Steubenville Herald Star (Newspaper) - January 9, 1941, Steubenville, Ohio WEATHER FAIR tonight and Fri day except snow flurries in north east portion tonight colder to STEUBENVILLE STOCKS The The Service The filled JANUARY THREE BRITISH PENETRATE 125 MILES INTO LIBYA WILL DRAW UP OWN PACT Authority Agrees to Let Lawmakers Fix Terms of Agreement PLAN FOR 461 UNITS Federal housing for was again Wednesday night at a conference between city council representa tives and members of the metro housing The project now proposed would Involve 00 and provide An for tentative ear marking of this sum has already been filed by the city housing au with United States housing authorities in before anything else fan be done an agreement of co operation between the city und housing authority must no en Possibility of drafting such an agreement was the subject of nights the two sides were still separated by tech when see slon drew to a It was determined that the special council committee will meet as quickly as possible with their own advisor and draw up a cooperation agreement suit able to legislation This will be offeree to the hous ing authority for approval and if acceptable will then be introduced in council as a the housing author ity has offered the proposed agree ment and while the provisions have been changed none of the al The housing authority consent ed to the council committee writ its own explaining that any conditions will bo table to them as long as they can obtain USHA Expressing fear that chances of landing a slum rent project will be lost unless speed is the authority suggested that if possible the legislation be prepared for at next weeks regular council Last one housing but procedure met a challenge and measure Thus it has become neces sary to make a fresh start on the As recommended now by the housing the project will be provided for through a reso rather than by making it possible to rush the leg After setting up the terms of cooperation between the city and housing the resolution probably will authorize the mayor Turn to COUNCIL on Page 5 Hopson Sentenced to Five Years in Prison t Hy The Preu NEW who created a vast utilities empire which finally toppled and collapsed of its own was sentenced today to five years im prisonment 00 each of the 17 fraud on which he was con Dec 3K The terms were to run concur Federal Judge Alfred who presided during the eight weeks of disregarded a plea for mercy by Fred who contend ed that business standards were different in the days of operations from what they now The onetime head of the billion dollar Associated Gas and Electric now a feeble was charged by Assistant Attorney General Hugh Fulton with perpetrating one of the larg est if not the in financial The government charged that Hopson defrauded stockholders and various units of the pyramided Associated Gas and Electric setup of approximately Pedestrian Driver Arrested Struck by an automobile last Steve South Fourth suffered possible fracture of several ribs and was admitted to the Ohio Valley hos Driver of the automobile was Ernest Route Toron who was arrested on a charge of having bad brakes on his cor In police court Rawson was fined iU The accident happened at and Adams Rawson and a witness took the injured man to the Temperature 1 HI noun lit 2UUI minimum fur fur fur fur Hirer TORONTO MAN KILLED AT RAIL CROSSING HERE George Deaf is Struck by Pennsy Engine RO GRID STAR in their Hollywood apart Johnny former Purdue grid star and now playing with he Cleveland and the former Pat Dueke of received congratulations upon their marriage in Las CHARGE DRAFTEE EVADED SERVICE Earl Denies Receiving Board Notice Accused of evading selective service Earl is being held in the Cadiz jail today federal authorities as the first arrest In Jefferson coun ty under the first peacetime con scription At a preliminary arraignment before Commissioner Perring pleaded not guilty to the charge a notice for physical examination and a charge of falling to report a change of address to his draft A hearing has been sot for January 20 before Commis case has been called to the attention of of district at The federal bureau of in also were notified of failure to meet selective srvice The arrest of Perring or dered by Draft Board 1 Perring allegedly failed to report for a physical examination after several Perr ing voluntarily surrendered to federal authorities here after he learned that he was Draft board records show Perr ing registered last October giving his address as 253 North High Sometime ago he moved to or der number appeared for the January 23 army and his failure to answer board notices prompted his Yesterday afternoon Perring was given a physical examination and passed the He informed Hawthorne that he was in the regu lar army for a three year period If present charges were Denies Getting Notice Perring claimed never re a delinquent notice from his Records show this notice was mailed to him last De cember 27 and the notice was re by the board this morning with the letter Because Perring changed his postal authorities had to return the notice to the Perring also claimed he went to a physicians to be examined but left because he got tired of When arraigned before Haw bond was set at In default ot bond he was lodged in Board 1 is preparing to send a detailed account of Perr ings contacts with the in dates and records show ing of various notices sent to The information will be sent to the district attorneys office in The hearing will be held In the federal building with Commis Hawthorne p r e s 1 Selective service regulations stip ulate stiff penalties against reg tound guilty ot ignoring draft board Midwesterner Boosted For GOP Director Job PENSIONERS ACQUIRE HOLD ON ASSEMBLY Appropriation Measure Carries for Old Age Group The days after the assembly sessions it was evident today the states old age pensioners could take their place among the top pressure groups bombarding Consideration of the temporary six months appropriations in the senate finance committee indi strongly that the potential political power of not be overlooked during this The measure as in contained for pensions for more than appropriated two years ago for the comparable period and a leeway of more than above the com was informed by Tom Mc chief of the state division of aid for the The finance committee discussed the pension appropriation und with one that could safely be But no member seemed willing to spon sor the paring Grant Ward suggested it might be a good idea to let the bouse finance committee apply the axe Paul Bal lard chairman of the house who was sitting with the asked what logical reason could bo advanced for passing the buck to the other Rogers R Lorain took the amendment from Ward and offered The Colum bus senator seconded the motion and the pension cut was hastily a roll Only William Zoul was heard in the Chair man Fred Adams a roll call record but there was no A little later on the senate SON EYEWITNESS Walking in front of n vania railroad locomotive at the Washington street crossing at George of Clark was instant ly A deaf Sine apparently did not notice the approaching en gine and was hit a moment after he had narrowly escaped being struck by a small section Coroner Ray Slee re Sines narrowly missed when he sensed his fathers danger und a futile lunge to get him out of the path of the The father and son had driven to Steubenville for work and parked their automobile in the lot at the west side of the They started across the though the gates were and had to stop once for the section car on which Ralph was riding out of the A few steps the son stopped to speak to an acquaint ance and his father continued on across the tracks in a diagonal di rection into the path of the It was a light running on the eastbound tracks heading from Mingo to was the Futile Rescue Effort Almost as the engine struck his looked up and saw the impending mishap und made a tile lunge to get his parent out of the The father was knocked aside by the He suffered a frac tured broken neck and twes of the right arm and His body was taken to the Pais ley funeral Sine was a lather employed by John plastering con His wife died little more than a year Besides he is one other Vvho a small lunchroom in Sines death marked the fifth railroad victim on two block stretch between Adams and Wash ington streets in the last two Turn to 5 Courts Clerk Blum Increases His Staff i of Court Eugene today increased his staff of clerks to eight by appointing Duplaga of Tiltonsville at a salary of a Miss is now employed in Treasurer Hairy Marshalls office and will As sume her new duties Clerk Blum said Miss will work in the certificate of title office under his He added that the increase of business in the office has necessitated the appointment of an additional County commissioners ten granted Blum an addition al appropriation for 1941 in paying clerks Treasurer Marshall said he would defer appointment of a clerk in his office to replace Miss til a later By movement to place a midwesterner in charge of Republican either as national party chairman or as executive is gaining strength among lican members of argue that the mid west should be recognized because the 1040 Republican showed its greatest strength in that re Former Representative Dudley White of Ohio mentioned for a salaried position executive if such post is Daughter Severely Burned When ghe was standing in fro it of an open grate Wednesday the clothing of Regina ape 1026 McNeal fire and resulted in burns to both the girl and her youngster suffered burns on he arms and under her chin and was admitted to the Ohio Val ley hospital at Her dition today was reported fairly The girls Albert age suffered burns on both hands when he attempted to put out the He received treatment at the Ohio Valley hospital and then was Washington Primping For Inauguration By The Up and down Pennsylvania avenue workmen are busily erecting the props for Washingtons big quad inauguration of a The first bunting was draped to day on the facade of a a sure sign that iJO is not far The steps have been covered with a broad white plat form where Franklin Roosevelt will take his oath for a third In front of the White House a colonial pavilion and a court of peace are being constructed for the President and state governors to review a glittering inaugural parade And of military and civilian along the mile between these show places supports are be ing laid for thousands ami thou sands of bleacher from which spectators can watch the parade and cheer and Two hundred army planes and 80 navy planes will fly over the The arrangements committee en predicts that a mil lion persons will see either the brief Late News Bulletins tlv Thr T VOItK Wilson ti slit lint torpedoed 500 miles of Tim luid trading and inauguration ceremonies or the Silt LOST O Nl O Iire announced looton first null of lie liem h navy to join Do lux boon Mink A nun sakl lie n was lost la with Ilir Allied she luid herself OX LONDON Londons tonight nnd fire broke out after throe nights of quiet us he nlr opened nn all nek on ho CHILEAN KLIKU KILLED I Hugo Chilean nav al was Killed when bis wont into n nnd plunged into bay I nun an altitude of 400 naval air com office reported AID TO BRITAIN PREPARED FOR CONGRESS Measure Expected to be Placed in Sen ate Simultaneously BUDGET IN CREASE STILL IX WASHINGTON O f r i today Him I he of who tins boon here on n visitors penult Co limi a still ii the Culled Slates hut to leave very un der an informal REFORMS URGED IN MINE CODE Expansion of Inspector Staff Advocated Vf Blanket coverage of Ohio miners under the compensation and expansion of the state staff of deputy inspectors as an accident prevention move were urged today before John Brickers mine low enforcement An enlarged inspection staff would still be fur under the 100 or more game wardens operating in our state to protect the lives of asserted John Jones of New who last week criticized the division of mines for what he termed selec tion of unqualified Jones also proposed suitable penalties for failure to comply with state mining lows appoint ment of a nonpar tisan to administer the di vision uf mines inspection of all mines at leant once a with weekly inspections for mechanized operations appointment of resi dent inspectors where and creation of a fourman staff of charged with forcing mines to conform with safety orders under penalty of be ing Jones charged that Llewelyn one of four men who in spected the mine near Cadiz two days before an explosion kill ed 32 miners last was appointed since he never worked a single day in the mines in A similar charge was levelled against Marcus chief of the division of mines and I investigated and you didnt have the necessary Ity Thr Associated ton draft of a grunting the government broad powers to lend guns and to Britain ami other democra cies has been completed and may lc ready for congress Administration lieutenants said the measure was entirely new leg and did not involve amend ments to any existing such as the neutrality act or the Pittman low of last June authorizing as sistance for Latin American na tions engaged in defense Whatever the ultimate cost of the plan ranged from to over a period of years as now drafted will carry no one leader It would merely authorize such future appropriations as may be required from time to he add This conformed with the state ment in President budget message that appropria tions to pay for the British aid would await passage of legislation authorizing Supplement Domestic Budget Any outlays would supplement the 104142 domestic budget sub mitted yesterday calling for including a tentative total of for Additional army and navy requests already in prospect promise to boost the defense figure to ad least this The President indicated the in amounts to finance the lending plan would be relatively small because Britain would con to pay cash for existing or ders here for somu time to Administration leaders were ex to confer on the legislation with perhaps introducing It in Senate and house Democratic leaders went over a rough outline the at conferences yesterday with Secretaries Mor and Hull and departmental legal It was learned afterward that efforts were being made to com plete the for simultaneous in in both houses tomor Reports that the would car ry very little if any limitation on authority to be given the President caused some opponents to cry blank But administration leaders predicted it would One leading Senator Wheeler said the speech made in North Carolina Tuesday by William former am to urging aid to Greece and China showed that the administration was tak ing you as fur as they can at this but they Intend to take you farther Turn to REFORMS 5 Churchill Says Hold Hope Of World llr The Iren Min ister Churchill told a luncheon of The Pilgrims here today it in our fervent hope that Lord ambassador to the United muy prosper in a as momentous as any that the monarch has entrusted to an Eng lishman in the lifetime of the old est of us The prime minister asserted it was no exaggeration to ay the whole future of the world and a civilization founded on Christian ethics depended on relations be tween Britain and the United He said that the identity of pur pose and persistence of prevailing throughout the English speaking world than any other determine the way of life open to the generations and perhaps the centuries to follow our The Pilgrims U an Anglo American organization for the pro motion of good will between the United States and the British em If cooperation between the empire and the United States were to Churchill the em pire might hew ite way through against the spirit of totalitarianism and preserve life and for the inevitable renewal of the conflict on worse terms after an uneasy But the chance of nutting the march of mankind clearly and surely along the high roads of hu would be lost and might never We of the watchtowers of history and have offered to us the glorious oppor of making the supreme ARMY SWEEPS PAST TOBRUK TO NEW BASE Goebbels Hints Lull In Nazi Activity Prelude To Vast Offensive REVOLT IN ETHIOPIA 1rrnn Britains swiftly advancing desert troops have driven 120 miles into Italian the British command in Cairo announced reaching the Fascist airport at 40 miles west of besieged Thirtyfive Italian planes were taken at an RAF communique and 40 more at the abandoned airdrome at El 15 miles south of In Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels dropped a hint Germany may be mar shaling her forces for another vast Goebbels cautioned foreign correspondents not to regard the present lull in operations as meaning declar ing Nazi offensives were always preceded by intervals of most careful he scoffed at the long siege of inactivity on the western front during the winter of on May the great offensive began in the west which in the shortest time imaginable brought France An RAF from I sacrifice and needed by a cause which it may not be erent to call Churchill I hail it as a most fortunate occurrence at this ing climax in world there at the head of the American republic a famous states man long vented in the work of In whose heart burns the fire of reactance txi aggres sion and he added in a tribute to President Nor do 1 rejoice lens that this preeminent figure should newly have received the unprecedented honor of being called for a third time to lead the American demo Lord Halifax had awakened the United States to the Turn to on Page 6 Complete Data Sought On Political Loan ttr The PriM sen ate investigating committee called today for complete information on a loan which reputedly paid the radio network costs of President final appeal for votes in the November election and two other campaign broad wealthy North Carolina tobacco credited with making the and Oliver official of the Democratic national credited with arranging were under to tell the details to the special senate committee investigating campaign First testimony about the 000 loan came yesterday from Charles secretary of the New Jersey state Democratic com testified thai the New Jersey agreed to the request after Quayle ex that Reynolds would ad vance a loan since the Democratic national committee was afraid these costs might put outlays above the limit imposed by the Hatch Caribbean Commands Merged Hy The Con solidation of the armys com mands at the Panama Canal and In the Caribbean area was announced today by to strengthen western Hemisphere de said I tie existing Pana ma Canal and Puerto de and the new Trinidad base command would be unified under command of Lieutenant General Van canal zone The purpose of the Stint son told a press Is to provide a unified command the entire Caribbean area with the aim of Increased efficiency par centralized control of air and FRENCH SUFFER MORE REVERSES Troops Withdraw Deeper Into IndoChina Hy The French French edged today a general withdrawal live to 10 miles inside the Cam bodia frontier with v Thai patrols concerted attacks on main milew long and the These were on the borders of the provinces of Cambodia and The French said their troops were withdrawing to previously prepared lines because border tor rein in those areas was strategi cally Mr The Delayed The Thai Siamese army is advancing into the French province of Cambodia in blitzkrieg that sup ported by air raids covering prac all the according Information contained In to high command commu Ninety planes participated In ex tensive bombing raids thu and the en tire city of 20 within IB The French forces were said to have given up newly established retreating far into the This taken together with a Domel Japanese Agency wireless dispatch credit ed to French In that the war had spread over most of the common border between the French colony and the realm of King Ananda monarch under a A heavy artillery duel the Mekong river yesterday WHS reported to hove damaged oil tanks at on the French in Laon causing a huge French menu and ammunition dumps alio were said to have been Blamed For Decline in Bonds By Thi fren lary Morgenthau said today the Federal Reserve Systems antiin plan had caused an un warranted decline In the govern ment bond Although still refusing to make any direct comment on the pro the Unnerve System advanced on January Becre tary told a conference that It Is u and not an that the decline In the prices of government bonds when the Federal statement was He suld he could not put Into figures how much the value of government bonds had dropped since New but added that U was not sufficient to disturb Owen Burns Passes Merchant Marine Test Un Thf Hill of Elyria and Owen Burns of Steubenville were among six Ohioans who successfully com national for deck and engineer cadets In the merchant the maritime in commission communique said British bombers wore supporting the advance nto tho Libyan desert with wide spread on Italian landing fields and con The communique listed raids on six bombing of 100 Fascist aircraft on tho round at Many planes were reported damaged or burnt Uprising In Ethiopia The RAF also reported that Ethiopian patriots encouraged by British aerial had forced the Italians to evacuate the post of in and that the native warriors are now closing around the fleeing Italian Recent reports have pictured untold numbers of Ethiopians re belling against their Italian over east At from the Emperor Selassie in RAP bombed in the heav iest of a scries of blows that ranged from tho north coast of Germany to Italys dwindling em pire in North Riding the skies virtually un RAF pilots attacked Sicily and Germany and Bengasi North British Air Secre tary Sir Archibald Sinclair an a plan to open the RAF for the training of boys and older to meet a growing de mand for Strike In Waves At Naples Premier high com mand said RAF striking in blasted Naples with numerous killing five persons and wounding A Fascist communique listed damage to 15 buildings and a hos pital ship in tho but de clared that most of tho bombs fell in the No damage was reported at Hitlers high command cited 11 killed and 14 wounded by British raiders showering and incendiary bombs over north west identified by tho British UH centering on naval bases at shaven and A London air ministry communi que said the raid was marked by many explosions large while more than 20 fires were started in docks at RAF attacks on Bengasi und Tripoli were described by the Italians as having caused with three killed at Other British planes harassed the Italians in Somali land and East On their the Fascists re ported a heavy bombing on the Greek port of Salonika with evident and de clared that Italian warplanes had strafed Greek troops and bombed bridges and ar tillery on the Albanian battle In tho Far an oriental blitzkrieg was reported under way by a Thai Siamese army in vading French Siamese Drive Into Cambodia Tho Siamese high command said that its supported by smash ing assaults by 90 was driving into the province of Cambodia and that the entire city of 20 within was Japanese news broadcast a report that border warfare raged along the Turn to on III IN fur In Injured In 4 Injured fur V Ij
