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Greater Endicott's Own Newspaper PRICE THREE CENTS SIXTEEN PAGES ENDICOTT, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939 VOLUME FORT/Y-EIGHT, NQ.. 55 .!> • • • • + • Britain s Proof of Downed Air Raider Senate Alters Shipping Clause 0 Flashed by radio fromtLondon to New York, this photo was passed by the British censor as \proof that German planes which raided the Firth of Forth. Scotland, suffered casualties. British sailors In a yawl are reported to be examining the wreckage of ono of four Nazi planes England claims were gowned. Britain admits three pf her officers and 13 men were killed and the warships Edinburgh and Mohawk were slightly damaged. U.S. Patrol Instructed to Enforce Ban on Submarines a) Washington, D. C, TP—New Instructions calling for rigid en- -forcement or President Roosevelt's proclamation barring belligerent* submarines from United States waters were Issued today to all vessels attached to the. neutrality patrol fleet The only official statement made by the Navy de- ' *** partment merely said that com- maifders had been * informed of the President's action. Officials- attached to the department ex pressed,- the.' opinion,' however, 1 thai; -detailed' instructions-for;.the „ enforcement of the'proclamation- had been forwarded to all'patrol commanders. . i;,„ , The President's proclamation barred from United .States terri torial'waters all belligerent sub-, marines except those 'driven into Transradio Flashes ?s'<W-V \ ports by storms or other \acts of God.\ Mr. Roosevelt's order specified however, that even under such conditions the belligerent craft , must stay above the surface while in the -waters under the jurisdic- , tion of the United States. Officials said that offenders would be punished under the pro visions of international law and that the job of enforcement would be given to naval vessels. They declined to say, however, how far the naval vessels would go in bringing possible offenders to- justice. Morgenthau Puts \Treasury Dept. On Normafjtasis • Washlngtoo /lfTc, TP—Treas ury SecretaryHlorgenthau-placed his department on a nomal peace ' time basis today with the declar- department is concerned. the Eu- ation that so far' as, the Treasury ropean war situation', has' sub sided. Emergency measures had been adopted to prbteit United States economy fat the outbreak of the war. \ , Morgenthou pointed' oat that the recent Commodity Credit Corporation refunding; operation went oyer, \extreme! j; well.\- It. was; the. first . majorf • financial transaction by the Treasury de partment since the'war started: High treasury,., officials indi cated that the .success, of this op eration waa'-'a. sure sign that the hond market' Has become settled. Government Quits • Sofia, Bulgaria, TP—The gov ernment, of Premier Kiosseivanow resigned; today'in a .move which had been expected <for some time. King Boris designated the re signing -premier to form a new cabinet. At Long^Last- Boy Born into Cantor Family • Hollywood, Calif, TP—There's a boy in the Eddie Canter family today but he's a grandasn not a son. The child, an eight pennd, nine ounce boy, was horn-to one of the comedian's five\ daughters, Mrs. Natalie Metzger. Cantor, in Bos- ion at the time, could hardly be lieve the newa.,Fri «a«' r aaUia« telephoned the hospital twite,jpst U.S. 0 Tokio, Japan, TP—The Japan ese admiralty hailed 'with- en- ' p., thusiasm today the end of the dif- Upen DiaS ferences between the United • Washington, D. C TP—The States and Japan; over the Ku- War department opened bids today tangsu incident. for about 12,000 motor vehicles, Under the agreement,- United to be used in carrying out the States and Japanese naval forces army's jaew ''streamlining;' pro- wit hdrew simultaneously from the gram. The vehicles will include., troop-moving trucks, ambulances and \passenger cars. They will cost approximately $15,000,000. Flood. Recedes • London, EngZ TP—Flood wa ters in Central England's indus trial are* subsided somewhat to day. Rail -service and highway traffic was resumed in many por tions of the inundated sectors. The waters receded more than two feet despite new rains'at-New- port-Pagnell and other, distressed towns. international settlement of-Amoy. The landing of Japanese marines at Kulangsu had been followed by British, French and United States military movements. British and French forces with drew from the sector at the out break of the European war. Said Rear Admiral Masao Kanazawa: \The settlement of the problem demonstrates that all questions be tween Japan and foreign powers can be settled amicably if the foreign powers, make some at tempt to understand, Japan's position.\ L Main Stem lil—* —— - • '—» ~ — - Morgenthou \had^boen -holding up major- refunding operations because of the uncertainty of the war situation and-its' adverse'ef-' fects on business. x y Hit by Gar, Woman Dies 0 •Inahamton—Request for a traffic, light .at! Leroy- arid Chest nut Stsi- was -renewed-today fol lowing two accidents last night when- one woman -was fatally injured and another seriously hurt. Mrs. Theresa\ Weingartuer,, (8, 18 Th'eroo St., Johntoo^CItyi'died at Wilson Memorial''hosbltaltwo hours 'after' the \ccident**Miss Edith Smith, 60, 7» Main-St, is in 'serious condltlon\fh; the; City hospital. Both were-hit by-'cars in Leroy st: late last nlgat, • • Bob Porter claims it isn't only his interest in football that has suddenly/made life worthaJiving. ~. ... He 's eliminated'f em trouble and how he 's looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Dannie Egglesten, demon lino- typfr'and beafl brummtl of The By \•arney*. French- Dennis Nuaaan swaggering along the stem displaying his new shoes,, bob-tailed, covert jacket and other sartorial appur tenances peculiar - to the well under his arm ... an Esquireish the inevitable newspaper tucked under his arm . . .in Esquireish picture, well be bound. Bulletin working force, glowing glowery glances' at an eavesdrop per, who suggested Main Stem- ' merit would be interested in know ing ,\ • ; Thanksgiving means more \than-\the-uaual football and turkey ~\o him'this year . . . Ho, hu'ml^another good Jad .heading for the ball and chain. Pete.Sttsdkei-g, one• of Endi cott's land-marks and tonsorfal artist-of, long standing,' taking up his '-neW-.'dutiea^with'-: Howard Yeager at the Bank barber shop ... A deft'hand'with' the scissors and clippers but... not such a good judge, of. hair tonic—as witness his ownwggirt^.'''\ • * '* _ Part TanDasen,. of Maine, .tak ing up this bowling business in a real serious way.... Look out for Paul pardners, when ha gets\ that iiew\b«rf^speelally.' designed for his digits\'and watch the maple his first-love, fishing, which used to occupy his leisure moments. Thereby proving that golf is an insidious bug that' completely changes perspectives and ruins plenty of \otherwise complacent lives. 5* \ Harold Vaaderpool, one of the Community's reps in- Uncle Sam's standing army,, back in .familiar diggings for . a ;ahort' furlough and looking like \a milyun bucks. . . . Pointing-foi''his-discharge soon . . . How three, years' fly by—or, do they^Harold? Harry McCoytrfation agent ait Vestal, shams-fCiedly'/trying to cover up for his' latest' hunting exploit which made him fall for the old gag of blasting away-at a stuffed ph'tasant' \planted\ for just such' unwary-nimrods ..-. . Art Barton was. waiting for just such action and did he love it! •• Allows Trade With Orient, South America 0 \Washington D. C, TP — A majority of the Senate Foreign Relations committee stamped their approval today upon sweep ing amendments to relax shipping restrictions and tighten credit re strictions of the administration neutrality bill. The amendments maintained an absolute prohibition against trade with European belligerents by United States ships. The amend ments make wide exceptions for trade with outlying possessions of belligerent nations in the Orient and South Africa. They were written on the theory that danger of ships be ing sunk in these parts of the world are very slight even though the French and British colonies are technically at war. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt hurriedly moved up his customary Friday cabinet meeting to this afternoon as the White Hone* an nounced that the Chief Executive would depart tonight for Hyde Park. This is the second week in suc cession that the President has moved .-his • cabinet - meeting one day: ahead. It was believed that President would discuss with Executive department \heads pos sible technicalities of his procla mation banning belligerent sub marine* from United States ter ritorial'.waters. .-vSeavkV;»Wwte on the aesrtralitv -bfll rmgtJGt i«t< its', fourth-week with '-sewer leaders on hoOi-iides - : predicting: final .passage within 10 days. Administration leaders express ed confidence that they could ob tain an agreement to. shorten de bate, beginning next week. Well- informed senators, on both 5 sides declared'that' the Senate stands divided about 64 to 30 in-favor of embargo repeal. Both sides shift ed their attention to* the House of Representatives. All reports in dicated a much narrower margin of victory, for the Administration in the Lower Chamber. Democratic Senator McCarran, Neveda, took fe Senate floor t» oppose repeal while Administra tion leaders whipped into shape a Bweeping compromise amend ment to the original bill. U.S.GoodWill Air Armada to Fly to Brazil • Washington, D. C, TP—Presi dent Roosevelt gave expression to his Latin-American good neighbor policy today by ordering a good will armada of six army \flying fortresses'* to Rio De Janeiro. The big ships will participate in the Brazilian republic's 50th annivers ary celebration. The Chief Executive announced the good will flight with the sig nificant words: \The flight will serve as an evidence of friendship between the United States of America and the United States of Brazil.\ The flight will be headed by a general officer of the army air corps. It will leave Langley Field, Virginia) on Armistice day. Nov. ll,_with * crew of approxi mately \25 commissioned officers and 24 enlisted men. The armada -will—leave. continentat-r-Unlted- States from Miami, Florida, and head south for the Brazilian capital. G-men Expand Spy Drive on West Coast V-' •. Los Angeles, Calif, TP—Chief Grman .J..JMgar._Hooyer. ^an nounced today thai his Pacific Coast organization had been ex panded in the war against espion age and sabotage activities^ .Twenty ..'federal agents will be stationed-at SaBvDiejro'to safe guard . important military and naval bases in that'vicinity.:. .The Los Angeles, and - San Francisco, offices- of- the Federal Bureau of •Investigation will be enlarged, and a new office-will'be .opened at Phoenix.\ Senator Asks President to Mediate War • Washington, D. C, TP—New suggestions thut President Roose velt try mediation of the war in Europe came today from Montana Senator Wheeler. The F =nator proposed that Mr. Roosevelt seek consent of Hitler tor re-establishment of Poland and settlement of the Chechoslovakian problem. Then, Wheeler said, the President should ask Britain and France to enter negotiations for revision of the Versailles treaty. The Montana Democrat said that President Roosevelt would be supported by the people of the na tion in such a move. Said he: \United States citizens are in terested primarily in, remaining neutral, and secondly in'ending the European conflict.\ Kuhn Denies Dies Charges f) Washington, D. &, TP—Ger man-American Bond. Leader Fritz Knhn denied today that he ever had discussed band affairs in the United States with Chancellor Hitler. Kuhn gave the Dies com mittee his version of a 15-minule conference with Hitler la 19W. He said Hitler B *d\ asked whether\ tbe>. ul aermaa i .Olympic —tames \sVuuW' en ea te -good-witt-for' the Seleh, in,-the-.new world. Kuan *aM v h> aid Hitler ex- . changed ' pleasantries through most'of the conference. During 'the hearing the bund- leader 'clashed with California Representative' Voorhis and Cam- mi ttee - Counsel Whitley. He de nied angrily under questioning that the .organization is anti- American. Kuhn said he wants Germany to win the war, and the United States to remain neu tral. Kuhn was questioned about ar ticles in the bund paper which quoted him as saying all Ger mans we're united by their heri tage and blood. Said Kuhn: \I can't change my blood.\ The bund leader's face flushed when It was suggested that be might occupy the same position in the United States as Nazi leaders held in Austria and Czecho-Slovakla. He shouted: \I'm an American citizen.\ U. S. Considers Regulation of Surface Craft • Washington, D. C, TP—State Secretary Hull indicated today that the government is consider ing close regulation of surface craft of belligerent nations in United States territorial waters. Hull was asked at \his news conference whether bans might be applied to merchantmen ships and raiders of the warring na tions. The.question was prompted by President Roosevelt's procla mation barring belligerent sub- marinea from United States ports and territorial waters. Secretary Hull said the prob lem of merchant ships and sur face raiders is being handled sep arately. Compromise Bi,,in95Free Seen in Ideal Staff Choice # A compromise solution to the Ideal hospital situation, in which some adjustment of the active staff may be effected which is agreeable to both sides, was seen today as the possible outcome of the five-liour session at the hos pital last night, in which Village board, hospital Board of Manag ers and six physicians aired the entire issue. Officialdom maintained silence today on what occurred at the meeting, but it was learned that many \misunderstandings\ were cleared up and that a compromise selection of a staff may be ar ranged \in the near future.\ Observers held also that it was probable that the entire hospital board would remain intact, and left in office. The \case\ of both the private physicians, and those affiliated with the Endicott Johnson Corp. medical department was present ed to the conference by three physicians from each group. Dr. Frank_G. Moore, Dr. Goode R. Cheatham and Dr. Edward M. Jones represented the E. J. doc tors, while Dr. D. Guilford Dud ley, Dr. Mark W. Welch and Dr. Roger D. _Mead were spokesmen for the private physicians. Mayor Kelly said today that there- was nothing to btv made jabUe about the meeting .last . . ,«.,• • - , <. -. /. been given too much publiicty al- — - -- - ready. s \ J It is understood that little time was' given over to the events of the past week, which saw dis solution'of the active staff, ap pointment of a three-man emer gency staff by Mayor Kelly, and then' the reappointment of the original active staff by the mayor —all apparently growing out of confusion over the omission of the dissolution date in notices sent out to the staff. From Fi Warren K. Billings t) His life sentence commuted to time served. Warren K. BlUingB, convicted with Tom Mooney in 1916 in the Preparedness Day bombing, departs from prison a free man. Nordic Nations Back Finland Divorced Wife Of Magnate Asks Custody of Son t) La* Angeles, Calif, TP—The divorced wife of former tobacco magnate, J. Louis Reynolds, Rich mond, Va., asked a court today to give her sole custody of their two-year-old son. Mrs. Helene Fortescue Reynolds filed the suit against Reynolds under her film name of Helene Whitney. She was divorced from Reynolds last March when both were awarded joint custody of the boy. Mrs. Reyonlds charged that her former husband had not dis played proper care of their son. 0 The Nordlccountries expressed their firm determination today to maintain- their neutrality and in dependence. Most significant of the state ments made by the heads of the northern countries was Finnish 'President Kallio's declaration that his country was ready to de fend her independence. Said Kal- lio: \My country hopes that her powerful neighbor to the east will respect the accords now in effect. However, Finland is ready to de fend her Independence.\ King Gustav of Sweden said that the principle aim of the Scandinavian countries was to re main neutral and independent. In a radio address considered an of ficial view of thc> Stockholm con ference King Gustav declared that the return of peace to Eu rope was desired by Sweden, Den mark, Norway, Finland- and Ice land. ' Meanwhile, Swedish govern ment circles reported that Fin land's special envoy to Moscow, Juhu Paasikivi, would leave Hel sinki tomorrow on his second trip to the Soviet capital. The Swedish reports said that Paasikivi would carry Finland's complete reply to Soviet demands for treaty and territorial conces sions. By Traniradlo Praia • Prime Minister Chamberlain announced the conclusion-of- the Anglo-French-Turkish matual as sistance pact in the Mediterran ean to the house of commons to night The accord was signed at Ankara. It was learned authoritatively in London that the agreement will exempt Turkey from waging war against Soviet Russia. The pact is for a 16-year period. The agreement to combine and con clude previously separate pacts with Britain and France was reached after- a breakdown of Soviet-Turk'negotiations at Mos cow. The three-power treaty bindi Turkey to assist Britain and France if an act of aggression by European powers leads to war in the Mediterranean in which Brit ain and France are engaged. •. This includes-the .possibility of war resulting ;frbm the pledges of the allies-.to aid, Rumania and Greece. against^a^Tression. The''. pact'aJao.blnds Britain' and Frm^,to,^i,T^rk'ey'if:tlie..Uttcr is attacked'by-a European power and i f the-attack leads'to war in the Mediterranean zone in which Turkey becomes engaged. The- exemption of Soviet Rus sia from' the*.'nations against . wh«n^'riirkWAh»:'pleelged;w^ajd the allies will be contained in 3 protocol to the treaty. The Mediterranean pact was rushed to conclusion by the gov ernment without waiting for the arrival of Turkish Foreign Min ister, SaracoglUf from- Moscow, Saracoglu j» expected to reach the capital tomorrow. ' „• Several other cabinet members and deputies were away from Ankara, attending the dedication of a new railroad in Turkish Armenia. U. S. Sentiment Against Japs, Grew Declares • Tokio, Japan, TP—United States Ambassador Grew Infor mally advised Japan today that many of her military actions in China bad alienated American public opinion. Grew maae his statement at a meeting of the America-Japan society. The United States am- r y. basBador.. said he was convinced f that the people In his country French Artillery Pounds Nazi Communication Lines By Transradio Press 0 French artillery opened fire on German communications Unes at the northwestern end of the\ Saar front today, after a quiet night of occaatonal skirmishes in the rain. t The Trench Are raked the outskirts of Perl and the highway from Perl to Sehndorf. Perl lies . at the juncture of the French, duri the ^ ht apparently in German and Luxembourg bor- ^ h of ukJ prisoners »nd ders. It was a focal point forthe learning more about the difficult Germans List 196 Casualties • Berlin, Gerauwy, TP — The German '.high command said to day that the- German casualties on the western, frent since' the start- of the war were .190 killed, S55 wounded, and 114 missing. Airplane losses were numbered at The high command claimed that more than 600. French sol diers .had been taken -prisoners. FBI Probes-Charges - • .Detreit, Mick, TP—Police and FBI\ agents looked into charges today that Russian engineers had sought-by-bribes to obtain- tola- aM? designs -of the Ford Motor company. ' * V French advance, before the Ger- mans began counter-offensive this week. A communique from Berlin claimed that German actions in the past three days had wiped out all gains made by the French during more than a month of cautious poshing forward. The Germans-reiterated a claim that French troops had evacuated virtually all the German territory they, had occupied at three main points of contact. The French pictur^6lThe^«UTh - fK)n1r-H?-- maihed,virtually unchanged from yesterday.' The French claimed that \their troops were strongly consolidated in a pre-arranged line, in; front of the Maginot for tifications, to which they with drew before the German offen sive*. They denied German claims that' about «00 Poilus had been taken-prisoner.* - The French said that the Ger mans sent.out surprise attacks terrain in Saar region. Said tho morning communique at Paris: \The night was calm on the whole. The weather was veiy rainy. Enemy infantry elements, supported by artillery, were rc- pulsedat several points along tho front.\ - The German! communique on the night's activities said: \Between the River Saar and' Hornbach, our troops drove the enemy back to an across, the. frontier-after- an obsUnate-flghU On other sections of the front, i there was only local activity. Contact with the enemy was lost at some points, because German troops did hot cross -the fron tier.\ \ A battle at sea was\ indicated \but not confirmed id reports' from Copenhagen that -heavy gunfire was heard .all day yesterday from, the direction of Fehmarh, a Ger man island northwest of Kiel. were strongly resentful of Jap anese actions In China which in terfered with the rights of United Staies citizens. Grew warned that public opin ion In the United States was something which tho Washing ton government could not ignore In its relations with other coun tries. The ambassador's unprece dented diplomatic frankness cre ated quite a stir at the society mooting. Grew .'id vised Japan that relations between Tokio and Washington could be Improved only if Japan took account of the situation and made an at tempt to alter It. Nazis to Sink Ships with Allied Convoy • Berlin, Germany, TP—Ger many's submarines were orderen tonight to torpedo neutral meri chant vessels without warning if the neutral ships were traveling under convoy of belligerent war ships. > ' The threat was believed to be aimed_directly At »ny_meye_ by the Nordic countries to accept allied ' convoys for their shipping. Survivors Land • London, England, TP — The British ministry of information Mid today that two survivors of a German bombing plane shot .down on Tuesday had drifted ashore at , Whitby, England. One of the Gen:' man aviators waa .wounded.