Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - August 31, 1938, Reno, Nevada TF Wi NEVADA THE One Sound State VOL NO 295 ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER M DOWNEY Dace Neutral In Nazi Clash Henlein Forces War Closer by Refusal to Accept Latest Czech Concessions PARIS Aug 30 Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy has warned that Germany cannot count on Italy's active support in event of war arising from any Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia in support of German minority's autonomy demands diplomats reported Tuesday night Italy according to information reaching both Paris and London was understood to have told Konrad Henlein the Czechoslovak Hitler over whose self-rule program Fuehrer Adolf Hitler has claimed a protective interest that Italy refuse to fight in support of his claims Reliable although unofficial re- ports said that Italy had delivered the same notice to Berlin The French press reported ing the recent Berlin visit of shal Italo Balbo governor of Italian Libya that he advised the Germans to go cautiously ing Czechoslovakia BRITISH STILL FIRM ON WAR STAND LONDON Aug 30 Great Britain Tuesday night ed that the Sudeten German GOOD MORNING S B O Signs Used Who Said Billboards AUGUST UPS Wt GOOD MORNING The Weather Today Will Be Unsettled Full Details on 12 TUt PRESS ASSOCIATIONS 16 Pages SLIGHT QUAKES ARE FELT IN By JACK ONE GLANCE AT the crowds that blocked near the Majestic theater the past three days certainly the be- lief there's a recession in this part of the country Literally thousands fought to get into the theater and although it's too early to telV of a local record must have been set Undoubtedly there's money in circulation plenty of The problem is how to shake it loose from the customers The solution is probably First thing the customers want Second advertise it Ragtime was just what theater fans craved It's a splendid show of the best in years And Tompkins theater manager advertised it plenty From the amount of ad- and publicity in the Journal the few many subscribers might have begun to think their favorite newspaper was a movie magazine or thing But it did the work Alexander's Ragtime incidently is now the current of- fering at the Granada where we predict it will set new records for Clarence Remington WE WONDER HOW a recent family tiff came out A couple came over here from See Good Morning pg 12 col 7 minority's decision to the C z e c h o slovakian government's newest offer of concessions was taken full backing of Germany and indicated tha Fuehrer Adolf pre- pared tou force showdown with sary arms if There was grave LOS ANGELES No Damage Reported Mt Vesuvius Also In Eruption LOS ANGELES Aug UP An earthquake was felt in tions of Los Angeles at p Tuesday night Although the tremor was light it was felt in three distinct tions of the city Up and Down Long Beach the location of a serious quake in 1933 reported the tremor was felt there in a sharp up and down No damage was indicated either in Los Angeles or in Long Beach The quake also was described as sharp in the vicinity of tington Beach a community on the Pacific ocean 45 miles south of and 15 of Long Beach No serious damage was ed in Beach although dishes were knocked from shelves and houses MT VESUVIUS ERUPTS VILLAGES ARE SATE NAPLES Italy Wednesday Aug Vesuvius erupted early Wednesday ing lavs at the raw Pensioner Defeats New Deal SMITH LEADING frohn the crater ling ft fellow going to do he hu only one nickel and there are two tote You guested It He one ice and It with the other fellow which in this case happen to te Buddy boy Matthew Acker Jr of f Man Who Made Millions that unless the British mediator at Prague Viscount Runciman can persuade the deten Nazis to reverse their deci- sion the explosion which all Europe fears will to a eral war may be at hand HENLEIN THINGS WAB CLOSER BY ACTIONS PRAGUE Wednesday Aug 31 The Sudeten German party of Konrad Henlein the day drove the Central European crisis closer to an explosion when it was decided to reject the new offer of sions The government press taking courage front yesterday's ments in London and Paris meanwhile proclaimed that Great Britain the United States and France had joined in a terrific weight of power that is isolating Nazi Germany Huge flames sky were- not throughout t the n the slopes so far Bette Davis at Lake Denies Divorce Governor K i r m a n Appoints Successor Clearing of district court ets congested during the past week was expected to begin Wednesday when A J Maestretti takes the bench in Department No 1 as successor to the late Judge Thomas F Moran Maestretti to present his qualifications and begin work im- mediately Wednesday morning after being appointed Tuesday by Governor Richard Kirman tretti is a well known attorney of Reno and has practiced law here for many years He has been the official drafter for the Nevada legislature during Kirman's term in the governor's chair He is a Republican Judge Benjamin F Curler of Department No 2 returned to the bench Tuesday after being con- fined to his home by illness for two days Curler has shouldered the heavy work of divisions of district court since and death of Judge MoTan Cantor Suit Contract HOLLYWOOD Aug Eddie Cantor has terminated his contract with Twentieth Century her Mrs Robert Telgram Fox Films became he felt The film actress said she would the story prepared for his next return to in 10 days j film was not suited to his type She is mart jsd to Harmon O nof acting it was m theatrical Iday night Seek Record Endurance Mark Set In Reno In Danger First attempt to better the en- durance flight record planes of sixty-seven hours and ive minutes set over Reno ust 21 by Ted Morrill and Mark Peters will be made as a ure of the New York State Fair o be held next month at cuse Merrill Phoenix and Howard Allen according to announcement made in Syracuse will seek to better with a senger cabin Cub powered With a Franklin engine off on September 2 Both are experienced transport pilots The two fliers will use toe same refueling method by Merrill and Peters in the assault on the record They to cans of gasoline a speeding automobile by means of a grappling iron device done over Syracuse airport as a safety ure BETTE DAVIS GLENBROOK Lake Tahoe Nev Aug vis blonde motion picture star said Tuesday she had come to vada for vocation and a rest from effects of a cold and not for a divorce Miss Davis Tuesday Death Tuesday cut short the careers of two Bollywood Factor who beautified and Waldemar Young who wrote about them Factor head of the makeup firm which bears his name died at of a kidney ailment attributed to injuries he suffered automobile accident three years ago Although un- two his condition did not become serious came suddenly Pneumonia the screen in lywood hospital Several ago he minor tion and convalescing he wag stricken The writer was the grandson of Brigham Young j famous Mormon leader i A native of Lodz Russia Factor came to Hollywood 30 years ago An experienced make-up artist in Russia he found the ing young motion picture in- dustry a fertile Held for his ents His business apace with the industry and years ago he crowned his achievements MOUNTAIN IS BADLY HIT Rains Isolate Area 3 From Sacramento Hurt in Accident LOVELOCK Nev Aug Sacramento were injured one seriously day night when skidded on the tory highway thirty south of Lovelock and overturned MM Samuel Carlson suffered severe injuries to her leg and an- kle Her husband Sacramento chicken rancher received -a cut below left ter Irene knee injury HORMA SHEARER NEW YORK Aug Norma Shearer film star left Mt Sinai Tuesday that she had gone late for observation nd by a salon which he always called the store One of his proudest boasts See Max Factor page 12 col B Who Don't H ml Diamond Ring h Found Blase who icoff at the myth that fling their ment and wedding into the were ably muttering to themselves Tuesday night after two fished a diamond ring from the water here Sam and H A Mellon of Pennsylvania were gazing into the river from the Center bridge and the ring in the shallow They obtained boots waded and picked up ring TONOPAH Nev Aug little mining camp of Round Mountain sixty miles Tonopah suffered heavy damage Tuesday night as tial rains sweeping in from Mt Jefferson poured tons of water over the town Water knee deep down the streets of the and ened to wash away a two-story hotel and store building Mrs Ann Michal telephone ex- change manager reported that her office was isolated from the rest of the town and that workers from the Nevada Porphyry mine located a mile west pf Round Mountain on the opposite side of the hill experienced difficulty in returning to their homes Overhanging clouds indicated that additional rainfall might come during the night and ed considerable worry among the residents No injuries were re- ported SO CAROLINA Johnston Blessed By FDR Trails At Late Count COLUMBIA S C Aug Democrats of South Carolina Tuesday night ator Ellison D Smith a lead of more than votes over his New Deal rial opponent Governor Olin D Johnston in returns from three-fourths of the state's 1508 precincts At 11130 p m E S the count from 1231 of the state's 1508 precincts Smith Johnston Defeat Wai Sought Smith one of the Democratic senators whose defeat was sought by President Roosevelt because of their opposition to the i continued to gain ground as began t to count blocs of votes from Unofficial returns from sixteen of the state's forty-six counties Were complete ever were slow from the larger cities where the poles closed three hours behind the rural pre- In the textile mill center at Greenville where Johnston who carried the President's inferred but unmistakable blessing was reportedly strongest he trailed Smith Sixty-five out of the Greenville precincts gave Smith 9853 Johnston 6264 The senatorial be- fore midnight however was too close to be conclusive Only of an estimated 000 votes cast had been counted Two rural counties had halted ballot tabulating until day Is Tett Vote The South Democratic primary equivalent to election provided the one of the first test votes since Mr velt began his open campaign against conservative Democratic congressmen by intervention in state primaries Far overshadowed by the race but none the less spirited was race for governor with Mayor Burnet Rhett Maybank of Charleston in the lead with votes in 1048 reporting precincts WINNERS SHERIDAN DOWNEY He Pledges Week Congratulations and Ralph Stewart on the birth of a daughter in JElta OB August 26 1938 To Mr and Harry Shultz on the birth of daughter in Hko MI August 36 1938 Girl Is Kidnaped AUsf W Winnipeg Tuesday she bar 15 had and to Mrs Barker fett tor's voice had been described thai dt tests August U an uncle from Flint Mich The anete proceeded from ton to later He saW fee planned to leave far the same day It checked out of an Hotel August 14 Reno Gets Rain Temperatures Drop Showers Today Overcast i morning skies and trace of rain Tuesday sent Reno temperatures below the normal mark The high for the day was 74 degrees while the low was 97 degrees i Although the streets were dampened rainfall was not heavy enough to be measured The barometer was unsteady am partly cloudy skies with loca thunderstorms were forecast for Wednesday Weather conditions across the state were but only two state were omy reported precipitation for the 24-hour period ended at 5 a m Austin received 02 of an inch 14 were checking all pawn shops stores fa attempts to up capes to which jewelry and amounting to sev thousand dollars war taken past weekend vi r F Leads Republicans OLSON LEADING GOVERNOR RACE McAdoo Defeat Is Stunning Blow Was Favored For Background on Downey and see pagt SAN FRANCISCO Aug by labor old pension and Sheridan Downey held a sensational 2 to 1 upSet lead S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo whose tion President Roosevelt had asked in returns from the cipal battle in California's mary election Tuesday night Another Liberal State Senator Culbert Olson was far in front in the Demo gubernatorial race and his San Francisco quarters on the basis of 25 per cent the precincts claimed he was nominated Merriam Leading In the Republican races a pair of ultra Conservatives were in front Gov Frank F Merriam seeking renomination on his ord of six years in the nor's office led four Republican rivals Philip Bancroft Farm leader and political topped two opponents in thj publican senatorial race Downey's showing was ing and also damaging to the prestige of the New Deal and President Roosevelt With returns in from 4389 pre- of the state's the vote in the Democratic senatorial contest Downey McAdoo John W ton Ray Riley and James Mellon 2816 In the Republican race in the same number of precincts the vote Bancroft Ray Riley and Louise kins 9939 Wide Margin In the gubernatorial Merriam was leading the licans by 3 to 1 and Olson had a margin over hit nearest rival in an field The gubernatorial vote in 3174 precincts Olson John Dockwiler Herbert Dan Murphy Ray mond Haight J F T O'Connor William See Olson page 12 cot 6 L OLSON Heads Demo Governor Race POUND STERLING First Break Since 1935 Watched CONDON Aug pound sterling bulwark of old world broke below its former dollar parity of for the first time since May 15 1935 Britain's powerful equalization fund stood aside and permitted the pound to decline not only in dollar terms but also in terms of The Netherlands guilder and the Swiss franc Heaviest of the pound in dollar terms purchases of lars came after the opening of the New York foreign exchange See Sterling page 12 WELL I'll Tell By BOB BURNS I've always found that when two people look a whole lot alike they'll prove U be a whole alike in othe ways too pretty hard U judge a per son's unless you hap pen to know somebody elsi that looks a whole lot like em The other day out here a sneaked up behind a woman ant puts his hands over her eyes aw when she wheeled around man turned red in the face am excuse me lady thought you look j The woman glared and sayt I'm glad I your clumsy The man gulpet and Dura if you don't tall
