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   Emporia Gazette, The (Newspaper) - August 24, 1939, Emporia, Kansas                                THE GAZETTE VOLUME L SIXTEEN PAGES EMPORIA KANSAS THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 24 1939 NUMBER 21 France Moves To Expand Its Armed Forces Call for More Reserves Planned Are Warned to Leave Paris Aug 24 Edouard Daladier late today called Generalissimo Maurice Gusta ve Into the war ministry for a conference on the state of Prances powerful armed forces swollen by hundreds of thousands of mobilized reservists They talked amid widespread re ports that Frances next move In the partial mobilization would be jo call up the last three groups 6 7 8 remaining before the mobilization becomes general The United States embassy today formally advised all American citi zens to arrange to France after the French government called up the fifth class of reservists in a partial mobilization to meet the threat of war The crisis took such a turn for the worse during the morning that the embassy which for days has been privately advising Americans it would be go home issued the following In view of the situation prevail ing In Europe it Is considered ad to recommend that Ameri can citizens who have no compelling reasons to continue their sojourn here to arrange to return to the united Premier Daladier plans to form a national union government uniting all factions in Prance Men called to the colors moved to their posts swiftly In special trains and requisitioned buses and automobiles PLANS NEW CABINET In v Paris after a cabinet meeting with President Albert Lebrun said Frances powerful prem ier plans a nationwide appeal to the nation to be followed by the formation of a cabinet backed by virtually all parties Whether this would include com was not stated Officials said the cabinet would sit every day from now on France today mobilized a fifth class of reservists adding mately another troops to the men already under arms Previous estimates of the num ber of troops under arms had been placed at two million Todays sudden call added the fifth class two of with the colors for months and the two classes which were called up Just after last midnight v NEAR WAR BASIS Reports were current that three more classes may be called within the next 24 hours would bring France close to general mo Emergency troops bearing war packs sped to the German and Ital ian frontiers to bulwark vital posts as national defense leaders rallied the people for immediate defense in face of threat to Frances ally Poland Paris transportation was badly handicapped as the troop move ment reached its full swing ano Baseball Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 020 110 7 3 At Now York 6 1 Butcher and Susce Salvo Gum fa ert W Brown and Danning Cincinnati at Brooklyn night game Chicago 200 001 7 0 At Boston 11 2 and Mancuso Sullivan and Mns St Louis at Philadelphia night game AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 210 Louis 000 Pearson and Dickey Mills and Glenn First game Philadelphia 000 291 At Cleveland 260 101 13 2 Ross Potter Masters and Hayes Brucker Harder and Hemsley Sewell Second game At 120 and Hayes and Hemsley Washington 010 000 82 At Detroit 120 100 11 0 Leonard Masterson and Ferrell Trout and York Boston at Chicago night game Into Tennis Lead BULLETIN 24 In most surprising Davis Cup upset of lie season Ferenc Yugoslav Ian star defeated Jack Brom Wich of Australia 62 86 0C 62 today to give his country an even split in the first dai of the final interzone Davis Cup play Brookline Aug 24 Adrian Quist sent Davis Cup forces off to a flying start in tennis finals today walloping Grago Mitic 60 64 63 in a match that was in doubt In giving his coun try a 10 lead In the five match tie for the right to challenge the United States Quist the 21 European in every depart ment of the game On the basis of s showing today will stand little chance against Jack Bromwich and this first id thus made task a tough one A Mental Test for Boy Slayer Ordered Los Angeles Aug 24 psy examination was ordered today for a 14yearold boy who questioners described hammer ing stabbing choking a play mate to death he called A superior mental Ta for Richard Jensen of a state reform school after William 13 was found dying In the basement of the Jensen home in nearby Montrose An Inquest was called tomorrow If the boy is tried on a murder charge the state could only ask life imprisonment The death penalty cannot be fixed under California law until a Juvenile attains the age of 18 Inspector William J Penprase who conducted questioning for the sheriffs office after the boys ar rest Wednesday as he rode his bl Abandon Hope Of a Military Pact With Reds British French Missions Will Leave Moscow After Failure Aug 24 British and French military missions were reported reliably today to have de to leave Moscow Friday def breaking oft negotiations with Soviet Russia for a 3power mutual pact This decision was reached after Foreign Minister Joa him von Ribbentrop left Moscow by at p m to report to Adolf Hitler on his completion of a nonag pact with Soviet Russia Swastika flags were interspersed vith Soviet red banners as decora ions to the entrances of the huge Moscow civil airdrome when von arrived at the airfield It was the first time In its history hat Soviet Russia had officially put up the Swastika emblem ORDERED HOME Members of the British and military missions obtained heir passports and visas last night and were expected to fly back to Paris and London Friday They unofficially reported to be acting on instructions from their home governments Germany and Soviet Russia bound themselves not to war against each other nov even to associate them selves with any lineup of powers aimed directly or Indirectly at either Diplomatic quarters expressed the conviction that article IV of the 8paragraph nonaggression pact which covered taking sides with any other grouping of pow ers aimed at either the death warrant for any prospect of alliance with Britain and France SHIFTS POWER BALANCE The agreement was signed behind he Kremlins massive walls about 12 hours after the arrival of Hit lers emissary to Joseph Stalin The pact shifted Europes balance of power in one of the most critical periods since the world war Ap it barred any agreement among the Soviet Union Britain and Prance on mutual assistance In the face of German demands on Po land Russian official quarters however Insisted that the pact was not Incompatible with liance linking Moscow to NTo tre average Russian long coached to hate Nazi the agreement meant neutrality in event of European war arid an un western frontier in of war with Japan in the east government and party press hailed the pact as a instrument for world peace Diary 330 oclock Noon h today Minimum last night degrees Maximum Maximum year degrees Minimum FORECAST Kansas cloudy tonight and Frl daj warmer In northwest tral tonight cooler In west Friday Missouri cloudy somewhat warmer tonight Oklahoma Fair to partly cloudy Clouds But No Rain for Kansas cars and trucks were pulled off the cycle in Venice 25 miles from his streets under the governments home quoted Richard as saying requisition order More than 60 per cent of Paris buses for army use The north and east stations feed ing the Maginot line area along the German border were filled with steady moving streams of reservists Special trains rushed troops out of the stations almost as fast as they poured in Clearing City Lot for Fair Police Trying To Find Owner of Car On Lot a Year Workmen expect to finish Friday the Job of clearing space on the city parking lot on Mechanic street and nt the rear of the city hall to make space for the large tent ordered to accommodate 4H Club and Voca tional Agricultural fair exhibits Piles of brick and the big 5foot steel beams from the old city garage must be moved The police are endeavoring cate the owner of an old Auburn coupe which has stood on the lot for a year The car was brought in from the street a year ago and the car seems to be a white ele phant which no one wants The last owner the police knew about was Howard who lives in the south part of town Mr Osborn has informed the police that the papers on the car were turned over to a man named Cos The police looking for Mr Coe The tent for the fair wii be SO by 130 feet In size It willbe erected next Tuesday The fair will begin next Thursday New Kincaid Post Coffeyville Aug 24 cald Teachers Kln college graduate and coach for four at Eureka and Ottawa high schools accepted a post today as head bas and assistant football coach at Coffeyville high school He suc Paul Starbuck who resigned recently to go to Wyandotte high school In Kansas City Kan If you Notice do not receive your Gazette P M cali 84 Western Union P M Satur Im not sorry I did it He got what was coming to Dies Would Punish Meddling Diplomats Washington Aug 24 man Dies asked counsel for the house committee on un American affairs today to deter mine whether this country has re course against countries whose dip meddle in domestic Dies made It plain that this ac tion was the result of testimony by Henry D Allen of Los Angeles who said two days ago he visited the German and Italian embassies on a trip to Washington in 1938 Allen described himself ns a wes coast leader of activities against It occurs to me its an Dies said in the open committee session when the diplomatic representatives of for eign powers seek to divide our peo ple Into hostile camps If American representatives In Germany or Italy joined a move ment contrary to nazi or fascist Ideals it would cause an Interna tional crisis probably threats of Topeka Aug 24 Clouds will oat over Kansas tonight and Prl ay although little of rain was Indicated said Weather Man A D Robb The mercury will climb some to i g lit to levels slightly above nor mal arid will reach to lorrow of near 30 to 95 degrees the said Only scattered showers fell in the tate during the pSst 24 hours Osage City recorded Inch pre and Florence 02 A igh pressure area over southwest Kansas was causing unsettled in Kansas today Robb aid Clouds over sur states Temperatures tonight ex to be near 65 in the tonight breezes trike and near 65 to 70 in the east nd south portions Plan Pension Drive Aug 24 H Tucker former Merriam minister and employe of the Kansas Welfare department announced to day the launching of the Kansas pension the purpose o a minimum pension of a month to all Kansans over 65 years old The organization was perfected a a meeting of 24 persons in Topeka about two weeks ago Tucker said C A Parsons Topeka president o a local Townsend club was elected president of the and Tuik er was elected state executive di rector A S Strain Topeka is vice president and Mrs C D Cross white Topeka secretary I think its a violation of the spirit if not the letter of our treaties with these May Lift Oil Lid Wichita Aug 24 Kansas crude oil shutin entered its second amid a feeling by oil men that the shutdown would be by September 1 Theo A Morgan conservation director de comment on how crude stoppage might continue hut termed It successful and satisfac tory in every Every oper ator I have contacted hs the sanie he added Oil men meanwhile the Sep tember allowable hearing at Wich ita Monday at which many believed the corporation commission would give some hint of its course Brothers Bedalia Mo Chief John Lueck rushing to fire in his collided with a fire truck driven brother Fire man Al Lueck for the same place Nobody Was hurt Dr arid Wits Paid 4 tr Se the Wb Fred J Scott Agency 3 Workmen Killed Baton Aug 24 Three steel workers plunged 15 feet to death today from the Mis river bridge nearing comple tion here as supporting cables slipped and released a steel bloc which shattered their wooden scaf fold The dead were Archie Mac Leod 43 James B Brooks 24 William Buford 38 O 93 TODAY Summer regained ts footing on ne local weather front today with which reached 93 at 30 oclock The minimum up own during the night was 73 de rees better than 10 degrees above he minimum for Tuesday night official reading placed the at 50 degrees Packers on Strike Ottumwa Iowa Aug 24 cal No I of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing committee CIO walked out of the John Mor rell Company plant on strike here today Union workers immediately formed a picket line Trucks car materials for a new building were turned back The union and the company have been deadlocked for several weeks over the demand for a closed shop and the checkoff system Approximately men are employed in the plant City Sets Values For Taxation Some Changes in Values Made for Paving Assessments The city commissioners day took final property In connection with re cently completed pavement in Em the been set for taxing purposes The com valuations pre set byKa board of ers affected by block of Fifteenth be Lawrence and Chestnut am p rop In co ti n with thj Seventh be if The hearing held to give prop rty owners an opportunity to pfp est the appraisal was started Aug continued until August 22 anil concluded Wednesday GETS A REDUCTION At the first hearing S S Spen cer contended that the valuation placed on Lots 1 to II inclusive in Spencers subdivision lots affected by the Seventh avenue pavement were appraised too high lots 10 and 11 After considering the matter the commissioners de creased the valuation of these two lots each making them in stead of At the hearing August 22 Ted Brooks who has Chestnut stree property affected by the Fifteenth avenue pavement claimed his val were too high The com missioners adjusted several of th valuations as follows Lots 36 38 40 32 and 44 on Chestnut In University re and appraised at each Lots 46 48 on Chestnut In University first appraised a 5225 and respectively finally appraised at 5250 and respec lively SOME INCREASED Four tracts north of Fifteenth were increase One appraised a was increased to a sec ond tract appraised at was in creased to a third tract ap praised at was increased and a tract appraiser at was increased to The board of appraisers whos appraisals were changed by th commissioner included J A Mar mont O C and W H Van Sickle This board appraised propert affected by laid on Wai nut from Seventh to Eighth on Oa from Ninth 10 on Sev from Walnut to West p Fifteenth Chestnut to Lawr ence and on Lincoln from Sixth Ninth Small Baby Dies Kansas City Aug 24 The pound and four ounce son born last Sunday to Mr and Mrs Floyd Hawkins died today In a hospital The baby had been in an oxygen tent since birth Oldest Priest Dies Aug 24 Kav Alban Rudroff senior member ofthe Benedictine order and known here as the oldest priest In the Untied States St Bene dicts abbey was a to years He 15 years of 111 health Bee New now enow ing Hollister Motor Co M just good in surance 801 Phone tot Woman Found Dead Kansas CIU Aug 24 The body of Miss Veda Clark 20 yearold mut was found today i a shack and cers said she apparently was to death said Miss Clark white had been stayin with a couple in the shack Dr L E coroner an autopsy Police sought a white man also a mute with whom Miss Clark was seen last night by neigh bors BULLETINS STILL HOPE FOR PEACE London Aug 24 Secretary Lord Halifax in a worldwide broadcast tonight said he earnestly prayed that the ap peals of King Leopold President Roosevelt and Pope Plus for peace might find ft response in the hearts of The foreign secretary spoke after a crowded day In which Prime Minister Chamberlain told an emergency session of parliament hat Great Britain was confronted with the immi nent peril of I would earnestly Halifax said that In the face of all the consequences of a resort to force and before any step is taken which cannot be retraced reason may yet DALADIER TO SPEAK Paris Daladier announced tonight he would make a radio broadcast to the nation Friday night The national railway an it had taken nil neces sary dispositions for the civilian population of Paris to miit the capital Because of an announcement by the trolled company said the gov invites persons whose presence Is not absolutely indis pensable to Paris to use the full railway liberty which is at pres ent evening the govern ment ordered requisition of all factories working for the na tional defense COMMUNICATIONS 6UT Paris Aug 24 circles reported tonight that all communication between France and Poland had been disrupted since 5 oclock 10 n m All land telegraph and tele phone lines linking France and her eastern European ally pass through Germany These circles said that even the French foreign office had been unable to contact Poland since that time Officials en to place calls these sources said were told all com with Poland has broken London Aug 24 Com with Warsaw and other Polish cities by telephone and telegraph was interrupted tonight and the postoffice de which has charge of these utilities in Britain said It could not say when could be WAR MEASURE London Aug 24 The Houses of Commons and Lords without recorded votes today quickly passed the emergency powers asked by Prime Minister Chamberlain when he declared Britain was In immi nent peril of King George gave his assent at once to the legislation enab ling the government to rule by decree in the emergency Parli ament adjourned until next Thursday after acting on the Britain Stays by Poland Chamberlain Resists Hitler Claim to Free Hand in East London Aug 24 Min ister Chamberlain declared In the louse of commons today that Adolf Hitler had demanded a free hand for Germany in eastern Europe and had tola Britain that any country which Interfered was to for an ensuing war God knows I have dona all that is possible in efforts for Bald the prime minister after he had declared Britains obligations to Poland remain unaffected by what he called an Imminent peril of war Speaking against the background of a rapidly arming Europe the prime minister asked parliament to enact nn emergency powers glv ng the government virtually dictat authority to deal with any emergency The cheers that rose from all sides of the house at the close of his 33mlnute speech Indicated quick acceptance of his demand The house overwhelmingly agreed Lo clear the decks for speedy enact ment of the measure The vote for the necessary procedure was 457 to four It came when Chamberlain arose a second time to urge speed after almost three hours of discus sion HOUSE ENTHUSED So we think so shall we act Chamberlain said solemn ly nnd the house rose and cheered The prime minister said Hitlers claim to a free hand in eastern Europe without interference came as a reply to a message delivered to the German chancellor yesterday through the British ambassador In Berlin Sir Neville Henderson This message Chamberlain said restated Britains own position The German chancellors reply Includes what amounts to a re statement of the German thesis that eastern Europe is n sphere in which Germany ought to have a How Nations Stand In Europes Crisis By Tho Press Here arc the positions of Eu ropean countries In tho crisis over dispute Poland Hit ler demands free hand in east ern Europe with Germany ready to fight with her but still having hope though di for pence Great nnd prepared to employ without de lay all forces at her command to aid Poland If Hitlers demands should be carried to war Britains ally and a coguarantor of Inde ready to fight with Britain and Poland Soviet pledged her with neither to use force against Germany alone or with others nor to support warlike pets by a third power against Germany to resist by arms if necessary nny Ger man attempt lo force n solution of their dispute Carol says his nation svill be neutral nnd will fight only to defend its own ter but country Is conscious it is an oil reservoir for Ger many Hungary Friendly to Ger many and Poland hopes to be independent but knows she is granary Oslo The Netherlands Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Luxem bourg are neutral and hope for peace Turkey and of the front holders of pledges from Britain and France of aid if they are attacked to profit by any changes in the map of Europe to be inde pendent but lies between the pincers of Rome and Berlin Poland Bolsters Military Defense Country Calm In the Face of War or Ruin Urges Move for Peace Appeals to King Of Italy to Act To Avert a War Washington Aug 24 dent Roosevelt arrived here at oclock this afternoon for confer ences with state department on the European situation Earlier the President pledging the earnest sympathy of the Unit ed called upon King Vit torio of Italy today to take the leadership in withdrawing Europe from the brink of war The unheard voices of countless millions of human beings ask that they shall not be vainly sacrificed Mr Roosevelt told the Italian ruler In a new appeal to preserve peace Recalling his proposal of April 14 to Hitler that European powers agree to a program of sion and try to settle their problems of trade armament territory and politics around the conference table Continued on Page Two Escaped Lion Shot Cape N 24 UP Coast with rifles climbed aboard the S S six southeast ot here today and lion that hwi broken loose from a cargo of wJd animals Abound for Venezuela and was terrorizing ships response to a wire lessed for help seven men armed two guns nnd lelt In the coast Soat shortly Two hours litter the that lion was dead aid many your Pope Pius Urges Effort for Peace Caste Gandolfo Aug 24 XII tonight broadcast a new ap peal for peace reminding govern ments and peoples that it was not yet too late for negotiations to avert war Let men return to mutual under standing let them begin their nego the Pope implored He declared that empires which are not built on Justice are not blessed by Today when the outbreak of the scourge of war seems more Immi the Pope snid we direct a new and more heartfelt appeal to men of power and their peoples to avert the He urged that the voice of rea son heeded rather than the voice of Nothing is lost through he said All s lost Pope Plus Italian from his summer palace in the Aban Hills His voice was earnest and con a note of urgency throughout the 8rhInute speech Translations In English French German and Polish were broadcast by the Vatican radio station imme after the Pope had finished speaking f j Warsaw Aug 24 steps free any emergency including Z Polish territory He went on to say that we still hope reason and sanity will find a way But he said the Issue of peace or war not rest with If all efforts to find a peaceful solution nnd God knows I have done my nnd we find our selves forced to embark upon n struggle bound to be fraught with suffering and misery for all man kind and the end of which no man nn foresee we shall not be ng for the political future of a arnway state In a foreign land We shall be fighting for the preservation of those principles the of which would involve he destruction of all possibility of lence and security for the peoples if the world I trust those with whom the responsibility lies will re member the millions of mankind whose fate depends on their ac said Chamberlain RECALLS 1914 SPEECH The prime de livered In solemn tones and with obvious emotion recalled to ninny members of parliament the simil arly grave speech of Lord Grey British foreign secretary on the eve of the outbreak of the World n 1914 It was reminiscent also of the speech which Chamberlain himself delivered September 28 last year Continued on Page Two taken throughout Poland to day After a series of conferences be government leaders at the residential residence and a special abinet meeting late last night lew defensive measures were d to have been decreed and placed n immediate operation With nearly men already mder arms it was reliably reported hat a large number of additional had been called to the overnight It was understood till more men might bo mobilized It was however that he new were simply ional defensive precautions Secrecy concerning the exact taken was considered as urther evidence that Poland wished o avoid even the outward appear nce of nny movement which might be considered aggressive Despite the tension Warsaw was aim Defense precautions were carried out without fanfare The only subject of conversation how evor revolved around If war President Ignace presid ed at the conference one of which Marshal Edward at tended Americans Advised To Hurry Home By The Associated Fiftynine thousand Americans known to be in the countries most likely to be affected by any Euro pean conflict have been advised by state department officials to come on with unknown thousands of tourists The listed as residing per or semipermanently In Poland nnd the 28 in Danzig were among the first to be told it w dangerous to stay The situation in other countries Great Britain Joseph P Kennedy said a day or two might bring inconvenience and to longer might mean France with no compelling reason to continue their sojourn advised to Germany says It is desirable to Italy advises leaving If there particular for staying The advice to leave Germany ap plies also to the American listed In what was vakia In addition to the listed canb there Europe was the destina tion of an unknown but large per centage cf the persons carry ing passports Issued In the last three months Report Invasion Warsaw Aug 24 formed circles reported today that a German patrol crossed the Polish border this morning and an estate about threequarters of H mile within Polish territory nea Zero Hour Is Awaited In Berlin Hitler Returns To Berlin As German Troops Await Signal Berlin Aug 24 Hitler suddenly returned to his Berlin chancellery tods y as events In cen tral Europe appeared to be rapidly a climax Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop a few minutes later in Berlin from his flying visit to Moscow bringing in his pocket a nonaggression treaty with Soviet Russia The Fuehrer returned to Berlin from his summer chancellery at Berchtesgaden In a Junkers plane Meanwhile the Free City of Dan K elevated its fiery leader Albert Forster to the position of head of state The step was Interpreted us preparation for decisive action which observers were expecting within a few hours or certainly a few days The American embassy officially advised Americans to leave Ger many Primo Minister Chamberlains ad lress to parliament contributed to he growing tension In Berlin His firm attitude it was feared In many quarters caused hope to fade that Eastern European problems could be solved without bloodshed Troops stood in formidable num bers on both sides of the German Polish border In Danzig It was ad mitted that German troops were in positions from which they could move in on a moments notice AMERICANS WARNED German troops stood ready to back up Hitlers demands upon Po land and the British government notified its consuls to advise British nationals in Germany to leave Simultaneously the United States embassy officially advised Amer It was desirable that they leave Germany With the seeking the estab of prewar eastern boundaries one high foreign office official declared it was very necessary for Polish Foreign Min ister Josef Beck to go to Hitter quickly In his Bavarian mountain retreat Envisaging a possible reenact ment by Beck ot the trip to Hitlers chalet last March by President Emil Hacha of CzechoSlovakia the foreign office official said Tho Polas know exactly what wa want of The Inference was that Poland had been apprised fully of Ger manys demands but that perhaps no zero hour yet had been set for her renly MAY COME TONIGHT This zero hour was expected to night after Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop following the swift conclusion of the Russian German nonaggression pact re turned from Moscow and made his report There was a feeling that the best guess was that there would be Continued on Two Emergency Powers To British King London Aug 24 emer gency powers war defense measure presented to parliament today provides The king shall have power lo is sue decrees having the force of law Any property or undertaking ex cept land may be taken over by the government Anv premises may bn entered and searched The secretary of state may order arrest he deems expedient Any net of parliament or the par of northern Ireland may be set aside or amended by decree Tho treasury may impose any scheme of financial control author by defense regulations with the provision that the order must be approved within 2fl days of the commons Tho king may apply any order under the act to any colony pro territory or foreign country in which for the time be Inp his majesty has Judicial proceedings may he In secret If the court deems expedient Violations may bo punishable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than 100 pounds imprisonment for not more three months or both and upon Indictment and conviction to 500 pounds fine or two years or both Such authorities as may be speci fied may be empowered to make or ders and bylaws for any purposes of the act Threat to Belgium Brussels Aug 24 of German military trucks were re ported today by border observers to be moving within sight of tho Bel slan town of Eupen former German territory German fortifications fac ng the Belgian border were report ed authoritatively to have been oc during the night Numerous artillery pieces were seen being drawn into place Official sources expressed disappointment that no direct response had been received from any major power to the force ful appeal for peace delivered last night by King Leopold on behalf of seven small nations Japs Warn British China Aug 2S in newspapers to day told Britons Including mission aries to leave province within 10 and their Chinese employes to resign within this same period or suffer the A Nava Blockade Oslo Norway Auk 24 ains powerful navy engaged in maneuvers the past three weeks was reported today to have thinga strong barrier across the Skagerrak the chan nel between Norway and Denmark that commands the entrance to the Baltic sea This would give Britain virtual control of the Baltic At the start of the world war 25 years ago the British North sea fleet barri the Skagerrak and bottled up a large section of the German navy in Kiel harbor British Mean It London Aug 24 Anthony Eden former British foreign secre tary declared in parliament today the situation with which we are faced Is as and perilous as any this country has faced at any tima in Its The chief danger of he said Is refusal to believe that ara in earnest in what we Press Is Let Down Berlin Aug 24 special con ference of the foreign press called by tho foreign office tonight pro nothing sensational Prac the entire corps of corre turned up expecting an important announcement The newsmen were merely told that daily conferences would be held from now on STURY TE MAVS Maps ot Poland and nearby n study which may aid in the understanding of European crisis will be on Pages S and 18 of Gazette  

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