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DAY BY DAY A hog-calling contest might be fun if you had a road-hog and a few old mule drivers who knew what to call him. WEATHER Rain and much colder tonight; fair and much colder tomorrow. VOL. CX. No.

270. PublUhtd dally (aacept Mill PubUrtlmg Entered ai matter tht Hagerstowa HAGERSTOWN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1938. SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS Borah Opposes Opening Immigration Doors To Refugees OPPOSING ANY LAW Labor Organizations Probably Will Protest Leaving Gates Down To Jews WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, (IP) Senator Borah expressed the opinion today that any attempt to revise the immigration laws so as to take care of additional refu- gees from Germany would arouse "tremendous opposition" in Con- gress. "I do not believe it desirable to undertake to change the immigra- tion laws at this he said.

"Any possible change would be wholly inadequate for real relief." President Roosevelt told his press conference yesterday that he had no thought of liberalizing present quotas which restrict immigration from Germany and former Austria to 27,370 persons annually. Some Jewish leaders, however, have suggested the possibility of ad- i i 80,000 or so refugees im- mediately by "mortgaging" the quotas for the next three years. Un- der this proposal, the three years' quotns would be a i and the a closed i the end of the period. Challenges Right Another Congressional comment en me from Chairman Dies of House Committee investigat- ing unAmerican activities. He challenged the right of the Presi- lo extend the six-months' visi- tors permits under which from 000 to 15.000' refugees have been a i Mr.

Roosevelt disclosed yester- day a he had asked the Labor Department to grant six-months' ex- (Continued on Page 12) Jehovah's Name Erased From All Protestant Churches In Germany Head Of Evangelical Church Council Says Name Of God Of Israel Must Be Obliterated From All Churches At Once. BERLIN, Nov. 19 name of Jehovah was ordered erased Crorn Protestant churches through- out Germany today by Pres- ident Friedrlch Werner of the Su- preme Evangelical church council. His order said the name of the God of Israel must he obliterated wherever it is displayed in Protest- ant churches. The names of Jew- ish prophets--all prophets of the Old Testament--also were ordered erased.

This action was regarded as a sequel to threats in various parts of Saxony that Christian church.es allowing these names to remain would be burned as were syna- gogues in the wave of anti-Semitic violence which swept Germany last week. The newspaper Boersenzeltung said Nazi leaders, long before this outbreak and the subsequent 000,000 fine imposed on the Jew- ish community, had made ready to despoil Jews financially. It de- clared that "the promptness with which the bill was presented shows the preparations had been made long in advance." "All informed persons knew that financial action was bound to fol- low political action in the process of Aryanization. "Vom Rath's murder only precip- itated this intended course of ac- tion." The outbreaks, in which syna- gogues were burned. Jewish-own- ed property destroyed and thous- ands of Jews arrested, followed close on the shooting of Ernst vom (Continued on Page 12) 15,000 ITALIAN JEWS ARE OUT That Number Dropped From Gov't And Private Jobs In Last Four Days Cold Weather Due Tonight Total Rainfall For Novem- ber Exceeds Monthly Average Already.

The unseasonable weather of the few days is due to pass to- night- with the arrival of a cold wave, according to the weather bu- reau. Yesterday the mercury reach- ed 7. here, the third time it has gone so high this The high- est recorded here i Novem- ber is 79. according to J. A.

Miller, government weather observer at Keedysville. The November a i a today passed the monthly average of 2 0 0 inches, according to Mr. Miller. There has been a i a 2V1: inches of rain so fa- i month. The cold wave which is due to roach here tonight is moving in 'from the west and north.

Ycstor day at. Pans, in Western Canada, where much of the frigid weather originates, the temperature was 14 below zero. There is also a cold spell moving east from Kansas and Missouri. ROME. Nov.

19 thousand Jews were said by usually reliable sources to have been dropped from government and pri- vate jobs in the past four days. The action was in compliance with the sweeping cabinet decree oC November 10 excluding Jews from government positions, restrict- ing their businesses and professions and forbidding their marriage to I a i a Aryans. Twenty-five of those dis- missed stated. The were in Rome, it was same sources said Jews would be barred from participation in Italy's repatriation project un- der which more than half a million Italians living abroad are expected to be returned to the homeland. They expressed the belief that a now held by Jews Italy would be given to the repat- riates.

A commission was created last Thursday to carry out the pro- ject. Columnist Found Dead At His Desk WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 (JP)- Rodney Butcher, Washington col umnist. was found dead at his desk today, a victim of a heart attack Dutcher.

37. was manager of the Washington' bureau of the News paper Enterprise association, a Scdpps-TToward news, feature and picture syndicate. A photographer on his staff dis covered Dutcher slumped over his work early today. FOOT I M. B.

a i Maugansvillo. an employee of the Kinmcrt Hardware Company was treated yesterday a ternoon by a local doctor for a foot. ir.inry sustained whon he stopped on a nail. LIMIT FIRE TRUCK SPEED TO 25 M.P.H. DANVILLE, Nov.

19 If fire trucks in this town of 000 can't get to a blaze going 25 miles an hour, the building will just have to burn. Chief Bur- gess Harry E. Trumbower im- posed the speed limit and warn- ed $5 fines wolud be levied for violations. Motorists Helped Reduce Fatalities CLEVELAND, 'Nov. 19 America's motorists received a bouquet today from the Anier- 'ican Automobile Association for their part in reducing the nation's traffic fatalities.

In his report to the 36th an- nual A. A. convention, Major Roy F. Britton of St. Louis, chairman of the- asosciation's Traffic Safety Commission, said: "While the drop of 20 per cent in traffic fatalities this year, com- pared with the number a year ago, is attributable to many ad- A-ances, it is apparent that mo- torists themselves did much to bring about improvement.

"Individual care has always been and always will be the basis of traffic safety. Thus the.coun- try's motoring millions, if they are to be blamed when traffic deaths increase, justly deserve credit when the number is re- F.D.R. GOING TO WARM SPRINGS Clearing Deck In Preparation For Stay In Georgia Next Two Weeks BOMBER CRASH KILLS 5 ARMY FLIERS; BURNS Two Severely Hurt And An- other Unaccounted For In Georgia Crackup TURKEYS HERE BEST IN YEARS Fatter And Jucier Than Ever Before Because Of Grain Feeding. Washington County raised tur- keys this year are the finest that have ever been produced, one local dealer said today in commenting upon the quantity, quality and price of the Thanksgiving bird. He said that some his patrons who couldn't wait until Thanksgiving, said they were jucier, fatter-and of more excellent flavor than ever be- fore.

This fine quality is due to knowl- edge, gained in recent years in how to feed turkeys in preparation for the Thanksgiving and Christmas trades. There was a time not so many years ago when turkeys were permitted to roam the fields and scratch for themselves right up to the day they were sold. Now, for some weeks before Thanksgiving, turkeys are brought in- and partake of special food. Large grain crops this year have also played a part in the a i of turkeys. Turkey raisers however, are holding on to their birds, not being willing to part i them for the price offered, 21 and 23 cents a pound alive.

Turkeys here are re- tailing for 2S cents for gobblers and 30 cents for hens. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 President Roosevelt worked today to clear "his desk of a mass busi- ness before transferring the cen- ter of governmental activity to the southland for the next two weeks. He will leave late tomorrow for Warm Springs. where he will spend -Thanksgiving and plans to hold conferences on the new legis- lative program.

There is a possi- bility, too, that Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson will, go there when he returns from Berlin to give Mr. Roosevelt a first-hand account of the happenings in Germany. In his white cottage atop Pine Mountain, the President also may sign several important appoint- ments, including some for the 20 federal judgeships, unless these are attended to before he leaves. LAGRANGE, Nov.

19 Five army fliers were killed, two severely injured and one unac- counted for today after an army bombing plane crashed and burned in an isolated wooded area about seven miles northeast of here. The big bomber ploughed a path for about 150 yards through a stand of large pine trees. The two known survivors were identified at the hospital here as second lieutenant John D. Madre and private Joseph J. Nanavtowich, both attached to Mitchell Field.

Nanavtowich was described as in a critical condition while Madre was given a chance to recover. Officers at Maxwell Field, Ala. said six others aboard the plane were: Second lieutenant Robert Kirk land Black. Second lieutenant Rolfe McKech nie. Second lieutenant Harry Howery.

Sergeant Harry T. Jones. Lieutenant James Stewart the Army Medical Corps, assigned to Randolph. Field. Corporal Galloway (initials no available) assigned to the third weather squadron at Dallas, Texas.

Mitchell Field officers said the army bomber was on a routine flight to Montgomery, Ala. Four bodies were brought to La- Grange after rescue parties work- ed several hours to reach the crash scene over a muddy dirt highway (Continued on Page 12) Women's "Chain Gang" Guards Trees REFLECTED IN RET AIL TRADE INLOTEEK Factory Wheels In Basic Industries Turn At Fast- est Rate EXPAND PAYROLL Auto i For Week 10,000 Greater Than Previous. Informed merit oT a persons said successor to appoint- thej late Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo on the supreme court was unlikely at this time. Officials would not.

say whether any more cabinet changes were (Continued On Page 12) MINOR THEFTS AREREPORTED U. S. Has Much To Be Thankful For WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 President Roosevelt said in his an- a Thanksgiving Day proclama- tion today the- nation had "ample cause to be thankful" for peace among other blessings.

"We have lived in peace and un- derstanding with on neighbors and have seen the- world escape from the impending disaster of a gen- eral war," the chief executive said. "In the time of our fortune it is fitting that we offer prayers for un- fortunate people in other lands who are in dire distress at this our Thanksgiving season." Investigator Is Shot To Death Boy Scout Office Rob- GRAND JURY TO bed Of Portable Type- RESUME MONDAY Bearing tire chains symbolic of their willingness to be chained to famous cherrv trees tidal basin'In Washington, D. to the famous cherry trees along'the prevent the trees' removal for the Jefferson memorial, these capital club, women "picketed" a tree. Later President Roosevelt allayed their fears by. announcing that only SS- trees have to be removed, and 912 additional would be planted besides replacements for the 88.

New Courthouse Again Agitated; To Ask P.W.A. Grant If Not Too Late Incoming Board of Commissioners Reported Favor- able To Project; Would Put Jail On Top Of New Building. Awards Contracts 1 wo 1 ers a An a For 3 Battleships! For Him Outside Apart- ment House. WEATHER U. 8.

Maryland: Rain i afternoon and tonight: much colder tonight; Sunday generally fair, i colder in central and east portions. Chesapeake Bay: Uahi this after- noon and tonight: much colder to- night; Sunday partly cloudy to clear and colder: fresh winds i i to northwest, tonight. A I Nov. 19 The Navy department awarded con- tracts today for the of three battleships at an expected cost of well over A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY writer Thursday. Alfred Bendell, Boy Scout execu- tive, reported to police today the theft sometime Thursday night of a portable typewriter from his office in the McCrory Building.

Charles W. Phillips, 300 block of South Mulberry street, reported the of a lumber jacket from the city shed in Weller's Alley. Walter Sprankle, Waynesboro. re- ported the theft of a a i of clothing and a satchel. I FOR A Charged with having snares in his possession.

Robert Mye'rs, Knox- NKW YORK Nov. 10 i was fl ne( i and costs yes-' ers lay in ambush outside ar a a a at Brunswick. He took an i i in a quiet Queen's i WEEKLY WEATHER Nov. 19 glars battered the combination from a safe in the Long and Company coal firm office, then blasted it open with nltro-glycerin charge. i Their chagrin over finding nothing of value probably would increase several degrees if they knew the safe wasn't locked in the, begin- ning.

Weather outlook for the period November 21 to November 2S in- clusive: North and Middle A a i Slates. Generally fair except rain middle ment residential district last night and shot down John F. O'Hara, young financial investigator for Dun and ttradstrout, Inc. The apparently studied slaying left police today i a cine or motive. O'Hara.

2t. a respectable businessman who was graduated from Syracuse University in appeal. The November Grand Jury is tak-: ing a holiday today but will resume deliberations Monday, it was re- ported in Court House circles this morning- Reports have it that the jury will likely remain in session several days next week. BAN FOREIGN PAPERS. BERLIN.

Nov. 19 newspapers were seized today and their sales forbidden. those banned were the Xov. 6 1 issues of the New York Times, TWO MARKETS. The City Market will be held Wednesday and Saturday of next in order to convenience Thanksgiving buyers.

If not too late, the incoming Board of County Commissioners may apply for P. W. A. funds for a new courthouse, it was reliably re- ported in courthouse circles this morning. It is said that several members of the Board are more than agree- able to the plan and that they have discovered, following an ex- tensive that the rank and file of citizens are favorable to such a project.

Reports have It that several of the Commissioners are also favor- able to the plan of putting the jail on the top floor of the new building, a. plan which has met with satisfaction elsewhere. NEW YORK, Nov. 19 The tempo of American busi- ness quickened again this week as factory wheels in leading basic industries began turning at the fastest rate this year. Steel production, use of electric power, auto building, cotton manu- facturing and new home construe-: tion.

all tilted still further upward, boosting industrial employment and expanding payrolls. New dollars bowing into work- ers' pockets in factory centers gan to trickle back into circula- tion across store counters as re- tail buying, laggard for many months, started to show signs of life. The Associated Press index of industrial activity, in the seventh, consecutive weekly rise, climbed to a new 193S 1 The stock market tended slight- ly lower on the week. Profit-taking was reported frequent, short-lived selling flurries. Only a fortnight ago, the bulk of favored shares were selling at around their highs for the year.

Some traders held the way selling dried up quickly when prices shaded lower attested underlying market strength. See 'Flattening Out" In other quarters, however, there was speculation as to whether "flattening out" of currently rising industrial activity might be in store after the turn of the year. Some economists, have been insisting goods, especially consumer goods, are being manufactured faster than they are being used on this fall upswing. Gloomiest observers have been holding a "setback" for bus- iness is due in the spring unless (Continued on Page 12) Board members have been in- vestigating and found that both Rockville 'and Salisbury in Mary- la'nd have jails on top of their courthouses and that officials are satisfied with the arrangement. a plan eliminates heavy maintenance costs in that only one of two properties would have to be kept up.

heated, etc. It is understood that county of- Blaze At Home Of 1SKC ficials will make inquiries at once as to whether the Board can still file an application and if it is found it can plans for the proposed new building will be rushed. Fire Sets Off Shotgun Shell A A i SURGEONS MIGHT GRATIFY "HER" DESIRE TO BECOME A MAN Clarence And Nellie zer Held For Having Un- licensed Still. Beat Jew Who Sent Gem To Germany ANTWERP. Belgium, Nov.

19, (JP). Marcus Hithtall. a Jewish diamond broker, was severely beaten today by some other Jewish members of the trade who blamed him for sending a rough stone to a German factory for cutting. The Amsterdam diamond ex- change decided November 14 to act jointly with Belgian ex- changes to prevent their mem- bers from giving work to Ger- many. LOS ANGELES, Nov.

19 BUND TO FIGHT JEWS NEW YORK, Nov. 19, Kuhn. German-American bund lead er, has announced the bund will campaign "to rid this country of 16-year-old sister. O'Hara's assailants lay in for him at an entrance to the family apartment house and felled him i two shots In their flight to a waiting automobile, they ed and fired twice more at O'Hara's prostrate body. A policeman's S- year-old son was wounded in the.

arm by a ricocheting bullet. of week and possibly snow flurries from northern New York to north ern Maine Monday. Colder Mori day. warmer middle, of week artf Thursday night and--Friday told a rally me. orgam in Queens last night he pattern its program that of Adolf Hitler.

i today to gratify the wish of Lila wait Higgins. 24. born a girl. to become a man. In Superior Court for sentencing on charges a she stole $12,000 from a firm where she was employ- ed as a male cashier.

Miss Higgins was sent to a hospital for observa- tion on orders of Judge Ingall W. Bull. Dr. Glenn told me she has al- ways considered herself a boy and she. had numerous fights in O'Hara returned to New York- two weeks ago from a New Orleans inquiry for his firm.

Monejp found in his wallet eliminated robbery as a motive Police their she has Iveen able to knock investigation to c.Jtiw O'Hara men across the room, recently made financ, I surveys. "She always held employment chestra. as a man. ami was 'married' to a other woman several years ago. She shaves twice a week, and her male sexual components are too; preponderant and too accepted preferably by herself to permit; her changing to normal i i interests." The girl insisted her name is Lionel Michael Francis Higgins.

but her mother, interviewed by probation officers, said "Mickey" was christened Lila. She was 17, the. court was informed, when she left her home in Paris, to join a traveling orchestra as a sax- ophone and tmmrret player. She -ame to Los Angeles with the or- Clarence "Splinter" Kretzer, 46. and his wife, Nannie L.

Kretzer. A i a Furnace, the cellar ot whose home yesterday yielded a 50- gallon still, 350 gallons of whiskey mash and other whiskey-making equipment on being searched by Federal agents, were arraigned be- fore D. A. U. S.

Com- missioner, this morning and held under $500 bond each for hearings on November 26. The two ar6 charged with pos- session of an unregistered still and engaging in the business of dis- tilling without being licensed as re- i shortly would signify formal adher- Elgin, However, Does Little Damage. It was fortunate no one was in the cellar, directly beneath the kit- chen of the home of Fiske Elgin, city plumbing- inspector, last night when his hunting coat caught fire. For one of several shells in the coat was set off, the charge passing through the floor. Mrs.

Elgin had been ironing and had gone out of the room for few moments. A piece of paper be- neath the iron had ignited and when she came back into the room. she believed she had extinguished the fire and threw the paper into the waste basket. She had stepped into an adjoining room for a few- moments when she heard an explos- ion. The smouldering paper had ignited again and set fire to other paper in the basket and flames in turn had ignited the hunt- ing coat hanging above the basket.

The blaze caused little Italy May Adhere To Naval Treaty cept to lhe ntins coat PHOTOS OF CITY HALL DISPLAYED LONDON. Nov. 19 i a i sources said today Italy Quired by law. ence to the 19S6 naval treaty of Great Britain, the United States and France. A group of photographs, the last O.

K. A A i and France. that will be taken of City Hall and The last obstacle to final applica-: The step would be taken in ac- i municipal officials in their accua- tion by the Frederick Housing; eordance with ihe British-Italian tomed places before the building A i for a loan from; friendship accord which became is razed to make room for the new the U. S. Housing Authority for a operative this week, it jwas said.

municipal building, are being; low-rent housing unit there, was'. Under terms of the treaty, Italy hrbited In the windows of removed last night by a vote of; id exchange naval information ber of Commerce headquarters. to 2 of the City Council to co-, operate with the Frederick Housing Authority. with the other signatories. I CRUSHED.

Edna Michael. WO finger. The photographs Include a of the city hall buildins, the mayor INDICTED. I at his desk, the council chamber The arrests of David Embly. (with officials at their desks, one of Harold Lewis and David Black on Albert: Heard, veteran indictments charging larceny were i ten dent of the water morning.

tax and sewer depArtmetltf,.