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Mayor Kelly Outlines Aims of Proposed Coal Ordinance Greater Endicott's Own Newspaper DAI Today's Weather Fair and Cooler PRICE THREE GENTS TWELVE PAGES ENDICOTT, N. Y. f FRIDAY, OCTOBER ,20, 1939 VOLUME FORTY-EIGHT, NO. 56 • • • • • • • • • 4 Reasons for Nazi 'Peace' Charge Senate Johnson Hits Revision of Gambling With Peace 0 Here are four possible reasons for Hitler's desperate desire for peace. EiiglunU and France (1) produce figures to show Nazi land am] air attacks have done no real damage. Turkey (2) has broken with Russia. lining up Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey with the Allies. She also locks Russia in the Black Sea. The \Oslo neu- - trnls\ (3) Denmark, Norway. Sweden, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands Insist there must be no encroachment on their neu trality King Victor Emmanuel of Italy (4) declares his country will nevi >r war against France. « Germany Setting Stage For New Peace Movement 0 Berlin, Germany, TP—Germany was' working today to set the military and political) stage for another peace move. On the military field, the announcement of the German high command that French troops had been driven oft German soil was seen as a move to re-establish the pre-war status * quo as a logical point at which to end hostilities. The chief political action in tended -to help clear the way for peace proposals was'the announce ment of the formal annexation of those parts of Poland which were former German territory. This would open up the possibility of creating a semi-independent state in central Poland between the areas taken over by the Soviet Union and those annexed by Ger many, Another move to clear the decks for peace was the ratification of the Soviet-German agreement for the demarcation of boundaries and to establish their respective zones of activity in former Polish news paper \Diplomatic- and Political Correspondence,\ called upon the neutral states to bring pressure to bear on Britain to Telax Its contraband control regulations. Said the newspaper—'\Hie louder the voices of true neutrality be come, the louder and .more im pressive the demand for respect of the laws of war, particularly regarding contraband, the more will such developments, be wel comed in Germany. The. efforts of those who want to perpetuate the war would become more hopeless the more determined other na tions became that their.peace and their neutrality remain un touched.\ \Diplomatic and Political Cor respondence\ interpreted the mes sages -sent to the Nbrdlc confer ence by President Roosevelt and the heads of 20 other American republics as evidence that the countries of the western hemis phere were anxious' to see an early termination o'f, tho war. The Nasi newspaper declared that the uneasiness of the Nordic states which had prompted the Stockholm meeting was the result of Britain's efforts- to - 'enlist the eastern European state* in the encirclement of Germany. Chancellor Hitler was said to be planning to offer\ a- separate peace to France while he contin ued the war against Britain:'' .' Danish reports said thaties, a prelude to his peace-offer,,.Chan cellor Hitler would-order ^a sus pension ofjlghting o(t» the Rhine- One-Way Rule Put in Effect On Broad Street • Motorists driving east on Broad St. today found a barrier to block their entrance to the block between McKinley and Roosevelt avenues; the one-way regulation is now in effect. Eaatbound automobiles are di rected to tum right, joining Main St. at the McKinley Ave. inter section, where a signal light con trols the flow of traffic. Adopted as a safety precau tion, the change eliminates the danger to ^motorists enterting the five way intersection where Main, Roosevelt and Broad converge. When the step was taken, it was pointed out that the vision* of driven entering Main St.* from Neutrality Ad 0 Washington, D.'C, TP—Sen ator Johnson', California, charged today that repeal of the arms em bargo is a dangerous gambles— with the peace of the United Sates as the pawn. Johnson said that many sen ators sincerely advocate embargo repeal on the ground that victory for the Allies is to the interest of the United States. Said John son: \This is a mere gamble that we change our law to help one side defeat the other and yet escape the consequences of war. The gamble may be successful, but it is very speculative and I will not gamble with American lives.\ The Califronia Republican criti cized the Administration for what he called stimulating 8 war psychology by issuing emergency proclamations and starting spy and submarine scares. Johnson charged that propa ganda in favor of the Allies is' pouring into the nation not only from abroad but from the United States government as well. Said Johnson: . \Again\'Vc are. aslceeT-fo'let\ our selves be; eased' into a position where that hiay \\happen to us again which happened once be fore.\ Johnson declared'that embargo repeal will result in a virtual one sided embargo on Germany, be cause the Allies with their sea power will be able to get any supplies they need from the United States, while Germany will be able to get none. Said Johnson: \With embargo repeal we are half in and half out of the war. We know from bitter experience in the post how easy it can be to shove us along until we are fully in—and this is the nub of the matter.\ . Meanwhile, it was reported 1 that sentiment was growing in Congress for going even farther than the amendments offered yes terday in cushioning the blow to the United States merchant marine entailed by the neutrality bill. These reports said that a move is heavy at that point. FDR's Son Quits Radio Group to Protest Ruling • Boston, Mass, TP—Elliot Roos evelt's Texas network has re signed from ,£he National Associa tion of Broadcasters in protest against the sections of the new NAB code dealing with contro versial broadcasts. The President's son announced he was taking his 10 stations out of the association after NAB President Neville Miller informed Mutual Broadcasting system ex ecutives that Roosevelt's commen tary program was a direct viola tion of the code. Roosevelt replied that the New Code was, as he put .it, \censorship in its worst form.\ Meanwhile Vice President Strei- bert of Mutual announced that Roosevelt would drop controver sial matter from'his commercial ly-sponsored programs over the network. pen Moaselle Front Gore Acquitted In Slaying of Stepmother • Benton, III, TP—George Gore Jr. is out of the shadow\ St the.ex ecutioner today. He'wii 1 '»cdultted late yesterday of a charge of slay ing his stepmother, Mr*. Nancy Gore. He repudiates 1 /*' confesion which he said had .been 'obtained by brutal treatment. 3 : ~ ' Gore's counsel trie* to Mam* the killing on the defendant's father, a- physician. The father is await ing trial on the charge' of killing his son's\ \closest*\friend \and\ at torney, Carl Choisser. Nation at the next session to ap propriate federal money to com pensate the shipping companies for the business they will lose as a result of the bill. The amendments offered yes terday, which are regarded as certain of adoption, will enab'c United States ships to carry alii merchandise except munitions in the South Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, the China and Arabian seas and the Bay of Bengal, despite the fact that ship ping in all of these waters in volves crossing the territorial waters of or calling at ports of colonies or dominions of the bel ligerent countries. Ex-Diplomat Suggests Plan For Armistice Chicago, III, TP—A former Hungarian diplomat, Madame Rosika- Schwimmer, proposed to day that all wars be stopped by a world armistice while belliger ents and neutrals settle interna tional disputes in conference. Madame Schwimmer helped or ganize Henry Ford's famous peace ship to Europe in 1915. To day, at 62, she can recall former service as Hungarian minister to Switzerland, exile in 1921, and life in the United States as what she calls a \tolerated alien.\ faulf coast. Denmark and the president of _ Officers of-r-f reenter brought Finland her plan for world peace. iLSl/T 1 ** *Si tn ? y ta 3 m i\ • Chlcg-o hospital, she *n- etehted-flm vessel which rhinirwt ft..* pJ, p i«J_„„f tnft * - - * J P.f J Sea Raider. Reported Off Mexican Coast • Mexico City, Mexico, TP—Tho Mexican government was investi gating today a report that an armed sea. raider of unknown na- Mayor Kelly Outlines Objectives Sought by Proposed Coal Ordinance £ Declaring that the Kestablisbed coal dealers of Endicott have no desire to put the coal truckers out of business,\ Mayor Joseph H. Kelly outlined the objectives sought in the proposed ordinance to license and regulate trucks hauling coal to local yards. \An honest trucker will not object to this ordinance as it Is for the protection of the consumer as well as the seller,\ the mayor said. \The established dealers ____•____________________ will cooperate with the honest trucker.\ The mayor pointed out that all the dealers nere asked was that the truckers comply with the laws of the state, as \we have to do.\ Said Mayor Kelly. \We weigh our truck first to get the tare weight, then, after the order of coal is loaded on the truck, we re-weigh to find the weight of the coal. This must be done for each order by a li censed welgh-master who, at the time of weighing, gives the driver a duplicate ana triplicate certificate of the weight of tbe coal, the name or the seller and the name and address of the purchaser. \All coal sold and delivered in the village of Endicott must be weighed In the village of Endi cott on scales large enough to weigh the gross weight of the load. Said scales must be tested and approved by the Sealer of Weights and Measures. All of the above Is- embodied In the -Agriculture. and .Markets. X*w of the State of-New York, f \The licensing- of trucks per tains to trucks hauling coal from tbe local retail yards the same as it does to trucks hauling from the mines. The following\ cities have similar laws: Albany, tbe capltol city of New York state, has such aiP*Jrdinance and the fee is $76 for each dealer aud trucker. \In Schenectady, tho fee Is $25 for the first truck and $10 for each additional truck operated by the same person or firm. Rochester, Rome and Jamestown nlso have ordinances for the pro tection of the coal consumer* \There Is no retail business in Endicott that has any more money invested In business, pays more taxes in Endicott. hires more help or spends more money In Endicott than the-established retail coal dealers. \The Endicott merchants are protected by laws requiring the licensing of peddlers, both walk ing and with vehicles. The milk dealers, taxi companies, restau rants ^nd bakeries are also licensed. \I am convinced that thou sands of tons of coal have been delivered in Endicott that have never been weighed in this state as required by the law. If the coal purchaser does not get a certificate of weight that Is signed by a licensed weigh-mas- ter, he has no way of knowing whether he is getting 2,000 pounds for one ton or not. \I know of several instances where truckers have been caught delivering short weight loads'.\ $5,000 Haul • New York, TP—Four robbers held up the. Dictagraph corpora tion's offices in Jamaica today and escaped with $5,000. Ten per sons in the offices were lined up against the wall during the rob bery. Hull Checks Mail Seizure • Washington, D. C, TP—Sec retary of State Hull indicated to day that the reported action of British authorities in intercepting United States mail was regarded as an infringement on United States rights. , Secretary Hull reminded news men of a previous statement that the United States would reserve all rights under international law, despite war conditions in Europe. He said that British inspection of United States mail for Ger many had been called to his at tention and that he will give the matter appropriate consideration. In reporting the seizure and in spection of the mails post office officials said .the mail was re turned to-the United States. The officials said that the Post Office department could do no more thac ship-- the mail to- Germany again. FDR Says Sea Zone Is Elastic • Hyde Park, TP — President Roosevelt advanced the theory to day that the limits of United States territorial waters comprise an elastic zone which may extend anywhere from three to 1,000 miles from shore. Mr. Roosevelt took this position while discussing with newsmen his proclamation barring the sub marines of belligerent countries from a three-mile zone around the United States. He said that in this case he had accepted the old regulations of international law. However, the President pointed out that in prohibition days the territorial limit was extended to about 150 miles. He recalled that the recent Panama conference of American republics had fixed that zone at 300 miles. He said it was silly to try to es tablish a definite limit of three, 20, ar 1,000 miles. Mr. Roosevelt said the limit varied in accordance with the requirements of safety and neutrality. Mr. Roosevelt did not give a direct answer to-a question wheth er the ban pn submarines would be applied to armed merchant ships. He said submarines and merchant ships could not be compared any more than apples and pears. Jdnssen Quits — • Baltimore. Md, TP — Werner Janssen resigned today as con- ductor of the Baltimore sym phony orchestra. Janssen in formed the city director of music that he resigned because the sym phony's season was limited to three months a year. Janssen is the husband of Actress Ann Hard ing. Main Stem Flashes its course when they queried it by radio. _ •• ~ / The officers said the .vessel dis played no mark of identification •but bristled Vith several batteries of guns. generals—must end wars, Said she: \Only civilians can make a lastihg'peace. I mean peace every, where—in Englahd t France; Jap an, Ethiopia and Palestine.\ • Stanley Champion, of the IBM guards, was all primed and ready to go with the opening of' the bird season . . . Imagine his chagrin, as a law-abiding citizen, to flush a pheasant minutes be fore the lawful hour... And then imagine his being able to mes merize the bird into waiting' around until he could legally shoot. ... P. S.—He bagged his game. Louise Walls, that was, reveal ing the startling information that her calling cards have read \Mrs. Mahton Card\ since June 8 . . . And so, congrats to two of the town's most popular young set. — t By \Barney\ French- Mrs. William J. Stem accom panied by her toddling daughter, doing the main stem but slowly . . . The young miss insisting on taking in every sight and sound. Marilyn Beader, hesitating dur ing the day's activities for \the pause that refreshes\ . . . Inhal ing a coke at one of the stem's favorite stoker-up spots. Bob Glynn, fearing the wrath (not of grapes) of the Dawn Pa trol In s return toucn lootball - match, laying plans to mow 'em down on Sunday with a couple of ringers imported for the occasion . . .\Victory muat perch on-the Glynn standard. \ Envoy to Take Finn Reply to Reds Saturday • Helsinki, Finland, TP — Finn ish gevemment officials said today that Special Envoy Juhu Paasikivi probably, would start for Moscow tomorrow to take his government's answer to the Rus sian demands. It was explained in Helsinki from the Stockholm conference today. Paasikivi was expected to consult with the president and the foreign minister before start ing back to the Soviet capital to resume his negotiations. Finland's answer to the Soviet demands will be drafted in the light of the Stockholm meeting in which the rulers of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland announced their determination to uphold their neutrality and their independence. The communique issued at the conclusion of the two-day session in Stockholm indicated that Fin land would have the moral sup port of her Scandinavian neigh bors in resisting any Soviet pro posals which would impair Fin nish neutrality or independence. The statement avoided any sug gestion of military support for the Helsinki government. The Soviet demands on Finland were understood to include pro- -posals 'to 'fortify \\three\ small islands in the Gulf of Finland, guaranties against the militariza tion of the Aaland islands and also demands for the establish ment of a base on the Finnish mainland. The Russians also were said to have proposed a mutual 'as sistance pact similar to that signed with Estonia and the other Baltic states. Finland's chief ob jection was said to have been to the mutual assistance pact pro posal on the ground that it would impair Finnish neutrality. NYC Reds Lose Court Fight • Albany, TP—The state court of appeals ruled unanimously to day that the names of the Com munist? candidates for the New York city council cannot be placed on the election ballot. The names had been ruled off by the board of elections on the ground that the nominating peti tions did not comply with the new state law. | The high court ruled that the failure of subscribers to the pe tition to state their election and assembly districts and give their addresses had invalidated the pe titions as held by the board. The candidates are Paul Cros- bie, Queens; Israel Atnter, Man hattan; Isidore Begun, Bronx, ana Peter Cocchione, Brooklyn. Four Firms Deny ~Yroltition;> of — Anti-Trust Act • New York, TP—The presi dents of four typewriter com panies said to control 95 ppr cent of the nation's typewriter business pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the anti trust act The accused entered pleas both In their own names and in the names of their corporations. The accused were: James Rand Jr., of Remington-Rand, Inc., Phillip Wagoner, _ of tho Elllot-Fisber company; Edmund Faustmann. of the Royal company, and Hulburt Smith, of the L. C. Smith and Corona company. Federal Judge Knox fixed ball at $2,500 each, and granted the accused 30 days for new motions. Compulsory Service • Canberra, Australia, TP— Prime Minister Menzies announced today that compulsory military service will be established in Aus tralia after next Jan. 1. All men who reach the age of 21 before July 1, next year will be liable for military training. Dies Witness Fred Beat 9 Fred Erwln Beal, former Com munist organizer, comes up from a North Carolina prison to tes tify before the Dies committee, In Washington. He said that the textile strike at New Bedford. Mass?? in 1928 was organized by the Communist party, which re ceived Its orders from Moscow. Rhine-Moselle FrqntQuiet By Transradlo Press • The French and German gen eral staffs were in agreement this morning on the war situation along the Rhine-Mosselle front. Official communiques from both sides reported that the front was quiet except for minor local oper ations by patrols and artillery. The French communique said- \Quiet night. Weather Rainy. Patrols were active on both sides at various points.\ The German statement was sim ilar. It said* \Quiet restored in the west. Fighting has been terminated in the frontier region southeast of Saarbruecken. There was no event of especial note along the entire front except local actions by ar tillery and reconnaissance.\ In is communique yesterday, the German general staff claimed that French soldiers had been driven out of German territory. The Germans said that they had lost contact with the French forces at several points as they did not cross the French border. Seeks Treatment • New York, TP — Canadian Governor-General Lord Tweeds- muir is expected in New York to day to undergo medical treatment. , The governor-general is expected to remain in New York until next Wednesday. Nazi Attempt To Bomb Naval Base Foiled By Tramradlo Press • Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth district of Scotland had three air raid alarms in quick succession this morning ns Ger man planes were sighted over tho city. It was believed thnt the Ger man air force was seeking to re peat its performance of last Mon day when an air raid was carried out on the British naval base in the Firth of Forth. The roar of anti-aircraft guns heralded the approach of the German planes this morning At the same time, British pursuit planes took the air to challenge the Invaders. The first air raid alarm lasted 30 minutes. Shortly afterward another alarm was sounded and lasted 10 minutes. The third alarm was in force 30 minutes before the all- clear signal was given. In the raid last Monday, no alarm was sounded and inhabitants of Edin burgh remained in the open to watch the air battle and scramble for shell fragments for souvenirs. The visit of the German plnpos to the Scottish coast was con trasted with a quiet night on the Rhine-Moselle front where fight ing was almost at a standstill. The military situation tended to give some color to reports re ceived in Copenhagen which said that Chancellor Hitler ,intended-tb call off fighting on French-Ger man frontier and offer France a separate peace. At the same time, the German dictator was said to be planning to press the war against Britain with new vigor. On the diplomatic front the newly signed mutual assistance pact among Britain, France and Turkey continued to hold the cen ter of interest. The pact was hailed in Britain and France as a diplomatic vic tory for the western Allies and dramatic proof of the fidelity of Turkey to her engagements. In Turkey, the influential govern ment party organ, Ulus, described the pact as a \great work for peace and security.\ German newspapers made men tion of the signing of the pact which pledges Turkey to help Britain and France in a Mediter ranean war and to fulfill their obligations toward Rumania and Greece against German aggres sion. However, it was learned that the Nazi government had ordered its ambassador to Turkey, Franz Von Papen, back to Berlin to make a report. The chagrin in German official quarters over the signing of the pact was evident in declarations that Turkey was risking the same fate as that suf fered by Poland in following the lead of Britain. Soviet-Finnish Special Envoy Juhu Paasikivi and Finnish gov ernment offiriuls on the reply Paasikivi will take back to Mos cow. French Dispute German Casualty, Prisoner List - 0 Paris, France, TP—Statements and figures included in the com prehensive war communique Issued by the German high command were disputed In French military quarters today. The German com munique which purported Jo give an outline of operations on the western front since the beginning of hostilities was issued by the German war ministry yesterday. French military experts pounced upon tho German casualty figures given in the report as proof that the Nazi communique was inac curate and misleading. The state ment had placed the number of Germans killdd at 196 and the wounded at 356, making the slightly more than «two wounded for every one killed. French experts said that the usual ratio of battle casualties wns five or six wounded to every one killed. A similar discrepancy was claimed in Chancellor Hitler's figures on the casualties in the Polish campaign in which the number of killed was given as 10,000 with 30,000 wounded. The French disputed the Ger man figures on ,the number of their planes lost on the western front since the beginning of hos tilities. The Germans said Uiey had lost a total of 11 planes. The French pointed tolKeir pre viously published report which listed 24 German planes brought down in the month of September. This figure did not include planes which fell behind the German lines, the French said. The French experts challenged the German figures on the num ber of prisoners taken. The Ger mans claimed to have taken near ly 700 prisoners. French military sources report ed today that an undetermined number ,of French soldiers had been forced to surrender yester day when they found themselves, surrounded after a sharp skirm-' ish with n strong German patrol The fight occurred during one of the several German raids on the new French defense line. Fightfng along tbe Rhinc-Mo- sellc line last night was limited to skirmishes between patrols and outposts on both sides and desul tory artillery fire. Heavy autumn rain helped to slow up military Hon-and -JeeptHu 'r-scou ting-units- grounded. Tho morning com muniques of both the French and German high commands said the night was guiet along the entire front. 1
