Miami Daily News-Record (Newspaper) - August 31, 1938, Miami, Oklahoma Associated Press Leased Wire 53 Published Every Evening Except Saturday and Sunday Morning by Miami Publishing JAPAN REJECTS PROTEST OVER PLANE ATTACK Tokyo Admits Machine r Gunning Continued After Air Liner Landed CONCERN DENIED Incident Not One Which Involved Third Reply Declares il Jap anese government tonight rejectee on all counts the protest of th United States against the tion of a ai liner near South by Japanese war The Japanese reply to the pro test delivered 26 by Ambas sador Joseph Grew admitted that the attack of Japa nese planes continued the ai liner had alighted on a small riv er between Canton and persons aboard the all are believed to have been either by Japa nese bullets or by The only American Pilot L of escapee injury and two Chinese survived one The American note emphatic protest against the jeopardizing in this way of Ameri can as well as other occupants of unarmed civilian planes and also pointed out that the destroyed air liner was the property of the China x Aviation in which PanAmerican Airways has a very substantial Versions Differ The foreign office spokesman said Japan was compelled to reject the protest because in formation differed from that ap reaching the American The American version was drawn chiefly from Pilot Woods who reported that five Japanese planes attacked his plane while it was en route from Hongkong to it in the compelling him to set it down on the and continued the after the plane had I can say positively that the ended as soon as the planes identity was estab the foreign office spokes man He did not when the identification was Japans handed disclaimed all guilt in the destruction of the air liner in denied that the incident was of concern to the United It stressed the contention that the plane acted in such a manner as to invite It asserted that the company to which the aircraft in question be longed being a Chinese judicial the incident is not one which involves Japan directly with any third The reply contained the admis sion that during that brief period after the plane had alighted some among our crafts continued the But it also referred to wide discrepancies between the pilots accounts of the as given in your and reports in the hands of the Japanese A statement of the Japanese version of the attack was append FCI DEADLINE TODAY OKLAHOMA farmers who wish to apply for wheat crop insurance must complete their applications Carl state tor of the federal crop insurance He said he was notified yesterday there would be no time OKLAHOMA and ARKANSAS cloudy tonight and Thurs KANSAS cloudy and cooler tonight Thursday cool er in southeast and extreme east warmer in northwest MISSOURI Generally fair in extreme north local thun in central and south portions this afternoon or somewhat cooler in west and north portions Thursday becoming somewhat Temperatures in Miami from 4 oclock yesterday afternoon until 2 today 4 4 6 fi 5 S 10 10 Midnight Noon 2 2 BY THK ASSOCIATED PRESS The weather bureau at Okla homa City reported the mercury hit 102 yesterday at Alva and and Altus had traces of thermometers read but out in they had it 1J degrees Britain and France Seek to Hasten Delivery of Planes Ordered in AUGUST 1938 Ottawa County Population Office of Publication A Street nnd First Avenue PRICE FIVE CENTS Sea STS BRITISH FLEET MANEUVERS GERMANY HITLER INSPECTS FRANCE PROTESTS FARMER DUSTINGS BY ITALY A tense European situation grew more tense when Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany made a surprise trip of inspection to forts along the This map locates the points watched closely as Great Britain and France strove t0 prevent an outbreak of Britain and fac ing a crisis in are mak ing every effort to hasten delivery of the war plane reinforcements they have ordered in the United Informed persons indicated that the craft would not be ready for shipment within four or five The which occasioned the appeals for quick is receiving the closest study by President Roose velt and State department Should conflict break out in Eu rope before the planes are com the American neutrality act might prevent their ship 500 War Crafts Ordered Great Britain has ordered 400 reconnaissance and training planes in this country 200 from the Lockheed company and 200 from the North American Aviation France has ordered 100 pursuit planes from Curtiss France preceded through manufacturers in taking the first formal step toward obtaining licenses from the munitions con trol board for the export of the Licenses totaling 000 were issued for French plane last but shipments have not Great Britain has not yet applied for the American aviation manufactur ers are working to capacity on orders from the American army and navy and from civilians Several companies which have re foreign orders are known to be enlarging their Shipments Low in June Arms shipments to Great Bri tain and France were low in June Britain took worth of including explosives France bought worth of principally civil air Licenses for shipments to Ger many totaled consist ing almost entirely of civil air Under the act creating the munitions control how these are listed as wai The European situation was the subject of a conference yesterday between President Roosevelt anc Secretary Although both de comment it is known that some government officials regard Europe as being a1 a crossroads between peace anc Officers Trace Trail of Slain Texas Fugitives state police anc county detectives traced back to day the crime trail of two Texas convicts shot to death by deputy sheriffs here just over five weeks after they escaped from a state prison farm in an officers auto The men were identified tenta as John Bowman and Tilg liam Van trusties who flee from Wynn state prison farm at last July 24 in the of Three deputy sheriffs shot them at dawn here The gun men opened fire with pistols as the deputies drew up to their taxi Their identities were learned through fingerprint classifications to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Two persons identified them as Thomas Coady of who in his fathers said they were the gunmen who took from him Irwin owner of a lothing store at South said hey had held him up several days alias Jess at the time of his escape was sewing years for robbery and le was sentenced from Gregg in He was rom Van Acker was serving 35 years or robbery and theft from Tar and Harris His sen ence was imposed in He served in the New Mexico and ort federal Sixth Murder Trial For EVENING the sixth John former Pocahontas police is scheduled to face trial luring the court term opening here on charges of murdering Pocahontas night several years He given a life sentence at his irst but the supreme court the Other trials in hung IN RUMANIA and Charles Lind who have been making an ir tour of Soviet arrived t tlie airport near here Guard Hart Named As Responsible for Oven Cell Deaths William Mills today named guard James Hart as the man for turning on the heat that blasted the lives of four convicts in punishment cells at the Philadelphia county prison testifying at a coroners inquest in the said Hart gave an unauthorized order to an assistant engineer to turn steam into a battery of radiators in the prison box like isolation building where 25 convicts were con There should have been no heat turned in the building in August the superintendent He said Hart did not have au or his permission to have the heat turned Coroner H e r s c h interrupted Mills testimony and said the su statements showed a ridiculous lack of knowledge about conditions at the The coroner interrupted after Mills had said in reply to questions that he had no knowledge that heat had been turned on in the isolation and that he did not know here had been no examination of the prisoners by a Mills said there were no printed rules to regulate the treatment of prisoners by You dont know bow to run that Hersch This is the most peculiar situation I have ever heard of in a large insti that house where there are no rules and regu lations and no one seems to know whats going You have been on the witness stand nearly an hour and we havent got President President Roosevelt shook the band today that guided Douglas plane on a tn The flier said Roosevelt told me to bp careful and not take any more I told him I didnt believe in gambling Corrigan add Stores Go to Later Closing Hours Here Fall and winter closing hours will be adopted tomorrow by Miami All stores will close at instead of at u The Saturday night closing hour will remain at 10 in GANG LAWYER SAYS HE PAID NINES 00 Kid Mouthpiece Testifies Tammany Boss Asked for Numbers Game Money CURRY IS SURPRISE Goes on Stand To Help Twine Legal Net Around Enemy BULLETIN NEW Richard Dixie 32 yearold kid mouthpiece of the Dutch Schultz policy testified in the conspiracy trial of Tammany District Leader James Hines that he paid Hines approximately 000 as political fixer for the mob between October and NEW 31 Richard Dixie 32yearold J kid mouthpiece of the multi million dollar Dutch Schultz policy today put the finger di on Tammany District Lead er James Hines by testifying that he paid Hines in Octo The Tammany boss is on trial as the accused political front for the I visited Hines home with the witness and later went to see Hines with Leo Rosenthal was a Hines aide at his Monongahela Democratic I told Hines I heard he needed so I gave him District Attorney Thomas Dewey had Davis describe a series of social trips he took with and the witness added Hines asked me for numbers game money any number of How many times At least 15 or 20 at ir regular from to the end of Davis Witness Admits Perjury Davis blandly under by that he had committed perjury many times in the declaring as to one specific instance I may have told the but I cant Spectators Davis said he met Hines at the Tammany leaders home in Octo shortly after Dutch Schultz decided to muscle in on the lucrative Harlem policy How often did you see Hines during the next six months after 1932 Dewey Two or three times a We went to and the race tracks Ordered to Be Friendly Davis said he had been ordered by Dutch Schultz to develop Hines friendship as he might be very valuable to The Dutchman said to give Hines anything he wanted within Davis Where did you turn over this money to Hines Various my at Hines home and at the office of Joseph Hines Davis Shalleck is one of Hines attor neys in the current Deweys method of having Davis concede previous perjury on direct examination apparently was de signed to beat the defense to that Curry Tolls of Feud The dapper young dis barred after his Schultz connec tions became took the stand after John Tam manys deposed top had testified under to his long feud with I did not blame Hines for my deposal from the leadership of Tammany Curry But have never spoken to him since Davis Is Nervous Palpably one time law clerk who rose to the affluence of suits and as attorney for the Schultz policy spoke in a thin voice and appeared ill at Only once did he look at was a furtive Boldly returned by the 61yearold and then Davis quickly returned to what has herald PHILLIPS TO BE HERE THURSDAY ON STATE TOUR Democratic Nominee for Governor Will Inspect Junior College PROGRAM INFORMAL But Will Meet With Various Party Leaders in County Leon Red the Democratic nominee for governor will inspect the Northeastern Ju college Thursday and meet informally with county Demo The Okemah legislator is ex to arrive between 9 Mid 10 from After his one day visit he will go to Vin ita Friday for a look at the East ern Oklahoma Saturday to Claremore to visit Oklahoma Military academy and Sunday to Muskogee to inspect several state An informal reception is being planned for the gubernatorial can One Democratic leader said Phillips will meet party sup porters shortly after he arrives No especial entertainment has been this informant said because we have been informed he wants no fanfare to accompany his The Associated Press reported that Phillips will remain at Mus kogee through Monday and leave Tuesday morning from there to inspect Connors Agricultural col That afternoon he will rest at the home of a longtime friend anc then follow this schedule Northwestern State Teachers Alva Fri Western Oklahoma Supply Woodward rodeo Sept Northern Oklahoma hospital and back to Oklahoma City the following During the Phillips said he expected to inspect a private irri gation at I looked at some irrigation I was in he said I want to see if its feasible Phillips planned to remain here until the State Democratic con vention 19 at that he said he would go to Big for trial of a law Then he plans to resume his inspection Continued on Page Two Disney Pushes Its New School Building masons worked today to complete a grade school building for the 174 pupils of the Grand river dam boom The only structure previously a small country school that served the section has been isolated by construction The new expected to be completed in three is being built by state aid and the school 40 high school students are being hauled to Jay for Two busses were placed in service Monday by the school Meets in Special Session A special session of the Grand River Dam Authority was held this Members of the board were notified of the meeting this morning by Sec Owen Most of the business to be tak en up by the board this afternoon was of an administrative The meeting was originally sched uled for 10 oclock this but was delayed until this after when a conference between contract Manager Wright and railroad officials and Le gal Counsel Davidson was not completely concluded yester HAWAII DECLARES WAR 31 Hawaii has declared the giant African One hun dred men have taken the field to eradicate the considered one of the most dangerous enemies of the plant The snail has been found on two of the five major Sales Mean Jobs Cleaners Dyers We know that sales at our place mean jobs for all of and we fully a p p r e c i ate each and every 0 u ij o b t o mean sal PS for t he rest of yon we SALES MEAN JOBS believe in cooperation of this sort believe it or dry cleaning and dying is not to be classed as a luxury but rather as a necessity in the wardrobe budget for it will help you maintain your job by your im maculate which is always pleasing to employer and customer Sales mean mean say all of NEW DEAL ENTRIES LOSE IN CAROLINA AND CALIFORNIA RACES SENATOR ROOSEVELT WINS BY LA MANCE APPEARS AT HEARING William appeared be tween his evangelist father and and William N at a preliminary hearing on a charge of murder for the death of his whose body was found in a cellar at their Eight Texans Wade 11 Miles to Safety After Gale Ordeal Texas rested by their first nights sleep since breathed deeply today of life they prayed for Sunday while a gulf hurricane roared over the sandbar on which they sought The eight who left here Fri day on a fishing expedition down the northeast Mexican re turned last night after wading 11 miles across shallow water to the Shaken by their battle against terrific winds and weary from their long hike and two days hunger and they told a har rowing tale of lying face downward on a dune while the gale whipped sand over Said of Cor pus Christ Late when things looked the we got the whole bunch together and we knelt and prayed in the Then we waited for We kept expect ing a tidal wave to wash us off the Sport o Grams LaMance Quoted As Saying Wife Friend A remark by William La Mance the same night his wifes body was that she has a boy friend in Kansas was attributed to the osteopath by a state witness today at his prelim inary hearing on a murder Sheriff Max Brown testified La Mance came to his office reported his wife was and remarked she has a boy friend in Kansas City and might be Sheriff Brown and other state witnesses said the osteopath re mained in a chair in the front room of his home while a search was His wifes hody was soon found in the fruit cellar behind the The New York Giants shoved a run across in the ninth inning to break a tie and nip the Pirates 6 to 5 in the first game of a double header today before a crowd esti mated at The deciding run came on a hit by McCarthy an error and a pass ed The Bucs completed the game under protest after for several minutes against a decision of the umpires calling a base runner out at third during a threatening The defeat cut the Pirates Na tional league lead to 5Vz NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game New York 030 11 1 Pittsburgh 211 13 1 Wittig and Danning Bauers and Second flame New York Pittsburgh Melton and Mancuso Lucas and Boston 10 Chicago 00 Fette and Lopez Lee and First Game Philadelphia 000 010 Louis 000 001 and Atwood Henshaw and AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 421 301 New York 2 000 Kennedy and York Sun Ira and 000 201 8 Boston 020 220 7 2 Mills and Sullivan Harris and Cleveland 310 100 0 030 102 0 Hudlin and Pytlak Smith and Chicago 002 0 Washington 0000 Whitehead and Schlueter Leon ard and Trio Gets Loot at Gem Shop 3 men held up Fifth ave jewelry store of escaping vith loot estimated tentatively by lice at Rio Grande Basin Menaced by Flood 31 UP Floodwaters of the Rio Grande shot past the flood stage throughout the upper valley today and spillways on the Texas and Mexican sides began draining the stream in an effort to prevent dam age to crops in the fertile The stream was still rising at Rio Grande City and had reached a stage of The flood stage there is 21 Rising hourly in the lower the Rio Grande here lacked but a few inches of going over the first Levees hastily repaired and strengthened w h e n floodwaters from where 10 drowned and many were left headed in this direction stood between Brownsville and the raging At Hidalgo the river had reached a foot above flood Two on the Texas side were taking water from the river at this workers at Las fought to keep a weakened levee from Sandbags were piled along the water edge by 100 men who worked all Made Circus OKLAHOMA elephants and an of their jungle cousins camp under the heading of duty for Sheriff Stanley Rogers lie became temporary cus of the Russell Brothers cir cus yesterday after three of its employes filed damage suits against contending they were injured in a traffic accident at This morning the circus had not poster i very bond but efforts were afoot to do State Traffic Toll Far Under 1937s 2 Added Yesterday IIV Till ASSOCIATED PRESS Two died last of traffic injuries and the total for the slate for stood today at 2D8 such deaths compared o for the first months of the high way patrol Will died of injuries suffered last day on the outskirts of Poteau when a car in which he rode left road on a Anna died after being strurk 19 by a car near her for this month stood at The total through was the pa trol Veteran Lawmaker Crushes Administrations First Attempt to Unseat Demo cratic MADOO IS BEHIND DOWNED Pensions Advocate Pushes Ahead in California Returns BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Senatorial candidates with the personal hacking of President Roosevelt were on the short ends of Democratic primary returns to day from South Carolina and Ellison Smith crushed first effort to unseat a Democratic senator hy winning renomination in South With returns 90 percent the veteran of 30 years service held a margin of more than 000 votes over the New Deal en Olin Despite repeated presidential Senator William Gibbs Mc Adoo was more than votes behind Sheridan who COMMENTS House aides said to day that President Roosevelt predicted yesterday that Sena tor Smith of South Caro lina would win the Democratic senatorial by Roosevelt had this com ment to make on Smiths suc cess U is often true that it takes a long past up to the present made a novel pension plan an is Downey had votes to for McAdoo with of the precincts Smith Celebrates Senator chairman of the important donned a red shirt in honor of his victory last night and told well wishers in his home town of No man dares to come into South Carolina and try to dictate to the sons of those men who held high the hands of Lee and Hamp He was surrounded by other red men as he spoke at the base of a statue of Wade whose election as gover nor in 1876 ended carpetbag rule in the In those days the red shirts were an equivalent of the old Ku Klux Klan in other southern The race between Smith and Johnston was regarded by most politicians as a direct test of New Deal strength it South This factor was how by the personal opposition to Johnston of Edgar another New who with drew from the contest The two men long have been at odds in state and there was speculation as to how many of Browns followers voted for Continued on Page Two British Impound 13 Of Tom Guns 31 British customs officers took eight sixshooters and five rifles away from Tom Mix today when the American cowboy movie star arrived on tbu liner Paris for a vaudeville The weapons were impounded until Mix gets a license to import them or leaves the cour The confiscation somewhat spoiled the triumphal entry of wearing a cow boy led his Tony II ashore in The whistles of the liner and its tender were muted at the Americans request so Tony wont be Metal Markets NEW Copper spot 12 export Load New York East Louis steady East Loins spot and forward spot fis lid t spot 8s future
