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Prints All The News That's Fit To Print And Prints It First For Over A Century Has Set The Pace For Mississippi Journalism MOW -jr jgsm. a 9 FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS JACKSON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1837 Tps Tn PuF Tp if I IP I IVs I nr if r1 yj i 11J1 1L clLO 11 11 1 VJ 11 1111 11 LZl dTll il The Daily Washington Merry-Co-Round By DI5EW FEAKSON and KOBEKT S. ALLEN Authors ot -Washington Ier-rj Go Round" and MenT-Go-Kound" it i ii Jr ir ic ic it it it it it it it Closing Minutes rro SU': Miss State eats en Cripple Sudd German Raider Bombs Ship Re bels Overpo wer Fighting Jackets In Hub Tilt 27-7 15-12- Charges Little Republic Stoutly Denies Claim of 'Recalcitrant Acts Efforts To Avert Clash 1 7 zz i Za 3 LONDON, NOV. 11. (flV- The first recorded German at-" tempt to bomb a passenger steamer in the English channel was reported today by passengers who described two bombs dropped by a highflying Nazi airman as a close call.

The bomber appeared poised to release a third in a power dive, the passengers sale when allied planes and antiaircraft batteries ashore chased the raider homeward. The attack occurred just after the unidentitied French vessel left a French port with 90 passengers, several of whom wer English women. By The Associated Press An unexpected crisis in the month-old negotiations between Soviet Russia and Finland developed last (Saturday) night simultaneously with an easing tension in the precariously-situated lowland countries, the Netherlands and Belgium. While Finland's delegation in Moscow waited for another call to the Kremlin, Russia charged the tiny neighbor with recalcitrancea charge immediately challenged by Finland's foreign minister. A statement by Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said the Finns had increased from two or three to seven divisions their their army strength on the frontier "oerhanging In Helsinki, Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko pointed to his previous statement that Finland had gone so far that almost two-third of Russia's proposals have been accepted "in principle." 1 Far across Europe, the 21st anniversary of the World War arm- This striking picture, according to the caption approved by the British censor, shows a German bombing plane (upper left) attacking war vessels of Great Britain at the Firth of Forth in Rontinnri.

The British Admitted the raider scored a hit on the cruiser Southampton and that bomb fragments caused seven casualties aboard" -the Bursts of anti-aircraft and an ceriai bomb, which went ter at left. 1 he admiralty claimed four of the 10 or 12 down and said damage to the war ships was not serious. British Taking Seamen Off V. S. Ships; Some Even Naturalized CUizcns; WrA Sees No War Boom; Relief Demand Greater Than Any Time Since 1937; Government Experts Explain How To Buy.

Cook Your Ttianksjriv-injr Turkey; Trailer Census Will Be ID 13 rroblem; Here Is Town-send Han's Payroll. WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 European censors have concealed the fact, but the British have been taking seamen off American vessels in much the same manner as they did during the War of 1812. Usually the men removed from U.

S. ships are Englishmen who have taken out their first American naturalization papers, and therefore are in a betwixt and between category of citizenship. In one or two cases, however, the British have removed men who claimed to be fully naturalized American citizens. Ambassador Joe Kennedy, In London, has not considered these cases good grounds for protests to the British Government. Kennedy was once chairman of the Mari- time Commission, and as such vocated full American crews on all American vessels.

Therefore, he has taken the stand that when the Britist remove partially naturalized citizens from U. S. vessels, they are indirectly helping to increase the number of full-fledged U. S. sailors on the hich seas.

Note Under the new neutrality act. no more American vessels will visit British waters. Dies Committee Members of the House liberal bloc have been trying for a long time to get the Dies committee to Investigate the activities of Father Coughiin. But on one pretext or (Continued on Page Eight) TESTSPROVE Jones-O'Brien No. 2 Well Is Filth Producer in Yazoo Field YAZOO CITY, Nov.

11 Further tests in the O'Brien Stevens No. 2 well today confirmed the 23 foot sand report of last night and revealed the pay at 4560 to 4583 feet. The sand was described as being of medium coarseness and of good porosity. A report circulated yesterday which said that pay sand had been struck for the second time in the Union Producing company's Ste vens wo. remained unconfirmed today and authoritative informa tion revealed that the crew was coring near 6,000 feet.

At the Union Producing com pany's i-YUey No. the crew was Seven carloads of materials were (Continued On Page Seventeen) Escaping Gas Kills Two Men, Injures Third CARTERS VILLE, Ga, Nov. 11. iJP) Gas escaping from a pipe line xuji two men and, injured a third ac tne Corpora tion plant near here todav. The dead were Dewev Smith.

35. night foreman, of Cartetsville and Clyde Vaughan, 21, of Acworth. John Abernathy of Cartersville, another employe overcome by the fumes, was expected to recover. Fred Lester, plant manager, said it appeared that Smith was searching for the gas leak and was asphyxiated as he located the break. The other two employes apparently were lookins for the same break when they were overcome, Lester aciaea.

MISSISSIPPI Sunday, cloudy, toldtr In extreme oath, occasional rains in south portion. Monday, partly cloudy. Louisiana occasional rains, colder to southeast portioii. Monday, partly cloudy. Arkansas Sunday, cloudy, not much change In temperature.

Monday, cloudy. Jackson 7 53 Birmineham 57 53 .34 Chicago 45 27 Denver 59 36 Jacksonville- "9 57 Little Rock 48 43- .13 Memphis 50 42 Meridian 61 55 .04 Miami 81 74 .08 Mobile 79 64 New Orleans 79 59 New York 54 47 Vicksourg 54 50 MISSISSIPPI Stations Flood Present 34-Bonr Star Stare Chance St. Louis 30 8.6 0.0 Memphis 34 0.7 0.2 fall Helena 4A 1.4 0.8 fall Arkansas City 42 2.3 0.0 Vicksbur 43 3.6 0.1 rise Natchei 48 1.3 0.2 rise Angola 45 3.4 0.6 rise Baton Rouse 35 3.4 0.6 rise Donaldsonville 28 3.1 0.5 rise Reserve 23 1.2 0.1 rise New Orleans 17 1.3 0.2 rise OHIO Cir 40 fa 8.0 NEW OIL WELL WEATHER NO WAR YET UPONfRONT Observer Finds Only Sporadic Airplane Raids On Maginot Line WITH THE FRENCH ARMY AT THE FRONT, SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Nov. 11 (INS) Under a dark and cloudy sky we stood atop an "outrage" (fortification) 'in the Maginot line today and watched French anti-aircraft shells bursting in black blotches against the gray ceiling; It was a quiet day on the front. But those fingers from below reached out to find and claw down a single enemy plane, hidden somewhere above, its motor droning faintly, mysteriously, constantly.

Shortly before we arrived one of its sisters, a big twin-motored bomber, had experienced the fate which will forever mark this quiet day on the western front in the memory of all those who may remember the men in the plane'. In the words of the short, muscular, energetic captain who commands this advanced post on the (Continued On Page Seventeen) Harvey Johnson Leads Maroons to Win That Breaks 9-Year Drouth By PURSER HEWITT TIGER STADIUM, A ROUGE, Nov. In a game of tit-tat-too on the football field here tonight, Mississippi State made the first and the last mark to chalk up a 15 to 12 victory over the LSU Tigers. A determined Maroon crew that made five' sustained marches against the Bengals and scored in every period except a dull second quarter, refused twice to settle for a tie, and finally won the clash on a beautiful field goal from the 23-yard line, kicked by the educated toe of Wilbur Dees of Pas-cagoula. The defeat broke a nine-year victory drouth for the Maroons Statistics LSU State First downs ......10 14 Yards gained rushing .98 206 Passes Attempted ...14 .10 Passes Comp 8 5 Yds.

gained passes ..72 59 Punting Ave 415 35 Kicks returned ......54 134 Penalties 5 0 and elevated Allvn McKeen still further in his freshman year as a soutneastern Conference coach. State marched on the opening kick-off for a score, saw LSU tie it up with a 75 yard forward lateral play, all in the first eight minutes of the game. The Maroons marched 70 yards for their second touchdown, climaxed by Jack Be Nix' 44 yard dash, only to see the LSU second stringers march right back to tie it up again. But Harvey Johnson, the outstanding man on the, field tonight was not through. He led (Continued on Page Sixteen) WAR BUYING HITS MARKET Allies Taking Advantage of Cash-Carry Law to Secure Munitions NEW YORK, Nov.

11. (JPy Leading Wall Street financial sources said today British and French purchases of American products in quantity have begun, and will swell to high volume during the next seven weeks. Today's announced placement of an orde rfor 4,000 cavalry and 2,000 artillery horses for France was (except for previous orders in the airplane field) meely the beginning of a vast program, which may run into billions, they said. The British war supplies commission is expected to "open up shopr here in the next week or so. Already some orders have been placed, through the Ottawa office, Wall Street sources said.

Also except for airplanes, British war orders in volume may be expected before the end of the year, or shortly after, they said. These responsible financial sources said there now remains no doubt that British and French war ordersfor munitions, supplies and provisions are likely to be a ma- (Continued On Page Sixteen) OIL NEWS NOW A REGULAR CLARION-LEDGER FEATURE EVERY DAY ON MARKET PAGE! Always alert to keep pace with the swift tempo of the times, The Clarion-Ledger adds another interesting and important feature a complete coverage of all OIL and GAS NEWS, not only of the new Mississippi field, but the latest reports from the Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma. Arkansas, and other active oil fields. Read The Clarion-Ledger 'Mississippi's Most Interesting Newspaper" Scrapping Teachers Fight Rebels to 7-7 Tie for Two Quarters HATT1ESBURG, Nov. 11 The Davids of State Teachers College used their slingshot on the Goliaths of Ole Miss here today, but the wounds inflicted were something less than fatal as the Rebels won 27 to 7 over the stubborn little For the first, half, it looked like anybody's ball game despite a very evident offensive superiority of the Rebels.

But from the opening kick-off of the third period the Teachers were beaten red black and blue by the enraged Mehreclemen. Just what coach Mehre told the boys between halves when they filed into the dressing room with the score tied 7-7 was not released for publication but the plaster in the tunnel through which the boys passed coming out for the third period bore a brownish tinge and a scorched odor. The fiery instruc tions which boosted Ole Miss were given added weight by a series of mistakes which the Jackets made with regularity in the final half. Teacher fans rather complained of the first Ole Miss score, coming (Continued On Page Sixteen) NETHERLANDS PLAN STAND Little Nation Takes Precautions to Defend Neutrality THE HAGUE, Nov. 11.

(JPy The Netherlands officialdom, taking all precautions to preserve and defend the nation's neutrality, indicated strong displeasure tonight over reports published abroad that the little lowland was on the verge of becoming a battleground for warring powers. Well informed sources said tension over reports of German troops movements on the eastern frontier had eased. American citizens tonight re- (Continued on Page Sixteen) SELLING HEAVY IN DUTCH MART Offerings Well-Taken in Only European Trading On Armistice Day AMSTERDAM, Nov. 11 (P) Prices in the Bourse moved uncertainly today. There was a heavy volume of selling, but offerings were well taken and prices generally showed a firmer tone than on Friday.

(Amsterdam was the only Major securities market open in Europe, as Paris and London were suspend ed for usual Saturday closings. In the United States markets were closed for Armistice day, and in Canada, for Remembrance Day). Royal Dutch closed slightly lower, but sugar and tobacco shares showed some firmness, and rubber issues were calm. Among American issues, there was a demand for Curtss Wright, uui sieeis were inactive. American issues on the whole fluctuated npr- vously, but finished at abour Friday's closing levels in' Wall VETERAN KEEPS PLACE TILL PARADE ENDS THEN DIES AMOR Nov.

11 As the order "fall out" ended the American Legion Armistice Day parade here today, Virgil E. Cowart, 46, one of the marchers, slumped to the ground, dead. Physicians said he apparently died of a heart attack. Cowart, adjutant of the Legion post, had been assistant postmaster here for 12 years. A son, Allen Calhoun Cowart, is a student at Mississippi state Suspect Arrested as Nazis Push Hunt for Beer Hall Bombers BERLIN, Nov.

11 WV-The Nazi police director announced tonight that a worker who repaired a gallery encircling the hall of the Munich beer cellar was suspected of planting the explosive in Wednesday's unsuccessful attempt on Adolf Hitler's life. Heinrich Himmler. head of all German police forces, said three days of intensive investigation had directed suspicion at the worker, whose name was not disclosed. It was recalled that the blast went off between the ceiling and floor directly above the rostrum from which Hitler fnoke to a group of old guard Nazis at their anniversary celebration of the 1923 Putsch. Himmler said It was established that preparations for the plot began last August, when the man under suspicion worked frequently at the Munich Buergerbrau Hall.

MUNICH, Nov. 11 OF) A round un of all nersons in Germanv with out indentification papers was oraerea toaay as JNazis, wnn Aaou mtier present, buried tne seven Kiuea in the beer cellar plot. The Fuehrer returned unannoun ced from Berlin for the state fu rteral of the six men and one wo. man who died in the explosion he missea oy only 11 minutes Wed nesdav nicht. Afterwards he surveyed the wreckage of the Nazi shrine, where ms aDoruve iaa started, heard the commission of inquiry (Continued On Page Seventeen) NORRBIAPS LABORJEADS Solon Demands Showdown in Next Session on NLRB Controversy Nov.

11. criticizing jaoor leaders for their failure to brins reace between the AFL and CIO, Senator NorrJs (Ind-Neb) called today for a congressional showdown in the next session on efforts to amend the National Labor Relations Act. "I have worked with and for labor for thirty years and I am aisgusiea witn the situation now, (Continued On Page Seventeen) Prowler Makes Mistake, Caught BOSTON, Nov. 11. A prowler made a mistake early today in invading the home of Mrs.

William Killeen, wife of a patrolman even though her husband was on duty. Waking to find a man trying to choke her, Mrs. Killeen grappled with the intruder, tossed a right and left at his head, kicked him in the trousers, and then threw him out a first floor window. A suspect was picked up later. "I got into the wrong house," police quoted him as saying.

"I made a mistake." ANNOUNCING A Completely New CLASSIFIED SECTION IN TODAY'S ISSUE the Clarion-Ledger is bringing you the BEST FIRST. We have Installed one of the most modern Classified Advertising Departments in the South so that we may continue to render you the best possible service. To Place Your Order for a Classified Ad Dial 3-2421 Read and Use Clarion -Ledger Classified Ads for Profit and Results Edinburgh (right). wide of its 'mark, has just hit the wa Nazi planes in the raid were snot POPE URGES LABOR PEACE Catholic Head Criticizes Laxity In Marriage In U. S.

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 11-45V-Pope Pius XII appealed today for United States officials, capital and labor to cooperate in solving laoor problems and severely criticized "levity in entering into control and "immodest' dress. Thp nnntiff in a snecial enevcli cal expressed regreat that "the Christian religion is ignored" in many schools and piacea nis ap-nroval on unions of laboring men. farmers and employers for protec- 1 i. i It 1 lion oi uieir ignis uut caiicu upuu them lor "respect oi tne com mnn wenl A large part of the more than (Continued On Page Seventeen) FARMER SLAYS FAMILY, SELF Shooting of Middle-Aged Man, Wife, ancl Baby Listed As Double Murder BENTON, Nov.

11 UP) George Chapman, middle-aged farmer, his wile and tnree-year-old child were to death at thpir farm home todav in a Shoot ing officially listed as a double murder and suicide. Justice of the peace John Rich-nrrisnn returned the verdicts after hearing evidence that Chapman, 38 and member of a substantial uen-ton county family, turned a .38 caliber rjistol on his wife and child and then slew himself. Assistant countv attorney Earl Coleman said evidence at the rornnpr's hparins? Indicated Chao- man had been temporarily unbalanced as the, result of a serious illness several' years ago. The wife was Mrs. Goal Chap man, 29, who was washing dishes when she was shot tnrougn ine heart.

The baby was Mary Lynn ClhFnrnan 3. nlsn shot through the heart. Chapman was found with two bullets in the heart. Witnesses at the hearinsr testi fied a shot was heard in the kit chen and that Chapman appeared at the iront door ana snoutea 10 his father: "Dad, it's all off." A moment later three more shots were heard, c. Mr.

and Mrs. H. C. Chapman, the dead man's parents, were preparing to leave for a visit with friends in arrant county when the shootinz curred. FOOTBALL RESULTS JUNIOR COLLEGE Decatur Ellisville 0.

Sunflower 34, Senatobia 0. BIG --EIGHT-McComb 18, Tupelo 0. HIGH SCHOOL Magee 19; Clinto nO. Ellisville 20; Quitman 0. Purvis 38; Lumberton 0.

Columbia 49; Wesson 13. -Forest Morton 6. Port Gibson 20; Gloster 0. Brandon 40; Lexington 0. Greenwood Jr.

High Indianola 0. Lake 18, Pelahatchie 6. Canton 21, Rolling Fork 12. Charleston 12, Webb-Swan Lake 2. Natchez 14, Chamberlain-Hunt 7, Cleveland 0, Leland 0.

SOUTH Miss. State 15, LSU 12. La. Tech 10, La. College 9.

Ole Miss 27, State Teachers 7. Millsaps 6, Spring Hill 0. Tulane 13, Alabama 0. Auburn 10, Villanova 9. Duquesne 7, N.

C. State 0. Ga. Tech 13, Kentucky 6. Vanderbilt 25, Sewanee 7 Chattanooga; 13, Birmingham Southern 12.

1 (Continued On Page Sixteen) East Texas oil field and the golden days of Kilgore and Tyler, when Bateman and Moncrief set their drills many miles from the discovery well and brought in "wildcat" bonanzas. The Moncrief wildcat well, it was pointed out, was a full fifteen miles from the discovery well, while the Bateman development was miles away. Should the Benton well prove successful, oil men expect the "play" to move northeastward from -the Tinsley area, as well as eastward into Madison and Hinds counties, in the region around Flora and Bentonia. The Union producing company, seeking a new supply of natural gas, struck oil in a test well near Flora about a year ago, but geologists said it could not be produced in paying quantities and the project was abandoned. The outfit moved further west and the discovery of the Tinsley field resulted in early September of this year.

The union company has not relinquished its leases in the Flora area, however, it is understood but has actually 'acquired more acreage in that section of the state. Drilling To Begin Soon In "Wildcat" Extension (Continued On Page Seventeen) SHOTMAYCOST LIFE 0FS0L0N Louisiana Lawmaker and College Official Found Critically Wounded HUSTON. Nov. 11 (JIUT. Ashley Wrlzht.

Lincoln narish rpn- resentatlve in the Louisiana legislature, was found in his office at Louisiana Tech today with a pistol wound in his head. He was removed to the R.ust.nn- Llncoln Sanitarium, where physicians said his condition was critical. Wright was superintendent of buildings and grounds at Louisiana Tech for 14 years, and a member of the legislature for the past eight years. He was discovered in his office at (Continued On Page Sixteen) HUSBAND MURDERS WIFE, 2 CHILDREN POTTS VILLE, Nov. 11 (JD Constable C.

O. Alexander said a 32-year-old Junk yard errnloye beat his wife and two children with a machinist's hammer early today in nearby Port Carbon and then cut their throats with a razor blade. The wire, Kacnaei Ebcrt, 27. and the children, Shirley, six, and Charles, three, were rushed to the Pottsville hospital in a serious condition. Hospital attaches said the children probably would die.

The cuts narrowly missed their Jugular veins. Upstate Official Killed When Auto Runs Into Bridge BOONEVTLLE, Nov. 11. W. V.

Horn, 41, member of the Prentiss county board of supervisors, was fatally injured near here today when hi automobile left highway 45 and struck a concrete bridge. Horn was recently reelected to th board. Speculative interest in sissippi's oil development has. turned sharply to the area north and east of the discovery well at Tinsley with the announcement by Conroe-Wilcox Minerals, that it will spud in a "wildcat" three miles north of Benton this week. Drilling equipment is now being set at the site of the proposed well in Section.

25, Township 12, North, Range 1, West, and the company hopes to begin drilling by Wednesday. Officials of the company said yesterday that they are convinced the Tinsley pool extends northeastward from the discovery well and their proposed extension well is approximately eleven miles from -the Woodruff No. 1 well of the Union Producing company. Simultaneous with this announcement by the Conroe-Wilcox company came the news from Yazoo City that the "play" in the Yazoo field is defenitely north, east and west of the discovery area. Trading in leases and royalties in the area immediately south of the well, it was stated, is at a standstill.

Oil men recalled the spectacular extensions of th.