Hutchinson News (Newspaper) - March 19, 1938, Hutchinson, Kansas PLANTS AND SEEDS TIME News and Herald eiders ire the want ads tor bargains in plants and Invite customers to your place with a small Phone 4400- ask for an The Hutchinson News Single Copy Price Outside Hutchinson it 4. 1812) MARCH 19. 1938 US Oil Firms Will Resist Mexican Act Not Stand Idly Declares Standard Executive New York United States oil companies affected by the Mexican threat of expropriation today said through a spokesman they would use legal to resist the action of the Mexican This explanation was given in connection with a statement from W. S. president of the Standard Oil Co. of New in which he are not disposed to stand idly by and sec that capital The sum is the foreign Investment in the Mexican oil The U. S. oil companies affected will submit briefs to Secretary of State Cordell Hull early next it was but this action is not expected to be speedy enough to forestall the formal expropriation order scheduled for Mexico City Cardenas expropriated American and British oil properties valued nt more than today in a bold stroke designed to end a two-year conflict between labor and foreign the Central Bank of Mexico suspended dealings in foreign currency and the president indicated devaluation of the peso was under official Operations were suspended in the oil industry at one after midnight last night as union oil going ahead with a threatened arms forced a Back to Work? It was that union headquarters would order the 18,000 members to work promptly in an effort to help Cardenas while he tussles with the admittedly difficult A bulletin from the press early today said the Mexican cabinet had decided upon to prevent damage to the financial activities of the These included provisional operation of the petroleum industry by the department of national economy and the general petroleum Another step was representations by the government to all labor unions them to refrain from strikes and public Blames Foreign Firms broadcasting an explanation of his said Die foreign oil companies had carried on a and skillful against the which had the result that these same companies injure seriously the economic interests of the attempting by this means to nullify the legal dispositions dictated by the Mexican The fact that the industry has sent out of the country all its cash vitiated ordinary procedure in the the president while ordinary procedure in any case would mean of a situation that for the sake of decorum ought to be settled Influence Destructive He have had money for for the press that defends money to enrich their unconstitutional but for the progress of the to seek equilibrium through just compensation of for the encouragement of hygiene in the regions where they or to save from destruction the abundant riches which the natural gases united with petroleum in nature there is not nor economic Mexican and foreign business men this morning found virtual paralysis threatening commercial operations in the wake of the fast-moving President long noted for advanced social and labor invoked the radical expropriation law of 1936, to declare the holdings 17 British and American petroleum companies properties of the This drastic move was described by the ' president as essential for the of Courts Defied The had defied the courts of the land in refusing to accept an arbitral verdict of the federal labor board handed down Dec. 18, increasing their labor costs by approximately yearly and giving the workers other In flatly refusing to pay the increased the companies contended the increases were Kills Children Mothers Hit Plan To Raze Buggy Bridges Say Needed to Ease Tasks of Parenthood Mrs. May Curtis 38-year-old kissed six of her sleeping children goodbye at their home near then killed each with a Officers said Mrs. Curtis told them she was unable to provide for the She was charged with murder in each Little Hope For Survival of Newton Waitress Struck By Car End Hunt For Lost Fliers Any Further Search To Be Conducted From Russian Side Alaska fruitless hunt from Alaska for the six missing Russian transpolar fliers ended The Soviet government indicated any further search would be carried on from the Russian side of the Wireless and weather reporting systems were being and Sir George Hubert N. base was Wilkins and his party flew yesterday to enroute to New Wilkins expressed the drift in the Arctic ice would have carried the missing men over to the Russian side of the ocean by now if they landed on tho The transpolar piloted by Sigismund was last heard from on Aug. 13-38 hours after leaving Moscow for 4,100 miles Shortly after passing the pole one of the ship's four motors The last said bearings x x having trouble with xxx wave Thousand of miles of flying failed to disclose a trace of the missing The missing fliers were the third group to attempt a polar flight from Moscow to the United The first group reached southern and the second landed Southern California after a record long distance Ross Kidnaper To Die April 19 Chicago Henry 27-ycar-old Minnesota mechanic today was sentenced to die in tho electric chair April 39 for the kidnaping of Charles S. 72 year old retired greeting card Federal Judge John P. Barnes passed sentence after denying motions of Defense Attorney Frederic Burnham and Floyd Thompson for a new trial and arrest of manacled to two deputy was led before the bench at the direction of the you anything to say before sentence is Judge Barnes Seadlund shaking his Judge Barnes then read formal sentence directing that Seadlund he held in the custody of the United States marshal and that the 19th day of April the shall be put to death by If a procession of perambulators and trundle buggies wheeled by irate mothers appears at Convention hall any time don't say we didn't warn Mister City Engineer H. P. The other you you said something about a WPA project to remove 1,693 gutter bridges scattered over It would cost the city the mothers of son want such monkey At least if the remarks of a representative sample mean Would Keep On Wheeling They want to keep on wheeling their babies over those They don't as you that so many are They don't think they collect enough trash in rainstorms to make much extra The city has a new hasn't And we don't too many rainstorms Not only Mister City Engineer feet get Yours if you were up at all hours of the night pacifying then up again at dawn to wash cook change panties besides cooking the meals for the head of the and other little When they want to walk down town or across the street to visit the they have to push baby And they want the pathway to be as smooth as Wants More of Them You still aren't convinced Here's what they said McPherson - Blanche 27, Newton was reported sinking fast at McPherson hospital today from of severe head and chest injuries suffered when she was struck by a motor car on near Elyria early yesterday T. 35, oil field her companion in an alleged drinking party Thursday is held in McPherson county He was Sheriff Ralph after Mrs. a was found on the highway by passing Sheriff McPhail said told him the woman jumped from the He said he stopped then drove but remembered striking Sheriff McPhail A broken radiator ornament said to have been from car was imbedded in Miss shoulder blade and Physicians reportedly said today Miss Higgins cannot Her lungs were She is the daughter of Mrs. Amanda Sharp Debate Over Santa Fe Trade Offer Public Hearing Today On Opening Of New Arteries 6, Column 5, Intercepted GRETA GARBO ISLE OF ITALY Dear From what we read in the if you aren't you should Best to HUTCH New Scheme To Save Bureaus Sixteen Are Submitted By Foes of the government reorganization defeated in their effort to eliminate sweeping authority for the president t* shift bureaus proposed today the exemption of 16 agencies from any Senator Clark offered 16 separate on the theory that each agency he listed had enough senatorial friends to assure its retention in present Clark was yesterday when the senate 43 to 39, a proposal of Senator Wheeler to curb presidential reorganization powers authorized in the Among the agencies Clark listed for proposed exemption were the forest the valley biological survey and the soil conservation Happy at having obtained an agreement to limit Democratic Leader of Kentucky predicted passage of the He said the senate Elmo 319 would take up appropriations I until the new tax is Weather and warmer Sunday showers in west and warmer in southeast and extreme cooler in Mrs. that in the the first thing I. thought was how I'd miss It helps a lot to have them I'd like to sec more put Mrs. Ray 209 West whose is nine weeks all right just as they 1 don't know why they should be Mrs. Ralph 300 West 20th, it would be harder without Just Absurd Even Mrs. Kenneth E. 125 West 22nd, who not much of a I just go around the block with the just she Mrs. Homer H. 114 was fairly but she saw no reason for spending good money to move the ankle haven't given it much but I'd as soon they'd stay she Mrs. Warren 321 East also said it would be harder to wheel baby carriages without Little daughters don't always like to be bumped going over don't see any point in she Defended By Mother Of Twini Only Mrs. Ray 219 South was A few months make a world of Her Judy and are now 11 months all right with me what they Mrs. Alexander girls won't ride in the buggy They want to stand Ask a few of them Mister reedy for consideration Senator Byrd leader of the reorganization declared he was down at the defeat of the Wheeler which would have given the final de cision on any reorganization ord He said he was that tlie margin of difference was so small despite the application of by administration effort was made against us on this vote than on any other except the president's court since I have been in Byrd Wheeler joined in the charge that was exerted to win votes against his those who talk against the in the cloakrooms voted the same way on the this measure wouldn't have a Wheeler The Montana senator said he expected no action from the sen ate lobby committee on his de mand that it investigate the part he said governors and federal department heads had played in influencing senate Barcelona Is Still Unbroken Some Estimates Death Toll or Air Up to 1,304) Barcelona capital of government Spain today give evidence its determination to fight on has survived two days of the most terrible air raids of the civil United Socialist youth Hons called for two divisions of youths totalling 22,000. volunteers to be formed within ten The Communist newspaper or gan appealed to youths do not want to be and who willing to do heroic deeds to join Two great labor syndicates in their first really united action urged workers to stay at their jobs in Dig For Victors Rescue workers continued to dig for victims in debris of buildings shattered by insurgent raids which continued from late Wed until last The highest estimates of dead in this series of attacks were about 1,300, but authorities said only half that number of bodies had been taken from the They said they were unable to estimate how many still were More than 2,000 wounded were Claim Justification authorities announced that the terrible bombings of Barcelona were justified by the discovery of military objectives in the heart of the Several important buildings were listed as storage places for war For the first time since Wednesday Barcelona had an easy breathing spell No insurgent bombers The drone of patrolling government planes replaced the deadly snarl of bombers from the Shops Workmen began repairing buildings still worth But theatres and night clubs were N. Dorothy Tart visited John recovering from at a She complained of a pain in her an empty room across the said don't you take She the next The doctor's Chech Alleged Loan Sharks Brown An Investigation Alleged loon sharks in Hutchinson are under fire of an investigation announced today by Wesley E. county Brown declared preliminary probing indicated one or more concerns charge up to 300 per cent interest on small Interest of a month has been paid on he If sufficient evidence is receivership actions will be brought against the firms Brown - Hutchinson's Finest Funeral Equal terms Fair price to Adv. A whereby the Santa Fe would pay approximately one-third of the cost of opening were that street made a through trafficway instead of provoked a debate this morning among the 75] citizens who crowded the city commission chamber for a hearing on Hutchinson's tic i Sentiment appeared equally divided tu the of opening or with some speakers H. B. general manager of Santa Fe western proposed the after the reading of a joint report recommending the Monroe opening signed by City Engineer 11. P. Hertz and W. W. Santa Fe engineer for western Railroad's Offer Lautz said the railroad would give the Monroe right-of-way and pay for the cost of grading providing the railroad was asked to bear no further special According to the tho cost of paving the right-of-way would be the cost of an underpass through the Fourth street viaduct and paving approaches would be total of The city would have to pay the Lautz quoted from the engi report which estimated the cost of moving the Sarita Fe freight house at Washington at 5157.000 and the cost of paving a total of This figure would not include cost of right-of-way or possible condemnation Points To Hazards Lautz also said the Washington street crossing would be the most dangerous in Hutchinson because of the obstructed view and the frequent switching Mayor D. Wilson then opened the meetin gto public Nearly dozen citizens spoke minds for and against the Santa Fe The city commission this was preparing a Europe At a Glance By The Associated Tress bows to Polish ultimatum demanding commercial and diplomatic averts invasion and potential new world Warsaw - Poland hails bloodless victory gained by show of arms on Lithuanian determines nothing further to be done to humiliate Praha - Czechoslovakia gives her Germans greater voice in diplomatic sources report Hitler demanded renunciation of Czech military alliance with London - France renews appeal for British aid to halt insurgent bombing of Britain welcomes United Slates envoy's declaration Washington is willing to join new peace next moves are his secret after yesterday's speech asking four more years of power complete the ahead in the greater Must Renounce Russian Hitler Humored to Have Given Ultimatum To Czechoslovakia Pro. Czechoslovakia Diplomatic sources today asserted Adolf Hitler had demanded War Averted As Lithuania Bows To Force Poland's Demands Met In Face of Invasion Threat Lithuania Lithuanian government and parliament today bowed grimly to un ultimatum backed by the might of Poland's army and and saved herself from invasion and Europe from another The Lithuanian minister at delivered to Poland's minister there a note fully accepting Poland's demands for of diplomatic broken since Poland seized the ancient Lithuanian Oct. 9. 1920. The Polish minister in reply confirmed the resumption of such Lithuania's accepted the government's decision to it was in the face of the threat of Polish invasion and the general international In silence the grave-faced members of parliament heard the government announce it was to extend an unwilling hand of diplomatic to the country it had snubbed nearly 18 Will Consider Minimum Wages wages for women and in Kansas will be considered at the April meeting of the Kansas commission of labor and Announcing the Commissioner G. E. Blakely believe an adjustment is adding he had noted some isolated cases where receive only and weekly for full time Assistant Attorney General J S. Parker recently gave his opinion the state has authority to make orders concerning reasonable minimum wages for worn en and Blakely said if the commission attempts to set minimum hours the law requires public hearings to establish codes for various This would require several he No Court Today Because Judge J. G. Somers was in Reno county district court did not convene Next hearings will be March 2fi. First Picture Showing Sinking of Spanish Insurgent Cruiser With spring just around the corner Hutchinson continued to enjoy a preview of temperatures today as a brilliant sun in an almost cloudless sky sent the mercury into the 60s, early this Crowds ofj shoppers took advantage of ideal weather to fill downtown Giving Monday's official opening of spring something to shoot temperatures yesterday up to a high for the year as a top of 76 was recorded by Only a mark of 77 recorded Mar. 17 surpassed yesterday's Low last night was 31. Showers which fell at noon here yesterday amounted to Mrs. Sheridan federal Scattered showers throughout the state brought the following reports of Sedan Chanute Wichita and traces at and Kansas Maximum readings tomorrow are expected to be 70 degrees in the east and south and 65 in the northwest This dramatic picture shows the 10,000-toij cruiser Bales camera that Czechoslovakia her military alliance with preponderance of force is Russia as the price of peace the side of declared Acting Premier Thc said to have might is not conveyed to President under these through diplomatic stances the Lithuanian was reported as the menl has decided to government conformed with minister of demands and gave thanked envoys of 3,500,000 Germans within the great powers for their help borders greater voice in and advice during the i Troops End of the Russian alliance At tho time Lithuania to be Hitler's basic cd it was estimated 100,000 Polish for anv talks to lessen troops were massed along her German friction I times as many as the Outlook Dark I Lithuanian i Also there were reports that the Informed persons said it fleet had t mlt from being made Increasingly clear Gdynia and was steaming toward Benes and Premier Milan Lithuania's that were predictions of two-thirds surrounded by an ln the Lithuanian must become nct a3 a satellite of Nazi Germany to demanding To do this she must sever her military alliances and fit herself into Germany's economic Czech government leaders considered that only thus could the Czechs and Slovaks retain their Poland's re-establishment of diplomatic resumption of railway and postal negotiation of commercial and customs withdrawal of Lithuania s constitutional claims to and political and cultural 0nict had a 48-hour dence won in the World war peace expiring at 2 p. m. I s. Germany rates the Czech appeal was assistance treaty with broadcast exhorting calmness in as of secondary importance 0f polish The Germany has fortified her intensity ot feeling on the Polish ern frontier so strongly she where fevered mass meetings little fear of Fiance coming demonstrations were aid in time of ] was not reflected No extraordinary military activity was noticed in armed forces con- Czechoslovakia's I Trade ff the Czechs accede to desire and give up their alliance with then Germany will be in a mood to offer Czechoslovakia attractive terms for economic as was talked of between Austria and Germany before Hitler absorbed his southern Germany will argue that the expanded Reich is one of the greatest consumers of the Germany has plenty ol use for Czech synthetic wool and and Czech grain for her The free harbor of sist of slightly more than 20.-000 men and and 55,000 members of a rifle association trained under government Poland's army is numbered at more than a quarter of a million men and Satisfaction in Warsaw apparently was averted between Poland and Lithuania today through the unconditional acceptance by Lithuania of all Polish demands The Lithuanian minister at handed his at Czechoslovakia's reply to the Polish an outlet vital to her a powerful weapon in Germany is confident she can choke Czechoslovakia economically if she does not swing into the German Henry Ford To Build Houses Will Use Standard Patterns In Homes Ga. Ford announced new project the manufacture of fabricated from pine trees on his Georgia houses will be made in a number of standard or manufactured according to the prospective owner's the automobile manufacturer will be offered to the general public as soon as the needs of our community here are J. K. Ford's local manager said some of the residents had expressed a desire to purchase the new homes Ford has operated a large sawmill here for about two years and has accumulated a large stock of Modern machines are in use and a drying kiln is being The 80,000 acres of his estate abound with pino and General Perching So Ariz. - John J. 77-ycar-old World war recovering from a grave was so last Dr. Roland Dav ison Dr. Davison expressed the general had been himself too trying to get well too Pershing has been allowed to sit up brief periods this ter at News that there would be no war between the two Baltic 6, Column 8, What Is Your News Hi rbi Feature Each question counts 20; each part of a two-part 10. A score of 60 is 80, Answers on Page 4. 1. Who is this Did lie recently break the world's record for (a) the 100-yard the mile or the 100-meter 2. On the fifth anniversary of the New President asserted that because of chanced conditions he was changing a few of his original True or 3. Name two of the four members of the Balkan 4. In what country has the right of divorce been 5. In the Moscow trial against traitors did the evidence consist chiefly of (a) letters and other records of the testimony of government or the
