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lift inrnt if iff i Seventy-first Year. No. 286. One Hundred Twenty-Two Pages MINNEAPOLIS, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1938. (11) Pries Ten Cents, PUSH REGOVERY I TVA Offers to Buy The News Abroad ill il MOVES TOTREATWITH Private Power Firms Caught in Revolving Door COURTHOUSE RESCUED BY FIREMEN.

Lilienthal Opens -U. S. Purse for Purchases at Negotiated Prices Calls for Conference. Washirig-ton, March 5. JP The Tennessee Valley Authority waved well-filled purse at private power companies in southeastern states Saturday and told them to "come and get it" if they wera willing- to sell out on the basis of what President Roosevelt calls "prudent investment" David E.

Lilienthal, young director at odds with i Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the TVA announced the proposed purchases and invited interested utility official to meet him and Vice Chairman Harcourt A Morgan at a conference in Chattanooga, ,3.. K'X LaaL on March 11. Wendell L. Willkie, president of Commonwealth Southern corporation, wrote Lilienthal immediately that he would be delighted to resume negotiations concerning certain properties in the Tennessee valley.

Mr. Willkie's company has large holdings in the TVA territory. ff Mii''X'Ky a UoEaiJi 1 1 sa i I i WWl tx -if (. r. S) He said the proposed purchases virtually would put private power enterprise out of business in northern Alabama, northeastern Mississippi and about all of Tennessee.

He added, that in event cities were unable financially to float bond issues to buy local facilities the TVA would stake them from a fund made available by congress in the amended TVA act Act Without Chairman. Lilienthal told reporters he was unable to say how much power TVA could turn out at first but added that he expected to take over the immediate adjacent market (the Muscle Shoals area), and others progressively. His offer was pursuant he said, to authority delegated to him some time ago by a majority of the board (himself and Harcourt A. Morgan) but was without the knowledge of Chairman Arthur E. Morgan, who recently demanded a sweeping investigation of the TVA after long I controversy with his colleagues over flpolicy.

lit -Mr i hi I 1 il si i y-z (I V- A II J. 5'nrcua not vote on tne authorization again it's all over. IN LOS ftNGELES FLOOD Work of Clearing $60,000,000 Debris Moves Ahead Deaths Put at 159. Troops on Duty to Prevent Looting Freak Mountain on Move Again. Los Angeles, March 5.

Re- lief and recovery moved forward Saturday night in the storm-torn areas of southern California while a death toll of 159 was tabulated. Following the looting of two homes in Anaheim Friday night, 100 men with 'police power patrolled the city Saturday night, 60 of them from the national guard. The may- or estimated damage to city owned property and streets there at while Orange county's loss was placed at $3,500,000. Estimates of public and private property loss exceeded $60,000,000. The flood death list stood at 159, with 63 identified and 22 unidentified dead, and 74 reported missing.

Mountain Moves Again. Elysian park's freak moving mountain, apparently given new im- Fears Arise of New Storm in California Los Angeles, March S.Wi As work of cleaning up the $60,000,000 debris of the flood in southern California went ahead, disquieting fears of a new storm arose. The official weather forecast Saturday, flight was "for increasing cloudiness tonight and unsettled Sunday" with a potential storm area forming off the California coast petus by heavy rains, began moving in a new section, causing police to order persons from seven homes and three business places. A crack opened for a distance of 300 feet and about 1 miles west of the slide which recently wrecked Riverside drive. In one place the earth had sunk nearly two feet Eleven astronomers were ma rooned at the Mount Wilson ob servatory by highway washouts, but reported plenty of food on hand.

Mount Wilson topped the rainfall column in this area, with 26 inches for the storm. Pack Food to Resorts. Transportation methods of the early days were resorted to at San Bernardino, when 600 pounds of food was packed on horses to be taken to the isolated Lake Arrowhead and Crestline mountain (Continued on Page 10, Column 6.) Lost Hat Is Clue To Hit-Run Auto Circumstances of a lost hat and a blind alley resulted in the arrest of a man oh -charges 'of leaving the scene of an accident Saturday night. James Poppys, 2809 Thirty- third avenue south, owner of the hat, jumped on the running board of an automobile that collided with his at Twenty-fourth street and Thirty-first avenue south. Poppys was jounced off the running board as the automobile kept going but his hat fell inside the car.

Walking back to where bis car stood, a witness said she saw the car go up an. alley nearby. Police located the car, parked in an open garage at the end of the blind alley. In it was the hat The driver was located by tracing the license plates. Report Stokowski To Wed Garbo Denied Naples, Italy, March 5.

(JP) Re ports that Greta Garbo would become the bride of Leopold Stokowski within a few weeks were denied here Saturday night Lady Frost, sister of the owner of the Villa Cimbrone, near Ravelle, where Miss Garbo has been visiting, said she was sure they do not intend to marry. Congressman Robbed By Trio of Bandits Washington, March 5. (Rep resentative Schulte, Democrat, Indiana, reported to police today three bandits had robbed him of $16 in cash, three checks totaling $1,839, and two watches. Possession at Once H. Peters, 2007 Emerson avenue north, in his Business Opportunity ad in The, Tribune offered a small cafe with living quarters in same building.

The purchaser took immediate possession. Have you. a small cafe to sell? Tribune Want Ads Pay 10 Bareoart Hornn. Opens U. S.

Purse TRIBUNE MP WIREPHOTO. David E. Lilienthal. Probe of Staff Of Hospital in Death Called Nelson Fatality Hearing Is Set at General on Wednesday, A hearing for questioning of every General hospital employe who was connected with the case of Carl John Nelson, 53, was called Saturday by W. J.

McGaughren, chairman of the public welfare board's hospital committee. Contingent on arrangements still to be made with Health Commissioner F. E. acting head of the hospital, the hearing will take place probably Wednes day evening at the hospital, McGaughren Nurses, internes, physicians and any others who handled Nelson will be summoned. Nelson, who lived at 3852 Emer son avenue north, was taken to General hospital Monday, suffer ing from traffic injuries, and soon afterward lodged in jaiL On Tuesday morning he was arraigned in municipal court on a drunk charge and ordered sent back to the hospital by Judge Poirier.

He died a few hours later. Ft it 1 1 ixEIlT By Associated Press. LONDON British Ambassador Lord Perth returned to Rome with terms for friendship with Italy; groundwork laid for parallel talks in Berlin on general European situation. MOSCOW Nikolai Bucharin, one-time chronicler of Soviet revolution, admitted at treason trial he was leader of conspiracy to restore capitalism. VIENNA Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg sought to reconcile Socialist workers to his government and broaden his support in fight against Nazi-fication of Austria; at Linz Interior Minister Arthur Seyszin-quart said Austrian freedom "is endangered if Austrian elements misunderstand and oppose Germany." JERUSALEM British planes bombed and machine-gunned Arab band, killing between SO and 60.

SHANGHAI Japanese reported 200,000 Chinese fleeing in southern Shansi province; Chinese asserted their forces gained successes in North Ho-nan, BARCELONA Insurgent bombers made repeated raids on Barcelona, capital of government Spain. ROME Fascist circles predicted visit of Poland's foreign minister, Joseph Beck, would solidify further relations of Europe's authoritatian regimes. PARIS French parliament passed bill creating franc ($325,000,000) defense fund after Premier Camille Chautempi appealed for united front against "Europe's perils." BERLIN Nazi Jurists, confident Germany will get colonies soon, were reported drafting laws to govern life in overseas possessions. 0. ASSERTS F.

R. Reported Proclaiming Possession of 2 Pacific Islands, Antarctic Tract. New York, March 5. W) The ui jl una mju oawuwtj i mi night in Washington dispatch that President Roosevelt has as serted formal claim for the United States to aovereignty over Canton and Enderbury islands in the Central Pacific ocean and to lands visited by Americans including Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica.

Claim to the Pacific islands, says the was made in an execu tive order dated March 3 placing Canton and Enderbury under the control and Jurisdiction of the de partment of the interior. The dispatch said the action, if carried through successfully, will mark the greatest overseas expan sion in American history. The islands Canton and Ender bury are part of the so-called Phoenix group and lie 1,300 miles southwest of Hawaii The question has been raised whether they are British or American property. When reporters asked Secretary of State Hull about them Saturday, he indicated the query was one for the White House to answer. It is known that they have been the subject of an intensive study by state and navy department geog raphers, who have been poring over old records of explorations and discoveries to back the argu ment that the islands are Ameri can property.

The British, some Informed per sons said, might raise no serious objection to the American claim, although a New Zealand radio sta tion was established on Canton last year. American whalers, it is said, dis covered the islands more than 100 years ago. Although the islands are small, they are considered suit able for air bases. They lie on the route from Hawaii to Australia and New Zealand. Their situation is about 300 nau tical miles southeast of Howland and Baker islands which are now occupied by American parties studying weather conditions.

The aim of the parties is to determine the utility of those islands for avia tion facilities. Toscanini to Return To Radio Next Year New York, March 5. VP) The usual cheers which send Arturo Toscanini home to Italy when he finishes season in America had an additional cause Saturday night, which was the eleventh and lasti broadcast for the winter with his now famous NBC symphony orchestra. David Sarnoff, NBC chairman, announced that Toscanini would return next October, and begin the first of three yearly series of concerts in November: In addition to weekly broadcasts he will take the orchestra on tour, Sarnoff said, "so that other cities may see as well as hear the orchestra and i Toscanini." ILDUCE.HlTLEFi Sends Envoy to Italy But Also Indicates Armament Plan May Be Boosted. Prepares Demands to Ger many for General European Appeasement.

London, March 5. Great Britain, having proclaimed to the world the vastness of her armed might, Saturday night sent her terms for friendship to Italy and prepared her demands to Germany as the price of a general European appeasement The Earl of Perth, British ambassador to Italy, left for Rome with full instructions from Prime Minister Neville Chamberalin and Viscount Halifax, the foreign secretary who suc ceeded Anthony Eden who re signed rather than deal with dictators imme diately on a "practical" basis. The ground work: also was rcrtk. laid for parallel talks with Germany through a conference Friday of Sir Neville Hen- 'derson, British ambassador to Germany, with Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin. May Increase Armaments, These were expected to get under way actively when Von Rib- be drop, former German ambassa dor to London, comes here next Wednesday to take leave of bis post and also to see Chamberlain and Lord Halifax- v.

At the same time the prime minister has set into motion his new "realistic" diplomacy, he has disclosed how far Britain has pushed her mammoth rearmament pro- (Continued on Page 12, Column In Tribune Today First Rotogravure Section. Two pages in color, one a set of views of spring suits. News and feature pictures. A page on beauty treatments. Photo-'tt'eek Section.

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First Comic Section. Moon Mullins, Kitty Higgins, Sentinel Louie, the Little King, Barney Google, Little Orphan v-, Annie, Jungle Jim, nasn uor- don, Pete the Tramp, the Nebbs, Simp O'DilL Apple Mary. Second Comic Section. Sappo, Thimble Theater, Cur-ley Harper, Tim Tyler, Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Ming 1 Foo, Little Annie Rooney, Colonel Potterby'and the Duchess, Blondie, Tillie the Toiler, Toon-erville Folks, Toots and Casper. WEATHER FORECAST U.

S. Weather Bureau. Generally fair Sunday and Monday; slightly colder Monday. 24 hours high, 26. at 3 p.

m. Saturday; low, 16 at 7 a. m. Saturday. i Additional details in another section.

liLU 1 Boy's Foot EXCITEMENT AT "Go Slowly" $aid the sign but Nazi, British, Japs Linked InSovietPlot Russian Editor Admits Sweeping Crime Array in Death Trial. Trotsky's answer to Moscow's -charges is to be found in another section of this edition. Moscow, March 5. (Nikolai Bucharin, former editor of the Soviet government newsnaper Izuestia, and as the Soviet-des- ignated arch-devil of the Bolshevik revolution, Saturday night made, a sweeping con fession of all crimes charged against him in Russia's third treason trial in fO .1 ly U. Ulrich is the presiding judge.

With outspread arms, Bucharin pleaded guilty to all the charges "even those I did not know about because I was the leader and not the switchman." Restoration of Capitalism. The one-time chronicler of the Red revolution said he was guilty of "belonging to a Rightist-Trot-skyist bloc, having been leader of (Continued on Page 12, Column 1.) DRAG LAKE FOR BODY New Rochelle, N. March 5. JP Uncertain whether hoax or terrible truth confronted them, New York police turned to a Bronx lake Saturday in search of the body of 12-year-old Peter Levine, miss ing since February 24 and believed to have been kidnaped. Search of the lake followed po lice receipt of three anonymous telephone calls from widely separated parts of New York city even as Levine-sought anew to make a contact with the supposed abduc tors.

Two emergency crews were call- ied and began' grappling, but after three hours, the work stopped. It was suggested that the lake be drained. This would require two days. Meanwhile there was inactivity at the Levine home, where ran some of $30,000 waa teady. til ill llr fu h- I 'yZ' I OF MHHPED YOUTH 1 ijio negotiate, j-aiientnai said, y-He insisted this circumstance had nothing to do with the letter which he and A.

Morgan wrote President Roosevelt on January 18, suggesting the chairman resign because he would not co-operate with majority opinion and sought to "rule or ruin. The President made public the resignation suggestion Friday. Key Cities Included. Lilienthal described his proposal as a "comprehensive plan for a long- term adjustment of relations be tween TVA and private power companies." It was consistent, he said," with TVA's "obligations under the act" and in effect took up negotiations where they were dropped a few years ago when the Alabama Power Co. and others instituted injunc tion proceedings against the govern ment program which since have been dismissed by the supreme court His proposal included the sale to cities, power districts, rural asso ciations or the TVA of electric fa cilities privately owned in the southeast including the key cities of Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville in Tennessee.

The gov-ernment did not propose to take over the power business "in toto" itself, Lilienthal asserted. 'Cost Less He suggested that purchase price be based primarily on "actual legitimate cost of the properties less depreciation." In reply to a question, he said this would carry out substantially the President's oft-repeated declaration that in any government utility purchase existing facilities should be acquired at a "prudent investment" value, or for what they cost legitimately minus depreciation and various write-ups, including holding company investments. Lilienthal said it would be neces-sary for the TVA to have access (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) Barron Gottry ran DEI HX DEAL State, County Claim Trustees Offer Donors Annuities in Exchange for Property. Pillsbury academy trustees were accused Saturday by Minnesota and Hennepin county tax counsel of using the academy's court-contested claim to tax exemption "device" to acquire income prop erty throughout the state in return for annuity payments to the gran tors. The charge was made by, Attor ney General William S.

Ervin and Assistant County Attorney Frank J. Williams in a written motion for amendment of an order' in which District Judge Mathias Baldwin last December upheld the academy's claim to immunity from real estate A hearing on the motion was asked for March 12. The academy's exemption claim is based on a charter granted by the 1854 territorial legislature to the old Minnesota Central university of The located at Owatonna, contends it is a direct successor to the university and hence entitled to all rights and privileges granted by the territorial charter. The state, seeking to col lect taxes aggregating $18,000 an nually on eight pieces of Minneap olis property, maintains there is no (Continued on Page 12, Column 8) Grinning Boy Trapped In Door Stirs Courthouse Screams Cause Uproar Until Rescue Squad Releases Foot. Barron Gottry, 11, of 1365 Spruce place, got into difficulty with a revolving door on the Fourth street side of the courthouse Saturday afternoon and incidentally threw the courthouse and city hall into an uproar.

Barron was playing in the cor ridors with four or five other boys when they left without telling iiim about it He was running to catch up when he entered the The rubber guard on the edge of the revolving section of the door caught on the sole of his shoe, the door slipped over the -shoe and crushed his ankle against the wood base at the bottom. Barron began screaming. Cops came on the They couldn't do anything and they called the firemen. An ambulance clanged" up and waited. The firemen couldn't do anything and they called a rea cue squad.

They went to work on the door with two crowbars. With a final heave on the bar and a final scream from Barron that "it hurts more," the foot was wrenched free. Barron was bundled into the ambulance and off to General hospital, where X-rays disclosed no broken bones, only bruises. Then Barron went home. SPEED TRAP RESULTS DISAPPOINTING TO POLICE Snow Keeps Most Motorists Under 30-Mile Limit Trtbun.

SUff Photorriphw. rows is 176 feet. A police car (1) clocks ihe motorist (2) at the first mirror (3). If the elapsed time it takes the driver to reach the second mirror (4) is less than four seconds he is violating the 30-mile limit A second squad car (5) will get a signal from the dockers in (1) and a speeding ticket will result. To the distance in three seconds means 40 miles, two seconds, 60 mi.

The new city-sanctioned police department speedtrap was set in operation Saturday at Thirty-fifth street and Hiawatha avenue but results were disappointing to the police- Slow driving due to the heavy snow kept most motorists under the 30-mile limit. Others slowed when they approached the two very obvious mirrors which make up the The testing lane between the mir-.