Morning Herald (Newspaper) - February 23, 1938, Hagerstown, Maryland Good Morning What has happened to Mayor Elgins bicycle licensing MORNING HERALD Weather Forecast Cloudy preceded by rain day colder Wednesday Thursday Run FEBRUARY eans Prcu SINGLE 2 CHAMBERLAIN WINS VOTE OF COMMONS SPANISH CITY OCCUPIED BY REBEL FORCE GENERAL PERSHING SUFFERS RELAPSE Teruel Falls under Con trol of Spanish In HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE REPORTED Commander of Govern ment Garrison Be Killed France At th Spanish 22 IP The strategic city of Teruel in ruins after two months o fell under Spanish Insurgent contro again today when Govern ment forces gave up its de fense and made a hasty re The Insurgents reoccupied th 160 miles east of two months after the government took it in one of its most successfu operations of the Entirely surrounded by the government garrison formed into an attacking column and fought its way out of the city after a night of bitter street Government advices said the re treating troops tell back to Oberto nine miles southeast o to the strong defenses where the government stopped the Insurgents early in the war and held them for nearly a year and a Heavy Fighting They were reported making desperate stand there to keep Gen Francisco Francos forces from marching on toward the From headquarters came reports of renewed heavy fighting Continued on Page 10 CITIES BOMBED IN THRILLING BATTLE Sea and Air Fights be tween Planes and Ships Reported warships and government engaged today in one of the most thrilling sea and air batles of the civil war in which two insurgent warships were believed to have been the government an The coast cities of Valencia anc Sagunto were heavily bombed ant shelled during tlie engagement in which a French merchant vessel was damaged by a defense ministry communique ssid the insurgent navy suffered heavy losses when two warships one of them believed to be ths battleship Almirante were struck by government The battle took place after torn insurgent ships shelled Valencia and inflicting heavy prop erty damage but no loss of Sixty naval shells were hurled into Sagunto wrile three Insurgent bombing planes dropped 50 bombs on the The French freighter was struck and shells fell close to another French tho Three squadrons of government planes took to the air to meet the and one plane swooped low to drop a bomb on one the in surgent Thick columns of smoke immediately rose from Ihe warship which the commander of the Prado said was the Almir A French destroyer quickly want to the assistance of tho Pralo which only a month ago figured In another Mediterranean incident when slopped by a Spanish war ship off Palamos and was rescued by a French SNOW IN MIDWEST 22 snow powdered areas ot Iho MidWest The fall measur ed leas than two inches but more snow or rain was The de posit up to three Inches in As the crest of the Francis river moved southward In that 300 WPA workers were assigned to levee patrol Snow was re ported In the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and tho upper Great Lakes Temperatures remained near the freezing 22 eral John 77yearold general of the armies of the Unit ed suffered a relapse today after being confined to bed for a week with an attack ot rheumatism and a Roland Davison ordered him moved from his hotel room to the Desert and the War Department to send a con Davison said his patient spent a restless While bis condition fs not a complication has arisen which makes his illness the physicians statement said The outcome can not be predicted at the present Davison declined to disclose the nature of the PASSENGERS HURT IN RAILWAY CRASH Wabash Train Hits Truck at Chicago Suburban Crossing 22 four passengers day when a Wabash Railroad north at 70 miles an rammed into a truck at a suburban The driver oE the demolished Frank of Chi was The the Louis carrying 60 travelers to down the tracks for two blocks after the Then five the six coaches left the Two toppled over on their Further the passen er car immediately behind the locomotive jumped the Highway breaking windows with pistol lifted the passengers from the District Superintendent Earl LInd of the Wabash sent a train of doctors and nurses to the scene the wreck in the village of about 15 miles southwest of Chicagos Among those rushed to hospitals were Maxine vocalist with Hal Kemps orchestra Bruce Mil ligan and Gene musicians n Kemps band Ernest professor at Washington Uni and John Peter manager of the Kemp Most of the injured suffered only lacerations and Hos reported none was seriously HAT PIN HANDY 22 Mary Thomas doesnt wear a hat in in her hat any but she has carried one in her lapel since a nan snatched her purse a year Today she used it to drive off an other purse She told lolice she didnt know whether she stabbed man the in was bent and she kept her Sportsman Killed Falls From Horse 22 Joyd one of the British in o s distinguished was fatally Injured to lay when be was thrown from his in the Har Hunters The 48yearold British minister plenipotentiary to the Paris cm for seven years secretary o the of Windsor when he vas Prince of died a few after being carried into ho His neck was broken n the Thomas was In training Grand National at March In which ho was scheduled to Idc his own Royal ast years winner and ono of the Ho naked for leave from Is duties In Iho embassy to pro are for the SHARE COSTS DELAYS Amendment of Senator Bailey to Relief Debated SPENDING DANGER CITED BY SENATOR Proposal to Increase the Fund Defeated by 58 to 22 22 The emergency relief appropriation asked by President tered a delay in the Senate today when sharp debate broke out over a proposal to force communities to bear more of the relief The proposal was made by Sena tor Bailey who asked that be required to con tribute 25 per cent of the cost of WPA work relief and 20 per cent of direct The debate consumed so much that the Senate recessed un til tomorrow morning without reaching a final Proposal Defeated Previously the chamber voted 58 to a proposal by Sena tor Bone DWash to increase the appropriation to By a voice an at tempt by Senator Hale HMe to cut the amount to was likewise Party lines broke on a 3S to 36 vote approving an amendment by Senator DWash o exempt the emergency appropria tion from provisions of the Wood rum This amendment to last years relief required that relief funds be apportioned over the entire Under Baileys proposed amend Continued on Page 10 BLANK IS ADOPTED A BOARD MEETING New Application for Pros Policemen Is Approved A new application blank for prospective policemen was adopt ed last night by the Board of Street The new drawn up and recommended by Carl Mc Cleary inquires into the past per of the There are about 100 questions to be The Board also considered adopt ing an age limit for applicants but no action was Two mem ers of the Board appeared to favor a 25 35 year limit while an ther thought the maximum should je increased to 37 Because of complaints from busi ness houses on North Mulberry the Board adopted a two lour parking limit on that street Washington street and East AMERICAN FLIERS ON RETURN FLIGHT 22 Flve of Uncle Sams huge fly Ing fortresses roared high across the Andes and swooped down here today for an over night stop enroute On their tails came the sixth ship of the good will flight This plane was delayed for five hours on the takeoff this morning from Buenos Aires be couse one of its wheels broke the concrete surface covering an underground gasoline tank at the military air The group of big bombers was scheduled to take off tomorrow for on the next leg of its return Americans in Buenos Aires re ported that except for the visit of President Roosevelt to the Argentine in no United States mission to that country has ever received so many eulo comments In the OFFICIALS SILENT ON HITLER SPEECH Roosevelt and dor Kennedy Canvass European Situation Hyde 22 President Roosevelt canvassed the critical European situation at lengthy luncheon conference today with Joseph who sails tomorrow to assume his new post as Ambassador to like Secretary Hull in the Chief Executive adopted a policy of complete si lence when asked at a press con ference to state his reactions to the Reichstag address of Chancel lor Adolf Hitler and the resigna tion of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Great He refused even to talk off the record to the newspapermen about the swiftly moving events saying there was nothing he could add to what already had been said by the Secretary of State at Hull at a press conference yes said he was not in a posi tion to comment or decline to com ment on European The President emphasized his no comment reply when asked directly whether the developments abroad in the last few days would cause a change in American foreign Kennedy said he preferred not to express his aims until he ar rived overseas and studied the sit Continued on Page 7 Contract for New Generator Given The contract for installing a turbogenerator in the municipal electric light plant was to the Westinghouse Elec tric and Manufacturing Company by the Board of Street Commis last The bid of the Westinghouse the low est The contract wa awarded after a thorough study of the bids with Albert con whose firm drew up plans and specifications for the new The additional generator will bo used as an auxiliary in the event of a HELD AS SECURITY FOR IS ORDERED RETURNED Carlisle Jurist Declares You Cannot Assert a on Flesh and Blood Like You Can on Son Left with Family Lien 22 board five months y a neighboring family as security or a returned to his parents today by a court Judge Fred of the Ctim County told nd Miller You cannot assort a lien on lesh and blood like you can on an The and Fred came to court from heir farm at Newville in the South Mountains to regain their eight 40yearold War vet testified ho left his son with he Millers while his wife was In a Carlisle When I went to get the e Miller told me ho wanted ome money for keeping I had promised him hut 1 said thought ho ought to have some Then ho I want a He knew I couldnt pay f2 ft I because I dont have that Judge Fred Reese asked Youre on a arent you I get a month from the McCalister hut I cant do 24yearold told Judge he had not entered Into any agreement when Mc Calister brought him the When he came for the I asked him for a week for its said McCalister re fused to so I kept the Have you boon keeping the baby for money only asked Dis Attorney Boyd Miller The have four other and Miller havo The proceedings before tho court concerned only Iho release of tho Money to bo paid forthe of ho It was not decided by the A New Maritime Commissioner Max general counsel of the Federal Maritime Com was nominated by President Roosevelt to be a member of the He is shown as he consulted with his new Rear Ad miral Emory who succeeded Joseph Kennedy as chairman of the Kennedy is United States Ambassador to METERS COLLECT DESPITE HOLIDAY Yesterday was a national holi day but automobile owners un consciously caught themselves in the act of dropping coins In parking meters just the The meter ordinance does not apply to Sundays and national stores re mained open and business was conducted about as usual on Washingtons birthday with the exception of banks and several public buildings being The next national holiday will be May NEW DEAL SCORED AT CLUB BANQUET Representative Differ Says Roosevelt Policies Re Washington William Ditter said tonight that New denies George Washington by its immoral warfare upon the Supreme in a speech at a Wash birthday dinner of the Club added that New repudiates George Wash ington by its destruction of the normal American sentiments of in thrift and prudence in 0111 Magistrate head of the clubs banquet commit said approximately 200 attend ed the State Senator Harry LeGore and David Ever liart aided in making the arrange We are the only nation in the world suffering a new depression at this Ditter and we jre thus stricken only because the New Deal has attempted for five ears to deny the elemental prin of constitutional government md orderly economic progress under Roosevelt has this new affliction on the nation because he has presumed to iay that his own ideas are etter than the basic principles of which have developed through seven centuries of Anglo Saxon The representative said the unemployed now are the iame number as jobless in In be we have people working only part ime at their regular he net result of five years of New We added more ban to the national hut the fundamental job of real national prosperity still remains to be This depression Is an id tribute to George t is a warning to a confused anil following false calling them to return to the ilth of their HOOVER IS HONORED 22 Hoover tonight was f honor at a dinner given at the by King Leopold of the Bel Other guests Included Unit id States Ambassador Hugh Gib on nml Paul Van former Belgian Tho former Pros dent of the United States Is on a Isit to the nation bo aided as Food Administrator during tho World FAVORS AWARD TO STATE CONTRACTOR Senator Thinks Maryland Firm Should Build Bridge State Senator Ernest Miller in a letter to Governor Nice yes urged that the contract for the building of a new bridge at Hancock be given to a Maryland whose bid was only higher than the low bid of a Pennsylvania The contract for thebridge has net yet been In his letter to the Senator Miller said I understand that a contract is about to be let to construct the Hancock I also have been informed that the contract will likely be let to a Pennsylvania con struction company because its bid was about less than that of George Cum Inasmuch as Hazel wood has constructed a number of bridges in his work must be Inasmuch as I participated in the enactment of legislation to raise money for relief in Maryland it seems to me that this contract should go to a Maryland The labor and cost of ma terials to construct this bridge if spent in Maryland will go a long way to help the relief The relief problem is still with us and will be at least during the con struction of this It will cost more to take care of the unemployed labor during the construction of this bridge Continued on Page Order Given for Button Purchase of Police Carl McCleary was authorized last night ceed with the purchase of reflecting buttons to be placed on 500 boulevard stop The made by the are not the reflecting type and scores of complaints have been made that they are difficult to see at The prism type reflecting buttons will be installed in the black let ters Stop and around the bord Red buttons will be in the letters and white buttons around the rim of the The buttons cost 22 per VERDICT OF SUICIDE certificate ot suicide waa is sued today by Magistrate Harry Davis in the death of Thomas member in old Southern Maryland ind former Richard Harrisons found the body in the barn near Harri sons Charlotte Hall home yester There was a shotgun wound u his head and the gun was found BOMBING REPORTED Internationalized 22 French Iner Lyautey radioed to day that the 997ton French was being 12 miles cant of The message appealed for It did not Identify the freighters presumably an MOVE IS REJECTED TO CENSURE PRIME MINISTERS ACTION Conservative Majority Gives Chamberlain Victory in Wake of British Cabinet Idea of Fighting Aggression Called Sham By The Associated Press House of 330 to up held Prime Minister Chamberlains new foreign policy of conciliating fighting a Labor vote of told turbulent Parliament an agreement with Hitler and Mussolini was necessary to avoid Minister Delbos hinted France too would bargain with Mussolini cabinet voted huge new armament appropriation expected agreement with Britain to follow talks Berlin believed Hitler was free to press Czechoslovakia for Commissar announced Soviets would use poison gas if war breaks tense fearing new Nazi demon By The Associated Press thundering Conservative majority tonight gave Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain a House of Commons victory in the wake of a cabinet crisis that ushered out Anthony Eden as Foreign Secretary and signalled a new British policy of conciliating By a vote of 330 to 168 Commons rejected a Labor motion to censure the Prime Ministers Fighting bitter attacks in the Chamberlain cried it was his duty to seek peace in the armed camps of Hitler and thus to avoid the frightful question of He rejected as sham the League of Nations idea of fighting aggression by Only one Vyvyan voted against the govern but Winston Churchill and almost a score of others ab stained from The effect the new policy on the United States was flung Into the bitter debate on several occasions by opposition members in ning fire and former Prime Minister David Lloyd George accused Cham berlain of withholding an Italian until Eden Arthur vice chairman of the Labor party who moved the vote of declared the recognition of Italys conquest of Ethiopia would really hamstring the President of the United States and drive him completely into a policy of Winston former cabinet that in the United States havoc has resulted from these Millions of people there who are our enemies have been armed with the means to mock the sincerity of British idealism He said American isolationists BRITISH Foreign Minister Delbos Hints Negotiations with Italy 22 Min ister Yvon Delbos hinted tonight that the French faced with a choice between isolation in Europe or adopting a course paral lel to might herself enter into negotiations with addressing the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Com after the French Cabinet had approved a fiveyear plan to strengthen their national said the Government might seek reconciliation with Italy on two conditions That the League of Nations must recognize Italian sovereignty Ethiopia before France would take such That Italy retire her teer troops from These were approximately the same conditions Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain specified lor Englands reconciliation with France envisages the opening of conversations with Italy of the same nature as those to he opened by Deputies quoted Del bos as since certain guar antees have been made for recog of Ethiopia and withdrawal of volunteers from In reply to Communist members of the committee who expressed fear Chamberlain meant to con clude an accord between Continued on Page 10 BIG AREA FLOODED DAMAGE IS HEAVY Little 22 Hood danger point shifted suddenly today to the ex treme southwestern corner of the State where two main levees on ho Red River broke and claimed two Thousands of acres of rich plan tations were Rescue pa operating southeast from brought In scores of river oik who had taken refuge on and In trees when the breaks caught Most of the farmers in the area already had moved families and stock to higher now could represent that we are all of us continental tarred with the same and that there is nothing to choose between That is propaganda which is being given enormous impulse while our friends and those who steadily are working for closer co operation of the two countries on parallel lines baffled and Lloyd George Speaks Lloyd opposition accused Chamberlain of not taking the trouble to obtain an Italian telegram accepting the British formula for removing foreign vol from Spain until after Eden White Minister with sat the Prims the edge of the front bench while Lloyd George I never heard of such con duct it is a most incredible Chamberlain hotly denied he fiad done anything disgraceful and insisted he merely had learned o the telegrams Import from a friend of Italian Ambassador Count Dino Grand on He said he told the cabinet but did not get the telegram itself until Eden took part in the angry Continued on Page 10 Former Governor of Nebraska Dies 22 ton Democratic Governor of Nebraska and former col lapsed in the middle of a speech before farmers today and died a few moments He was an outstanding livestock During his seven terms In Con beginning in 190i and end ing In he interested himself primarily in farm He was Governor from 1909 to BLACKSMITH RETIRES 22 William who shooed millions of files and retired today after 57 run u a Ringgold to estimate definitely the of Diet he had than to but rto ords ot hl smithy ho aged more than hortH Mck His befit dally record waa M
