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Full Leased Wire of the Associated Press TOL. 228 FINAL EDITION Full Leased Wire of the United Press JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1S41 STUTE FINKS flT Things Will Begin to Pick Up in April and Will Be Good By June 'iWEANWHILFiTATE OFFICERS WORRY to Find Some Way of Tiding Over the Thin Months Like many a private citizen, -the state worried over cash for its month-end bills today. To all practical purposes the treasury was though the condition was temporary. The state auditor said he had cash on hand--to meet obligations which will go past the $4,000,000 mark by April 1. The payroll alone exceeds S700 000.

More than $6,000,000 in tax collections would be necessary the next 10 days for the state to wcome out even--and there isn't a chance of getting that much. Meet the Bankers Worried state officials went into conference with Jefferson City bankers in. the hope of fringing a solution to tide the government over to the fat tax months of mid-summer. It is against the law for the'state to borrow money, but some arrangement might be worked cut to help handle "the Bankers it before. Not the least of the troubles was the plight of old age pensioners.

March's checks haven't been; paid--and won't be this month. It i doubtful if they will in the mails by the time the next payment comes due April 1. On that dat the state will owe $3,870,640,. including the two months of pensions. In addition i has in unpaid bills still a i f.yeaiv Of that amount more than $300,000 is in unpaid relief orders.

Several coal companies already have- notified social security will not honor any more 1 relief c. until they get their money for the fuel they've passed out already to relief families. Grocers, too, are unpaid. Nothing Unusual Bleak as the ready cash out- appears, it is not unusual! state is always hard put for money this time of year because tax collections are at their low- Republican Women to Help At Polls on Election Day Will Take Charge of Checking; Vote $50 Toward Campaign and Take In Twenty-Seven New Members; Mrs. Hadlick Speaks PRICE FIVE CENTS HOSTESSES SOUGHT FOR CAMP AT ROLLA WASHINGTON, March 21-(AP)--The adjutant general's department has requested con- for pay salaries of hostesses and library assistants in 42 service' clubs at army camps including the Fort Leonard Wood replacement center and divisional camp at Rolla, Missouri.

Hearings before a house appropriations sub committee on the supplemental defense appropriation bill released today disclosed that Major J. W. Ramsey asked funds to pay hostesses -and librarians the clubs for May and June of this fiscal year and money for pay of civilian employes and purchase of library and recreational equipment for next fiscal year. One item would funds for 42 principal hostesses and 84 hostesses and for 42 principal library assistants. If apportioned equally this would give Fort Leonard Wood at least one principal hostess and two 1 hostesses and a library assistant.

The war department proposed one 45 ton locomotive and one 25 ton crane for use at Rolla. Republican women meeting a the city hall last night pledged their active to bringing out the Republican vote on elec tion day. large crowa attended th meeting and twenty-seven nei members were enrolled during the course of the evening. Mrs W. C.

Irwin, president of the or ganization presided. Most of the candidates were called upon for brief talks. Tlu principal address of (he eveninf was made by Mrs. Eula B. Had lick, candidate for city attorney She called upon the women I vote and take an active part ii community welfare and citj government.

To Act As Checkers Members of the organization will act as checkers at the poll and use the telephones to brhr the votes to the polls. After a report by Miss Lily Andrae treasurer of the organization $50 was voted toward defraying campaign expenses. Mrs. Hadlick in her addres est ebb in the late winter early spring. and The sales tax--a monthly yield about the state's only substantial income during these months.

But starting with April, things pick up. The first windfall comes from the foreign insurance tax which usually brings in close to a mil- dollars. Then corporation franchise taxes begin coming in By May the first of the income tax is on its way to the treasury and that tax hits its peak in June --usually around -when the first quarter payment Stalls due. By mid-June the state's financial worries should be over or at least in check. FULL Jump Toward Yesterday's Mark ST.

LOUIS, March 21--(AP)-The first full day of spring left nothing to be desired of the 'frsveather--except a shower in southeast Missouri. The- sun warmed most of the stale and started temperatures on the way to yesterday's readings in the 60's. Partly cloudy weather tonight md slightly colder in the extreme south portion were forecast. Partly Cloudy Tonight; Continued Mild Tomorrow For Jefferson City and Vicinity Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow, continued mild. Highest today 60.

Lowest tonight 31, hlgrh tomorrow 64.. High 52; low 35 River Stages Keokuk 3.9 Fall 0 Kansas City 7.0 Fall JJ'averly 7 6 Fall 0 4 BoonviIIe 7.4 FaU 0 2 jSt. Thomas 3.2 Fall 0.5 5.8 rall 0 2 Lake of Ozarks 3.4 feet below full reservoir. Forecast for the Lake of the Ozarks for week ending March 29 barring rain or unforseen load IpJianges: Inflow into the lake "about 0.6,feet outflow, about 0 4 feet; draft will average about 0 2 feet; stage of the lake about 3.1 feet below full reservoir. Stage of the Osage river at St.

Thomas will be about feet Perish molishes Auto FREIGHT BLOCKS TRACKS Crossed Ahead of Passenger Only to Find Cars In Their Path Miss Mary Louise Blumer, 16 former resident of "this city, and two companions were killed at McBaine, 25 miles north of here early this morning when their automobile was struck by an train. Her younger sister, Geraldine. escaped with only slight injuries. Miss Blumer was a niece of Mr. Mrs.

James Blumer of this city. Miss Blumer was instantly -killed, Shelley Cardwell, Columbia, died on the way to the hospital, and O. D. Benedict died several hours later. According to the coroner driver calculated that he could beat th passenger train to the crossing and probably would have succeeded except for the fact that the crossing was blocked by a freight train which had taken a siding to permit the passenger to pass.

The automobile crashed into the standing tram and then was hit by thc passenger. The Blumers resided in Jefferson City up to several years ago and were frequent visitors here. The two girls were students at tne Columbia high school. The funerals of the three were ti S4unday aftern from the Willett funeral home in Columbia. Mr.

and Mrs. Jim Blumer left here this afternoon to be with the stricken family. av again checked the importance traffic safety in Jefferson Cit' calling attention to the fact tha the record of more than wrecl a day was being sustained agaii this year. Mrs. Hadlick declared hei program "is traffic safely, campaign" against this needless loss of life, injury and.

property Safety Her Slogan "But no, program, however well planned, is complete or satisfac tory without wholehearted support and cooperation of the women as well as the men. I know I have that support. know that you want feel sure that your sons and daughters and loved ones are sale, as fai as is humanly possible to make conditions safe for when 'they are using the streets and sidewalks of our city. "Do, you know that in th pas .78 we -acci in our city? That is average of over one. a day the beginning ol the year.

The cause of death and injury by automobile accidents is far more deadly than many fearful diseases. Its death toll is second to none in the United States. Can Be Reduced "I am sure that automobile accidents can be reduced 25 to 50 per cent by proper law enforcement fact, conditions could never have gotten into the shameful stale of affairs that they are now in our law enforcement agencies were putting forth their best efforts to see that the traffic laws are enforced equally and impartially, regardless of one station in life. This, in turn, would impress and influence every one in the community. along safety lines.

"I believe too that the public could be further impressed with the principles of safety and become more conscious of th need for safety if each organized group would conduct an effective safety program. hold Republican candidates will )ld meetings in all the wards of the city next week. The first meeting will be held Tuesday and will continue every night un- til the end of the week. Speakers for each of the meetings will be announced nesl week. Major Reed Believes Work Will Be Done May 25 FORT WOOD, March 21 --(AP)--With work past the halfway mark, Maj.

Frank Reed constructing quartermaster at Fort Leonard Wood, predicted today the seventh corps area training center would be finished before May 25, the official completion date. The camp is 51 per cent completed, and construction is proceeding at a rate of 1 per cent a day. Employment reached a maximum of 34,000 men last week and now is being reduced gradually. The number of workers was expected to dwindle rapidly as additional buildings are finished. There was an unofficial report that 2oOO officers and men of the engineers' replacement center could move into the fort on April occupying barracks areas.

IS Suffers Heart Attack While at Lincoln U. Charles H. Clark, 67, died unexpectedly yesterday from a heart attack at Lincoln University. Clark, a resident of Jefferson City since a yovmg man and operator of a machine shop, went to the University to present a bill when he was stricken. Coroner E.

E. Mansur said no inquest was necessary. Clark was born Oct. 2, 1873 in Miller county, and was employed at the state capitol for eight years by the permanent seat ot government under the administrations of Governors Baker and Caul field. had operated a machine shop at 109 rear East Miller street for the past several years.

He was married to Mrs. Minnie Barrett March'30, 1932, who survives him. He also is survived by the following children by his first wife: Mrs. Murial Lee, Charles A. Clark and Fred W.

Clark, all of Jefferson City; Mrs. Lester Werner, Lilhwaup, and Mis. Ceha Femmer, Mexico. -Two sf.ep-daughters, Mrs. Ester Ortege Kansas City, and Mrs.

Mary Gerbes, Jefferson City vi ve as i -grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cole Can Send to C.C.O Cole county today received a nme for the CC-C- April TO I A I IN NEXT FEftYS Majority of the Vessels Are In Need of Recondi- tioning WON'T DISRUPT U. S. TRADE OVERSEAS Coastal Vessels May Take to Sea Freight to the Railroads WASHINGTON, a 21 -(UP)-- A high maritime commission official said today that approximately 50 merchant ships will be transferred to Great Britain under the war-aid act, "within a few day's." Tin's the number asked by the British as their initial: need. About 75 per cent of the vessels which will be turned over to them will be reconditioned over-age ships which saw service in the last war.

It was understood that the transfei-s will be arranged so that there will be a minimum of 'disruption in American flag over overseas trade. Intcrcoastal and coastal ships may be shifted to routes now being served, by ships which will be turned 'over to the British. A large part of the traffic normally handled by the inter- coastal and coastal shifted will probably be handled by railroads, official said. Details of the transfer are completed, the official said, "-but commission officials are awaiting the arrival, of Sir Arthur Salter British shipping man, before consummating the arrangements The vessels which will be'trans- ferred will; be. suitable" for said' atin ih convoys the official uul! duHDOL DUflflD MEMBEHE ET HERE Heard Gov.

Donnell and Other State Officials School board from alt parts of Missouri discussed educational problem's here today at the fourth annual conference of high school district boards About 500 registered as the meeting opened. Gov. Forrest C. Donnell and other state elective officials addressed the school men briefly before they began an open forum discussion of state school problems. Henry F.

Alves of the united States department of education promised federal co-operation in meeting school problems resulting from national defense projects in the state Col. R. L. Cochran, Ft. Leonard Wood commandant, and state WPA Administrator B.

Casteel, also spoke. CHAS. SPAUNHORST TO ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL Charles W. Spaunhorst, owner of the Capitol Motor Company and for many years head of the Jefferson City Gun Club, left yesterday for Jefferson Barracks for treatment.

Mr. Spaunhorst has been in ill health for several months. He will probably be confined in the hospital several months. Two Small Fires A feed shed that caught fire today the Morris-Edmunds addition was extinguished by the fire department. The damage was slight.

A grass fire at 124 E. High street was put out by the department. I I I II PLUMES FIGH1 BIG FOREST FIR Fifty Blazes Scattere Through Clark Area In S. E. Mjssoifri POOR VISIBILITY HAMPERS THE FLIER Humidity at 20 Per Get Leaves Little Moisture In the Air POPLAR BLUFF, Man 21-- (AP)-- With four airplan spotting new blazes, more tlu 500 men battled 50 scattered fir today in the Clark National Fo est area in' southeastern Missoui The worst- fire covered about 1 000 acres near Fredericktown, tl U.

S. Forestry Service at St. Lou reported. Drifting smoke cut visibility one-half to two miles and, wi humidity at 20 per cent, there praL-lically no moisture in the ai Rainfall Small Rainfall since Feb. 1 has bee only 30 per cent of normal an there have been twice as mm high-hazard fire days as la year.

E. L. Persley, administrative sistant in the forestry service, sa about 2,500 acres in govermnei forests proper had burned sim Jan. 1, causing $0,000 damage. Tile Clark forest includes foi units-- St.

Francois, Wappapcl! Fristoe and Clark. In the- Wappapello area, the re glow of fires could be -seen froi highways -last night arid U. foresters there reported "lilt change' in the situation today dt to the drought. Visibility Poor An 'airplane; resumed its su vey of the Ozarks area this moi ning P. -foi'eat- rang' with headquarters here, said tl observer aboard the plane re ported early that visibility, due the heavy smoke pail, was so lo it is with difficult that fires ai being, located.

"The plane will conlinu throughout today," said Lewi "and- will report to. my office radio so that we may send ot fire crews where necessary protect government, property." A series of fires continued rage today outside of the goven mcnt owned area north and wcs of Ellsinore. Farmers and the families worked all night to pro tect their houses and barns an Lewis said no additional report of buildings being destroyed ha reached his office. iMY ASKS NEGROES TO JOIN I CORP! Volunteers Are Wanted fo Special Unit WASHINGTON, March 2 army called toda or volunteers on a "first come first served," basis for the negr unit of the air corps. The unit, the 99lh pursui squadron, will hav about 33 pi lots and a ground crew of 276.

1 is to be formed at Tuskegce in the fall after training i completed. Like other men recruited fo the air corps, the 276 men re quired for the maintenanc crews must have at least a hial school education. Enlistment will begin next week, and th men will trained at Chanutc Field, 111. The pilots for the negro squad rod, like other air corps flyers must have two years college eel ucation of its equivalent anc must undergo more than si: months of training. Former Publisher a Newsprint Offer Came in 1915 ST.

LOUIS, March 21-- (AP)-James P. Whilesidc, formerlv publisher of the Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Morning Tribune, commenting on his letter to Senator Wheeler (D-Monl) in which he told of an offer of free newsprint made by an "American professor acting as a British sgent," said today the incident occurred 26 years ago. Wheeler read a quotation from Whiteside's letter in an aadrcss Washington last night. In the ext of the speech, as given out by Wheeler's office, he said: "To illustrate some methods of war propagandizing, I want to read a letter received a few months ago from a responsible former publisher of a daily paper --Mr. A.

P. Whiteside of ForisleU, Mo. I quote: 'He (the American professor acting as a British agent) told me hat he had recommended my for fret tkat iis recommendation has been ap proved. All I had to do was tc file my applicalion with J. P.

Morgan and Co. New York anr print paper in carload lots wouk be shipped to Whiteside reached by telephone at Foristell said the offer a made in 1915 by L. R. Johnson then on the faculty of the Cape Girardeau State Teachers' college At Cape Giradeau, Johnson saic there was "not a thread of truth' in Whiteside statement. "Johnson told me Lord Northcliffe, British newspaper publisher, was donated the output of one of his Canadian paper mills small daily newspapers in th United States," Whiteside related It was.

understood, course, that newspapers receivin- the gift were to adopt a pro-Brit ish editorial policy. I had beet opposing American interventioi and pro-British war propaganda GROWING DISCONTENT MAY HALT SIGNING OF YUGO-NAZI PACT Names Nazi Battleships Sent to American Side Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are Operating With U- Boats and Have Sent Ships to the Bottom Within 1,500 Miles of New York LONDON, March 21--(AP)t- The British press association said today that the German warships which Prime Minister Churchill said Tuesday "crossed to the American side of the Atlantic" were the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The press association did not give the source of its Information. Churchill (old the Pilgrims, a British-American society, that not only German cruisers" but also Nazi U-boats had. crossed the Atlantic and already had sunk unconvoyed British ships as tar west as the 42d meridian, which runs 1,500 miles east of New York.

He did not specify the size of the Nazi raiding force, but the term he used for the surface raid- ers indicated that they were the size of the Scharnhorsl and the Gucisenau, sister ships ot 20,000 tons cadi. statement came iiv a formal welcome for John G. Winant, new United States ambassador to London. battleships Sch- arnhoi-sl and Gcnciscnau have been frequently listed as sunk or destroyed by British and neutral sources. Last April 12 Reuters, British news agency, said the 27-knot Gneisennu had been sunk in Osloijord.

On April 24 the Norwegian Telegraph bureau said went clown "bow first i racing in the air, (Continued on page 2) S. to Deputy Sheriff Draws Gun In Argument Over Welsh Murder Case WORKING Sought to Question Pair Kidnapped by Texan Later a Suicide KANSAS CITY, a 2 --(UP)--Rivalry between police and deputy sheriffs in their efforts to solve the muder of Leila Acleie -Welsh reached high ofier." pitch today when, Chief L. B. Reed said, a deputy drew his revolver on a group of detectives and was disarmed. Jack Bricc, thc deputy and a former i detective, denied that he drew the weapon except to hand it voluntarily (o Detective Elzie Williams after Chief Reed ordered his men to take Brice into police headquarters.

Reed later returned thc gun to Brice alter removing thc cartridges. The trouble developed when Brice insisted that be be allowed to question Miss Jeanne Harvey and L. Persons, couple kidnaped by Oliver Bridges, a Texan who killed himself when police came to his hotel room last night. Miss Winifred Diekerson, a policewoman, was taking thc couple home when she noticed a car was trailing her. She raced back to headquarters where, she said Bricc jumped from thc second car and took thc ignition key of her car and got into th bae-Ic talk to Miss Harvey and Persons.

When Reed and other police a i they ordered Brice out of the car. An argument resulted and Reed ordered Brice taken inside. It was then Reed charged, Uiat Brice pointed his gun at Detective Jo" Burns and was disarmed by Detective Williams. Brice said a half dozen officers had riol guns and revolvers trained on him'ancl that he merely handed his gun lo Williams. Bridges discussed the Welsh slaying with his captives but police established that was in Los Angeles when it occurred.

ITlJPEliKLS OSIttLEJSSTER Collapse of Old Age Aid Program May Be the Outcome :0 100,000 And That Would Mean Taxation Beyond All Calculation The state supreme court today was considering a case which'so- cial security commission lawyers said could "result cither in a taxation beyond all calculation" or collapse of the old age pension program. A decision against the commission would add 100,000 the pension rolls, i now total 110,000, and would "result in overloading the program and breaking it down under its weight," the lawyers said. The statements were made LEK axis own pleadings that the court reverse Springfield a decision of the court of appeals in a brought by Ben Poplar Bluff. F. Howlett, SO, Howlett applied for an old nee pension and was rejected by the commrssion because his son, a hotel clerk, paid the bulk of his expenses.

Howlolt appealed lo on page TO SPEfiK Gerhart Seger Delivers Series of Addresses Gerhart H. i Scger, formcr membcr of the German Reichs- lag, will speak tonight at the ol High school on thc last a series of programs sponsored by thc Rotary club on International Understanding. Scger, Only Quick Shift In Cabinet Will Make Sunday Parley Possible SERB LEADERS SAY THEY WON'T RETURN Pensioning of Anti-German General Brings Criticism In Balkans (By Clio Associated Press) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March 21--A swelling tide of internal discontent, led by three anti-German cabinet ministers and other high officials, forced tonight probable postponement of the Yugoslav government's plans to align itself i the Sunday at Vienna. The three ministers--serb leaders in this nation of mixed peoples who resigned in protest against a crown council decision to yield to Germany, refused to remain in the cabinet even though Chief Prince Paul ordered them-to do-so. The dissenters a declared nicy, have i more to do (he government.

Their stand, which thc country Icju-ncd via the grapevine method added to thc growing Crisis over the government's acceptance of the Reich's demands tluit Yugoslavia align herself with Slnva- Hungary, Rumania and Bul- gfina, i members of uV anh- British accord. Fourth May Quit, Too A fourth cabinet member who voted against to Germany was said to be plannine resign, and. the minister to Russia Gavcrilovic, WHS, said to Paul rcs '6nation to Prince One of the dissenters. Dr. Branko Ctibrilovic, minister of agriculture find loader of thc Serb peasant party, called a meeting of his parly chiefs to discuss the Prince Paul summoned Premier Dragisn Cvctkovic and Foreign Minister Alksander i a Markovic lo the while palace for a conference at which he is reported to have told them their projected trip to Vienna slarlir." tomorrow would have to be postponed while he attempted to reorganize the quarreling government.

He began meeting leaders of the parties represented by recalcitrant ministers lo see if thy would agree to name more amendable cabinet representatives. Political quarters said that onlv a quick change in the cabinet would enable the official party to leave for Vienna as scheduled. Hie tenseness was heightened by disclosure thai four of Yugoslavia's most prominent generals were pensioned early in the week as a tcr." A Circles Firm Observers pointed out that army circles have been among Scger, internationally known the most vigorous" d.s a lecturer and a wil a surrendm- tn War Is Said to Be Main Cause of Decision A VATICAN CITY. March 21- A Authoritative sources said today a Pope Pius XII had cancelled Easter mass the usual papal 1 He later Saint Peter's and benediction from thc church's balcony for the first time in nine years because of war conditions, Transportation restrictions on Sundays, when private motoring is forbidden and public transportation reduced, were given as one of the principal reasons for cancellation of the Easter a will speak in the Simonsen auditorium at 8 o'clock on "An Imnov crisiied World." This afternoon he addressed a group at the Simonsen High school and choose as his topic Germany Today." Seger has been conducting a throughout (he United 'Stales and this i be his last speaking engagement in Missouri season. The noted German first felt the sting of the Nazi government in March, 1933, hurled into a camp.

In December of That year apecl to lie later went to England anr! then came to the United Stales October. as a visitor. Seger returned to Europe, but later visited the United States again and since has made his home here. He has taken out papers to become a citizen. when he was concentration service.

ex- Pope Pius XII had been to deliver an Easter homily on war and peace as he did last year, but prelates indicated this also would be omitted. Dayton Strike to End The strike of 400 AFL men which had tied up the $5,900,000 national defense expansion program at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, will end Saturday, an AFL leader announced today, in thc avowed interests of national defense. a surrender to Germany. But government circles said the remaining high officers had agreed to the government's decision. Nervousness in the capital was accentuated by paralysis of the citys trolley, telephone and lighting services for a short period at noon.

Engineers said the trouble was technical. German circles said the formalizing of Yugoslavia's entry into closer relations with the reich would be swift, with Premier Cvelkovic and Foreign Minister Alksander Cincar-Markovic due to leave tonight or tomorrow for Vienna where they would sign thc document Sunday. Although the government's action was reported by responsible government sources, British circles still insisted they had reason to believe Yugoslavia had reached no decision on what concessions she would make to the axis. While admitting that the Solution might be found in time to permit the premier and foreign minister to make the Vienna trip soon, the British said this morning cabinet session and the afternoon meeting at the palace were i i indication no a.