The Morning Herald from Hagerstown, Maryland • Page 1

Good Morning Where, Oil Where Is the Wash- ington County Liquor Board? MORNING VOL. XLIH, NO. 131. HERALD Weather Forecotf Cloudy with Saturday fair, slightly warmer, lot lowed by showers. HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE 2,1939 )--Meana Associated SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS NEW BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS HOUSE BEATS PENSION BILL BY 302TO 97 Townsend Plan Tossed Out Window by Vast Majority BILL ATTACKED IN DEBATE ON FLOOR Dr.

Townsend Sits in Gallery as Solons Cast Votes Washington, June 1 House booted the Townsend old age pension bill out of the window today by a 302 to 97 vote while its parent, Dr. Francis K. Townsend, fidgeted in his gallery seat. The roll cull. generally conceded (o lie an effort by tliu Democratic leadership to put i a on The spot, placed 55 members of Ihe i i a on record for the bill.

In addition, otic Republican was "paired" for the measure-- iiiranitiif a lie would have voted for I i a i had he not lieen paired off i i one uf its opponents. Republicans against the bill lo- tailed 107. The Democratic a i i split 40 for and 134 a a i Representative Holand, of Pennsylvania, the Democratic, whip, had estimated before ilie roll call that not more a SO members of his a would vole for measure. also forecast a i not roorp a 75 Republicans would a i Measure Attacked To the totals for the two princi- Heavy Rains Cause Damage In Sections Showers of Cloudburst Proportions Flood Lowlands in Williamsport and Vicinity--Crops Damaged and Cellars Flooded Rains, which reached cloudburst proportions, late yesterday flooded sections of Williamspoit and en- and left an uncstimated a of damage. Duo to eripplctl i a i the extent of series of storms which followed one another in I tie section could not he deter- i Inst night tint therr were re- i of washed out ruiids and culverts, damaged crops, Hooded cellars and stranded automobiles.

At the Pinesburg i sla- tion of (he Hagorslown a Dep a nearly nvo inches ot a i fell benvceii 5 mid 6 oYlix-ii. Tlif downpour was said to have been heavier in Williamsport and tmofli cial i a i put the precipitation at inches in about three hours. Park Water i ihe lieislu of i storm, the Williamsiiort i i i I'ark was nndev more than three feet of The i-ecrcaMon building basenu-ni was Hooded a and 01 her material in Ihe park was swept away. KurroundiUK houses reported flooded cellars and as i waters rose a i and i i Kinia. Sclinehly moved oat ot i i i residence.

A i a as TALK IS HELD ON BUSINESS BY PRESIDENT! Crowd Surrounds Collapsed School attempted to pass through the waters in the lowlands and a i had (o be towed. Tue beam house and yard of the Williamsport Tannery were flooded. A i about midway between Pincsburs and Williamsport was i a a during the storm. Last night tin; Comicochoaguo Creek was reported to be rising at a rapid a C'miomac Park was flooded and houses in 1 be neighborhood reported flooded cellars. Crops Damaged In a sections corn and wheat fields i said lo have suffered great clamae-e from the high waters.

The lirsl storm i i a port around 5 o'clock iu the a noon and showers ot i i st inanitions coniiiuicd more a rnality stt.dv. I wo houi'n. i i i i i i showers! followed a i i i i the i i 1 During i storm, I i i a i i i i a we iv called out to jissist in the i lion of a i and in aiding prop- i Eight Leading 'Business Men Confer at White House NO INKLING GIVEN OF THE SUBJECTS Precautions a Keep Guests From Meet- ing Reporters Washington. June 1 leading businessmen talked over the subject of first concern to them--business-- loiiitfliI i President Roosevelt in the i i a for- Kut what a said, or even a clisuisseci a i for President Roosevelt lo disc lose, possibly, af his ss ccmi'ei cnc'i i scheduled for tomorrow i i i i for unusual precautions were a Mly owners in the flooded sections. 011 en appal i i Ho to nrcHind i i lions of Ihe i i did and rains bin i (Continued on Pape 101 i ivpurtei as iln-y lei bf-c anse VESSEL AT BOTTOM OF IRISH SEA WITH 79 MEN ON BOARD Reports of Location Conflict and no Word Received- Ship Went Down During Trial Dive-Sea Is Scanned ihe.

FLIERS INVITED TO USE AIRPORT HERE Pennsy Guardsmen May Use Field as Base for Maneuvers The a and Council last pal parties were added the votes of i invited the 2Mh division nf I i i i a i a a i a a nse i i a a i as two minor parly members for the bill and one a a i The measure, described in debate us both a "recovery program" and a "monstrosity," n-onld have provid- (Continued on Pago 20) DATE IS SET FOR PARK DEDICATION Program to be Given at iis hase for summer maneuvers from A i i 5 lo 19. The i i a i is continsent a agreement a i guardsmen ahido by the rules of the airport a i i own gallon water rajik. The 2Sih Division, which has officers and men i i-n-nmand of Major Edgar M. a i In' eludes I 103rd photographic i a ihe medical a i CORNERSTONE BOX PLACED THURSDAY The little copper box containing papers, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, coins and stamps, was unceremoniously buried In the cornerstone at the new municipal building yesterday. Tt may be centuries before the box, sealed against the elements, sees the light of day again.

The cornerstone was laid at ceremonies last Saturday afternoon. MOSELEY APPLAUDS HITLER OBJECTIVES i a a i a i i kins 10 coincide wiih Hie ndvisn session, il was a i it was not called a i i i i of new measures which Ihe President i have in mind. The eight were invited in i a i a i bin i i host. Mr. Itoose-1 veil was slil! suffering from a sinus attac-k ami sliclit fever' Attorney which had kept him abed the a and FO 0 his room.

I i joined i i i after i ner. however. i sat head of a The giiesls were: a li. i i i of the American Rollins Mill Com-. pany: 1).

niggers, i of Libby -Owens-Ford (ilnss Cum- i a W. A. a i a a i a i of the board of I Unimi Pacilic a i a I. I). i i presi of Dim I i a K.

R. i i i a i a of the a London, June 2 glistening new submarine Thetis, proud product of Britain's swift rearmament, lay helpless under about 130 feet of water somewhere at the bottom of the Irish sea today with 79 men aboard. Reports which lacked confirmation from the British Admiralty, said she was believed to have been located by means of a checkered marker buoy shot from the crippled undersea craft-- commissioned less than three months ago and carrying officers, seamen and the builder's technicians on a trial dive from which shu failed to emerge yesterday afternoon. These reports of her location conflicted, but most of them indicated she lay some 12 miles out to sea from Mersey Bar Lightship--or about 25 miles from Liverpool, the great west England port. More than 13 hours after the $1,638,000 submersible made her last dive--at 1:40 p.

British Summer Time a. Thursday)--not a word had been received from her. Tl was feared she had collided with some underwater object, iwssibly the remnants of one of the many wrecked ships which strew the bottom of the sea in the vicinity, and disabled hor electrical apparatus. N'aval experts estimated she. contained sufficient air to stay merged hours, lull ir.ore a a third of that tiuie had heen used tip shortly before (he first grey streaks of i Tight split the sky over Mr-vseyside.

Presumably all. or nearly all aboard the Thetis were equipped with i i i a llavis life saving devices which -would be used as a last resort hi an a lo send them to the surface from escape But believed no a would he niade to use this method of rescue i broad dn.yliphl when the survivors could he picked up a i Heprcsentaliws of Cammel Laiul. the builders, and other nn- official sources reported ihe submarine's marker buoy had been flighted hy both planes and surface vessels belonging to the vast rescue fleet which Ihe Trish sea all night in a ghostly light of flares, a i i 1 A i i London. June (-- Three a I kcis a i i a C. Walsh niied to a i States were snid by diplo- No news has becn recelve a a niehi referendum petjijnn nn Ihe a today lo hold Iho key Adiiiinisiraiioirs system of i Hniish S-'rc udi Prussian mgolia-; PfPADTt (lIVFN ON hool lid sperlalors around ihe i srory fiS children anil two Vac hers wen.

in- The' a i i in this aerial photo points tn the One' wall i-an he' seen blown ont. I PETITION IS HELD BALTIC STATES KEY TO BEJEFECTIVE TO RUSSIAN TREATY General Says British Reported as Will- Coroner Law Can go ing to Make Guarin Effect antees coroners was "obviously i and I i a law could a effect i i a A nf i i i I a of Slale showed of ihe. s.nno names ilins- DRIVE FOR FUNDS Pangbiorn Park on June 10 Pangbovn Park win bp forinally dedicated i a i a exercises Saturday a I Thomas W. Pangbnrii, who deeded the 12-acre tract south of! Pangborn boulevard to Ihe i i of llagerstown, will preside at the ceremony which begins at 3 o'clock. Addresses i be, delivered by Mayor Richard H.

Sweeney and Harry R. Rncly. chairman of the Board of Park Commissioners. The. park, located near the plant i of the Paughoin Corporation, had been, under constMielion for several years as a ranuicipally-spnnsored WPA project.

The costs to Haters- town, a member of the i Council said last i have been in noiehhnrhood of JS.OuO. Several tennis courts, a small, i i a lake, a baseball playground for small i and a i flower a a hreu laid ont on Iraci. It is understood the guardsmen will nse only the end of airport and will in no, way in- i tcrfere i the a i i i of ihe I FE.iirchild A i a Corporation Most of ihe nif.mievers of Ihe 2 Division be conducted in the i i i of the local airport being used merely as a hase for the a i operations. The Waynesboro, Frederick and Marliusbiirc airports had been considered liy the guardsmen but the use of Magcrstmvn Held was formally requested by Major Scat- tcrgood ai a conference i Mayor Richard II, Sweeney on Wednesday Dr. W.

Ross Cameron, i i a officer, i i ihe follosving contagions ami rutninnnii-Alile diseases i May: Diarrhoea 1: i i i iu. gon- measles, i i a tl: scarlet fever, pneu- 22 tuberculosis, 1 and whooping cough 4. The a wns 52 com- of Ihe I i i Steel Corpora- Prepared Statement of i-'owuty. president Retired Officer Strick- i' No 1 en From Records i Carle C. Conway.

a i a of the a nf the i a Can Company. and president of a i 1 ffp a i i Cor- General G'orte Van Honi Mose-; poration. ley, a nf i a le council, organized several i a Jewry- and Communism yrai I i I (V Uo concluded a two-day nppea al I a of Commerce, is a irroiip before Dies i a i 1T iy ariviso I0 mn i a prepared slalemem i i head the commiltee considered so pro- teso.uely A i i i i a it was i for a pact as the 1 resnl! fif i i a i ckiwn by Hie i J'i-emier-T il or- I'ign i i Vyachslaff Mo- all! 101 His lire in a speech yes- voters in I a i i i i a a i liiese Stales-Finland, momicr-il. Ksiouia a i a be given spe- cific a a i aggression was described by a i i liritisii i i a as i a "ditlicul: i i i i a i was represe as i 0 ra sc 0 (ln i i to give sui'h a a as i 1 1'ncler a decision by i i of Appeals, br said, half nf Ihe names had 10 br i ot enmity resid'-nis. Had Walsh upheld a i of the i Ihe new system of i a i i i i in Baltimore tn i i a i a ar.d 1'oland- -hut the Hal- i 7 ha i in linr 1 a balance of a no i UPS i i i i any bloc: nnes- SPn c)f ll ls 'i Tllc stricken from I immediately record.

The Oeneral, who also reveak-d a a a gnawing fear a he would he assassinated at any moment by his Red foes, excitedly 1 (iPi expressed a long 1 ollse wi 1llrii (o mak veli's Covernment I nous Coal Commission. (Continued on Page 16) REMAINS OF SOLDIER TO BE BURIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON Confederate Memorial Association to be in Charge of Services at Washington Cemetery--Burial ro Precede Memorial Exercises The remains o( a I a officer will be buried with military honors in the Washington Confederate Cemetery in i city on Sundav a 4. Arrangements for this burial mul for the annual Confederate i a exercises are admit complete. Burial the soldier i precede the Confederate exercises in Hill cemetery at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon and will a to the plaeo of i in Washington Confederale- where the burial service i be conducted. The remains of the.

Confederate soldier were, found resting in an grave on Bat- tlelield a a period of 7S years. They were uncovered on June 17. sion on tiio witness stand, his ap- jn proval of Hitler objectives and accomplishments and his regret a (he leaders ot some a i i org a i a i in Vniled States find Ihe movement personally profitable. His own activities, he said, had cost him money, Hilt the i a of his i was reached i his i a i statement. A i a out his testimony, he had demanded an i to read it and had been put off.

Overnight, he cut it to one-third of i original length, which he had estimated at an hour and a halt. When all committee tines! inning was dotie, his chance came. The statement, which he had assured the commiltee was "good proved first of all an account of Tvhat various people abroad had said about Communism and (lie Jews in 101S and 1519. and tiie i i have been lirici i ebayance i i i a voiH it in Wiii. In a i i i i coroner's bill petition, a is i i i referenda requests on a a dozen other major i i i a i i I bills passed by the last Legislative, 1 1 I is law creating a new Fisheries Commission in place of i present a a i Commission.

1 I a opposing the n'-w cmr I servafimi announced that. 1 siioiild I A tloncral i ed no objections from bom. i a i i Ihey would Lading legislation I his i i i i to conrl lo i iioth of President Roose- a i i i Programs Will Go in Effect of In prnpnsjls lo Most on- lasi Kridiiy. i i a i tried to Ret I i question by sncsest- a I'rance and Kits- sin agree i i location of the and any reports Indicating OT suggesting her location are without ot- filial confirmation," said the Admiralty in a statement at 3:20 a. I m.

(9:20 Thursday) Total of $4,077 Raised in Previously the Admiralty Salvation Army saicl il lacked verification of a rep I port the submarine's buoy had been Campaign sfglltcd by au airplane just before received at the fin.il darkness closed in last night. i i i lasi. evening for workers report said the buoy was seen off in the Salvation Army campaign Great Orraes Head, a promontory in the Irish sea 40 miles west Liverpool. The Admiralty surface craft searching that area failed to confirm the report. The Admiralty's later statement also apparently applied to an tn- nouncement by S.

Woodward, retary of Cammel Laird, to a i i i for the coming neicrhhm-s- been raised, leaving i more than $1,000 1 to secure in to reach the Ural. Chairman a S. I.eiter, in a lalk to the workers, praised them I for i i i work and thank- every person who has contribu- He asked the i i i i in Hritish es at lo aid Hiiy oilier in 0 dl ivo if it askr-d re-1 k( 1 a I 1 i on the job this morn days in order to see save I th(l Ko a latives of men aboard the missing ship. Sea li Searched Woodward said the aubmarict had been located by a marker buoy Molo- 1'nli! ihe issue is decided. Clover- reorganization programs elfei live 1, Hie start no: 1 O'Conor lias requested the ()f a new fiscal year.

commission to i i in One of I be changes (he plans ft- office as holdovers, feet is the abolition of Ilio i i i i i i Vnder Ihe Siait-'s referendum off rejected thL and said all Russia's Enro! peari must be included in any a a The i i i i believed i i problems to he cleared up were fairly Hitler Welcomes Yugoslav Prince Berlin, June 1 (ier- law r.Wi sir-uiimves be liled sa1s i i a a i is reached bv lar or sin" by TMTM" 1 and an a i i a tiled i f(ir rmls(lUatioh 1. a of each S.nno musl come from Ihe i a from the city. and The i shut him oft (Continued on Tage 16) the cemetery. The funeral cere-1 i abolie i 50 northw( st monies will he in charge of Morris The Anglc A )Ci i Frock Post, American Legion, ot Hagerstown, which was at the re- Officers Give Up Search for Body Officers i a abandoned theii the, llalkaus i lavishing i i i i on Regent Piince Paul of a i a i the questions of ihe Free Cily of J.inzigand alleged "em h-clement" were left to simmer. i i i i i i i a a at i i the a i a station lo greet the I He was flanked by Field I Marshat Hermann i (loer- i ing.

Foreign i i Joachim von Ktbbenirop and Mrs. Coertng. A i I planes roared overhead. All slorcs closed ai nnon. School children were given holiday so Ihey could cheer.

Thousands stood on Ihe streets for hours lo see, the Fuehrer and Yugoslav Regent as MAY A a a a Cuba, I 1 shipload of Oennau Jewish lonight faced among (he three powers. I i a i already li a told Russia a the proposed pad would not be on the League, and i i i were, bellev- ui lo have, been removed. The next siep rests i Russia. hut said he could not describe the location. Yet other unconfirmed report! (old of surface craft finding a buoy 25 miles vest of Liverpool, and a patch of oil and a lifebelt in same location.

Meanwhile, raen-of-war, Bubmar- Ines, anti-submarine vessels equipped -with secret detector devices to locate submerged ships and Royal I Air Force planes searched the lea off the mouth of the Jlersey river The a a an1 rugged orth Weljn i be npen from ft a. ra. to 9 The Flrs mlnesweeplnfc flotilla Fred Wright, chairman for the of seren shl 'P 3 left Brliham for the i i a group, reported that to soon a Diidnight with dale this group has i a I oltler ec 'al equipment, a of J049.32. with several Birkenhead little knots reaelipri. of (he workers will continue for next week.

The chairman also asked all nro iliiose who had po: been seen and who wished to i i to this cause to either call the Salvation Army W. a i street, telephone 2(JS2, or conic in a i lo the land from i they fled. President Kederico Laredo Urn coupled an order for their ship to I leavo i a Ihreat lo use. a if necessary to tow it from a rs. Party Victory in 1940 Is Forecast! bo heard from a i a Loiter spoke encourag- i 10 tho workers and said he I felt finite certain the goal would Im reai Sled with a i more fort.

Hohni.in. president of the fled as those o( a Confederate sol-'' search late yesterday evening after dier they were turned over quest of Capt. John Kyd Deckcn-. Superintendent Heckenbaugtv for baugh, superintendent of the Antie- burial. Confederate organizations tarn Battlefield.

members ot the Washington County Confederate Memorial Association, Henry Kyd Douglas Chapter and Shepherdstown Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Henry Kyd Douglas Camp, Sons of Confeder- Tlll meet at the entrance to Roie suggested that the remains be held until Confederate Memorial Day for interment. Workmen engaged in digging trenches for water lines for the encampment of the Regular Army units in connection with the 75th to finding no traces ot a body reported to have been seen floating down stream in Conococheague creek near Kemps Mill on Wednesday. The investigators are of the (Continued on 20) opinion the Main avenue youths, who reported seeing the body, may have mistaken another floating object shaped like a man for the body. The waters were searched to the Kemps i dam. There is not enough water to carry heavy object over the dam, Ihey drove from slation to liellevue a which i had refurnished elaborately for foreign guests.

I I Rising Sun, June 1 a Hoover, six, drowned tonight while fishing for tadpoles, nine months after his father was killed in gravel pit while employed by WPA. The child fell into a quarry hole shout 100 feet from his home at Rock Spring near here. I Senators Reject Economy Appeals a i 1 A booming chorus of Senators approved a bill for flood control, rivers mid harbors work and other a i today a i down pleas for economy. i a college cheering section al times. Senators quickly rejected redni'lions nf made hy their appropriations committee, added a few minor Items, and then sent the hig supply bill back to the House.

Senator Adams Colo'), who led the i effort to cut from the total voted by the House, could not even get a record on these Items. enough Senators raised i hands to ob tain the formal roll call. I Y. M. C.

A. spoke briefly and Major in charge of the S. Huffalo. X. June.

1 A. work here, a Die workers mer Governor Alfred M. I.audon for Ihe splendid effort. Kansas i a Repiib- It was stated that unless the Mean -victory in but declined to goal of was realized the nec- discuss Republican presidential essary activities will have to he candidacies. curtailed to some I we once stalled discussing i candidacies." the IMS presidential a i a paid i a brief stop! over here, "we ohnuld have to call the whole roll.

Kveryone can see there Is a definite Republican trend which i bring victory in 1940 and under those circumstances you never have much difficulty in get- i a good candidate." a i was furnished by Little Miss Manherk wlin sang several selections i Malcolm as accompanist and Major ot women gathered at the gate to Cammell Laird, yard where the Thetis was built, Some wept softly. All were wlvei, mothers or daughter! of the tripped crew and company Inside the office buildings company representatives laid was a good chance tlie ThelU escaped haying a hole rent In her tide unless she had Unick a wreck. Many On Board Aboard were the normal crew of (Continued on Page 10) Joseph accordion. Byron played on his ACTION IS Washington, June 1 McXary of Oregon, the Republican leader, blocked final congressional action today on hill a i i the expenditure of during the next four years for thn acquisition of strategic war i A 18 A Washington. June 1 Back homo from his union shop trl- 1 umphs in the coal flelda, John L.

Lewis called his CIO eiecutlve board today to meet here June 13 to plan an expansion of CIO organizing activities. There have been unconfirmed reports that the CIO would turn its next organiilng drive Into AFL strongholds, especially the buildlnf trades. Youth Is Injured in Auto Accident Lawrence, Hughes, four-year-oU youth residing in Berger alley, tut- tained a broken collarbone aid obter injuries yesterday afternoon when struck by an automobile OJH erated In the alley by Edward Vanaman, 100 block South Potomac street. The youth was taken to Washington County HetplUl lr the driver of car. Utnl.

F. Desmond dent. He tald eterftt be preferred..