Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - April 18, 1940, Zanesville, Ohio r Prints the News THE ZANESVILLE SIGNAL Tells the Truth if Press United Press News Service Motos I 4 VOL LX No 298 P THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 18 1940 TWO GENTS JAP COUP FEARED IN EAST fl FDR Asks Right to Step Up Relief Spending To Use Sum In 8 Months If Necessary Sees No Chance Of Enactment of Proposed Taxes WASHINGTON iii asked congress to appropriate for in the 1941 fiscal year with understanding that the entire m could be spent in the first months of the year Mi Roosevelt's plan would 11 it the entire fund if necessary in he by WPA between July 1940 and March 1 1941 This v hold the immediate within the present budget 1 mil and would delay until next a decision whether the budget has lo be exceeded U PA this fiscal year is spending M Wi 000.000 The if in eight months would about the same monthly amount for WPA the that em- conditions in the next will be at least as good dunng the present year Mr said that in the event hopes fail of materialization next winter can provide a ncy appropriation His proposal was sent to congress m the form of a letter to Speaker u illiam B Bankhead of the house MI Roosevelt discussing the during a press con- said the letter will be re- f M i ed to the appropriations sub- which now is drafting a relief Mr Roosevelt stood firm on the he sent congress in his message last January re- approximately hut shortened the minimum lod of expenditure by one-third it a jear Explaining the i i he insisted that i alion of the present so-called clause requiring the to be stretched over 1 months would not necessarily that the full appropriation v mild he expended during the f eight months of the fiscal cm Discussing the effect of heavy on the 0 national debt limit which lal obligations now are Mr Roosevelt expressed hope pat tax receipts might be Is higher during the next fiscal vrar and congressional somewhat lower than his so as to keep within the limit He admitted wryly that there is no chance of congress the in new iM's he proposed in his 3 budget message But ore is a chance he said that will be VW 000.000 below his budget that tax receipts will be up or from IIP 1910 fiscal year totals If these possibilities are he said there would be no illation of the statutory debt unit though congress fails to the in new Eyes on Japan f Stressing the danger of a huge secret navy Japan is re- ported building at a rate out- stripping Uncle Sam's Ad- miral Harold R Stark Chief of Naval Operations recently urged Senate passage of Vinson to increase U S naval tonnage He's pictured above testifying in Washington to Senate al Committee To Indictments Thirteen persons pleaded guilty and six others entered pleas of in- nocent when arraigned today be- fore Common Pleas Judge P H Tannehill on indictments returned last week by the Muskingum county grand jury Those pleading guilty and their charges Homer Grandstaff operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent David Waldrom operating a motor vehicle without the er's consent Robert Thomas op- a motor vehicle without the consent Samuel ols burglary and larceny liam Ault grand larceny madge Ault grand larceny M H Fulks James Stone lary and larceny berry burglary and larceny land burglary and Peggy Lewis pocket picking son Kinnear operating a motor vehicle without the owners con- sent and Chester Kirkbride lary and larceny Waldrom Thomas and Kinnear were all sentenced to Ohio The Lewis woman was sentenced to the state tory at Marysville while Lowe was turned over to officials of the Lima state hospital for six weeks ob- servation To Dedicate Stadium Celebration to Be Held on May 3 At McConnelsville Special to The Signal MCCONNELSVILLE The M and M athletic field will be at an impressive ceremony to be held on May 3 the Twin City board of education an- today S Burns Weston of Columbus state director of the National Youth administration will be the principal speaker The new athletic plant was constructed under the Morgan county NYA program The formal dedication will begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon with the introduction of distinguished guests H R Townsend state commissioner and Lewis S Moorehead state supervisor of health education will also deliver addresses A feature of the program will be the crowning of Mary Elizabeth Baker as May Queen One of the most popular seniors at M and M high school Miss Baker was ed recently by an almost mous vote The gymnasium classes of the high school will present a mass demonstration in the athletic field concluding the program Appropriate exercises will also be held Friday morning at the dium with elementary school pils of both communities pating in games folk dances and the traditional May pole dance The mayors of McConnelsville and Malta will declare a holiday and one of the largest crowds in local history expected to attend the dedication ceremonies While school officials deferred formal dedication until this spring the M and M high school football team played several games at the stadium last season It is said to be one of the few athletic plants ever constructed gram under the NYA No Allied Menace to LONDON Prime Minister Chamberlain today gave assurances against any Allied menace to eastern European nations in the north Britain's forces by land sea and air fought to break hold on Norway Following a hint to ent Italy by Minister of ic Warfare Ronald H Cross to watch his step and to Sweden that she might be the next target of Nazi lightning Chamberlain sought to calm some of the war worries Grandstaff Nichols William and of southeastern Europe where Talmadge Ault Fulks Stone and Dusenberry placed upon bation for tu terms The court deferred sentence after bride had pleaded guilty ain is launching an economic of- fensive He told the house of commons that British envoys to ern European nations had left or 11 va Those who pleaded not guilty e ]eay for after Kid McCoy Former Boxer Found Dead and their charges Santo Anello second-degree j manslaughter Bernard pocket picking J A Gilham grand larceny Jerry Keith non support John Richard Harding operating a motor vehicle without the er's consent and Fred operating a motor vehicle the owner's consent Willard Stottsberry Robert some nine of London ences on outstanding problems there No one of these states has any cause to fear that the Allies or threaten or Two Candidates for Governor With Local Democratic Chief Tom Miller chairman of the Muskingum County Democratic executive committee poses here be- tween two candidates for the gubernatorial nomination namely William J Kennedy left and for- mer Governor George White They are pictured at last night's Democratic rally More rally news and pictures on Page 23 Woman Breaks Away From Rescuer Police Fear She Leaped Of Bridge Belief that an unidentified woman may have leaped into the Muskingum river from the Fifth street bridge early this morning prompted police today to search for the body along the river bank John Clark of the Adamsville road reported to police that he Sen Taft Dodges Primary Clash WASHINGTON senator Taft of Ohio announced today he would not contest with Thomas E Dewey for Maryland's vote in the Republican presidential nominating convention Saying that he presumed Dewey failed to enter other state lican primaries because the New Yorker found that their Republican organizations were opposed to him Taft I shall stay out of Maryland for the same reason Taft torn between conflicting advice of his campaign managers and friends had promised to decide during the day whether to accept the New York lenge to enter the Maryland primary May 6 This is the last primary contest still open to presidential aspirants Candidates have until midnight Saturday to file Supporters of Senator of Michigan trounced by Dewey in Wisconsin and Nebraska said he would not challenge the New Yorker in Maryland Some of Taft's advisers had urged him to stay out of the land primary on the ground that he had more to lose than to gam and that only 16 delegates were at stake Others advised him to enter arguing that he had a good chance to beat Dewey and that a would put a chuck or two upder the bandwagon and en- hance the senator's convention strength Taft has scheduled a campaign address at Cincinnati May 16 saw the woman climb up the ing near the bridge about center span of the o'clock this morning and that he grasped her and lifted her to the sidewalk He said he forced the woman to accompany him to the Elberon avenue approach to the bridge but before he could summon lice she broke from his grasp and fled toward the center of the bridge Clark telephoned police from a nearby restaurant and then re- turned to the bridge to search for found no trace of and expressed the the woman He said he her however belief that she had leaped into the water Patrolmen Lafe Hoy and George Brown joined Clark and another man George Alden of this city in searching the river bank below the bridge Clark said the woman appeared to be about 50 years old and was five feet eight inches tall weighed about 125 pounds wore a heavy green coat and She their forces will independence their he said of the Balkan and Whitbred Frank Von Way C B Shackett and Charles Chancy will PI Norman Selby i be arraigned later according to J Donald Kid McCoy of the ring was dead today in a downtown and Deputy Coroner Lyle C nc said he had taken an overdose sleeping medicine McCoy claimed the world mid- title early in the century ifU r he had defeated Tommy m He had fought all over the incl uding South Africa He Kincaid Cloudy and Cooler and cooler preceded Report Persists Bremen Was Sunk LONDON 0 Rydningen Norwegian survivor of a torpedoed British ship asserted lo interviewing newspaper men day that the giant German liner Bremen had been sunk with 15.000 runways were struck with bombs German troops aboard in the British announced while milan waters V hieht operations a German statement was portion submarine was hit and a supply confirmed The loss of the In the north the air ministry announced two air raids on anger gian port in extended aerial tions in which Stavanger also was bombarded by British warships German airplanes were destroyed on the ground and in the air and Hungary Looks For Red Support BUDAPEST contemplating talks Hungary is with Soviet Russia to ward off a possible man invasion of southeastern Eu- rope authoritative persons said day Just as Rumania and Yugoslavia appeared to be turning toward Moscow for support of their Hungary long regarded as the most anti-Soviet nation in Eu- rope was believed planning to low a similar course The hope for Russian support was based principally on the belief that the Russians despite their nonaggression and trade alliance with the reich are against any man advance into the Balkans and may be able to bring pressure on Germany to hold her off The Yugoslav government has announced that a delegation would leave for Moscow to sign a treaty for a resumption of trade relations severed since the Russian tion Warns Against Move To Seize Dutch Indies U.S Interests Involved Allied Fleet Stands Guard In Pacific Sharp Fighting Rages in Norway While Germany Denies Allied Success Claims SHANGHAI British by United States Secretary French forces in the far east were making ready today for any eventuality including the chance of a Japanese attempt to seize the Dutch East Indies in event of a German invasion of the Netherlands Authorities the American fleet in Asiatic waters joined the Allies Went Roosevelt expressed a hope today that the status quo in the whole Pacific area could be maintained in the interests of peace He stated his view to a press conference when asked for comment on Secretary Hull's statement yesterday that dis- of the status quo would the cause of stability peace and security not only in the region of the Netherlands Indies but In the entire Pacific area Hull's statement In effect was a notice to other nations to keep hands off the Dutch East Indies in the comment that such action by Japan is a serious Tokyo spokesmen in- today Japan has no territorial designs against the Dutch empire and that the anese view with that ex- of State Hull The secretary declared In part that any alteration in the status of the Dutch East Indies would be prejudicial to the cause of peace and security in the en- tire Pacific area A neutral naval observer in Shanghai declared that a thrust by Japan into the Dutch East Indies would result in Japan's entering the war on the side of Germany From the Indian ocean ward into the Pacific the stretch along the equator for some miles They have an area of square miles and support a population of mostly native The possessions have for many years enjoyed virtually a dominion status Rich in natural resources many of which Japan lacks the islands produce a considerable proportion of the world's supply of rubber tin quinine copra and petroleum The United States depends on them for some of its most tial raw materials American im- ports were valued at in 1939 and exports to the islands totaled If the Japanese decide that the probabilities favor their success they may occupy the islands using the same excuse as Adolf Hitler used in Denmark and this observer said referring to the German explanation that the Scandinavian countries were in- for their own protection Dutch Will Not Ask or Accept Protection For Indies if Germans Invade Holland THE Netherlands government has Informed i Japan that it neither will ask any foreign government to protect It was believed that this move the Netherlands East Indies in case the war should spread to Holland Result Split in Labor Election OT majority of workers at the Cleveland Diesel plant of General Motors Corp ed for the CIO United Automobile Workers as their bargaining cy while most of the workers at the Norwood Fisher Body plant Italy's influence to keep Germany favored the AFL union figures the Balkans In some was designed to strengthen difficult position and sibly to lead to establishment of diplomatic relations Rumania which in recent days has been beset by an increased fear of a Russian attack on territory which has had a period under Russian was reported to have ed a tentative agreement with cow for a retirement of the armies of both countries six miles behind their respective frontiers There is much less faith in Hungary's case today by the labor board showed The Norwood vote was 586 for the AFL and 131 for the CIO with 10 for neither The vote among the maintenance and production workers at the Diesel plant was 292 for the CIO six for the AFL and 16 for neither TOLEDO WORKERS FAVOR CIO of division of the Motors Corp voted heavily in favor of the CIO United Auto- mobile Workers at the Toledo plant John Chapman National Labor Relations board representative said the CIO union obtained 524 votes the union 13 and 52 em- ployes voted for neither ers there is a growing suspicion that if Germany were to drive into Dalmatia and possibly Croatia sections of Yugoslavia to protect her interests there Meanwhile Rumania and slavia adopted measures for ex- pulsion of thousands of arrived Germans widely of being man army nor accept an offer of protection if It is made it was announced day Meanwhile the Dutch received with guarded satisfaction the ment by United States Secretary of State Hull in which he pointedly mentioned Japan while insisting that the interests of many countries would be affected by any attempt to intervene in the affairs of Indies There was no official comment on statement German Troops Flee Before Onslaught Of British and Norwegians Near Narvik LULEAA UP Some Germans German troops are fighting a retreating action in the Narvik area in Arctic Norway it was reported today against a ciless British-Norwegian drive The battle by a combined Brit- force to wipe out all Germans in the entire Narvik area from the on the North Sea coast to the Swedish frontier began late yesterday it was understood British landing forces were re- in action both north and of the Narvik as wdl as in the City Atlanta Boston Buffalo The Kid ivas 66 years old born in Moscow Ind and in nine times J Cincinnati m recent years em- by the service department i IIP Ford Motor company Detroit body was found in a room Armeies 57 26 61 W GO 36 55 62 56 II VI Mother and Son Perish in Fire A young hrr son 1 in a fire which destroyed Vi Miami Paul Oilcans 71 Ynik W j ship attacked en in circumstances similar to lion day's official silence continued on the those related by Rydningen had and locations of the been reported persistently last week and firmly denied in Berlin Rydningen said a previously prepared letter found in a pocket of the Bremen captain's uniform and saying that he had arrived LOS CP j safely had been forwarded to rick C Foley member of a jury hearing a murder case felt something run up trousers lee Guilty Contempt horn in Dearborn victims Emily 20 and Benjamin Leslie Michael Die husband and was seriously burned Today's Signal Index Arts hh Folks v nrK I PAGE 2 Stnry Glances IS Society 1.1 4 Stamps 1 In Statistics 19 Phoenix Portland Die in fra 19 Rain British forces in Norway Rain 421 Rain GO Cloudy 41 Rain Cloudy Ft Cloudy Oar Cloudy Rain 7 Rain VI 70 Clouth Gil PI CloucK 74 Fair Jolts Pekinese Mrs Stella Pekinese toppled off the roof while chasing a bird He fell five stories struck light standard shattered the flobe and bounced unconscious into the street Now he's out of the hospital frisky ever 50 16 62 -.74 Acquitted Of Arson Conspiracy TROY common jury which heard days testimony in the trial of Gustav OhIO Again Showers Continue As Mercury Drops Intermittent heavy rains con- today as temperature ped nearly 10 degree daring the morning The mercury stood in the fifties this afternoon after dipping from a high of 61 early this morning Nearly a half inch of rain fell over night causing several small streams to overflow their banks The lower pool of the mer stood at 16.8 feet at I noon today and was rising at the rate of of a foot an hour according to Claude Neff Warmer weather coupled with rain has had its effects on foliage here and lawns shrubs and trees are showing a steady growth Forecasts were for cloudy cooler tomorrow Fighting was reported in ress along the Narvik Swedish frontier railroad as well as in the immediate vicinity of Narvik Amsterdam picked up a radio Stockholm report that the ing had extended all along the and that the British were ad- Norwegian troops joined the trapped in the were rugged covered mountains Narvik and the frontier All reports indicated that the Germans were fighting with greatest determination against hopeless odds There was no indication that tht Germans could find a way out un- less they managed to drive with their whole road to force along the Swedish frontier and there hand themselves over to the Swedes Reports believed to be reliable were that one British force ing a landing in the just north of Narvik joined a strong Norwegian force and de- a German attempt to re- treat to the north The Germans were driven down the road toward the outskirts of Narvik it was reported The second British force was British north of Narvik in the blocking the sole means sector for a German retreat to the south drive j Turn to Page Twenty Norwegian Troops Prepare for Attack On German Forces in Trondheim District STOCKHOLM CR Reports reaching here from the Norwegian frontier said it was only a question of hours before a Norwegian at- tack started against German tions in the Trondheim district Swedish newspaper ents said the Norwegians were concentrated at Steinkjar on the inner part of Trondheim fjord and at a railroad junction connecting with Namsos about 100 farther north on the coast i These reports said it was be- ll the British had landed at Namsos which they called the Britons best base for sending re- to the Norwegians in the Trondheim area Five German planes were re- ported destroyed in British air raids on German west coart tions yesterday and He his belt ed anil pulled out a bv the toil A bailiff killed thr mouse ami the trial continued i Germany by Norwegian It was assumed that Rydningen Holland accused of hiring the pensjon Claim meant that the captain's body had house been found Columbus Mayor Sees Government Collapse I ted him yesterday after jing 30 minutes William serving a field reformatory sentence for Holland induced to set the fire last rejected yesterday an amendment to apply the ad- procedure to a the social security Ohio's claim to I ministrative of F j Roger N Addison declared 25 tions for the 24 hours ending at S a The Oklahoma has moved ward Is centered Georgian hav a secondary confer Louisiana Pressure Is relatively high the One Killed Six Badly Hurt in Ship Blast CLEVELAND A throttle cease functioning July 1 If the valve controlling flow of steam not vote from another mill which Holland authored that the city government would from boilers to engines of freighter B H Taylor exploded Meanwhile the council asked the day killing Stuart Chase 34 ond assistant engineer from Rogers City Mich to cut his 1940 budget in half to make it conform with an- income The city is 21 1 It the Ohio generally above s ir i Indiana and and have old coal and mrr hf Central was up al with rainfall Isome points in the Ohio valley docks Saposs Denies He's Communist Dr David J Saposs the labor chief economist whose writings and The citizenry will vote June views have been under con- were the a proposed charter gressional scrutiny declared today carrier i which would authorize council he was neither a Communist increase taxes a maximum of an advocate of violent political mills and about Six others seriously a deficit estimated at 60 taken to a hospital of the 50 At least members 700 heads Defense witnesses described the amendment intended to re- move any question as to whether the state under the could peal the decision It would have his truthfulness lnt provided that administrative ders issued three years prior to passage of the could be pealed The board withheld a federal contribution for Ohio pensions in October 1938 as a result of an administrative dispute with former Gov Martin L Davey Congress Germans Deny British Reports of Sinking Seven Ships in Naval Battle at Narvik high com- mand admitting today that two German had sunk after a British naval attack on Narvik April 10 said of the second and big attack that the enemy did not succeed in sinking a German ship as long as it had ammunition Britain had asserted that in the second attack all seven German north It claimed that two British seaplanes had been shot down at Stavanger and admitted that four German planes had been damaged by shrapnel The high command communique first said that two German sunk April U after a British naval attack on Narvik destroyers The high April 10 at Narvik had while not specifically admitting that the remaining destroyers had command said that German troops had frustrated an attempt by weak British forces to land at near In the Narvik region It British cruisers had bombarded Stavanger yesterday and that British airplanes had ed Trondheim The attack on Trondheim was repulsed the high command communique said and later passed a to compel German pursuit planes engaged the ment but President Roosevelt cruisers at Stavanger as well as ed it other British naval farther been sunk in the second attack April The enemy did not succeeded in sinking a German ship as long as it had any ammunition WEf S DIVORCE court decree today granted Mrs Dorothy Selby an uncontested divorce from Roger A Selby president of the Selby Shoe Co and a former dent of the National Boot and Shot Manufacturers association
