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TOPAT KEA FEATURE SERVICE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT Weather Forecast tonight probably ending T'lursday morning CoMer ThurvJay njjht and extreme west portion Jate VOL. 134. Sue 650 Today 300 FREDERICK, WEDNESDAY. MARCH TWELVE PAGES PRICE--TWO CENTS CITY 14IH SIKH Removed Water Lines Also To Be Laid Convicts Cannot Be Used On As Part Of Construction New Construction, Attorney Job. Tells Commission.

-NEW STREET ROLLER HERE; MYERSVILLE SITE IS IS PUT IN USE IMMEDIATELY: AFFECTED BY OPINION East Patrick Street Paving To Jenifer To Give Roads Board Follow Curb And Cutter Work. Final Decision After Full Study. Customs Barriers Co BY PRESIDENT Clearly Right Of Members To Delivers Address Replete With Make "Any Fair Inquiry," Attacks On "Special He Says In Note. STATES HE MUST IN ASKS CO-OPERATION MEANTIME OBEY LAW "ALL ALONG LINE" Position Of President Is Sup- Declares Prosperity Boing Re- The familiar boom of dynamite, to Baltimore. March 23 AP which Fredericktonians accustomed tablishment of Maryland's lp struck a of sewer construction, was due to porary obstacle today when -Es- first I Anything but downcas: in appear- ance is Chairman Arthur E.

Mor' gan of TVA, above, who refused to resign in the face of President. Roosevelt's demand that he either retract or substantiate charges ported By Opinion From Jackson. Washington. March U3 evident Roosevelt, advising Conre today that had ousted Ar- themselves during twenty months i prison labor camp struck a tern-i the 0 0 0 Moisan from ihcTVA. said During a discussion of building running eastward when the North i an for a prison camp at Myersville in Frederick county along the ble.

The President removed him. Market street line wa- put down a year ago, but the West Fourteenth Hagerstown-Frederick road relo- street development has since been cation, a question arose as to actively begun. Curb and gutter whether the relocation was new were laid seven or eight years xvor or reconstruction. i a 8o. i Thomas Jenifer, special assistant A ton of dynamite was reserved Attorney General, said that, in his by Water Superintendent William OD in5on should be Davis from the street supply, to be i asse as new construction and I used for the Fourteenth street job.

i prisoners therefore could not be Behind The Scenes In A I Simultaneous laying of the sewer and water lines will provide both services without doubling the digging operations. The city is allowed up to May 28 employed on it. He said he be- I lieved they could be used on main- Bv RODNEY DUTCHER he said, "abdicate my constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Mr. Roosevelt ordered Morgan's removal yesterday, to become effective today, and simultaneously announced elevation of Harcourt A. Morgan, now vice chairman, to the With his message Mr.

Rooseve! sent to the capitol a letter from i Robert H. Jackson, the acting At- tarded By Selfish Minority. tenance and reconstruction work '-ary of State Hull, who may be our I rtttYT i i nn nirtVMncf Washington. March torney General, upholding the President's right to remove TVA only. next President, insists on moving i farther away from strict neutrality board members from office.

Jackson said charges of "dishon- i i 111C. tt A 3.111'. i a I I I I Va and isolation and toward a posi- erty and want of mtegrity had for the final accounting with the uno ffi iallv and his final decision f. Public Works Administration for would on stud tion where the United Sta.es can i TJ. j- mi-nrn nn a i in nn i road is new construction and the speech which Hull made at the A -i I TJra i TrtT- Ct prison labor could not be used on it.

the prison camp cannot be built at Myersville. Says It Find Work For Jobless If It Has Assurance Of Stability. Wilmington, March 23 (AP). Lammot Dupont, president of E. I.

Dupont de Nemours and declared today he had not "the slightest doubt" business could find work for all who "want a job" if given "reasonable certainty'' conditions would remain "reasonably against -lawless" nations--a point i the building of its sanitary sewerage system, costing something more than 51,000.000, on a PWA 45 percent cost plan. New Roller Here One of the first assignments for the city's new S4.000 gasoline driven street roller will be on the East Fourteenth street paving job. Street Superintendent John T. Best stated. Other street improvement jobs awaiting" the roller are on East Third street and on Middle alley- near Sixth street.

The new eight-ton roller arrived by freight by the Pennsylvania Railroad Tuesday afternoon, and was unloaded under Mr. Best's direction. From its cost of S4.420 there was deducted an allowance of $420 for the old roller. The freight from Springfield. Ohio, cost $103.

Paving an additional fifteen-foot width of East Patrick street extended will not be begun until after the city-WPA curb and gutter work on the south side of the street is finished. City Engineer Elmer St.C. Maxwell stated. The vridening job. approved by the State Roads Commission, is designed to increase the street's width to 40 feet from curb to curb.

May Lay Sidewalks Mr. Maxwell said that an agreement is available to property owners along the curb and gutter line of the street whereby sidewalks will be sponsored by the city and laid by the WPA forces, if the property owners will furnish materials for them. The city engineer said he did not recommend purchase by the city of automatic sewer flushers such as have been proposed for installations 'in key manholes along the system to provide a flushing stream of! when the United firemen, roused a velocity of 1,200 gallons per minute. The matter was discussed with Mr. Maxwell by Frank F.

Clayton. Washington. D. representatix'e of the Maddox Management Corpor- move on to actual intervention in been made against the directors by i move uu iu initri vtuLiuu iii Chairman Morgan, who then open- nm commasion rf ff an(J execu iy defied tne President consUtu $100,000 to set up a convict labor Uve heads that fee Jonal aulhorities by re using to Should he rule finally that the Th was the chief significance of answer "reasonable inquiries con- snoum ne rule nnail tnat tne Lt cernmg the situation existing in the Authority." "I think I may state." Jackson said, "it is an unassailable proposi- tion that if any of these charges is i National Press Club for broadcast to the world. First of all.

Hull nailed down Gainesville. Ga March 23 (APV Roos-ovelt declared today that national and prosperity "are being held back chiefly because of :elfi.hncss on the part of a few." a prepared address replete with fresh attacks on "special privilege" and the "feudal system" which he ranked with Fascism, the Chief Executive also bluntly told Georgia and the lower south that their wages were "far too loxv." He called for "co-operation all along the line" to rebuild the nation on sounder lines. "We propose to go forward and nut back." he Stopping here en route from Washington to Warm Springs. Ga for a 10-day rest, the President dedicated Roosevelt Square, center of Gainesville which was rebuilt with federal aid two years ago after being damaged by a tornado. Mr, Roosevelt declared prosperity was being retarded by a "selfish" minority who believe in a "different theory of government," give little thought to the one-third ill-fed, ill-clad and ill- housed" and regard balancing the budget as more important than appropriating for relief.

Pope Pius Appeals To Leader Of Insurgent Forces In Spain. JAPANESE STALLED BY i CHINESE RESISTANCE Native Forces Report They Have Driven Invaders Back In Many Places. Away went customs barriers, as pictured, nbove. after Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his goose-stepping troopers completed Germany's annexation of little Austria. In a celebrating mood, border guards of the two nations are pictured as they tore apart the gates which had separated the two countries.

The photo was made only a few i hours after the anschluss was consummated. Buildings that housed the customs stations, Nazis stated, will be transformed into youth- movement quarters. i a i i wt. ia positsons previously taken in nis the powcr of remova A i step-by-ste? delineation of a for- aht Leave Business Alone, eign policy whose actual signifi- Urt Censured Oerman Coup eign policy whose actual signifi- the Tennessee Va l- UrgeS is questioned by isolationists I Authority being an excculivc ana pacifists. agency, performing executive func- and therefore in the executive branch of the government, the He emphasized this country's in- power of removal ought to be in the terest in orderly international pro- President." cess throughout the worid--not' merely in China--and implied 1 Panic strong disapproval of the German strong disapproval seizure of Austria as well as an intense interest in European affairs.

He dwelt on the desirability of parallel action by peaceful nations of considerable importance when But he added, "permanent relief' i one gets speculating as to how ihp mtt'rtf i i Among Austrians Nazi Statement Rejects Rumors Of Many Suicides--Full Freedom For Bishops. Vienna. March 23 Companies Called After Fire Is Put Out an intention to protect American since union with rights and interests abroad. is one of the English lan- guage's broadest words. Three fire companies responding Finally, and very cautiously.

Hull I the Nazi union. Germany. One denial strongly rejected rumors of thousands of suicides since laid the groundwork for a drive to repeal the neutrality act. The administration will make no frontal The statement said 'hat "from March 22, 96 persons committed suicide in Vienna whereof only 50 i mi to find that another company had! low Tennessean Sam Austrian bishops enjoy full lib- arrived ahead of them and extin- will begin hearings on a number of! rty an denial stated, empha- guished the fire. bills for its repeal or amendment -sizing there is no reason to take The blaze was in an upstairs room qtpni: ap: nct TM -occupied by a Negro man whose Hit Neutrality Act name was not learned.

A chair and bedclothing had bsen I steps against a single one of them. I The statement added that only two members of former Chancellor affairs stalwart as Kurt Schuschnigg's cabinet were 7, STtate nr i un protective custody. arrest of Archduke Antoinc i Spring Vacation Season At Colleges Under Way But That At Hood And In Local Schools Will Not Until April. A number of students and faculty members of academies and colleges are expected to arrive in Frederick this week-end for spring vacation recess. However, persons who attend schools in this vicinity will have to wait until April for their holidays.

Public schools of the county will close for two daya in observance of Easter--Good Friday and Easter Monday. Dr. Ignatius Bjorlee. superintendent of the Maryland State School for the Deaf, said this morning that the State schocl will have no vacation for students to go to their homes, although they. too.

will have Good Friday and Easter Monday as holidays. Hood College students will leave campus at noon on Friday, April 8, to return after Easter for classes on Tuesday, April 19. Visitation Academy wi)l have a week's vacation from Tuesday. April 12. to Wednesday.

April 20. when classes will be resumed, and St. John's High School students will have a similar vacation period extending from April 33 ID April 19 inclusive. CALF STEALING IS CALLED Arundel Officials Inter- Accused Of Taking ested In Utility Valuations. Animal From Woodsboro Man.

VISIT LOCAL OFFICES BAD CHECK TRIAL IS HELD Methods used by Frederick county in assessing its utilities were considered today by officials of Anne Arundel county, who arc making a study of western Maryland utility taxation. Repetition o-f part of the testimony offered a week ago at the trial of Charles F. Potts, Troutville j'outh. and Melvin G. Gilbert, near i Woodsboro, for stealing calf was George T.

Cromwell, Supervisor in prospect today as an undisposed of Assessments for Anne Arundel case against the two was to be county; Joseph H. Pepper, County heard circuit Court Treasurer, and the clerk and as-' sistant clerk to the County Commissioners. Mr. Linthicum and Mr. Arnold, consulted Frederick countv Last Thursday a jury convicted Potts, but acquitted Gilbert, of stealing a calf from Harvey Ogle, Supervisors Alfred W.

Gaver and near Creagerstown. The case await- I the County Commissioners and Treasurer. ing trial today charges both with stealing a calf from Baxter C. The Anne Arunde! officials were Dougherty, near Woodsboro. on accompanied by Michael J.

Lind- January 11. the same night as the say, chief clerk to the State Tax other offense. Both men have Commission. They planned to con- jsult Washington county "officials this afternoon and to spend the night in Hagerstown. continuing pleaded not guilty.

A bad check charge against Potts was the basis of today's opening trial. State's Attorney Sherman P. i rp I by the breaking of the alarm in i stimson and a sh The arrest of Archduke front of their fire house arrived. I we are expected criticize neu- von Hapsburg was denied. trality act provisions.

Whevner any- their" visit to Cumberland tomor- Bowers charged that Potts forged row. I a worthless check for $15.25 at the Inquiries made here developed the I Woodsboro Savings Bank, using the fact that Frederick county assess- iVeiccomer Enters Fight For Governor ments utility-owned properties The Uniteds extinguished the blaze. uicl it-j i one rrorn tne State Department will namc of John Sager. Potts is then accused of obtaining a case of i are on the basis of the companies' beer valued at $15.25 from William Meanwhile some person called in an alarm to Fire Headquarters, re- appear is uncertain. i Preliminary Hearing Hull savs that application of the rp TTT i i ct to the Japanese-Chinese strug- 1 Be Waived By Gempp i gie would have defeated the purpose of the legislators.

If Japan Berryville. March 23. Com- declared war on China, how- monwealth's Attorney Edward McC Pninf a situation which the administra- charged with obtaining S350 from roims Oon to avo lhe Bank of Clarke County undcr ation. It was pointed out that sew- suiting in a general alarm and a er gas will destroy all metals, and: useless trip fay the Independent. that vigorous flushing is needed Junior and Citizens companies, particularly when the grade of the SeWT 1Tllgh i 11- 1.1 fever.Vppilcation'of the act presum- Williams, of Berryville.

said yester-' Hea Selling Tumbles a have been mandatory-'day that William P. Gempp. by streams from fire plugs is suf- NTO Jaia heav burst selling tooay I power to ke country into war Should "the man with a score tumbled many stocks to new lows jj has powen although the of aliases" not change his mind Ttr-n A for the year as hope waned in forma lity of declaring war is left to this decision means he will be sent Will Adopt Abandoned i speculative circles for a broad Congress. on to a Clarke county grand jury Babv Connie Declares ng USineSS Ck the next grand JUTT "session being, WCClareS Despite a moderate comeback. Awaft and French scheduled for March 28.

i losses ranging 10 more than nve Westminster. March 23 were widely distributed! This government i make no Ir asked if he Mr. and Mrs. Irving Maus. young through the Ito near the fourth move in international affairs until Westminster couple, said today they hour.

learns what tbe and VV TVI" nunocr plan to adopt a week-old baby girl The pound sterling was off of i Drench are going do. inis abandoned Monday night at an inn a cent at S4.95'i. Iies to to end the em- a K. i -al-mc of charges, no comment to make on in nearby Taneytown. They "notified State's Attorney George N.

Fringer. who is seeking to locate the baby's oarents. and Mrs. Mans have no ALDERSGATE MEETING. "cargo on arms to Spain, which pre- vents shipments of munitions to the a recognized republican government Weather Record Wanted Here A warrant charging Walter Mur- used by Isinins S230 ry hundredth anniversary of John zens.

is in the hands of local Wesley's conversion, was given by Hull and President Roosevelt pri- authorities, having been obtained rents. 1 Aldersgate program, of inter- while permitting export of A warrant charging children est in connection with the Melho- bonibs and engines to Germany and on tne dist commenioration of the two UaJy for use 5panL-n Gemon. with obiainim 5c i i John M. Kennedy, Baltimore, And "Real Dark Horse," Files For Democratic Nomination. Baltimore.

March 23 M. Kennedy. 49-year-old Baltimore business man and newcomer to slate politics, added his name to the growing list of Democratic gubernatorial candidates today as a "real dark horse" campaigner. Kennedy's certificate of candidacy was filed today with the required 5270 fee. William Smsky.

attorney who acted for Kennedy in Sling the certificate. referred all questions to Kennedy, who could not be reached immediately. Sinsky said Kennedy had never before engaged in politics but had decided "about a month ago" to enter the Democratic primaries. "He feels that taxation, for one thing. has reached the point where something has to be done about it," Sin- reports of their holdings in the i Sm Goodmtcnt, by false re! county.

Mr. Gaver stated that he tenses. had asked the Commissioners to cm- i Witnesses for the State today ploy an engineer to make a survey I wc Robert A. Kemp handwnt- of the properties and fix valua- 1 expert. Mr.

and Mrs. Smith. tions upon them. Satisfactory val- C. Sagcr.

Sheriff Roy Hilt- juations. Mr. Gaver holds, can be "cr. James Huff. Wilour Biddmger set only by a competent engineer to nd Guy Creager.

Potts was rep- I survcv the properties. re te by AI on TM tf r- Appeal Was Withdrawn The Potomac Company, Th hn Cur C. E. By The Associated Press Disclosure that Pope Pius had appealed to Generalissimo Francisco Franco for moderation in air attacks on civilian centers injected a more hopeful note into today's world picture of war and threats of war. But the Spanish insurgents continued their drive toward the Mediterranean and Japan's armies struggled desperately to smash Chinese resistance and end the bitter deadlock in the oriental conflict.

Britain prepared to speed her great arms program in spite of her Kot eminent apparent decision to avoid further commitments in Europe. In northeastern Spain Franco's armies pressed a new in the Huesca sector, north of the scene of their recent Aragon triumph, breaking through government lines along a 12-mile front to advance six miles. This drive relieved government pressure on Huesca and cleared the Huesca-Zaragoza highway. As the advance continued, it threatened to involve Barbastro, 28 miles east, and endanger government defenses along the Evro river. In central China Japanese forces struggled vainly to cross the Grand Canal and cut the Lunghai railway in the Suchow sector.

To the west along the Yellow river, Chinese reported they had driven the invaders back in many places. central China campaign had reached a stalemate. Advices from central Hopch province attributing much of China's success to a communist army of 500,000 men which has been harassing the Japanese In north China. The soldiers are native Chinese. Two New Sub-Stations To Be Built For Police Baltimore, March State police department will- build two more new substations this year, in addition to the building now being completed at Jessups.

SupL Elmer F. Munshower said. When the Jessups structure, which will house the officers now quartered at Substation near Laurel, is finished about April 1, plans are ready for slightly smaller substations near Bel Air and Salisbury. Maj. Munshower said the two proposed substations would cost about 516,000 each--less than half of the cost of the new Substation round out the department's building program for 1938.

Eventually, all nine substations will be replaced. a the Chcsaneake and Potomac Tele- 1 Sfnner, Harvey R. Grossnicfcle. phone Companv. and the Western i a tcr TD Remsoerg.

Richard nion a Ltal Telegraph Con, TM B. Rhoads. Jacob H.j tion to the Frederick county as- i isessment of its property had been! Judge Arthur taken by the Postal Telegraph Com- Iard Pres.d.nR. has withheld sen- panv. th: company.

Mr. Gaver tc PoUs on the pre-; -said, later withdrc-v its appeal, ac- I VIOUS conviction, pending the two Maryland Singers At High School Thursday The Maryland Singers. Women's Chorus of the State Teachers College at Frostburg. arrived here today. Following a concert at Middletown High School auditorium this afternoon at two o'clock they will spend the night in this city.

A program will be presented before an assembly at Frederick High School on Thursday morning at nine o'clock. The group, composed of forty members, left Frostburg on their tour on Tuesday and have appeared in Cumberland. Hagerstown. Washington. D.

and Baltimore. ccpting the local valuation. The Anne Arundrl group, seek- i i an improved system of assess- 1 noted that Cumberland ludin an I remaining cases against hiin. untried aftcr wcrc several appeal cases in- So far as co.uld be learned in political circles. Kennedy is a stranger to Democratic leaders.

mcnt its main objective in the ern Man-land tour, but that com- tne Frederick and jmposed upon hin countv svstems were ainiert R. Bowlus. A i appeal by Luther Baumgardneri 'from a S10 fine for operating with west- Baugner. near Fredenck from a three-month sentence for drunken; by More Money For Army Is Asked Bv Committee S3" nations about which they feel 2.20 inches. nue.

The program was arranged Normal March by Mrs. Bettie E. Sundergill. teach- Inches; actual. March.

er of the Mte honed the inches. Bartholow reviewed the nistory of High temperature yesterday--84. 3 ssm in coun jr. in which thu country TOUGH MAX Evansville. March 23 i store keeper tele- a few eve- i nings ago and said: "Come quick.

he ped hobb Spanish govern- A tough-Jooking man just got out of High temperature a year Talks were given by Mrs. Sun- ment desperate defcnse against a car and is st in front of our Low temperature last night-55. dergiJJ. Mrs. W.

T. Cover. Mrs. i'. the of Musso in and We're afraid he is going to Low temperature a year ago--36.

A. Rockwell. Mrs. George P. Hend-; bombs Hitler The be ex hold us up A quad car dashed Sun sets p.

m. nckson. Mrs. Alvie Myers and Mrs. anat i on -hat this countrv was i to the store and found the "tough Sun rises a.

m. Walter Poole. Flowers were pre- onc of tho5C -parallel i looking man" was Butler "Spike" i Moon rises a. m. jsented to Mrs.

Cover as a birthday (actions" with the government of Porter, police mechanic, on an er-! Moon sets a- gift. Refreshments were served. I Washington. March 23 House Appropriations committee asked Congress today to provide more money for the army than it has had in 18 years. The sum.

S447.808.555. for the fiscal year beginning July 1, was 332545,000 more than the current year and only S30.754.000 short of the figure for 1920-21 when the Army of Occupation still was in Wants Entries Uniform Complaint was maoV todav to the Commissioners and Supervisor by County Treasurer Thomas A Chap- iine regarding valuat.oris Fred' crick district. The books bci.ig made up ii connection wi''i the a.vcs^- mcnt ol iocal properties, now improper chauffeur license is also', Banks Closed Friday To Mark Maryland Day Stale Income Tax field Increasing Annapolis. March yield of the of 1 per cent Maryland income tax rose to S495.003.25 today as employes of the Slate Comptroller's Office completed the tabulation of 27.342 returns. The payments were made by 1.267 corporations.

25.932 individuals. -8 non-residents. 46 fiduciaries and 71 State employers paying at source on salaries to oat-of- State employes. the other, as to property 1 the city limits. i The treasurer's booKs, however.

this state. list all property in the is entitled to know these by i distinction. Mr. Chapiine reference to a single entry. He stated that in a number of cases asked the Commissioners and Mr.

i an owner ma property both Gaver to change their style of mak-! i snd out.Mcie. and that his ma entries. i GRANTED DIVORCE An order granting an absolute divorce to Austin D. Bruchey. form" erly of Frederick and now of Buckeystown.

from Genevieve Brcchey, on grounds desertion, was handed down today by Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard. The plaintiff is to pay the casts. He was rcprc- by Austin James,.