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154. HOWARD POLES TAKE OATH NEVER TO GIVE UP PATH TO SEA Nazis Warned Against Military Thrust at Danzig; Britain Speeds Drive for Soviet Help By the United Press. Millions of Poles swore a solemn oath at nationwide gatherings Thursday that never allow themselves to be The ceremonies followed a speech at Gdynia by President Ignacy Moscicki, in which he warned Adolf Hitler any military thrust at Danzig would create grave danger to European peace. Moscicki emphasized Poland's desire for peace, but declared it never would give up the Polish Corridor to the sea. Citizens assembled in market places of towns and cities throughout the country to repeat oath.

More than 200,000 were assembled in Warsaw alone as part of the annual "sea day" celebration. The Polish demonstration tollowed three days of indirect warnings and direct military precautions in Britain and France, all designed to convince the Nazi Fuehrer that the Danzig quarrel must be settled peacefully to avoid danger of a general war. Even more important in the long run was a move by Britain and France to speed up formation of the European security front by making further concessions to Soviet Russia British Reported Yielding Coincidentally with an editorial in the Communist party newspaper Pravda charging the two powers with intentionally causing a deadlock in the negotiations by seeking an "unfair" alliance, it was understood in London that Britain han agreed to include Latvia, Esthonia and Finland as countries whose independence was of vital importance in the maintenance of peace. Such a move would be a victory for the Soviets and would be intended to frustrate an apparent attempt by the Nazis to break up the security front with a campaign against Danzig and the Polish corridor. The probability that the British government was being forced to further concessions to Russia and to a firmer stand against the Nazis in the Danzig-Polish corridor dispute was indicated by an editorial in the powerful London Daily Telegraph declaring that the Imiit had been reached and that "Britain takes her stand." Soviet military maneuvers annually scheduied for September and hitherto held in the Ukraine or Russia, will be held in the White area this year, Moscow announced.

Foreign circles interpreted the announcement as a Soviet gesture asserting its place on Baltic. Although Berlin denied any of German soldiers into movement reports of preparations for Danzig, some action continued. Nazi offiadmitted, for instance, that Danzig was strengthening its own defense forces presumably because its hazardous position since of Poland and Germany warned each other not to attempt an invasion of the Free City. Report Arms Smuggling Reports, coming largely through sources, were that arms were being smuggled from Germany into Danzig; that barracks had been built or taken over for a "free that large numbers of corps;" Danzig youths had been sent to Germany for training. Most of these reports asserted 3000 or 4000 German troops had filtered into the free city and that An internal coup to seize control and proclaim reunion with the Reich was planned.

Nazis scoffed at the reports on the grounds that they merely had to await proper time recover Danzig without bloodshed. Germany, meanwhile, was said (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) Bobby Vernon Dies; Was Screen Comic By the United Press. HOLLYWOOD, June motion picture industry mourned today the death of Bobby Vernon, the little comedian who had a deft aim with custard pies in the old days when this was the height of screen comedy. The 42-year-old actor, who had been a successful scenarist and gag writer in recent years, died yesterday of heart disease.

Vernon was born in Chicago, son of Dorothy Vernon, one-time popular actress WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair tonight and Friday. Not much change Cincinnati CINCINNATI, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1939. Storm Damage Heavy Roads and culverts were washed out and homes in the Greater Cincinnati area were flooded in last night's storm. The damage was climaxed by a train wreck in which a brakeman was killed. FIREMEN FIGHT CHLORINE FUMES AT $50,000 BLAZE Post in temperature.

On Clark road near Camargo BURNS pike. Four More Give Up In Lot Probe Four more men, two of them Cincinnatians, surrendered to the U. S. District Court here Wednesday to answer to indictments in what the government charges was a "milliondollar" cemetery lot fraud. One of them, Gordon E.

Lawrence, 44, of 4508 Erie avenue, Madisonville, is a teacher at the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. He was named in both of the sealed indictments returned by the recent fedgrand jury. crone indictment charges conspiracy to defraud and the other use of the mails to defraud. The indictments named 53 persons, including prominent leaders in Cincinnati politics and business. Daigler Surrenders Another who surrendered Thursday was Edward E.

Daigler, alias Edward A. Edwards, of Mentor, O. He is charged with conspiracy. Mr. Deigler was acquitted in the recent cemetery lot fraud trial which resulted in the conviction of Morton Gilbert and some of his associates in cemetery lot promotion.

The other two were Gerald Lewis, of 1018 Burton avenue, and Joseph Robbins, of Miami, and Warren, Both are named in the conspiracy indictment. The four were said to be salesmen of lots for the cemetery promotion which the government charges was illegal. Mr. Lawrence is charged in one indictment with having used a letter he received from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in reply to a letter of his own to show, to prospective clients as "proof" the stability of the companies promoting the lot sales. 16 in Custody So far 16 of the persons indicted have surrendered or been taken into custody, according to James H.

Cleveland, assistant U. S. district attorney. U. S.

marshals have instructions to arrest those who do not surrender, he said. W. H. Schulte, who gave his address as 1234 Paddock Hills avenue insurance man, surrendered late Wednesday. His attorney accompanied him the Federal Building and stated Schulte was innocent of the charges.

Frank Herschede Co. To Move Store Lease Quarters At 8 W. Fourth Street The Frank Herschede jewelers, of 124 E. Fourth street, will move into new quarters at 8 W. Fourth street about Aug.

1, it was announced Thursday. jewelry firm entered into a 10-year lease of the new building with a privilege of 10 additional years late Wednesday. new store has a frontage of 20 feet on Fourth street with a depth of 125 feet. Germany's Might Considered at Peak And Hitler Awaiting Time to Strike This is the second of a series of dispatches by the foreign news editor of the United Press who has just completed a visit to the principal European capitals. BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor Germany's striking power is greater than ever today and Adolf Hitler is merely waiting for pieces of Europe's political puzzle to fall into the most favorable position for a new Nazi thrust.

That does not mean the Nazis intend to start a European war by committing an act of aggression in defiance of the new British-led security front. Conversations with Germans and foreigners in both official and unofficial positions of authority in Berlin leave no doubt the Nazis are Late News Home Edition The Post has dispatches of the United Press, greatest world-wide news-gathering association. PRICE THREE CENTS Entered at Cincinnati as Second Class Matter Jan. 15, 1881. Act of 1879.

WASHOUT Murad Grubbs, (left) and Albert Piening of county police suffered finger burns in performing rescue work at a train wreck near Madeira, Dr. F. H. McMechan Dies at Cleveland Native Cincinnatian Was Anesthetic Expert Dr. Frank H.

McMechan, Cincinnati native who became an internationally famed medical man despite crippling arthritis, died Thursday in his Cleveland hotel suite. He was 60. Thirty years ago, after Dr. McMechan had been graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical College and had started on his life work in the field of anesthesia, he was stricken with arthritis and thus forced to spend the remainder of his days in a wheelchair. This handicap did not deter him.

He continued his work and he and his wheelchair became known wherever surgeons gathered -London, Paris, Berlin or New York. He kept in touch with doctors all over the world who were experimenting in that branch of medicine. (Who's Who in America lists him as an expert on anesthesia and an editor on the subject.) Dr. McMechan was a reporter on The Post from 1898 to 1900. In later years he often spoke of his experiences on the paper, crediting it with his success in one of his principal endeavors-editor of the Journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

He also was at the time his death, editor and secretary of two other journals, the Quarterly Supplement on Anesthesia and Anal- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Americans Advance In Wimbledon Play Cooke, Riggs, Smith Move Into 3d Round By the United Press. WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND, June three survivors in the men's singles won their matches today and marched into the round of 16 in the 59th all-England tennis championships. Elwood Cooke, Portland, and Bobby Riggs, Chicago, advanced with straight-set victories over George Rogers, of Ireland, and Camille Malfroy, New Zealand. Big Gene Smith, Berkeley, went the full distance before eliminating Franz Cejnar, Bohemia-Moravia, 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 1-6, 6-1.

In the women's doubles matches, Gracyn Wheeler, Santa Monica, and Miss C. Somogyi, Hungary, defeated Mrs. C. P. Brutton and Mrs.

Nancy Fabyan, Brookline, defending champions, defeated Miss W. Burr and Mrs. E. S. Law, of England.

Airlines Set Record WASHINGTON, June 29 Civil Aeronautics Authority reported today that 149,291 passengers were carried by regularly scheduled airlines in May, more than in any other month in history. WRECK Shown above is the overturned first engine of the 109-car Brakeman Dies In Storm Wreck Downpour Floods Roads, Fills Cellars With almost his entire body scalded by live steam, R. C. Norville, 52, railroad brakeman, died at Bethesda Hospital early Thursday the victim of a train wreck near Maderia and vicinity Wednesday night. Mr.

Norville was trapped for more than an hour and a half under the cab of an overturned locotomive. Besides his burns he suffered a hip fracture and other a injuries, Coroner Coppock was informed. Doctors alleviated his pain while rescuers worked frantically to release him. The storm flooded roads in the northeastern section of the county, caused landslides, washed out culverts and filled cellars in many homes. The damage also was widespread in northern a Kentucky.

The storm hit most of the Miami Valley. Jess Nevin, 45, a farmer of near Winchester, was struck by lightning when he was out in his farmyard attempting to rescue pigs he feared would be drowned. Nevin was Christ Hospital where his condition was reported serious Thursday. Two Cincinnatians who were injured in an auto crash caused by the rain on Riverside drive, Newport, were in Speers Hospital, Dayton, Ky Their injuries were not serious. A washout of more than 200 feet of the Baltimore Ohio R.

R. tracks a half mile east of Madeira caused the accident in which Mr. Norville received his fatal injuries. Mr. Norville's home is in Chillicothe.

Also injured in the wreck was I. E. Hobensack of Chillicothe, the enineer, who received a left wrist fracture and cuts, and H. Glenn of Chillicothe, fireman, who was burned when he drew the fires in the engine. County police who, aided in the desperate struggle to free the brakeman reported that the 109- (Continued on Page 2, Col.

1) Hat Stores To Close at 6 July, August Men's hat stores in downtown Cincinnati will close at 6 p. m. during July and August, Lynn Revenaugh, executive secretary of the Cincinnati Retail Merchants' Association, announced Thursday. In September they will close at 7 p. m.

Heretofore, the men's hat stores have remained open until 9 p. m. Women's specialty houses and men's shoe stores also worked out an agreement recently for earlier closing during the summer months. F. R.

Fights For Money Control House, Senate Begin Relief Conference BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Washington Manager WASHINGTON, June administration fought today to salvage President Roosevelt's dollar devaluation powers and pass a 1940 relief bill before midnight tomorrow. President Roosevelt surveyed the situation with Rep. Sam Rayburn House leader, and Sen. Alben W.

Barkley Senate majority leader, at a White House conference. After the discussion it was learned House leaders told Senate colleagues the lower chamber would insist that the President's powers over the dollar be restored. If the Senate declined to yield, it was indicated whole monetary bill- continuing the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund and a 77.57 cent an ounce domestic silver buying program might be permitted to lapse temporarily. The emphasis placed on the fight to win back dollar devaluation powers was backed up by a press conference statement from Henry Morgenthau secretary of Treasury, that farmers and business men "had better start worrying seriously about the dollar" if Congress refused to extend authority. Morgenthau said the Senate action (Continued on Page 2, Col.

6) The Weather HOURLY TEMPERATURES: Abbe Meteorological Observatory, BA Clifton: Midnight 68 8 a. m. 74 1 69 9 a. m. 75 a.

69 10 a. 76 a. m. 69 11 a. m.

76 a. m. 69 12 noon 77 5 69 1 p. 80 6 a. m.

69 2 p. m. 81 7 a. 72 Sunset Thursday 8:08 p. sunrise Friday 5:15 a.

m. The Ohio River 16.6 feet, a rise of 4 feet in the last 24 hours. river will remain stationary or fall slowly tonight and Friday. 10,000 Expected to See Latonia Twilight Racing BY BEN DAHLMAN Ten thousand were expected to sample twilight thoroughbred racing when Latonia late Thursday inaugurated a 27-day session. Post time for the first race will be 4:30 p.

m. except on Saturdays the most winners in seven races and July 4 when the races will start were to obtain or divide a pool of at 2:15. something like $500. Latonia officials, tired of paying At that pool a bills for "red" meetings since 1932, At that the pool cost little, a watched anxiously if the sport at dime, for a program. this track would draw as well as late Two of the eight races Thursday racing attracted at Detroit and for two-year-olds, but there other tracks which introduced sun- were three, the sixth, set meetings.

eighth at a mile and seventeenth It is something new for these each, giving twilight seekers of a parts, the first time it has ever fortune plenty of racing variety. been tried by a Greater Cincinnati There were ample arrangements race track. made at the track to feed the The combination pool, inaugurat- hungry. ed at a previous meeting, again (Additional details Pages 21 was operated. Those who chose and 27 Affected In Price Hill Pool Fire "the united Polish peoples will cut off from the Baltic Sea." Overcrowding Of Schools Is Protested Speakers Oppose Plan to Drop 80 Teachers A proposed 1940 school budget, which provides for dropping 80 instructors from teaching staffs, brought charges of excessive crowding of classrooms Thursday at a special meeting of the Board of Education.

Pictures on Page 24. Appeals to the board to make so some effort to reduce overcrowded classes came as the Finance Committee submitted a budget proposing $7,527,759 for operating expenses and $1,072,531 for sinking fund purposes. Mrs. Lowell Hobart secretary of the Consumers' League, charging that more than 40 per cent of Cincinnati's school children are taught in crowded classes and receive inferior educations urged that present teaching personnel be maintained. Echo Statement Mrs.

Gilbert Bettman, Milton Schmidt, attorney representing the Cincinnati Teachers Association, and Otto Zoecklein, secretary of Central Labor Council, echoed Mrs. Hobart's views. Mr. Schmidt charged that almost all the overcrowding was in schools in the basin areas. "These basin children," he said, "are being discriminated against." All the spokesmen, however, agreed with Frank W.

Willey, building chairman of the Board, and other Board members that the lack of sufficient buildings is one of the chief obstacles to thinning down of class sizes. Forty-five of the 80 reductions in the teaching staff will be made because, particularly elementary in school the popula- noncrowded suburban schools, has fallen by 1500, Claude V. Courter, superintendent, said. The sum requested for operating expenses, according to Robert Van Fossen, committee chairman, and Frank Willey and Edwin G. Becker, members, represents increase of $112,228 over the current budget.

At the same time the budget was submitted it was explained that in order to get the full amount requested the board would have to submit to the voters in November a special levy of $2-10 on the $1000 of property valuation. Says Voter Obdurate The Budget Committee explained that the biggest increase for 1940 was $141,122 for teachers' salaries necessitated by established stepups. The committee said reductions were proposed as follows: Office workers' salary (civil service employes), $8662; evening hign school teachers' salaries, summer school teachers' salaries, $496, and miscellaneous ments, $20,232. Spokesmen who urged an increase in teaching staff were met with a statement by John M. Renner, board president, that the necessary money would be difficult to obtain from the voters.

"If we can get enough organizations such as yours to support this board," Mr. Renner said, "we can give Cincinnati the type of educational system it wants. But there are powerfu groups in this city who are fighting this." Discussion of the budget was tinued following the noon recess. Tentative adoption of the budget is scheduled for July 5 and final adopItion July 15. confident they can achieve their next step -presumably against Danzig and the Polish corridor -without a major conflict.

However, the decision which Hitler must make in regard to his next step will be far more difficult and the risk of a mistake in judgment leading to war will be far greater than in any similar situation arising since the Nazis came to power six years ago. In any event, Nazis are certain the next step will come at the first favorable moment; they are confident it will be in direction of Poland and-with the press hammering on the dread word "encirclement" the people are more strongly united for the moment behind Der Fuehrer than at any time. The present Nazi striking power is vividly, impressed on any visitor Heat Looses Gas Clouds; Extra Men Are Summoned Six companies of firemen battled choking chlorine gas fumes Thursday in a spectacular blaze that destroyed a large pavilion around the Philipps Swimming Pool, at 5247 Glenway avenue, Price Hill. Twenty-seven firemen were affected by the gas. Owners of the pool and insurance officials said a conservative estimate of the damage would be 000, building, as the 1000 lockers, destroyedds of bathing suits and valuable equipment.

Pictures on Page 2. Marshal Harry Geselbracht, however, estimated the loss at about $7500. Two youths asleep in the first air room were aroused by smoke to find the flames directly above them. Both fled safely. They were Howard Zoellner, 18, cashier at the pool, and Paul Schwartz, 19, a life guard.

Several Alarms Given The blaze was seen by numerous families living near the scene, and a number calls were sent to the Fire Tower at almost the same time. A box alarm also was sent in. When the first firemen under Marshal William. Hilsinger arrived the entire building was afire. The marshal sent in a call that brought additional companies to the scene.

A number of cylinders, each containing 60 cubic feet of chlorine gas used to purity, the water, expanded from intense heat and released the gas, firemen said. donned gas masks, but not before they had inhaled some of Confident Reds Ready to Battle Chicago Cubs BY TOM SWOPE Bill McKechnie and his leagueleading when Reds they were left in a Cincinnati confident at noon Thursday with Indianapolis as the first stop on a journey which will carry them to three cities in as many states. Their stop in Indianapolis is a sort of a lark. m. (Cincinnati time) Thursday" they are to tangle with the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association in an exhibition game.

This will give them an opportunity to renew acquaintances with Don Lang, Red Barrett, Nolen Richardson, Einar Sorensen and Allen Hunt. players who have trained with the Reds and who now are playing with the Indians, Class AA Red farm. Midnight will the Reds resuming their journey with Chicago as their next stop. McKechnie and his players really are looking forward to this end of the jaunt. The Reds haven't played a game in Chicago this year, being rained out there April 18, 19 and 20.

And they have a score to settle with the Cubs for the way Gabby Hartnett's fading champions beat them, 6-0 and 2-0, here Memorial Aeronca Will Spend $100,000 in Moving Lunken Flood Menace Prompts Action The Aeronautical Corp. of America, makers of the Aeronca planes, will spend about $100,000 to move its plant from Lunken Airport to some other location, Carl Friedlander, president, said Thursday. The principal reason for the move is because of the "flood threat that Lunken Airport now offers almost annually." Mr. Friedlander said. He said no new site had been decided upon.

Reports were current that the plant would be located at the Hugh Watson Airport in Sharenville. Mussolini 56; Bans. Celebration Special to The Post. ROME, June Benito Mussolini was 56 years old today. The anniversary passed without public notice because Mussolini desires no publicity regarding his age.

Inside The Post Page Amusements 18 Cincinnatus 12 Clapper 15 Comics 27-29 Crossword 29 Editorial 12 Fashion 16 Johnson 15 Mrs. West 16 the fumes. Marshal Affected The most seriously affected by the fumes were Marshal Hilsinger, Charles Lamping of 17 and Ben Grote, of Ladder Co. 7. Mr.

Grote also was burned on the hand by chlorine while helping carry out one of the tanks. Lieut. Clifford Larkin, of Co. 24, punctured his right foot on a nail. All were given first aid at the scene, and were ordered to report to Dr.

J. E. T. Kennedy, fire surgeon, for further treatment. To counteract the effects of the fumes Frank Philipps, general manager of the pool, provided candy for the firemen.

Marshal Geselbracht said a carelessly discarded cigaret may have caused the fire. The terrific heat melted floodlights around the pool and bent the poles. Pool To Be Closed The damage estimate was made by Mr. Philipps and by Hugh Klappert of the William Klappert Insurance Agency Co. Mr.

Philipps said thousands of dollars in revenue also would be lost, as the pool will have to be closed for some time until repairs are made. Mr. Klappert said that Mr. Zoellner told him firemen argued with him, when he sent in the alarm, as to whether the pool was outside the city limits. Mr.

Philipps said the pool is six feet inside the limits. Fire Department officials explained that it is customary to ask questions of this nature on fires that are on the edge of the city limits. They denied having argued about it. The pool is owned by Mr. Philipps' mother, Mrs.

Louise Philipps, 635 Greenwood avenue. Mrs. Phillips said workmen would start immediately to clear away the fire debris, and that the pool might be ready to resume operations by the Fourth of July with temporary bathhouse facilities. Meanwhile, she said, season books for the Price Hill pool will be good at the two other Philipps pools. Windsors' Pastor To Marry Skaters By the United Press.

to Germany and two different foreign experts who have been in the Reich throughout Hitler's regime believe that as many as 1,800.000 men are actually under arms today. That figure represents half a million more than at any previous time. East Prussia has been turned into a huge military fortress with well over 100,000 men ready for action. In seeking to co-ordinate and draw together the threads of European events since Hitler destroyed Czechoslovakia, one important point must be kept in mind: The Nazis never have and never intend to give up their desire for return of the entire Polish corridor and other former German areas of (Continued on Page: 3, Col. 5) HOLLYWOOD, June 29.

The clergyman who married the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will marry a couple on roller skates tonight because he thinks the idea "nicely sentimental." The Rev. R. Anderson Jardine agreed to perform the wedding of Gloria Brodine, 18, and Richard Morris, 25, in Sid Grauman's roller bowl because he thought the stunt was "unique." Mr. Jardine was forced out of his pastorate in England after marrying the Windsors. Page My Day 12 Pegler Pyle 15 Radio 8 Serial 10 Short Story 23 Sports 19-20-21 Society 17 Wt.

Ads 26-27-28 SCHOOL FARMERS PROFIT PRESQUE ISLE, June 16. (UP)-The local high school chapter of the Future Farmers of America has built and furnished its own chapter house. Members raise and sell seed potatoes, and already have marketed nearly 12,000 baby chicks. A.