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SUNDAY. AUGUST 23. 1M2 SIX A AKRON BEACON JOL'KINAU Sinkings, Nazi Spies Gradually Drew Reluctant Brazil Into War DANCES AID WAR CHFST SAILOR'S KMT TIED AT COURTHOUSE SPEECH KEYNOTE NEW MOVE IS SEEN Out To 'Drown' Dictators Wed In 'Smallest' Chapel MARGE 1) A KriEGLER IV OUT THE A FOR YOUTH DRAFT Congressman Predicts Army, Navy Plea For Age Change WASHINGTON, Aug. Maj. Gen.

Louis B. Hershey" warning that the selective service rolls soon would be exhausted of single men led congressional circles to speculate today that the armed forces might renew their request for the drafting f.f youths 18 and 10 years old. Congress now ia in informal recess and any such request might well he deferred until after the November elections lest the question be made a political issue hut one well-informed house member who aaked that his name not be used remarked that "in my Judgment, the army and navy will insist upon lowering the draft age." "And, if our generals and admirals tell us this ta essential to Insure victory," he added. "I believe congress will amend the selective service act. I believe this will be done before Christmas." Now 20 to 44 The draft ages now sre 20 to 44 Inclusive.

Army men have esti mated there are 2,500.000 to youths In th classification. All men between 18 and 85 already have b. lstered, those 18 and 19 and above 45 being included for purposes of cataloguing the nation's manpower. Secretary of War Stimson wrote the house military committee last December that "the traditional age for liability for military serv ice in this country la 18 to 45. His communication was in connection with an army request that the draft ages be broadened from 21-35 to include all men between RUTH fl II A WEINBERGER shey, the selective service chief, advised men with no other dependents than wives to "begin making arrangements now" to enter the army.

He said in Chicago Friday that the available supply of single men. 20-44, had been virtually exhausted. Almost all the warring powers now require military service of all men above 18. Youths 18 and 19 generally are regarded aa top material for the air corps and navy services. BETTY 1 1 CH, Al Pi The waves pile higher and higher, threatening to drown out the axis, as funda roll in from a aeries of weekly dances held by the intermediate and senior club councils of the Akron Jewish Center.

All proceeds from the dances are to be turned over to the War Chest. The funds already have pushed the waves high enough to lap at the edge of Hitler's mustache and before another week goes by, Hirohito's nose will be submerged. In the above photo, Misses Marge Steiger, Betty Segel and Ruth Steiger hold the poster showing the progress of the War Chest campaign. The waves are being drawn in by Howard Spiegler while Edward Weinberger looks on. IB and 45.

Congress, instead, put the bottom age at 20. A congressman discussing today the prospects of draft revisions I mentioned that many military men contend that "victory lies between the recklessness of youth and the caution of a man." Another observed that "these 18 and 19-year-old youths are crying to get in." Forecasts that youth of the "daring" age, 18 and 19, might be drafted came ahortly after Her-1 .7 10 Four Ex-Governors Asked To Attend Convention By H. H. DAPCHERTY Arltr Prml SUff WrllM COLUMBUS, Aur. 22.

John McSweeney wants Ohio's four living democratic ex-governors to participate In the party's atate platform convention with one of them, James M. Cox, as the keynote speaker. On the stage with Cox will be former Govs. Vic Donahey, George White and Martin L. Davey, if the wishes of McSweeney, this year's candidate are fulfilled.

The tentative convention dates here are Sept. 18 and 19. The dates will be set definitely by the state committee when it meets Tuesday. Cox has not attended a atate convention since he retired from the executive office In 1921 following his unsuccessful candidacy for president against Warren G. Harding.

White To Be Active While Donahey and Davey have virtually retired from active politics. White is expected to be in the thick of the fight again this fall as a congressional candidate In the 15th district. White, according to reports about democratic state headquarters, will be chosen aa a candidate to succeed Congressman Robert Secrest, who resigned, to enter the armed service. The vacancy will be filled by the district executive committee. White formerly represented the 15th.

He lives in Marietta. Darrell Jones of Newark, who managed McSweeney's primary campaign, is slated for the post of chairman of the state executive committee and campaign manager GOES CX In thia tiny chapel in the courthouse Rev. Mrs. Winifred Psgue united in marriage Sailor Peter Varonich and the former Mias Christine Kaminski, one of the many couplea for whom she tied tha knot In four years' service at the county building. Woman Pastor Performs Riles In Tiny Alcove "I MET HER FOUR YEARS AGO at a Polish society picnic, and asked her to marry me the firat day." for the general election.

He it Candidate McSweeney's choice. Al Horstman of Dayton is expected to be reelected chairman of the state central committee when it meets for organization next Tuesday. It also will selc-t the executive committee, which Jones will head. McSweeney Aide Jones was McSweeney's assist, ant while the latter was etate fare director under Governor White. Management of McSwen.

ney's primary campaign Jones' first state-wide pohtiui effort. He is an insurance brokr As state executive commit tn chairman he will succeed J. Fr-r Bittinger of Ashland, who nonaged former Governor Davey's un. successful gubernatorial campaign two years ago. Bittinger was defeated for a central committee post.

Indications that McSweeney intends to make a determined ff. fort to bring about party harmony were seen in his desire to have the four living ex-governors w. ticipate in the state convention and his plan to have his campmpn managed locally by the regular party committees. "I do not want any McSweenpy. for-Governor clubs," the candidate told the Stark county central rnm-mittee this week.

"I want tn work with you and the party i r-'i-ve thnt if we work together that way, we will march to victory as a solid phalanx." Toscanini To Direct NBC Concerts Again NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Ar-turo Toscanini will direct the NBC symphony orchestra for his fifth season, the National Broadcasting; Co. announced today.

He will alternate with Leopold Stokowski and each is to be in charge of 12 programs. At the same time it was slated that the orchestra will be transferred from the Blue network on Saturday nights to the NBC-Red on Sunday afternoons from 5 to 6 p. m. The winter concerts starting Nov. 1 will be preceded by an extended summer series opening Sept.

27. New pogt fl Building Post Office Buildin Port Office Court House Office Buildim Office Buildirt RELATIONS BROKEN IF First Major Provocation Was Sub Attack In March Br Th Anorl.tM FrM Brwil broke off diplomatic re Utions with all three axis powers last Jan. 29 at the conclusion In Rio de Janerio of the Psn-Amerl-ran conference of foreign ministers which unanimously adopted resolution recommending that all Uie American republics immediately expel axis diplomats. From then on, Brazil was grad ually and reluctantly drawn closer to war hy axia machinaiiona inside her borders and by attacks on her shipping by far-ranging U-boata. The first major provocation cams In March when a U-boat sank a Brazilian ship off the.

coast during the pre-U-nten carnival season. The announcement of thia affront to Brazilian neutrality was withheld until the carnival ended on the eve of Ash Wednesday, lest the crowds get out of hand In retaliatory destruction of the extensive properties in Brazil held by axis nationals. Temper Rises More ainkinga followed and tha Brazilian temper rose almost to tha pitch of open belligerency. Tha first known blow struck by Brar.il against U-boat raiders came In May when Brazilian airmen wera credited with sinking a submarine. Then came a lull until last week when five Brazilian ahipa wera sunk while traveling coastwise, among them a Brazilian army transport from which ltt officera ajid men were lost at sea and 88 soldiers were aaved.

The total losa of military and clvlian personnel in the five ainkinga waa mora than 600. Counterblows Struck Preaident Oetulio Vargas" next move told plainly that Brajtil could not avoid entry Into open warfare aa an ally of the United Nations, the 29th country lined up against the axis. In that move, coming with the announcement of the sixth recent ship sinking, Vargaa ordered the aeizure aa hostages of German nationals diplomats excepted Who already were aboard two repatriation ships on which they had hoped to get home via Lisbon. Counterblows were struck quickly by both United States and Brazilian airmen after the lose of the five ahipa last week. Three submarines were declared sunk, one by direct bomb hits acored by Lieut.

Com. Jack Lacey in ft U. S. navy bomber, another hy two American airmen not fully identified and the third by unspecified means but presumably by air attack. Sple Blamed Inland, Brazil's Immediate prewar measures consisted mainly of rounding up known axis operators and warming up the army and navy forces for Brazil's open belligerency.

Among the reported apy auapeots waa a relative of Nazi Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler who lived with other Orman "colonizers" on a hill overlooking an important harbor city. Brazil has blamed such spies for tipping off submarines to the departures of veasels which later were sunk. President Vargas has ordered Hard labor in the interior for all axis spies, hoping to break up the long-established underground system giving information of value to submarine commanders. Brazil aa the largest of the Latin-American repuhlica follows the next largest, Mexico, into an ofien declaration of war and for the aame reason aa Mexico's U-boat attacka on shipping. Brazil and Mexico stood together as leaders at the Rio conference of foreign ministers for solidarity against the.

axis. i Larger Than TT. S. Unrestricted U-boat warfare alao drew Brazil into the last war aa the only South American ally against Germany. Brazil, with 3,275,510 square miles, is larger than the United States.

Her population of more than 48,000.000 places her second only to the United States in the Western hemisphere. Brazilian navy, which could he expected to take early action in this war, includes two battleship, the Minaa Geraia and Sao Paulo, each lfl.200 tona. They were built In 1007 but were modernized In 1940. navy also haa the 3.150-ton cruisers Bnhia and Rio Grande Do Sol, one destroyer plua nine being built, six MO-ton torpedo boats, four submarines and numerous minelayers, river monitors and ether auxiliaries. CEILING PRICE RAISED FOR FOREIGN SILVER WASHINGTON.

Aug. 22. The etate department announced tonight thRt the ceiling price on imported silver would be raised from 35 3-8 cents to 45 cents an ounce Aug. 31. move apparently was de-algned to encourage Mexican silver mining and thus Increase the supplies of foreign silver available for American industrial users, who have largely been precluded from obtaining domestic silver In competition with the statutory price of 71.11 cents an ounce paid by the treasury.

The ceiling will be raised by the office of price administration, which fixed it originally 3-8 of a cent higher than the price paid by the treasury for foreign eilver. The original ceiling was reported to have discouraged Mexican mine operators who had been commanding higher prioe from American lnduetry. Bay war stamp from your Beacon Journal carrier boy and help Uncle Sam crush the ail. AFTER CON ERENCE Teter Varonich, 24, of 301 East land a gob in Uncle Sam'a navy, waa speaking. Tretty, dark-haired Christina Kaminski, 20, of 983 Fifth waa at his aide.

Before hem waa Rev. Mrs. Winifred Dngue, one of the few women ever ordained by the Methodist Episcopal church, and presiding official, by designation of the county commissioners, in what probably Is the smallest marriage chapel in the There were attractive bouquets in the tiny niche where Mrs. Pag lie perforins her ceremonies and a decorative tapestry hung from the wall tributes to the taste and Ingenuity of the woman who made a depression time Job for herself by offering to srrve without pay. Voluntary contributions of those served, meager when he took the Job four years ago, but better now, are Mrs.

Dague'a only compensation. Teter Varonich and Christine Kaminski were married in a tiny alcove, but with all the solemnity and ceremony of the Methodist Episcopal church, and with the serious little sermon on marriage want to serve want to fight want training, their country for freedom advancement CIIOO SE WHILE YOU CAN Dirigible Experts Ponder Mystery Of Missing Pilots that Mrs. Dague never fails to give. The benediction waa pronounced, and Christine looked up at her husky husband, and opined that war marriages are a good thing. There waa pride in her voice as she told Peter to finish hie Job and get back home.

That the task is tough was apparent from the grave tone of voice with which Peter told of serving many months with the ships that ferry men and materials to the coming aecond European front. "I can't say much," he aaid, "except that I got a leg injury and was Just released from a hospital. That's how I got hack to Akron for the wedding." The Varnnichea left for their abort honeymoon, and Mrs. Dague returned to a routine of notarizing wartime documents, and the occasional wedding that comes her way. The widow of a United Presbyterian mlniater, she was ordained by Bishop William Francis McDowell in 1927 at Ohio Weeleyan university after study of Methodist dortrine.

She later held pastorates at Bath and Stow. LIEl'T. ERNEST D. CODV known there was a very low ceiling at the time of the accident, Ihe men doubtless did not have much time in which to act- certainly not time to use the radio or to unloose the rafts, blimp experts say. Their rubber "Mae Wests." as the life belts are termed, would keep them afloat for hours.

It is considered possible that Cody and Adams may have been rescued from the ocean by fishing vessels without radios or by a convoy of ships which does not dare to use a radio. Thia ia the theory that Com. Donald Mackey of the Mof- fett Field naval station still holds. The two men would naturally have drifted southward, and since the exact location of their opera-tiona that day was known to the air station authorities, a thorough search was made of the entire area thus far in vain. Tins fact would bear out the theory they were picked up by some vessel.

Mrs. L. G. Haddock, on leaving Akron hy train to be with her daughter, commented: My son-in-law was a levelheaded and unexcitable sort of person. He would have used his head in anv emergency.

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