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I MIAMI OKLA TRIDAY EBRUARY ji 1938 CONVICTED KILLER CHAINED TO CELL 'LOOR MAY VOTE LATE TODAY of the than (Continued on Page Six) (Continued on Page our) Rain and Snow Deluge Sixteenth Consecutive Day The Weather Want Ada gat nmMb Tag I corres of Dr The advertisements tell good news read them! LOS ANGELES eb The state will not demand the death penalty for Paul A Wright Ernest Roll prosecutor said to day before he began his closing argument in the murder trial of the former airport manager will ask for a verdict war ranted only by the evidence pre sented in the said Roll but refused further amplification Roll said he expected to argue for about three hours which would make it possible for the case to go to the jury this afternoon (BY THE ASSOCIATED There was no indication today of a retreat of balmy weather from Oklahoma except a prospect of somewhat colder tomorrow in the northwest the weather bureau said It will be partly cloudy and warmer in the northwest tonight and most ly cloudy probably somewhat cold er in the northwest tomorrow the forecast read A battle of weather forces said Weather Observer Harry' Wahl gren may determine Oklahoma temperatures foh the next few days for a high pressure area over Southwest Canada was in a race southward with a low from the Pa 5 cific coast or instance it was '4 below and snowing at Havre Mont while a 4 short distance to the south at Sheri 1 dan Wyo the mercury was upto 50 degrees thanks to the low which brought stormstothe Pacific coast After rising to a high of 72 Tulsa and McAlester yesterday the temperatures dropped to 50 at Elk City 57 at Oklahoma City and58 at McAlester Highest in the nation was 80 at Brownsville Tex Grand Jury Charges Stu dents of New Mexico Hired to Cast Ballots Bucharest Cabinet Upset Bring ear of Rumanian Swing to Anglo rench OKLAHOMA CITY eb CP) Initiative petitions on file with the secretary of state today called for $30 monthly old age pensions financed by the present 2 percent sales tax and a 2 percent severance tax on oil and other natural re sources The petitions were filed by ox president of the Okla homa association for Old Age Security Inc and Tom Drake an attorney after ox and Drake rejected compromise suggestions by members of the Oklahoma Pub lic Welfare commission at a hear ing arranged by Governor Mar land The petitions also would liberal ize quilifications fop applicants Battle of Elements To Determine Week End Weather Lester Brockelhourst 23 awaiting execution March 4 for the murder of an Arkansas planter was chained to his cell floor at Tucker prison farm after he attempted to hang himself Brockel hurst is shown here in his cell Branded Insurance Plot Hoax PAWNEE Okla eb The hopes of Phil Kennamer for a re opening of his sensational case through filing of a perjury charge were dashed today by County At torney Horace Ballaine who said unequivocally a perjury charge would not be filed is insufficient evidence on which to base a perjury charge and none will be said Bal laine is the last day on which such action could be taken The incident is Petitions iled for Age Pensions Boost Office of Publication A Street ud iret Avenue BA CAMPUS VOTING SCANDAL BARED Death Not Sought or Paul A Wright King Carol Sets Up Dicta torial Regime riendly to Britain and rance RUMANIA TURNS ROM ASCISTS Prosecutor Dashes Kennames Hopes CHARGE HURLED IN HOTDEBATE ON ARM BILL The Wont gab in the ot Sacramento Cal bowled over rows hdf centary old shade trees shown in this picture These huge taeee Nned an ateme to capital which new worry rises Clark oreman Believes Ok lahoma Markets Will Use All Power Produced WASHINGTON eb ll Senator (D Wyo) charged in the Senate today that conferees on the administration farm bill to re tain the controversial dairy live stock amendment in the measure The Wyomingsenator urged Vice President Garner to rule in favor of a point of order raised by Sen ator Schwellenbach (D Wash) which would' send the legislation back to conference Schwellenbach had demanded that the amendment be put back in the bill in its original form It would prevent use of land taken from the production of major crops fqr the production of live stock and dairy products for com mercial purposes 5 Democratic in Leader Berkley fighting that proposal called the Senate into session at 11 a an hour earlier than usual He said he would demand a Saturday ses sion if a vote was not reached to day 1 Schwellenbach asked his col leagues to return the bill to a Sen ate House conference committee He received oratorical': 'support from Republican Leader McNary of Oregon and Senator (D Wyo) ear Loss of Whole Bill Chairman Smith (D SC) of the agriculture committee told the Senate that if it sent the bill back to1 conference again it would end hope for farm legislation this year He argued that cotton corn wheat rice and tobacco growers were making their planting plans at this time Schwellenbach and his asso ciates agreed however that the confereees could reinstate the original 1 dairying provisions in a few hours Both House and Sen ate then would have to vote again on the legislation which the House approved Wednesday by a 2 to majority A sizable' group in that chamber had demanded reinsertion of the dairying section but a vote was not taken on that kuestion ICKES AIDE AT GRDA SESSION President Voicesv Hope Disney Will Continue in House Senator AssertsConferees Intend to Retain Dairy Livestock Clause Barkley to'Call for Saturday Session If Senate Does Not Act Before Then 1130 in County Get Old Age Pensions SHAWNEE Okla eb GB Highway Patrolman Dick Herwig said today Paul Ryan well known Pottawatomie county farmer had made a statement that his story of being kidnaped Monday night by two men who stole his car was a hoax Herwig said Earl Perrin who had said he was abducted with Ryan signed a written statement in which he declared Ryan burned his own automobile in order to col lect $600 insurance The county attorney's office said' Ryan denied he burned the automobile statement Herwig said was written in the presence of him self Patrolman Earnest Evans and Police Chief lazel Budd of Shaw nee Ryan was transferred to jail at Coalgate Ryan came to the office here Tuesday and told officers he was kidnaped near his home be tween Wanette and Asher by two men who kept him prisoner all He said he was released at Stonewall and the men took his car and $35 in cash The next day car was found near Tupelo It had been de stroyed by fire Ryan was arrested by Herwig and Evans yesterday and brought to Shawnee Moscow Refuses to Give Large Scale Assistance As Urged by Envoi JAPS INTENSIY DRIVE Old age pension records for Ot tawa county show a total of 1130 persons receiving monthly pay These 1130 persons re ceived a total of $16 722 in Jan uary'' In addition 474 children in 189 and22 blind persons received $353 in the same monthly period A total pay ment from sales tax collections of $20400 It is stated that for the three month period ending Dec 31 1937 sales tax collections for Ottawa county totaled $2828755 and dis bursements back to old age chil dren and blind persons in the county for this three month period totaled $5841500 Ing in on the Central China cor ridor along the Lunghai railway which dies between Japanese domi nated portions of North China and the Yangtze river valley 1 Japanese sent heavy reinforce ments' for the drive If successful the offensive open the way for an attack on Hankow tem porary Chinese capital Bombings Near Canton reports said Japanese continued to bomb railways about Canton which have been main source of supplies and muni tions shipped from Hongkong Once again small gunboats fired a few salvos at the Bocca Tigris forts protecting water' approaches) It impossible to learn the amount "of Soviet manufactured planes and munitions China has re ceived: Authoritative foreign ob servers however were of the opin ion that such aid was qpt as exten sive as both Chinese and Japanese have asserted different rea 1 War Used as Informed opinion was that Rus sia was using the conflict as a lab oratory for testing planes and equipment and giving a limited number of men a chance' to study National 'Security Being' Made Hagood 3 Tells House Group MICHIGAN CITY Ind eb 11 (TP) Two former Oklahoma con victs and a companion who fled over the walls of the Indiana state pris on in a driving rainstorm were re captured today and a search was pressed for two other fugitives one also a one time Oklahoma despera do George Christian sentenced to 30 years in the Oklahoma penitentiary in 1932 for kidnaping and armed robbery and who later escaped was captured by state patrolmen as he fled across a field near Valparaiso rank avlench 24 paroled in 1934 from McAlester penitentiary while serving 30 years for robbery with firearms and August Cum mings 37 surrendered without re sistance near Wheatfield Search continued in the Kanka kee river basin for Angelo Gengo 30 who served a five year con joint robbery term from Grady county Oklahoma and Theodore Hulbert Break Carefully Planned The break apparently long and carefully planned came last night after cell inspection The five convicts occupying sep arate cells had sawed two bars in each of their cellg They ran from a corridor to the top of the cell house cut through a tin roof and then clambered to the top of the nearby prison administration build ing With a rope fashioned from mattress covers they lowered them selves 35 feet to the grdund in the dark and rain Twenty five feet away unaware of the break stood a guard Trusty Spreads Alarm At the prison gate they ran into a Negro trusty but he tore him selffreeand spread the alarmThe convicts fled in two stolen automo biles One of the two fugitives believed to have been Gengo was reported seen several times during the night and early morning The town mar shall at Hebron a few miles north west of Wheatfield said a car sped through there He identified the driver as Gengo The escape was the first serious break from the prison since Sep tember 1933 when 10 convicts fled to form the notorious John Dillin ger gang Officers said they beileved Chris tianhad been with Cummings and Pavlench while Gengo and Hulburt were together somewhere in the Kankakee marshlands south of here Hulburt who frequently had es caped from Indiana prisons and jails had bbasted ihat jail can hold When Pavlench 'was arrested at Crown Point Ind for armed rob bery his Oklahoma parole was re voked' and Oklahoma authorities had placed a hold order for him at the Indiana prison Driver Must Serve Six Months in Jail 1 or Death of Boy 8 OKLAHOMA CITY eb 11 rW Philby of Seminole must serve six months in jail for second degree manslaughter in the traffic death of an 8 year old farm boy the criminal court of appeals held today The bby Gerald Glen Lawrence was killed near his home 11 miles south of Seminole Nov 6 1935 Justice Thomas opinion declared uncontroverted evidence was presented Jit trial to show that when the fa tai accident occurred the defendant was driving while under ihe influ ence of intoxicating Gerald and a companion had caugh a ride on a' hay baler being pulled by a wagon a They jumped from the baler and started across the road just as car start ed to pass A mist of rain Was fall ing I A Witnesses testified Philby was driving about 45 miles an hour The boy clung to the automobile for few moments then fell beneath the wheels The speed but did not stop witnesses testified Later it was identified by parts picked up at vh accident acene Justice Doyle declared under Hie evidence Philby could have been I convicted of a higher degree ofmanslaughter I ifteen year penitentiary terms if or robbery with firearms vjere af llfirmed by the court for Roy Tiner Ifcnd Roy Baker Tulsa convicted of folding np a Tulsa grocery storeLugust 1936 The loot amount to 71 SAN RANCISCO eb UP) Rain and snow: deluged North ern California today for the six teenth consecutive day as storm deaths reached eight and damage mounted to an estimated millions of dollars It was the longest rainy period in the more than half cen tury records have been kept here left of sun shine has become the exclusive property of Los Angeles and its environs temporarily (San rancis cans hope) The weather usually a pleasant topic of conversation has residents of IKThoftliefiY half of the state where floods threatened asking will it gale formed off the California coast but most of the rains came originally from the Aleutian Islands in the North Pa cific ocean birthplace of the ma jority of Western storms In the last 15 days storms have brought more than 11 inches of rain to Eureka nearly nine inches to Redding both in far Northern Cali fornia and about fiw inches to San raaeiese and Lm Aagales BUCHAREST Rumania eb 11 CP) A new government with dictatorial powers governed Ruma nia today commissioned by King Carol to restore confidence shaken by the six week administration of the anti Semitic premier Octavian Goga Sixty eight year old 'Dr Miron Cristea patriarch of the Rumanian Orthodox church is the new pre mier and he will rule without a parliament by decree until a new constitution is promulgate He act ed fluickly upon taking the oath of fealty to the king with four sweep ingdecrees 1 Named military garrison com mandants oflarge cities as pre fects bf their 2 Made nation wide a of by which persons charged with serious crimes may be tried before military court (Bucharest and other larger cities have been under such for a number of years) 3 Postponed indefinitely cham ber and senate elections set for March 4 Ordered higher officials of villages to call assemblies for the naming of mayors and two assist ants' to each mayor The cabinet formation was a Centre and Liberal group so that an order suspending all party ac tivities appeared primarily directed against the fascist inclined Iron Guard group headed by Cornelius Codreanu Jews and Christians Pleased new reginie "after the period of economic decline and action to suppress Jews attributed to Goga Two Oklahoma Ex Convicts Are Recaptured After Bold Indiana Prison Break Another Hunted Metal Markets NEW YORK eb Copper steady eleetrolytie apwt and future 1099 export 963 LeU steady New York spot 44955i EastrSt Louis 435 Zinc steadjt East St' Louis spot and fnteto 475 LONDON eb LeSd spot 14 15s future 14 Zine spot 13 15s future Markets' to Close NEW YORK eb Leading sucurity and eommodljy exchangee in the United Stetfti will be doted tomomw ab in comtMtobratioti a of Uteofab birthday I jr ALBUQUERQUE eb 11 A fraudulent voting ring organized on the University of New Mexico campus by unidenti 1 fied political was re vealed here today in the' final re port' of special district grand The same jury which earlier in dicted Mayor Charles Lembke for embezzlement and illegal mu nicipal speculation said it had found indisputable evidence that certain students had been or promised for balloting in recent state and na tional elections under assumed names was said the report corrupt electoral were engineered by public employes under the leader ship of higher The jury said is had been unable to ascertain the identities of the responsible and so de cided to return no criminal charges since useful public could be served by individuals who actually engaged in the fraudulent District Judge" Mabry granted the request that it be discharged after oreman Childrers expressed the belief fur ther investigation would be futile In lieu of "further inquiry the jury recommended that stu dents should tbe strongly warned on this occasion of the serious criminality of their The 'jury held that frauoulent voting by students of a state uni versity good ciizenship should be was serious and It strong ly censured" corruption of our Recurrent reports 'gf illegal stu dent voting were revived vigor ously last September when State Republican Chairman George Craig charged fraudulent balloting oc cured in the special election of that month AZClT WAT' Nt Cl 7 (Bxcm Satariw) Mid Sondaj UL AA A IVkJ Muninc kr Uteri NwrcBririi PiUhhin (Ine) NAZIS LAY VIVID DISCORD DOW TO ALIEN OES Official Defiant' DeniaUof I SenationaU Sequels Army Shakeup Issued SOVIETREJECTS APPEAL ORMOREHELP PRICE IVE CENTS Send Heavy Reinforcements To Break Through Cen trai phinose hInGHAI eb (A Re foreign aouroes said today that Soviet Russia refused a Ch meee plea for large scale assist anee in the war against Japan They asserted Sun son of the late Dr Sun Yat Sen had pleaded China's cause at Moscow but thatRussia turned him down because of1 unwillingness to flirt single hpnded with the possibility of a Russian Japanese clash through ac tive aid to China This report of stand eameas Chinese fought to keep eight Japanete columns from clos MUNITIONS ROM HONGKONG eb The' American freighter Michi gun newly arrived from Ta coma Wash today was trans shipping at gerous goods a car go of munitions similar to many others recently brought here from American posts for the Chinese government The Michi cargo was understood to include 12000 cases of TNT and a consignment of bombs and oth er ammunition Her crew was said to have received bonuses of $150 to $300 for the voyage Persons familiar with ship ping here said the majority of freighters arriving from United States ports brought sup plies for China Since Christmas 15000000 gallons of aviation gasoline 'was reported received from the Pacific coast (Customs offiecrs in Hong kong Recently said a war supplies had gone into China by the Hongkong Canton route) I 2' Expression Made1 Public At White Houle After irstDistrict Congressman In idicates He Will RunAgainst Thomas for Seat In United States Washington eb ii iwli President Roosevelt said today he had expressed the hope Rep Wes ley Disney Democrat would remain in the House rather than'seelc to1 win a Senate seat Disney conferred with the Presi dent yesterday leaving the White House told reporters he in tended to enter the July primary in opposing Senator Elmer Thomas "'Amplify ing this statement later Disney said his intentions were not final ly determined and his remarks at the White House did not constitute a formal announcement of his can didacy' 1 at his press conference today whether he had given Dis ney his blessing Mr Roosevelt said he would relate to reporters just what he had told Disney The chief executive said he told the representative he hoped Disney would run for the House again be cause the President considered him a valuable 'member 'of the House ways and means committee Disney Qualifies Disney today qualified the he gave reporters when they asked if reports were true that he would seek the Senate seat now held by Senator Thomas an avowed can didate did not consider it a definite (Continued on Page our) POLITICS ONSE PLANS jr fcL st 4 LAVERS Oklahoma markets will provide ample outlet for all power produced at the Grand river dam according to Clark oreman special assistant to PWA administrator Harold Ickes Mr oreman expressed be lief after an all day meeting of the GRDA at Vinita and a tour of the damsite oreman in charge of power projects under PWA supervision came to Eastern Oklahoma to view first hand the $20000000 power aiid flood control project He was impressed by the sound ness of rock strata on both banks of the river and the selection of the site itself met with his ap proval The official arrived in this sec tion from Memphis where he de livered a $1000000 check to a PWA project along the Mississippi river He left this morning for Cal ifornia Park Plan Studied GRDA officials weighted the plan for a state park near Dis ney and a final decision will be made regarding the park next ri day when one State Planning board will meet with Hol way chief engineer The proposed park will be staked out at that time Tentative plans indicate that thearlc will adjoin on the north and extend along a bluff overlooking the future lake Owners of the Disney townsite who are pushing the plan believe it will afford an ideal recreation spot and will possibly be built into an outstanding state park Rush for Jobs Continue Meanwhile the rush for employ ment continued Estimates placed the number of trailers and campers (Continued on Page our) OKLAHOMA Partly cloudy warmer in northwest portion to night Saturday mostly cloudy probably somewhat colder in north west portion ARKANSAS Partly cloudy little temperature change tonight and Saturday Somewhat unsettled tonight 'and Saturday slightly warmer in northeast tonight MISSOURI Unsettled tonight and Saturday local showers likely Wanner in east and north portions "Temperatures in Miami from 4 yesterday until 2 today: 4 pm 72 4 am 61 6 70 6 a 62 8 65 8 a in 60 10 '6410 a 68 midnight 62tnoon 74 a bl 61j at 78 BERLIN eb Alfred Ingemar Berndt vice chief of the German' press de partment today issued a wholesale defiant denial concerning develop ments ansing from Reichsfuehrer drastic shakeup leadership eb 4 Addressing the foreign pondentR corps on behalf Paul Joseph Goebbels minister of propaganda and Dr Otto Dietrich the Nazi press chief Berndt de clared Polish Jewish sources were responsible for reports which spread through Europe yesterday? These included supposed garrison upris ings 'impending further army changes the alleged flight abroad of the former crown prince street fights in Berlin and 'closing of Ger frontiers" Berndt said anyone who asserted that ield Marshal Werner Von Blomberg and Col Gen Werner Von ritsch had resigned as war minister and chief of staff respec tively for reasons other health were The Marriage When a British correspondent persisted "But the' field marriage (to 28 year old Erika Gruhn a daugh ter) have anything to do with" the Berndt replied: is a private matter and has rnothing to do with the leadership of the Berndt asserted emphatically: a single change has" been made in1 the army beyond those an nounced eb 4 and not' a single further change is contemplated Why speak of disagreements be tween the army and the political Such a thing is simp ly unthinkable in Germany German army is unpolitical Only this morning we read of big changes in the American army' We find these quite natural and we do not speculate on differences be tween the President and the gen erals (He referred evidently to Washington dispatches' stating many United States army generals are due for retirement this year) when we make changes everybody abroad thinks they can pick on 1 Rumanian Shakeup Resounds (Thus far investigation by the Associated Press Berlin staff and Associated Press reporters in sur rounding countries has shown no basis in fact for the reports) Government officials who worked into the late hours last night be cause of the rumors were confront ed also with problems surrounding the resignation of Premier Oc tavian cabinet in Rumania and the possible relationships the (Continued on Page euxL SMamiD aily News Record PACT EAR LINGER But Committee Refuses Quiz News Man on Story Of Anglo Accord WASHINGTON eb CfflL A fiery retired army officer ft today that national defense and the security of this country being made the football of Maj Gen Johnson Hagood whose retirement followed his temporary suspension by President Roosevelt for criticism of some administration policies told the House naval com mittee that Congress had been of the duty imposed on it by the Constitution to make ifhe 8 rules for regulation of the army and navy He said that' for the last hundred years it had let this paw er more and more into the hands of the i 5 result of it he said no one today knows for what purpose the land and naval forces are to be News Story Aired Hagood testified on the proposed $800000000 naval expansion short? ly after the committee had refused 14 to 2 to call Arthur Krock Krocjc Washington correspondent of the New York Tinies was to have been called to testify who had him the United States and British fleets would co operate" in the Pacific should the occasion demand This action was taken shortly be 1 fore President Roosevelt at his press conference expressed doubt today that he would have anything to say to Congress' in the near'fu ture on foreign affairs Earlier it was disclosed that the President had asked Congress for a supplementary $16880000 to strengthen the army Representative Brewster (R Me) offered a motion in' House naval committee to summon Krock Only one other member of the com mittee Representative a no (D Mo) supported Brewster Statement By President made his stated ment regarding foreign affairs af ter a question' as to whether he in tended to the expressed desire of Senator Johnson (R Cal) for more information on foreign af fairs When the chief executive said he could not answer the question in that form he was asked whether he would have anything to say to Con gress soon on the subject of for eign affairs Mr Roosevelt replied that he did not think so i Johnson has questioned Ameri can intentions in connection with the recommendation for $800000000 naval expansion pro gram The Californian has ex pressed doubt as to whether "the program was being carried out en tirely without any foreign alliances on the part of this country regard i ing its naval operations money was requested for the (Continued on Page our) a 4) if flHBr A I WkioK a 8.