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Brisbane Sunday Mail (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Brisbane, Queensland National Library of Australia the Price it is now d / o for a 3 piece suit i Anil Lessily dry c a Rand frs cd at fullers 77ir Al Clarr a rec Corr. Ann & Duncan its. Vai lev. City depot Arm Chambers. Phones is i i 11k-. I1. America denies nazis new thriller Warsaw papers ridiculed in Washington sunday mail special new York March 30. The Story comes from a Safe breaker who asks credence for his word about what he found in the Safe i in these dramatic words the new York times Curtly dismisses the most amazing German allegations of the present War that America was responsible for the War. And that its Fia Tina forces ? would go into action with the allies against a weakened Germany. Propaganda from Europe should be taken with a Grain of Salt with two or three grains of Salt said the president or. Roosevelt. Old political enemies have agreed for once in their lives in denying the truth of the documents. The Only discordant voice in the Senate is that of senator or. Bullitt was supposed to have i believe that our ambassador in Paris or. Bullitt did talk. America has too Many ambassadors who cannot stand foreign liquor. You la not see them leading the sol Diers in the trenches. They Haven t time to leave the cock Tail parties chief characters in the nazi acoi1 i a the polish ambassador in Washington count Potocki and the american ambassador in Paris or. Bullitt. Or bullitt was supposed to have told count Potocki state secrets of America War Plaas and count Potocki is alleged to have sent these statements and those of other american diplomats and High officers to Poland where Hitler seized the documents Germany will suffer evening newspapers of new York print the allegations in two Inch High headlines but the treatment leaves no doubt it will be Germany and not the allies who will have to fear the propaganda restrictions now under consideration. Even the Hearst press normally most critical of Britain treats the German documents with the greatest suspicion. Frequent use of words such As alleged reveals that american newspapers consider Germany is engaging in a particularly Mala Droit attempt to arouse the isolationist feeling in the United states. Newspapers hardly needed the president admonition to take the nazi statements with a Grain 3ven three grains of Salt. The new York world Telegram in a headline running the entire front Page says that is propaganda Roosevelt declares in this Way is warns its readers not to be misled by nazi fabrications. Or. Roosevelt was unable to comment in detail on the allegations As they began to come Over the news tickers while the press conference was taking place at White House. But he emphasises he is not perturbed in the slightest by the German charges. Emphatic denial the Secretary for state or. Hull in a formal statement says i say emphatically that neither i nor the United states department Ever heard of the alleged conversations Between or. Bullitt and count Potocki. I do not give the German report stoic slightest Cre Dence. The alleged statements in or represented in any Way at any time the thought or policy of the american government or. Bullitt capped or. Roose velt comment by saying this particular piece of propaganda should be taken with even More than three grains of Salt. I never made any of the statements the nazis ascribe to me count. Potocki similarly denounced publication of pre Enrid documents Tor obviously propaganda purposes or. Hull statement is especially weighty because it was read to or. Bullitt before it was re leased. State department officials con Sider that the German allegations were issued in full in expectation of the sort of report the american envoy or. Welles would make. They also denied the charge that or. Bullitt ordered around or. Kennedy . Ambassador in Lon Don and other american ambassadors in Europe. Senator Pepper isolation stand senator Pittman for once Art in Agi element. They vied in denouncing the German propaganda. The Herald Tribune derisively says the attempt to prove that messes. Roosevelt Kennedy and bullitt really started the War is comparable with Molotov simultaneous attempt to blame the War on foreign imperialists for the president and ambassadors find themselves in tie com Pany of the Savage finns the War mongering czechs the aggressive albanians. This does not prove their Complete moral turpitude details of document Page 3 Roosevelt. Take in Ecith a Groin of Salt. hu1.i. Gate formal denial. Bullitt. Piece of propaganda Ribbentrop. Marked the glory. Title fight All Over in 224 seconds new York March 30. Joe Louis 14.4, knocked out Johnny Paychek 13.52, in the Sec Ond round of their fight at Madi son Square gardens before a crowd of 20,000. The betting was 15 to 1 against Paychek. At the conclusion of the bout the crowd booed the hollow Challenge which had lasted Only 224 seconds. Louis dropped Paychek three times in the first round twice with rights and one with a double hander. In the second round the negro Champion stalked the retreating challenger and landed a left. Then he smashed a Long terrific right to the Chin lifting Paychek in mid ring Clear into the air. He collapsed Flat upon his Back in his Corner. Referee Donovan stopped count ing at four and awarded a techno. Cal knockout. ? to Day instalment of Louis life Story Page 29 killed 18 death adders in Garden killing death adders kept t. Dare an italian Busy at his vegetable Garden near Lismore that he wondered when it would end. When he had crashed his Hoe in to the last of them he counted 18. First adder he killed was strik ing at the foot of his Small Daugh Ter who was with him in a bean Patch. Within a few feet of where the child was playing he killed 17. The largest of them measured 34 inches. Another was 26 inches Long. Lengths of the others ranged from eight inches to 39 inches. On his child shoe he saw Sev eral Marks where the adder had struck. In the Garden at his Home at Tull Morgan near Grafton Noel Gallagher picked up a hollow pumpkin in which a 3ft Black Snake was coiled. He put the pumpkin Down and called his father who killed the Snake. Milk rationing in Sydney Sydney saturday. Milk rationing began in Sydney to Day. Supplies were Cut by 10 per cent because of an increase in the shortage caused by protracted dry weather. Unless rain Falls soon further rationing is inevitable. The position is undoubtedly serious said the general manager of the Dairy Farmers co operative co. Or. L. Place to night. Surprise for tote Bride Anil Groom after their wedding at Nii Ndah presbyterian Church yesterday sergeant major j. Ilo Pwood of the army service corps and his Bride walked through a guard of honour with drawn bayonets. Outside they found that some friends had decorated their car not with he time honoured old Boot tied at the Back but with a smaller vehicle on lop. Munro turns Down biggest offer yet for Indian season Sydney saturday. Australia greatest rider Darby Munro has turned Down another offer to ride in India when the next season opens in november. Pm doing Well in Australia it would be silly for me to leave Home he said. Anyway the overseas position is Uncertain and you Don t know what might happen in the next year.7 the biggest bait Ever prepared for a leading australian jockey was dangled before Munro. Rumours placed the figure at �5000 for the seasons which lasts Only about four months. Munro denied that he had been offered such a huge sum but said that the offer was. Greater than the yearly earnings of Many Busi Ness magnates. A year ago Munro was offered a bigger retainer than that received by any australian rider in India. He considered the offer for. A month and then turned it Down. The present offer is even greater. Criticised for bad Riding during the Caulfield and Flemington autumn carnivals Munio has thrown caustic remarks Back in his detractors faces by marvellous horsemanship throughout the . Meeting. He has enjoyed greater Success than he has Ever had in i great career. To Day when he won on own Folk and mosaic he brought his tally to nine wins and his winning percentage alone to �641. As Munro Rode winers of the Doncaster Handicap . St. Leger Sydney cup Gratis cities would carry his week earnings to a sensational figure. Yet Mariro. Declares that he rides no better in Sydney than in Melbourne and does not consider his present form any better than when he was losing races. I think Luck has a lot to do with it he explained. Some Days when you think you Are on a Good thing everything goes wrong. Through no fault of your own or the horse you Are beaten. Then the next Day on a mod crate with Only a rough Chance you got All the Breaks and Windoal still on movie i strike or no strike workers i were found to transport Coal i from the Ladysmith mine at boo Val yesterday j army of police Hunt for killers sunday mail special l new York March 30. Warned to be ready to draw on sight the police of eight counties have been ordered to search for the two murder incorporated trigger men Vito Gurino and Duke Maione. It is believed that they Are implicated in a plot to shut the Mouth for Ever of a House Painter named Angelo Catalano who was the sole Eye witness of one of the gang murders when the victim was stabbed to death with an ice pick. The gangsters Are taking a Leaf from former soviet. Purges and have threatened to kill a member of Catalano family unless Catalano was bailed out. Although the father knew that it meant signing his son death warrant he nevertheless produced �1250 bail. Picked to Kilt Gurino was picked by the gang to do the killing owing to his reputation for toughness and quickness on the trigger. He met Catalano in Brooklyn when the lat Ter was released on bail and suggested that they go to the coun try together and lie Low until the Case blew Over. Catalano asked for time to get his clothes and Farewell his wife and children. Gurino gave him 10 minutes. While packing detectives apprehended Catalano who Blue lipped with fear sobbed you do not know what a favour you Are doing me. I was praying that a cop would pick me up police fear that gunmen Are planning in similar fashion to kill other witnesses. They have arrested Gurino red haired wife and sent his children to a Wel fare Home in the Hope of inducing Gurino to surrender. More Sunshine to Day forecasts metropolitan Fine with Easterly winds. Queensland some further rain and local heavy Falls in coastal districts North from Townsville to Peninsula. Isolated showers Over parts of tropical coast some Cloud in the far North West otherwise Fine. Downs Fine with Easterly to North Easterly winds. Union leaders moving to end strike j although strict secrecy is being observed Steps Are being taken at the week end by prominent Trade unionists which it is hoped in Melbourne May Lead to a settlement of the strike. J in Melbourne yesterday the president of the australian Council of trades unions or. A. E. Monk had a Telephone conversation with the Secre tary of the . Or. C. Croft who is in Syd Ney. Or. Monk refused to divulge details of it but ? said that he might have something to say after the week end. ? $ the unexpected decision of the general Secretary of the miners federation or. W. Orr to attend the meeting be tween the Queensland Colliery employees federation and the Queensland Colliery owners advisory committee Tomor Row has caused confusion in the strike position in Queens land. There is now some doubt whether the owners will meet the miners. Advised of the new development last night the Secretary of the proprietors committee or. W. Thomas said that the proprietors would at a preliminary meeting to Morrow morning discuss whether they will go ahead with the con Ference. It appears that the Queensland miners Are not going to be allowed to speak for themselves on their views on the strike he added. The Secretary of the . Or. A. E. Phillips a told that the miners federation agreed to the metting Between the miners and the owners to Morrow but j that any decisions made by the . Would have to be ratified by the Combine mining unions. The Ladysmith Branch of the Union which met yesterday to Dis cuss the loading of Coal from the mine waste dump by truck Drivers decided unanimously not to touch the Coal in the dump. to use no Vio Lence i dissuading the Drivers from loading the Coal. The Secretary of the Branch or. G. Edwards said last night that his Branch could not be responsible for anything which happened to the trucks when they left the mine property a j truck Driver attacked or. Hughes of Hill Street Wyn m num one of the contractors nov ing Coal on Friday from the la8y- Smith dump said that during Ontra trip he was met on the Bridge at ? ? in Silkstone by a big crowd of miners. ? i he tooted to indicate Pali a 3 wanted to pass thru a. J hot pm we went to Fol a Wallace Wmma a for thousands of Young couples vl1 Mem Abms. A m Are a Tetil they came to i hflhh8hmhfe-j Wallace Bishop for the Iasi he Bobr Rine styles Are prettier hmfthfs0r values better Range bigger. .1 our a mkt keen i pre War prices a 1 save you i Gem presentation watches Gem 15-Jtwel Chrome. Stainless sled Case 12 a months free service 10 years of a / ? in set. Solid cold Case c0/.v. Gem Chrome stainless steel wristlet 19 c / months free service 10 Yearb 03/ m Narran y. A gent reliable jewelled Swiss lever. 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