a Honolulu oil
company official which resulted
In his obtaining the investigator's
Job.
, Captain Bakesy, testifying in
broken English, said he was paid
116,009 for his work, but that
the sum should ' hare been
$25,000.
He sal4 he received 1400 a
month from April to .August,
1935, from Plant, and later
f 1,000 a month,, .and expenses,
from Hugh Gallagher, an - offi
cial of the Matson Navigation
company. -.-.'' '
He explained the expense were
to establish a meeting " place at
Carmel, CaL, where union - lead-,
crs could be brought.
The witness added that Plant
wanted "to get the lowdown on
Bridges' activities" and wanted
him to bring the Australian-born
CIO official to Carmel and get a
dictograph record of what
Bridges said.
"The most Important thing
was to find out If money was
coming; from soviet Russia,
second came Bridges," Bakesy
testified.
Bridges has denied he Is a
communist, but the , government
Is attempting to deport him on
the grounds he Is and that the
party advocates violence.
States Warrant
Issued' for Doyle. '
Captain , Bakesy, a former
policeman at Portland, testified
that Captain John J. Keegan once
toldvhlm there was a warrant
nt at Portland for Doyle. -'
Examiner James M. Landis Im
mediately . asked that someone,
either of the defense or govern
ment counsel, endeavor to learn
whether a warrant ever had been
Issued for Doyle in Oregon.. .
Bakcsys testimony contradict
ed that ef Captain . Keegan . and
Landls said:
"Where the credibility of a
witness is involved the existence
ef independent pieces of testi
mony are important ' Here Is a
illstinet enntrsdlfttlnn of 1m.en h.
tween 'Captain' Keegan and Cap-
41
Buys
Old Derby Corner
The Frank Derby property at
the northwest corner of Court and
Church . streets ' has been sold to
the Standard Oil company of Cal
ifornia for a consideration of ap
proximately $24,600, according to
a, warranty deed recorded at the
county recorder's office. The deed
bore $24.60 In federal tax stamps,
indicating the amount Involved In
the transaction.'
r . The property deeded consists of
parts of lots 3 and 4 in block S of
r inn nnnnai - uijik. da naiem. uts
Derby residence, which occupied it
for many years, was moved to a
hew location several blocks away
last year. ...
i- While no details regarding the
new. owner's plans for use of the
property' were disclosed, it was be
lieved m anperservlce station
would be erected in the near fu
ture. . : .
Woman Holds She
XKeptlcIted ;
In 2-Room Shack
OREGON CITT, Ore, Aug. 17-
CTV-Mrs. Mlna Hart, S 4, Canby,
tiled suit for cancellation of least
ln circuit eourt today against her
- Bon-in-iaw ana oaugnter, ur. ana
Jlrs. George Mitts, charging, they
kept hf locked in a ."two-room
nhack" aurrounded. br a "heavy
woven -wirei fence, sutt feet in
helrtt with barbwire on top
The complaint also charged the
Ulttses .attempUd to have, her
committed to the state hospital for
inTi nut tha court had ruled
. ttt sane and crdered ti.cn to help
OaComp
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SUte Softball President Harry V. Collins, left, and State Director
Dwight Adams, caught by a Statesman photographer as Wednesday
night at Sweet land field they went over plans for the sixth-annual
state tourney opening next Monday night.
Plans Nearly Complete
For Big Softball Show
Tonrnament to Start Monday on Sweetland Field
With 240 of State's Best to Cavort
After Oregon Championship
Softball, a game still in knee pants as far as the actual
years of play it has enjoyed is concerned, will next week
take over Salem for the sixth successive year as the 1939
state tournament unfolds on Willamette university's Sweet
land diamond.
Sixteen of the state's top club teams, bringing a total of
O240 players, will invade Salem for
Bridges Predicts
Lockout on Coast
- :
Trouble, to Start Sept.
j 30 Unless Employers
Change Attitude
SEATTLE, Aug. l7.-()-Harry
Bridges, west coast ClO-long-shoremen's
union leader, predict
ed tonight that unless ship own
ers "change their present attl
tude'' a coast-wide shipping tieup
would start September SO.
He said in an Interview long
shoremen hoped to negotiate a
new contract to replace the one
expiring September SO.
: ''But we have positive state
ments from ' leaders of the em
ployers' ogranizations that unless
we accept renewal of the present
contract by September 30, with
its objectionable features, ship
loading will cease and longshore
men locked out.
"We offered to continue under
the present contract after Sep
tember SO until a new, one can
be worked out, but they turned
that down. They're going to force
us Into a lockout because they
know that's bad for us we can't
effectively make demands tor im
provements after they're locked
us out," he said.
Bridges contradicted what he
said were ship owners state
ments that longshoremen on the
coast enjoy the best conditions
and wages . in the, world. He said
Atlantic coast longshoremen cur
rently were paid $1.0 S en hour,
more than longshoremen get on
the west coast.. ; , -.
League WtlAoLls
Palestine Action
GENEVA. Aut 17. (PV The
league of nations mandates com
mission today witnnem approval
of Great Britain's plan to make
Palestine an. Arab-dominated
state. ; - -
The commission's . report was
considered a first-round victory
tor the world Zionist -eongress,
now -meeting here, . in its tights
for a Jewish national home in
the Holy Land. '
Squalus and Crew of ' Dead
Nears End of Odd Journey
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 17.
Pi The "TJ. S. S. Squalus
neared the end tonight of proo-
ablv the strangest voyage in. sub
marine history after being twice
lifted, and towed irom.tne .
foot depth to which she sank oa
May i 23. . t -. . - - .
. The secona sncceseiai www
lag and towtng- operation, which
started, at. a. m. ,(EST) and
extended tar beyond dark, left
tha flooded submarine wunm ap
proximately 100 feet of the sur
face not - far .from . aheltering
land; end gave promise taeniae
bodies of the t men who died
aboard her 87 . days ago ; might
be released from the sea within
another two' weeks. r -
By that .time, naval, officials
said they hoped to complete the
less dangerous hut more detailed
job of bringing the Squalus to
the surface perhaps pumping
onirr, fl'tha flooded -com-
rartmeatsr-asj elaclna- -the- craft
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the express purpose of capturing
the state championship and the
mammoth B. P. Johns perpetual
trophy.
'Tournament Director Dwight
Adams, judging from past years
and from interest shown through
out . the state this summer; be
lieves the tournament' attendance
will top the 20,000 mark tor the
six days. Sute Softball President
Harry V. Collins seconds Adams'
prediction. .
Coinciding with the " men's
titular chase will be a 14-team
tournament to decide the women's
championship, with Salem's Pade
Barrick aggregation In the role
of defender.
"The state of Oregon has shown
unprecedented interest In softball
this year," says State Director
Adams. "More than 500 teams,
an Increase of better than 100
over 1938, this year Joined the
state association. This represents
more than 7600 players."
While the Salem Papermakers,
1938 champions, will not be on
hand to defend their title, two
other Salem entries, . Walts and
Square Deal, will be battling to
retain the state championship for
the Cherry city.
Alabama's Floods
Recede Into Gulf
SELMA. Ala.. Aug. 17. OP
Alabama flood crests moved to
ward the Gulf of Mexico tonight,
adding new refugees to an estimated-
2,000 already forced from
homes in Selma and nearby rural
communities.
Meanwhile, upstate Prattville,
victim of a record but receding
flood, took precautions against
disease. In - that eity a train
was ; wrecked. One life and
thousands of dollars In property
were lOBt. .
, Dr. G. Newton, Autaugu county
health officer,! warned Prattville
citizens against possibilities of
typhoid after a - main supplying
the town's -water system burst.
A fleet of 30 boats manned by
volunteer Red . . Cross . workers
scouted along .. Alabama and
Cahaba river overflows near here,
removing : marooned - families.
some of them . hemmed c in al
most, since torrential rains trailed
a tropical storm inland from the
gulf last week-end.
in the Portsmouth' navy yard dry
dock for reconditioning.-
tThe whims of the. weather and
tide played a 'major part In to
day's operations, which were both
more leisurely and more , prac
ticed as .well as leas spectacular
than the previous moves.
NotvuntUl:0S p. m.- (EST)
did the three topmost pontoons
above .the.; completely-, flooded
stern break the surface, sending
the spray boiling -into the air
and rolling the surface for i
radius, or 50 yards. , , J -
At one time during the after
noon, spectators .feared the salv
age operations - had struck i
snag, for more than -three hours
elapsed after the stem" ' rose be
fore the pontoons over the mud
encrusted bow broke the surface.
Naval officers explained, however,
they had been in no hurry be
cause . of a desire to t make the
final stage of their tow toward
land on a' high tide; which was
at flood late tonigbj, Cv h v
limit by Law Will Give
Bridget Body $35,266
More This Year
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Relief Item big Worry
of Budget Makers
for County v
The Marlon county court may
not enjoy being reminded of bud
get-making time but It approaches
anyway and finds the county in
e same old quandary over max
g receipts and appropriations
balance within the limit pre
scribed by law.
j That limit this year will per
mit the county budget committee,
if it sees tit, to add $36,268.40 to
the tax bill within its control
That's not much of a hat from
which to pull greenback rabbits
to meet the continually, rising de
mands for more .money for relief,
more money for roads.
! The county had 1845.133.40 to
spend this year including SSS7,
773.40 In taxes levied. The re
maining $257,360 came from mis
cellaneous fees, state motor ve
hicle revenues and a $50,000 ex
pendable surplus.
This expenditure did not Include
$93,721.23 from the state elemen
tary school tax, the only state
property tax Imposed this year.
The resultant grand total bud
get of $938,854.63 was $246,-
240.37 less than the aggregate of
appropriations made 10 years ago.
The 1929 budget, however, includ
ed Items of $113,500 for high
schools, $103,700 for market road
bonds and approximately $225,-
000 in state property fax, none of
which appeared In the 1939 bud
git. Relief Is now
Main Problem
Ten years ago the county was
worrying about roads and road
bonds, little about relief.
What to do about this relief-
direct aid, old age pensions, aid to
dependent children, . aid to the
blind, medical care and operation
of the poor farmis one of the
budget-makers' principal prob
lems today.
A, glance back into the eeunt
clerk's records - shews that the
county's contribution to relief has
grown from $4428.95 26 years
(Turn to page 2, column 1)
Fugitive Caught
After Gun Fight
High School Boy Is Hero
as Escaped Convict
Is Captured
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17-6F)
-A man identified by fingerprints
as an escaped prisoner from the
Washington state penitentiary at
Walla Walla was arrested tonight
after weathering a fusilade of po
lice bullets.
Detective Sgt O. K. Robinson
said Hulen Presley, 24. alias Tom
Clark, was held in connection with
the robbery today in Vancouver of
a Washington state liquor store,
and as a fugitive from the Wash
ington penitentiary where he was
under 20 year sentence for a Pu
get Sound ferry boat holdup. Rob
inson said the man was also want
ed for questioning by the FBI.
Bob Brazeau, 11-year-old high
school boy, was credited with ef
fecting his capture. Clark was
halted by Patrolmen Cliff Miller
and Ben Savage for questioning.
He took flight on foot and Miller
fired several shots at him, one
causing a slight thigh wound. The
lad tackled him as he ran down
the street and held on- until offi
cers arrived.
Miller said Clark's car bore li
censes stolen in Portland and con
tained a money bag with $i.o
and a blue smock similar to one
worn by. the Vancouver bandit.
Canadian Woman
Injured in Crash
Mrs. Annie O'Connel, 55, Lake
Cowlchan, BC. was taken to the
FDeaconeas hospital Buffering from
shock last night after a car driv
en by Isaac High of. Lake Cowl
chan tipped over in a collision en
the Pacific highway near Hayes,
ville, three miles north of Salem.
Mrs. Hlgh and a small daugh
ter suffered minor cuts.
First Aid Captain Charles Charl
ton of the Salem tire department
said High's , car turned oyer in
collision with a car driven by R.
O. Hooper, route seven.' Both cars
were traveling south. -
Daylight Bandits
Make $33Jtt Haul
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IT.
(V-Five armed men . robbed . a
bank here today and1 slipped
away in heavy traffic with $33,-
100 in a nickel shopping nag.
First - that passers-by and a
street " corner policeman knew ; ef
the "clockwork holdup at the
Wyoming Bank and Trust com
pany in a north rhuaasipaia
business section was bank of
ficer's shout; ' L 5
-Get a -..eoftv We're been
Bund Fuehrer
Spouts Auger
At Dies Body
Dies Holds Probe Finds
Evidence Bund Works
With Nazis
Knhn States He Favors
Joining Groups of
Similar Nature
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17-(ff)-
Fritx Kuhn, stolid fuehrer of the
German-American bund, gave the
Dies committee a session of almost
constant conflict today and fin
ally left Us witness chair spouting
defiance and predicting the com
mittee's investigation would "cost
Mr. Dies his political future. .
After two days of Euhn's testi
mony, Representative "Dies , de
clared the committee had made
it clear that the bund was work
ing with agencies of the German
government and probably was get
ting advice from them. And,' the
lanky Texan added:
"I'm not interested in my poli
tical future."
Knhn Says no
Proof Shown
Kuhn, whose tides ef anger
were still running high after the
hearing had adjourned, hotly told
reporters that the committee "did
not show any proof that we are
un-American or have any connec
tion with Germany. ;
"It was all a loss of time,' he
sputtered "I mean . a waste ef
tlme.l i
Kuhn's testimony was given be
tween indignant protests that-the
committee was unfair, assertions
that his time warn -too -valuable"
to be wasted en the committee,
and demands, which were Ignored,
that he be provided legal counsel.
Kuhn returned tonight to his
colleagues t& New Tork's German
community it after informing the
committee that:
Says Jtfnrphy Spoke
To Band Meet
Attorney General Murphy to
whom he referred as "the general
attorney, that Murphy once ad
dressed a bund meeting in Detroit.
That he favors consolidating all
organisations similar in purpose
to tha bund, but does not want the
bund to take the leadership la
that.
That the bund arrange to send
German-American youngsters en
visits to the reieh.
Otherwise, his testimony con
sisted mostly of a long series ef
explosive denials.
Moe Annenherg Gives Hp t
CHICAGO, Aug. 17-OPV-M. I
Annen berg and three others in
dicted last week on charges ef
evading SS,I48.3S4 Income tax. In
cluding penalties, surrendered to
federal authorities today and were
released on bonds totaling $175,-
000.
PORTLAND, Aug. 1T-0P)-Sa-
cramento won both ends ef a
double-header from the Portland
Beavers here tonight to take a
Pacific Coast league series, S
games to 2. The scores were 9 to
4 and 4 to 2.
Bill Schmidt bested Ad Uska
in the seven-inning secoiyl game
to win his 14 th. He allowed four
hits. Sacramento broke a 2-2 dead
lock la. the fifth when Max Mar
shall homered. Garibaldi's single
In the seventh with two on scored
another run. : "
Tom Seats blanked the Beavers
in six innings of the first game
which was won in the fourth when
Sacramento made six runs on
doubles by Wiecxoreks and Wil
liams, singles by Orengo and Mar
shall, two walks and two errors.
Sacramento ... 12 2
Portland .,4 7 1
Seats and Ogrodowtkl. Gabler,
Radonite (9) and Monzo. -
Sacramento . .....4 9 2
Portland . 2 4 2
Schmidt, and Grilk, Ogrodowskl
(5) ; Liska and Fernandes.
OAKLAND. Calif., Aug. 17-()
-First sight game:
Hollywood '. 1 . 4 i
Oakland ; - 2 - -1
: ArdlxoU and Dapper; Gay, Dar
row (7) and RatmondL J
' Second game seven innings:
Hollywood '. . a - f t
Oakland 2 t i
f Fleming ; and . Brensel; Fallon
and Conroy.
. SEATTLE,
game:
San Diego .
SeatUe
Aug. f-Kffy-Nlght
11
Gonzales, Tobin (f ) and Detere,
Starr (I), Tcrpln and Campbell.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17-4AV
San. Francisco . J , ,, H v24 ,-1
Loe Angeles , ; 3 10 X
. Shores and WoodalL Leonard
(IK Prim. Kuth (1); Berry (I)
and Saeme- t- -.-:--.s 1
Late Sports
Joseph Hague Selected
To Adm inister Oregon
Liquor Control System
Former Army Sergeant and Salesman Picked From
Score of Applicants for $6900 "Job
as State Rum Chieftain
PORTLAND, Aug. 17. (AP Joseph J. Hague, ex
army sergeant, was named today to the $6900 post of state
liquor control board administrator, succeeding Otto J. Runte.
The 65-year-old Portland man, former Ford Motor com
pany branch manager, was selected by Chairman Lloyd J.
Wentworth and Commissioners J. N. Chambers and Lowell
Stockman after almost a score otO
applicants were Interviewed. I
Hague first came here in IS 06
and returned in 193C, after many
years in business at Seattle and
San ' Francisco. When the Ford
plant here closed, he resigned
rather than accept a transfer to
Detroit.
' He was born In Boston In 1834,
served with the army in the
Philippines from 1902 to 1905,
and later covered eastern Oregon
as an independent salesman for
Portland manufacturers and Job
bers. Mr. and Mrs. Hague have two
sons, one in the sales department
of the Standard Oil company and
the other, married August 11 in
Berkeley, Calif., a Junior at the
University of Oregon.
Runte, held over when the
former commission, retired, has
been administrator since 1 9 3 .
Now in California due to the ill
ness of a relative, Runte has not
formally resigned.
6 Hurt as Truck
Smacked by Train
"Klamath'', Plows Through
. Jlail -Trick Standing ;
t Station
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 17.-(AP)-ix
persons were injured, two
critically, when the Southern Pa
cific passenger train "Klamath"
ploughed into a mail truck in
front ef the Berkeley station,
hurling wreckage into a group of
persons waiting at the station
to board the train.
Most seriously injured by the
flying debris were Mrs. Rose A.
Bilk, 19, San Francisco, and Era
Maier, 14, Oakland. They were
taken to Berkeley hospital with
possible fractured skulls.
Others suffering from severe
lacerations were Helen Elisabeth
FeUinger, 19, and her sister, Ade
laide, 17, both of Weyburn, Sas
katchewan; John Gaube, 53, Oak
land, and Betty' Washbaur, 52,
Berkeley, i
headed from a standing inbound
for the north, came Into the sta-
tlon.
The flying wreckage landed
among a group of more than 20
persons standing in front of the
station.
Probe Into Train
Tragedy to Start
RENOv Ner Aug. 17.-VA
formal lnaulry Into the train
wreck which killed 24 persons In
central Nevada waa set today for
10 a.m. Saturday at Carlin, near
the scene of the tragedy.
A. D. McDonald, southern Pa
cific president, said here today the
inquiry board would include ex
ecutives ef the Southern Pacific,
two Elko, Ner., business men, and
representatives of the interstate
commerce and Nevada public serv
ice commissions.
Few Giving Thanks Over new
Thanksgiving,
By WILLIAM S. WHITE.
NEW TORE, Aug. 17. flV-
The country took a breather to
night at the end of tour days
of national argument and unof
ficial referenda on President
Roosevelt's decision to changi
Thanksgiving day, and this was
about the only Indisputable find
ing that emerged from what may
go down aa that August, crisis of
1939: i -
' Party f Uses, as they say, in
Washington, were., holding gen
erally firm.
The governors of 21 states said
the new Rooseveltian Thanks
giving of November 23. instead
ef the customary -: last Thursday.
November It, looked , all right
to them. - (Most of them are
democrats). ,
The governors of 14 states
said with varying degrees or chill
In their voices that what had
been rood enough, ate. (Most of
them are republicans.) ."Nine
were undecided er . unreported. -
Meaawhile, the baritone, cries
ot anguish ever aadly , scrambled
football schedules which . Issued
from the offlces of many college
athletio- Blreetor-thinklns; wlst
fally 6f long-planned -'-'Turkey
Chosen to Head
Liquor Control
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JOSEPH J. HAGUE
One Dead, 2 Hurt
After Gun Battle
Bandit Is Killed, Police
Pair in Hospital as
Fight Result
s SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 17
(ff) Robert Gaunt, 29, was dead
tonight, two young police officers
were in a hospital recovering
from gunshot wounds and
Gaunt's companion, Howard "Ly
man" Gregory, 33,; was held in
lien of 12,600 bono! as the result
of a pre-dawn gun battle.
Officers Don TesdahL 29, and
Robert E. Johnson,; 29, were
wounded- Tesdahl via' the abdo
men and Johnson in the right
foot when they; ' overtook the
bandit pair at a service station,
fifth Atop of tha night for the
raiders.
Hero of the gunflght was
Robert Dollar, police radio tech
nician who arrived during the
battle. He fired the shots which
killed Gaunt. Gregory was cap
tured when he threw himself to
the , pavement to escape Dollar's
fusilade.
iTfce. bandit pair first held up
the Clark hotel night clerk.
looted the office of stamps and
small change and called a taxi.
They drove out of the city, forced
the driver from the cab ' and re
turned to hold up operators of
an all-night lunch counter and
three service stations.
Detective Captain James Me
Carry said Gaunt's pockets
yielded $36.65 and Gregory had
about $50 when searched.
FDR Fashion
day classics" were taken' up in
broad A soprano by a large, but
select group of debutantes and
their mamas.
Here in New York, for example,
which must be the biggeil. debu
tante city in the country. It" de
veloped that much painful revision
of dates would have to be made.
Many debutante parties had been
planned for the original or ante
Roosetelt, Thanksgiving; a great
many, mysterious but nonetheless
necessary arrangementg had been
made- end now : all .these . must
be undone; - -11
Another- sort, of mlxup whicb
max be fairly general was Illus
trated by a wire of protest sent to
President Roosevelt by Dr. Dudley
IL lines of New York, esalnsaa
of the 29th annual meeting ef the
national! council f teachers cf
English, scheduled to meet: here
Not. 20-Dec. 2 -"During Thanks
giving school recess," aa he explained,-
.-; r-;:.-:
: Some 2000 teachers had been
expected for , the - convention, he
added, but now-"prospect of dif
ferent Thanksglvini holidays In
different states presents serious
problem. . I should like to. tee
.you rescind proclamation.'
Danzig Issue
Still Looming
As Large One
Tension Is Increasing
on Rumanian'Hungary
Frontiers I
German Press Continues
Attacks on Polish
"Terrorism"
(By The Associated Press)
Siena of Increasinr rootwratlna
between Hungary and Germany in
the uncertain European scene ap
peared last night after an exten
sive meeting between Fuehrer
Hitler and the Hungarian foreign
minister.
Semi-official sources In Berlin
hinted that an agreement was be
ing reached for Hungary s hels in
case of war.
Tension between Germanv and
Poland was unrelieved, and while
the nasl-eontroled press played up
reports of alleged terrorism
against Germans in Poland
along the pattern of similar press
campaigns oeiore ua Austrian
anschluss and the breaking up of
Czechoslovakia - Polish officials
Indicated they would continue an
intensive drive against subversive
activity " they attributed to the
German minority. A great many
Germans were arrested and Ger
man organisations closed up, but
many of those arrested soon were
freed. ; '.siV'j
Hangjuian Kin
Two Romanians
Another frontier Incident flared
along the Rumanian-Hungarian
boundary. Bucharest officials said
Hungarian troops killed two Ru
manian guards and wounded one;
a Budapest communique said the '
HnanrU ntrli war f atwaA im
snoov r swx-oeiense-.w'nen''xrre ;
Rnmanjaaa eama in t" Hungarian '
territory." .
Officials In both nations' capi
tals said, however, the flsrhtmr in
cident "will go no further" be
cause of the more serious interna
tional situation.
Informed noIUicsl circles in
Berlin felt sure one main noint
discussed by Hitler and Count
Stefan Csakr. Huncarv's forein
minister, was . Hungary's readi
ness, it conflict should come, to
permit the - German army to oc
cupy the Carpathe-Ukraine far
eastern part of what was Czecho
slovakia and thus hold a strate
gic position in the direction of
either Poland or Romania.
Another point was said to con
cern prospects of remodeling
Hungary along fascist-nail lines.
A Dronaranda monthniAM r
the German covernment Mid ,
'agreement between nrmii,'
and Hungary has been rendered
secure In every direction."
Danzhr Ian
Still Looms.
The Dan sir fssna still tnAmS
large, but In the free city some
feeling ef optimism rose on an
indication that negotiations would
continue between tne Polish com
missioner general,. Marian Chod
ackl, and the Danslg senate presi
dent. Arthur Grelser. , C!hwiov4
returned to Danzig from Warsaw,
iiresmniy with - new instruo- -tions.
. -
la Poland's , campaign against
esnionsrA uii nn ..i.
Germans la the country, Rudolf
sner, waaer of the minority,
was questioned for several hours
and. released with the under
standing he would b "at the dis
posal of the Polish attorney gen
eral's of flee."
Italy halted th witiitM.i
Italian troops from Alhanfn
recently acquired territory across
Auri"c, as premier Mus--.lnu.'tndI'd
mWtary problems
wjiu ui army cnier.
France showed her aerial
might in a mock raid on Eng
land. "Under real war "conditions,-
a British obsAPTM.. .m
the raiders wnnu t..M
hot out of the sky." Two Brtt-
wn oomoers collided, killing one
man and Injuring another.
Stage Star's Kin
Is Held in Death
r; NEW YORK, Aug. n-Tbe
playboy grandson of Lillian Rus
sell, famed stage star of the gay
nineties and sweetheart of the fa
bulous "Diamond Jim" Brady, w&s '
arrested tonight on homicide
charge in the fatal scalding of a
friend. -Polke
Lieut, . George Andrewa
said James Hazzard, . 22, son el
Dorothy Russell Cahrit, was held ; , "
la the death ot Thoma llartlnes
of Miami, Fla. .
Andrews said the men had been
drinking" and.: went to Haxsard's ,
apartment. Martlnes fell asleep on
a sofa and was burned when the
conch eaught fire fro mi a clgareL
Hazzard - placed. . Martlnes ' in a
bathtub and turned on the hot
water, Andrews asserted. : -
Dr. Richard W. Grimes, assist
ant medical examiner, said Maro
tlne.dled of .aeconLasd, thirt
degree burns caused by a scalding... -