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in Endicott mess Greater Endicott's Own Newspaper DAILY Today's Weather Cloudy PRICE THREE CENTS* TWELVE PAGES ENDICOTT, N. Y., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939 VOLUMEFORTY-EIGHT, NO. 57 • • • 44* Lookout in No-Man's Land Endicott Men Elected by 0 Observers In a well-advanced Frencli outpost look across bo-man's land as they keep close chock on German positions. French claim positions like this were drawn back In German push, drawing thf Nnzls Into terrlflc artillery and machine-gun fire. U. S.-Jap StatUS BundistsHigh T n 1 r, In Plane Firm, To Be Stufjp 0 Toklo, Japan, TP—The Jap anese forelsn minister, Admiral .Voiuuni, announced today' he- planned nn early discussion with Ambassador Joseph Grew -on>-» relation* -between <*the *tfnltW **|^^iJ^ Dies Hears • Washington. D. C TP — Charges that two German-Ameri can bund leaders were employed at, important posts- in Seattle's \ big airplane.', plants-,.:were. .made States and Eilst Asia. Admiral Nomura ' expressed pleasure nt the announcement Grew was determined Jo?devote his efforts to promoting friendly relations between \the United States and Japan. The Japanese foreign minister added, however \International friendship must be based upon mutual under stand. \\e have launched the big task of reconstructing East Asia from a farslghted'viewpoint and with Irrevocable determina tion. We request that the UuiteU States understand this,\ Admiral Nomura said Japan- was seeking to keep the Euro pean war from spreading to East Asia Just as the United States • and the other American republics were trying to keep it away from their continent He expressed the opinion the war In Europe would be of long duration and mentioned the Soviet drive Into ttio Baltic as ono of the important, factors. Admiral Nomura insisted the nntl-Comintern pact was ..still a' -basic element In Japan's'. foreign lmllcy and that the German?* Soviet agreement had not chnnged Japan's relations with Germany and Italy, *•\ • The Japaneso foreign minister, said bo wished to;''clear up Japanese-Soviet relations- 'nrid % thai efforts wero n6w : 'underw\ay ' to settle the dispute 1 .over the Manchukuan-Outer Mongolian border. U; S. Firm Sends . Bombers East, i Watches, Congress • Log Angelt*, Callf^'TPs — Four bombers built'\ .for J Great Britain flew eastward under sec ret orders today, ready for .'trans fer to England if Congress re peals the embargo law...; ' The plaiics, huge J >l-motorcd reconnaissance bombers, wero built nt Burbank, Calif. Officials , .,, said they are among a group of . u ? r ? r his customers with\* lavish Washington^ 'University Law Student .Richard Forbes identi fied- the.Nazi.technicians' as Seat tle Bund Leader Paul Stoll and Bund'Librarian Harry Lechner. The witness said Lechner~was a foreman a t an aircraft factory, while Stoll worked there under an assumed name. Forbes said he and a college as sociate had joined the bund to investigate' its activities. The wit ness charged that the. Hamburg- American lines Seattle office was a German propaganda agency. Germany Plans Counter-Blockade Of British Isles • Berlin* Gemany, TP — Ger many was reported today to be planning an intensive counter- blockade of the British Isles. . The' naval elements of the -blockade^ will consist of mine fields and submarines. At the .same time; the,\German govern ment will bring pressure to bear on neutrals .wherever possible to discourage trade with Britain. : ' The German connter-blocko.de is expected to be most effective in keeping, from British ports cargoes originating in the Scan dinavian and Baltic countries. The German navy has sown the narrow passages- leading around the Danish coast with mine fields which'will-force.trade along Qipse routes into'\channels where sub- (marines and other German naval 'craft; are on patrol. Ocean-going .submarines .will - continue to haunt the sea lanes leading to British porta. Federation of ^77^7^7 Bible Classes Honor Zimmer • Three Endicott men were hon ored a* the annual and New York state convention of the Federation of Men's Bible classes which met today in a New York hotel Delmar S. Zimmer, retiring president of New York State Fed eration of Men's Bible classes, was elected to the national counselor- ship for the coming year Mr Zimmer official representa tive of Union Presbyterian church, is the first Endicott man ever to be elected to a national post of the Federation. Other Endicott men elected to posts of prominence include Fred T Jones, former treasurer of the New York state unit, who was named state treasurer, and Charles E. B. James, former sec retary of \Now York State Feder ation, who was named to the dis trict vice-presidency Mr. James represented St. Paul's church while Mr. Jones represented the First Methodist church. Each of the three men are lead ers in the local Federation, and each had held positions of impor tance in the state union. Other local men attending the 1939 convention were Stephen 0. Salmon, president of, .the local Fedration ground Harry-Van Ness, Robert: JEawjgft. J?«yn»lsW Tnhni, _ Homer Null and BJ<mar<£Bierley. New'officers will be-Installed at the convention breakfast which will be held tomorrow morning in the Park Central-hotst. The regu lar morning session \will begin at 9 a. in. in the' Calvary Baptist church when .Rev.. Gordon Pal mer D. D. will speak. Closing session of the weekend convention wili be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow Dr. O. F. Barthol- mew, Mt. Vernon, famed leader in Men's Bible classes will be the speaker a t the closing session. FDR Thanked by Nordic Nations • Washington, D. C, TP—King Gustaf of Sweden cabled a note of thanks to President Roosevelt today for the interest expressed by the President in the peace con ference of Scandinavian rulers. \On behalf of the heads of the Nordic states assembled in Stockholm, I wish to convey to you the expression of our warm and sincere appreciation of the message of sympathy which you addressed to us. In our endeavor to manifest our firm resolve to pursue a neutral policy based on international law and order, we have felt it as a precious support and encouragement to receive this message.\ The kings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway and the president of Finland have just com'pleted a \solidarity\ conference in Stock holm—called hurriedly as a result of the Soviet-Finnish crisis. Main Stem Flashes f. - • Al (Diner) Vyner setting 'em CO. planes which will\bh flown east to bo kept ready in hangars'until the>; can'be delivered to England \Lockheed Aircraft 'corporation officials said the four camouflaged ships took off with sealed instruc tions. They were believed head ing 4\or Newark, N. J . 3 Ship Sinking A Shanghai, China, TP—The 'British coastal steamer,'? New Matilde, sent put radjo'' : dUtres8 calls today saying sbe'wks-slnk- lSg~6Tf~Hong—Kong,—TheL^OS.. was' picked up by . ^be coastal radto stat!6n at Shanghai'.' The New Matilde is In'.the China coast trade between Hong Kong and Shanghai.' •*-•' • hand . . . Of'course,\ It was cider and not too hard, at;that,-but the lip .smacking..-^as-so audible it couldv bo heard, (on a clear day) as far west as Owego. Suasner D. Felton 'exhibiting a stone Rotary emblem ring that has a believe-lt-or-not history ... It disappeared during bulb-plant- Ingtime'two years ago , l . . Tired of Its Urth in'the earth (isn't that alliterative, though;) it decided to come to light this, year at bulb- planting time—wWch\ '.happened to : b e •yesterday—none Hhe-worse -forita-g.-yeari in tenia limn. Lester Morgan \setting out\ one atAis .favorite-.bowling alleys ... last nirtt^by* serving\as-score-! about for entrance to tlw WkVofc\' teBfir~W!'*M»- b»l «t one buck jperjiopy; By \Barney^ French- usual post as score-maker. That lame back shelved him for the nonce. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anz_ readying for an appropriate cele-~ bration on Satdee of their 25th wedding anniversary, not t o irien- tion Mrs. A's birthday. . . . Silver is the word, in case you're in terested. Marion Card .displaying un usual interest and no' .little ac tivity in her work with the Syra cuse U Extension Center pey- . chology class . . . The curiosity of youth. Patrolasan Frank Skobern around \beelng- the boys\ which,, in another manner of speaking, means tossing the pasteboards the cops RedTr . Back Demands -»--Il »%WaWMai«i, TP—Finn ish govexment circles were hope ful today that an agreement could be reached with the Soviet Union, but at the same time it was ad mitted that the situation was still delicate. Special Finnish Envoy Paasi- kivi and his aides were under stood to be taking a set of coun ter-proposals back to Moscow with them tonight which they hope will form an acceptable basis fo r negotiations. The Finns were described as determined not to accept any terms which would compromise Finnish neutrality or sovereignty. However, reports reaching the Finnish capital said that the Sov iet Union had strong military forces concentrated within strik ing distance of the Finnish bor der. These forces,' it was said, were being held in readiness to back up Soviet demands, if neces sary. The Finns were said to be ready to cede several small islands in the Gulf of Finland to the Soviet Union, but would re sist an yattempt by Moscow to take Finnish mainland territory or to assume control of the Aaland archipelago. The 'Finns were estimated to have about 800,000 troops under arms to defend Finnish territory and independence. The govern ment was said to be preparing to ask authorization of parlia ment of a $9,600,000 defense loan. The negotiations between the Finnish delegation and the Soviet officials are expected to begin on Monday Msgr. Lavelle Buried Beside Cardinal Hayes # New York, TP—A pontifical requiem high mass for the late Monsignor Michael Lavelle of St. Patrick's was celebrated today in the cathedral. Archbishop Francis Spellmah of New York officiated. Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Donahue of New York delivered the eulogy in honor of the prelate who served as rector of St. Patrick's cathed ral for more than, half a century. After the mass, Monsignor La velle was buried beside Patrick Cardinal Hayes in the crypt be hind the cathedral's high altar. Minton Given 'Senate Whip' • Washington, D. C TP—Senate Democratic Majority Leader Sher man Minton, Indiana, displayed two symbols of his post as Senate whip today—mementoes oft his 49th birthday. The jovial .Indiana senator-«as_ presented with a big black-snake whip 12 feet long—and a \ten gal lon nat\ t o go with it. Colleagues said they were tired of haying no Senate \whip\ on display. Hitler Confers With Aides on Next War Move • Berlin. Germany, TP—Chan cellor Hitler conferred with his aides today on plans for Ger many's next move in the wa r situation. One of the most important con ferences was that between the German government leaders and the Nazi ambassador to Ankara, Franz Von Papen, concerning the new mutual assistance pact be tween Turkey and the western powers. At the same time an official denial was issued to foreign re ports that Germany was planning to seek a separate peace with France. The Germans also said that in tensive consultations were under way between Berlin and Moscow in the possibility that Britain and France should decide for war. The wording of this statement was re garded in foreign circles as a sign that Hitler had not abandoned all hope of having peace pro posals of some sort brought for ward for discussion?' Meanwhile the Soviet Union charged that Britain and France had-tyiedt* oae Russia's relations' with Turkey to drive a wedge be tween Moscow and Berlin. The charge was made in a lengthy discussion of the newly signed mutual assistance pact among Turkey, Britain and France published in the official government newspaper, Txvestia. It was the first Soviet comment on the new pact and on the sus pension of the Turkish-Soviet ne gotiations which preceded signing of the agreement. The Turkish pact with the western powers also commanded the center of attention to Berlin where Chancellor Hitler and Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop conferred with the ambassador to Turkey, Franz Von Papen on the eastern situation. In London, it was asserted that Germany hoped to involve the Soviet Union in wa r with Britain to divert part of the pressure from the Reich and also to dis tract Russia's attention from central Europe. Premier Daladier conferred with his war cabinet for two hours today on economic and fianacial problems. The North sea cost of Britain had a 24-min- ute air raid alarm today when planes were heard along the coast. On the western front both sides reported that all was quiet ex cept for minor reconnaissance actions and occasional artillery fire. A Finnish delegation headed by Special Envoy Paasikivi prepared to return to Moscow tonight in an effort to reach and agreement with the Soviet Union that would not infringe upon Finnish inde pendence. Survivors of Royal Oak Given Rousing Welcome *) London, England, TP—Three hundred of the survivors of tor pedoed British battleship, Royal Oak, were being cared for in London, today. A rousing welcome was -given the officers and men when/uiey arrived in the capital last night. Many of the men were clad In nondescript civilian clothing hast ily, provided when they were brought ashore. A few carried small bundles containing\ person al property which they ha d been able to'save, but most, of them had nothing but the garments they wore. One officer displayed his signet ring as the only thing he had brought ashore. The- men brought to London formed the major part of .the 410 who saved themselves when the Royal Oak was torpedoed last Saturday in. Sea p a Flow harbor. More than 800 officers and man were lost. C of C. Survey Indicates 'Forward March' of Greater Endicott Business Activity 0 A general upward trend in Endicott's business activities is shown in a survey just completed by J. P Whitehuret, secretary-manager or the ureatcr Kndlcoll (Jh&ttlbcr of CoTrmrerceTTrml—published - lir - \The Huddle,\ the organization's publication. Utilities were up slightly, with electric power consumption shown in a one and one half per cent increase in September's kilowatt hour output over September, 1938. Gas consump- ———. tion shows a rise of .01 per cent over the same month last year while railway express shipments are down 3 per cent, dropping to 5,817 last month from last Sep tember's total of 6,013. Car loadings are reported to have increased 5 per cent over last September's mark—both in outbound and inbound freight. Ten more telephones were in stalled this September than were removed, while in the same month last year, five more were removed than installed. Biggest dropoff was in building permits; applications during Sep tember, 1938, listed construction estimated to cost $20,700. This year, September building was down to $10,696, a decrease of 60 per cent. Bank debits showed a change of .03 per cent—from $4,618,- .113.08 last September, to $4,616,- 411.18 this year. Postal receipts were ddwh 1.4 'per cent, showing a total of $12,- 351.35 last September and $12,- 169.97 for last month. A sharp increase in the number of welfare cases \was shown in U. S. Now Has Two Thirds of World's Gold • Washington, D. C TP — The Treasury department announced today that gold deposits in the United State! had reached an all- time high. Officials placed the amount gold stored throughout the natii at 17 billion dollars. They said they believed this represented ap proximately two-thirds of the world's gold. r Storm-Beaten Liner Docks # New York, TP—Twenty-seven storm victims were carried ashore from the United States liner the Chamber's ^report of welfare .Pxesiasa* Harding-today-When-the, 'aoer which-soared 22 per cent h - docked plowing through to 396, where they had been 324 1 v in September, 1938. mid-Atlantic hurricane. The 27 were the most seriously injured of 119 who were hurt when a gigantic wave swept the liner's decks. The liner entered the harbor with her flag-at half mast in mourning for Steward Paul Johnson who was swept overboard an d lost. Ship's officers said the wave am n r TP A^K - 6we P t the Imer Tuesday morning • Washington, D. C - TP—Adolf - w hen most of the passengers H.tler was branded today as the were in the. public rooms, 'the Norn's Blasts Arms Embargo \arch enemy of civilization\ by the only living member of the group of six senators who voted against United States entry into the World War. Veteran Liberal Senator George Norris, Nebraska, who suffered persecution for opposing the 1917 war declaration, condemned the arms embargo on the ground that it would aid Hitler's Germany. In in interview with Transradio, the Nebraska senator declared that the Administration neutral ity program is the most effective method ever devised to keep the United States out of war. Senator Norris said, however, that the greatest safeguard for American peace \is the firm de termination of the people to stay clear of the conflict overseas. Said' he: \Wo got our fingers burned the last time. This time we know bet ter.\ The senator's views were ex pressed while formal debate on the Senate neutrality bill sped to a close. Senator Norris assailed the embargo that prevents sale of arms and ammunition to any belligerent. He said that this was r>. c . directly contrary to the spirit of UpCn Tire the United States policy because in practice it always favors the strong, as against the weak—and aids the aggressor against the victim of his conquests. heavy casualty list was blamed on the fact that when the steam er listed the passengers were thrown across the rooms and were battered by loose furniture. The Harding lost about 25 feet of railing from her stem. One lifeboat was smashed. The two most seriously injured passengers were said to be 72- year-old Mrs. Eileen Thurston, Barbados, British West Indies, and Mrs. Alvarez Cabal, Havana. Ambulances carried five injured to various hospitals. Passengers told of many in stances of heroism on the part of passengers and crew. Steward George Schwerdtfeger saved the life of-Mrs. William Buckler, Bal timore, by catching her foot as she was almost swept overboard. Mrs. Buckler was injured serious ly and was sent to a hospital. The President Harding brought in 598 passengers, including 321 United States citizens. Among those on board were 36 survivors from the British freighter Her- onspool. The Heronspool was tor pedoed near the British Isles. 0 Nancy, France, TP—Anti-air craft guns In Nancy opened fire today when strange planes were seen flying over the city. Question of Peace Being Overlooked, Hoover Says' % Ntw York, TP-^Fonner President Herbert Hoover stood firmly behind .his proposed neutrality plan today, with the statement that the dominant question of peace was being overlooked In the nation. Mr. Hoover came to the defense of his plan In^another radio address last night over a nation-wide hook-up. The former. Republican chief executive expressed much concerflr6*ver the arms embargo repeal battle. Mr. Hoover held, that bitter ness being generated In the United States threatens to split national unity. He charged that the maintenance of peaco was the chief factor, but was being overlooked in the war over whether the arms embargo should be retained or dropped. Earlier Mr. Hoover had ad- -vocated-a-neutcallty—plan which it was virtually impossible \to classify a weapon as purely \de fensive\ when It might readily be used for \offensive\ purposes. The former Republican presi dent answered the attack last night by repeating that the United States was .morally obliged to oppose attacks on civilians. He argued that the embargo on \terrorizing\ wea pons should be retained, but the sale of \defensive\ weapons be permitted. would permit the sale of what He classed defensive weapons he •describes as \defensive as light bombers,, pursuit planes, weapons of war.\ The plan anti-aircraft guns and ammuni- drew opposition on the grounds tloa for such arms. SitBackto Await Attack By Germans • Paris, France, TP— The f Tench \ forces along the Rhine-Moselle front settled down in their new de fensive positions today to wait for the next move of the Ger mans. The withdrawal ol the French from their advanced positions be fore the German Siegfried line to a more solid defense position con firmed reports that General Gamelin intended to permit the Germans to take the initiative. French military experts ex plained that the original push into German territory* had been made to allow the French forces to es tablish their main defensive line in advance of the Maginot forti fications. This line is intended to break the first rush of a German attack. Military authorities denied to day that a wholesale evacuation of the region behind the Maginot line had been ordered. It was ex plained that the only communities evacuated had been those within range of the German guns. The belief in French military circles that the Germans would launch a targe scale offensive has been largely based on the huge concentrations of German troops and supplies behind the German lines. French defensive measures .were, .being jrushed-to completion because , any German offensive must be made shortly to take ad vantage ..of the few remaining weeks of favorable weather. With October two-thirds gone, rain and cold have begun to ham per activities along the battle front. By mid-November,,'condi tions will be almost impossible for large scale operations. Activity along the front last night was confined to minor pa trol raids and occasional artillery duels. Flying Buddies Near 500th Hour; Record Is 635 • Muncle, IncL, TP—Two tired young endurance flyers neared their 500th hour in the air today and pledged each other to keep aloft until they have broken all airplane endurance records. The flyers, Kelvin Baxter, Rich mond, and Robert McDanicls. took off from the municipal airport three weeks ago tomorrow. They are approximately two days be hind a California duo, Wes Car rol and Clyde Schleippor, Long Beach. Both teams have vowed tc beat the world's airplane endu rance record of 635 hours. The Indiana pair sent down word to their ground crew today that they were \feeling pretty good.\ They admitted the monot onous grind was making them tired, even though they were get ting six hours of sleep a day. German Plans to Resettle Poland Are Announced • Zurich, Switzerland, TP—The Neue Zuricher Zeitung said today that Germany plans to resettle' more than 225,000,000 Germans from central and eastern Europe, exclusive of Russia, in the new Reich districts that were former ly parts of Poland. The paper quoted the German foreign office for its figures. It said that Estonia would return 16,000 Germans, Latvia, 62,000, Lithuania,. 35,000, Polish Galicio, 160,000, Yugoslavia, 600,000, Hun gary, 480,000 a \nd the Italian Ty rol, 200,000. Germany Promises Return of Lands 0 Berlin, Germany, TP—Ger many agreed today to return to Slovakia all areas seized by Poland since the formation of Poland and Czechoslovakia fol lowing the World War. A German-Slovak agreement specified the return of areas taken by Poland in 1920, 1924 and 1938. The 1938 Polish seizure waa that of the Teschen. In dustrial area during the after math of the Munich conference. ^ -
