Daily Mail, The (Newspaper) - March 16, 1939, Hagerstown, Maryland DAY BY DAY Search me O God and know my heart try me and know my Psalm VOL CXI No 63 dally except Sunday by the Mall Publishing Co Entered aa matter at the WEATHER Generally fair and colder tonight and tomorrow HAGERSTOWN MD THURSDAY MARCH 16 1939 SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS Bitter Battle Raging Between Hungarian Czech Armies HEAVY I IN FIGHTING eRCAPITAL Find Trenches Manned By Czechs And Ukrainians Indicted WITH THE HUNGARIAN IN March 16 er trench fighting raged n miles west of Chust this as the Hungarian rmy of occupation d the little capital of A Hungarian officer said that be- noon 100 Hungarians had been or wounded in the battle He declared severe losses had jen inflicted on Czech forces re- sting Hungary's invasion of the part of broken Dispatches from Bucharest said remier Angus tin Volosin of had fled into ania and that confusion l in the regional capital Shortly before noon Hungarian oops advancing to carry out the government's decree of encountered trenches d barbed wire entanglements lich were being defended by troops and Ukrainian forces infantrymen after a lief bombardment of the trench with field artillery the trenches with fixed at p.m in hour later the issue of the was still uncertain Harassed By through snow sed by snipers hidden in the Continued on Page 20 Coalition Government In France Favored To Meet German Threat Hitler's Latest Conquest Expected To Spur War plane Manufacture Shocked By Seizure Of One-Time Ally Mary Brandino 37 above was one of three persons indicted in Brooklyn on charges of having blackmailed the late F Donald drug executive under threat of exposing his criminal past STAY IN AIL ILL RESUME BRIDGE WORK forkmen To Again Get tusy On Shepherdstown Span On Monday will be resumed on the Shepherdstown bridge known James Rumsey bridge next March 20 and according to Ins and weather permitting it be open to the public about first part of the summer Officials of the Id are anticipating that the in- oC visitors to Sharpsburg will increased several fold when the Ige is finally opened and that popularity of the Antietam will likewise be greatly in- Formal Charge Of Murder Is Preferred After Inquest Yesterday PARTS March 16 appeared to be increasing in France today for a coalition government of ali parties which would present a strong front toward Germany con- queror of France's one-time ally Full realization that the bloodless conquest made Adolf Hitler the dominant power of Central Europe seemed to strike like a sudden blow Called Enemy of Peace French observers last week were talking of friendship with Germany and the possibility of a general European peace agreement Today they are referring to Germany as an eternal enemy of peace Premier Edouard Daladier called his cabinet to meet with President Albert Lebrun tomorrow morning to discuss the situation from German absorption of Bo and Moravia A report by the Senate aviation committee urging immediate step to increase French facilities fo manufacturing warplanes also wil be discussed But even in the demand amon all political groups for a union government were of a split A powerful bloc supported by several dent Nationalists demanded tha the government be overthrown at once as responsible for the diplomacy which lulled France into a feeling of false se Would Tax Bachelors Over 30 Years Of Age DOVER Del March State Rep Thomas A wants to tax bachelors who have passed their birthdays His proposes a annual levy on bachelors between 30 and 35 for those between 35 and 40 and for all over 40 There would be no necessity for further he said because by this time all lors would undoubtedly have de- it was cheaper to marry ILL TRY TO SAVE YOUTH March IB Harold Holt Jr for whose physicians have abandoned left by airplane today with his for New Rochelle N Y in 1st desperate lo escape llh two and one-half year old Id is dying of a tumor and has given but two weeks to live Wilma Holt Jr of the mother accepted an of- ot Dr Alexander John Chilko Rochelle to lake Harold re for treatment after the m offered to pay all expenses Kennedy Mrs Holt's accompanied her Holt Jr the father is jy on the river towboat on which Is a deckhand Justin 1 of the New Rochelle hospital he believed x-ray treatments Iht save the boy Habeas corpus proceedings in be- half of Charles E Sweigert charged with murder as the out- growth of the fatal shooting day night of Clayton De- ID failed to materialize in Circuit court this morning ami Sweigert will remain in jail J Cleveland Grice attorney for Sweigert stated at noon that he decided not to present a petition for a writ to have Sweigert com- mitted to bond and that further he plans to waive a preliminary ing now tentatively scheduled for tomorrow morning Sweigert the father of six dren residing in the 200 block of Summit avenue was formally ed with murder in warrants sworn to by Captain of Detectives liam H Peters after a jury yesterday afternoon held that the shooting of Delauter was ful Young Delauter alleged to have been prowling around the home of Continued on Page 2 Hancock Man Is Sentenced NAMED CAPTAIN Fla March 16 jeorge R Jacobus president of Professional Golfers I announced today he had Hagen to captain the American Ryder cup team WEATHER tT ft Generally fair ler tonight and Friday Bay Colder clear tonight and Friday Robert L Wills Known Here Charged With Counterfeiting Robert Lee Wills 29 formerly of Hancock and well known in was yesterday to IS months in the Atlanta after pleading guilty to counterfeiting charges in IT S Dis- court Baltimore Mrs ence Goodrich 49 a stress of Midland Allegany county drew a sentence of a year and a day on similar charges Court attaches said that though many counterfeiting cases had been held in the Federal court none was on record similar to the Wills and Goodrich cases The two currency although their cases are not related utilized strangely similar methods They used ig and bine one-dollar bills and fives to produce spurious fives The i tes in each case were passed on rushed theater cashiers at night City Acquires Stadium Bester Tract Condemned Today In Friendly Court Proceedings The City oC Hagerstown this morning became the owner in fee simple of the City Stadium ty when a jury in Circuit court formally condemned lhat portion of the tract occupied by the grand- stand and owned by the Bester family The proceedings were friendly and the action of the jury was a mere matter of form as the city and the Bester family interests had agreed to the price of Con- proceedings were sary to permit the trustee of the Harry E Bester estate to be a ty to the giving of title it was ex- When the stadium was built a number of years ago the city quired title to all the land except the small portion owned by Harry E Bester and his two sisters Misses Mary and Rene Bester An agreement was made with the lers at the time Subsequently Mr Bester died and the city being anxious to acquire title lo the com- plete property agreed to a price of for the tract in question MAY COMPLETE SPAN APPROACH The Board informed that the Allegany County Commissioners look ably upon the program for ing the route via to Little Orleans has under consideration a WPA project for completing the bridge over Sideling Hill creek and the approach on the Washington County side The bridge except for the flooring is virtually finished It is understood that ty will ask for a project to complete the approach to the bridge on its paste in and tlle highway to Little CITY TO GET OWN FINES Mayor Assured That Section In Magistrates To Be Eliminated That section of the new strates before the Legislature which would have taken from the City of Hagerstown fines collected under its own ordinances will be stricken from the measure Mayor Richard H Sweeney was assured yesterday in a conference at An- with the Washington Conn ty delegation The original vided that these fines would go to the county They amount to proximately annually Mayor Sweeney pointed out to the lators that Hagerstown must tain a courtroom and two offices for magistrates and that it is therefore unfair to take from it fines ed under its own ordinance Other legislation which the city is soring also was discussed at the conference It was learned today that former Mayor W Lee Elgin will appear tonight before the Mayor and City Council and request that a that will permit the annexation of the city farm by the city be sent to An- Mr Elgin said today that he had been informed that town has a better than even chance of landing the veterans hospital and that it would be on city farm land Should the land on which the hospital would be built remain outside the rate limits Hagerstown would be prevented from supplying it with power from its municipal electric ight plant In Strange Shooting Carole Morrison 18 high school senior told police in Paul's Valley Okla that Williams 22 shot her three time while they were riding in his car then drove her around for an hour and a half after which he took her to his home A physician ordered her removed to a hospital where she is expected to recover Negro Is Given Year In Prison Guy Kennedy colored an old of fender according to police was sentenced to a year in the House of Direction on a larceny charge when arraigned in city court this morning before Justice John D Dunn Kennedy was arrested about 3 o'clock this morning by Officer Wolfe being caught in the act of ealing brass valves from the rear of the Lamp Shop first block of South Potomac street Removed Case Is Settled In Court The damage suit of yn H Wallace against Wilbur chanan removed to this county rom Cumberland was settled by agreement of counsel for y before being called for trial ore a jury in Circuit court this morning The case was the last set for trial on the February court docket and ts settlement marked the close of he term Petit jurors were paid off ind discharged KNEW HIS TREE GETTING TOO OLD TO TAKE BEATINGS BALTIMORE March 16 Mrs Mary told trate K Robert Levinson her band John 4 had been beating her for years that she did not mind when she was younger but now she wanted some relief and Magistrate Levinson promised at least a month of relief and i ing pleaded guilty to SO days In Jail ELECTION CHANGES AT WILLIAMSPORT Among the bills passed by the Legislature yesterday was one re- lating to elections at Williamsport The measure was introduced Senator Mish According to iis visions elections will be held every other year in Williamsport in- stead of each year as heretofore The change was made mainly to save the cost of holding elections each year A was introduced by Senator Mish relating The compensation of detective captain of town i Beacon Light v Discontinued County Residents Missing Flashes From South Mountain Tower The airplane beacon light which has been flashing on South tain several years for the safety and direction of night fliers has been discontinued because few planes pass over this route since the change in the Washington mail route to some distance west oi Boonsboro The beacon flash was a familiar and friendly sight to residents of the eastern section of the county A local remarked today that the light provided him with a weather gauge in that if the flashes were clear and brilliant could safely anticipate clear weather and if dull he know foul weather was in the offing CHICAGO March 16 tian Charles Jackson drew a lot of from the sidewalk rowd which gathered to see him hop down a large tree that had een broken by the wind He told the crowd he would fell he tree between sidewalk and curb he did to the accompaniment f applause Up in Escanaba Mich they used to call me Old when I was a he explained I've been waiting 25 years on the police force waiting for a job like this FIVE NEGROES BURNED DAMES QUARTER Md March 16 persons a widow her two sons and two other boys all burned to death shortly after midnight today as fire destroyed the home of Henry bury Jones the only survivor of the fire The latter is in Peninsula eral hospital at Salisbury receiving treatment for burns Motorists On Their Honor In This Town O March 16 were on their honor today with all parking tions abolished for 60 days as of- tried an experiment which they expected to make traffic City council members said tho laws had failed Now poos and double parking will be permitted BUYS FARM Charles H Rabbitt of ery county has purchased the farm of Mrs Fanny Wagner located east of Boonsboro on private terms George Stiles of Gaithersburg a cousin of the new owner will cupy the farm and conduct a dairy MAY FOLLOW May Strike While Iron Is Ho And Seize Danzig land Ukraine BERLIN March 16 The chance that Adolf Hitler now migh strike swiftly to settle other un finished Nazi business in Europ was sighted today by foreign diplo matic circles Amid the R eic h sf u e triumph in breaking up what was left of the republic after Munich these quarters dis cussed two dominant 1 How soon would Hitler move to return Danzig and to the lap of mother 2 How quickly would Hitler fol low up regenerated eastern push toward the dream of rich treasures in the Despite the fact that the Fuehr er usually had permitted a lull be tween successes there was a chance now that he might reverse the procedure and strike while the iron of an was still in the case of Danzeg and Mem el Hitler had spaced out his three Continued on Page 20 TWO HURT IN Walter Marshall 38 Fracture Of Left Ankle Today Two men were injured one iously at o'clock this morn ing when two heavily laden trucks collided at the corner of Potomac and Baltimore streets Walter Marshall Foundry street is the most seriously hurt in the Washington County Hospital with a compound fracture 200 block of street riding of the left ankle John Russell 30 East Washington with Marshall suffered injuries to his back Marshall and Russell were riding n a moving van of the Forsythe Company this city when it was struck by a truck operated by Donald Elzer Columbus Izer escaped injury but trucks were damaged Elzer told Officer A K Castle hat he failed to see the red light it the intersection and was unable o avoid the crash Charges were preferred against him Ohio both TO COMPLETE COUNTY ROAD Section Of Indian Springs Road To Be Finished By W P A The unfinished section of the In- ian Springs road near the ania line will be built under a project application for which s being made immediately It will e sponsored by the State Roads and the Board of y Commissioners it was decided at meeting this week The highway rebuilt to a point within 300 to 00 feet of the Pennsylvania line year ago and a project is ow under way on the Pennsylvania ide where the road is being re- and relocated in several ions The new project on the ton County side will provide for the relocation of the road to meet the Decrees Protectorate For Seized Territory JEWS BARRED FROM JOBS BUDAPEST March 16 Premier Count Paul Teleky told the wildly cheering Hungarian Parliament today that Ukraine becomes a part of the kingdom of Hungary At the same time the ian Parliament adopted new for sweeping control of Jews Jews were barred from many occupations and Jewish pation in professions and ness was limited to mately six per cent of the total persons engaged in those fields BRITAIN MAY May Ask Henderson To Re- turn For Report On Advance LONDON March 16 Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that the government has under tion the summoning home of Sir Nevile Henderson Ambassador to Berlin to report on Germany's new advance eastward When he was asked whether the government contemplates ing to Germany against the sion of of Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia in the Reich as Prime Minister declined to reply Chamberlain announced that recall was being ed when he replied to the Laborite Neil McLean who asked that the government withdraw Britain's diplomatic representation in Berlin Sir John Simon Chancellor of the Exchequer indicated in the House that steps would be taken to keep fold held by the Czech National Bank in London out of Germany's hands Sir John said he had asked the Bank of England not to make anv Slovak gold consultation government cheered transfer of or balances without with His Majesty's The statement was Dargan Man Held For Federal Court Boyd Waters Dargan whose home yesterday yielded a till 375 gallons of mash and gallons of alleged whiskey when raided by U S Agents wa and Walker entered a plea of guilty to charges when arraigned U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger this morning and gave bond in the sum of for Federal court action Clarence Cross 22 this city and Sylvester Good 16 of Virginia ioth colored pleaded guilty before Commissioner Wolfinger to charges possession of untaxed whiskey nd were held under bond ach for the federal grand jury Bohemia And Moravia Will Now Be Subject To German Laws WILL PROTECT Hungary Decrees Part Of Its Kingdom PRAGUE March 16 Adolf Hitler in a decree sued from the ancient cany Castle of Prague today charted the future of the an- cient lands of Bohemia and Moravia as that of an auto- protectorate ing- part of the territory of Greater Germany A day after he had sped into the capital of the broken slovak republic the wheeli of his motorized army the master of Central Europe laid down new fundamental law for the try of Czechs His decree read over the radio of his foreign minister JoacHIm von Ribbentrop made all the ter million Germans within the protectorate German citizens This however is subject to the provisions of the Nuernberg racial anti-Jewish laws and other man laws In other words German Jews can not be citizens All other inhabitants of the are subjects of the pro The protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is autonomous and its own the decree continued It exercises sovereign ing to a protectorate in harmony with the political military and eco- nomic interests of the Reich The German Fuehrer decreed that the head of the autonomous administration should enjoy all and honors accorded tht head of a state Reich At Guardian He said there would he a head of the autonomous protectorate and a tor as guardian of Germany's in He did not name them He assumed charge of the foreign affairs the protection of its in foreign and ed it one representative ed to the German government with the title of minister The protectorate was Continued on Page 20 remier Flees Across Border LOSES FOUR FINGERS Four fingers on the hands of John ngle 12 ML Pleasant school pupil vere so badly mangled by the ex- of a bullet or dynamite cap n the classroom yesterday that they were amputated at the ick hospital The boy found the shell on a dump at the school relocation on the Pennsylvania side as well as the relocation of a stream near the state line and the LIBRARY MEETING A meeting oC the trustees the Williamsport Memorial Library will construction of a bridge be held at S o'clock this evening at the library Members of the board are requested to be present BLAZE IN CLOSET A slight blaze confined to a clothes closet of a Jonathan street home called out firemen during the noon hour The blaze was without difficulty and age was negligible PLANNING FOR CLEANUP WEEK TO INSTALL METERS Following the lead taken by the mayor and council of Frostburg have ordered 117 ing meters which will be installed on three business streets Town of- said they are determined to break up double parking and day parking of motor cars on its DIVORCE SUIT Smith Through Attorney Martin L filed suit in court A delegation from the principal town Junior Chamber of Commerce i will appear before the Mayor and j TO TAX FARM LAND City Council tonight to ask that a j Frederick's aldermen learned last week be set aside during the early night that all agricultural land spring as a clean-up week which j in the corporate limits of Frederick the organization is planning to has not been subject to city sponsor a program for the tion in the past and immediately today for a divorce from Florence i cleanup this year is planned by the i authorized a to be presented to T Smith Junior Chamber the legislature to tax it Volosin Of raine Enters Rumania Early Today March 16 Premier Augustin Volosin of fled today in mania ahead of Hungary's ing armies taking over the eastern most section of former vakia He crossed the frontier at Siget at 1 p m 7 a m Rumanians said Volosin who had not heard of Hungary's formal an- of an- in the Budapest parliament this morning considered his tion hopeless in Chust the capital Reports in Budapest said severe street fighting had broken out in Chust while Hungarian troops from the west hoping to occupy it by night fall After identifying himself to manian border guards Volosin was unable to find an automobils to carry him into Rumania He climbed into a peasant's cart and started to the home of the Orthodox Bishop of Signet On the way a man who identified himself as a former sergeant in the forces ed at the cart bearing Volosin but he was overpowered by police fore he reached the fleeing premier Volosin quit Jus mountainous after Hungary rejected hit conciliatory reply to an ultimatum demanding complete surrender by S P M last S P
