The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 1

VOL. XXX NO. 11 THE ESCANABA DAILY PRESS IA ssociaifd rpss I. fashd irf fws frvice KSCANABA, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938 Pl.NINSUI I FADING (li PAGES) SINGLK COPY FLOOD WATERS RISE AT Roosevelt Says He's No Dictator EUROPE HUGE WAR MACHINE, SAYS HOOVER AMERICA WARNED TO KKBP FREE OF TREATIES Now York. March 31 Describing Kuropo a war former Prwldpnt Hoover tonight for United "absolute independence of political action tin world and adequate pre- poredness" tho best of keeping out of another world war.

Speaking before tbo Council on Foreign about his tour of fourteen European countries, Hoover said be had found "moat in Kurope I need that we would be Inevitably drawn into the next great war in the UuL" Democracies On Defensive people build confident Railroads Propose Unified Control Of All Transportation Washington. March 31 The nation railroads, throiich a spokesman who termed their situ aflfin proposed uni fled control of all transportation today a way out of the dilemma. In meantime, there were two affecting the A bill to limit freight to 70 was killed, and were drafted in establish a special unemployment insurance for railroad Home railroad men believed that the report of three members of the commerce commission. appointed by President Hoosevelt to emergency means of Improving railroad con would made public shortly. The president yesterday he noon would a tnengage on the apparently with a to at The Association of American including all one roads, made the appeal for unified control through It.

V. I'M- Where Flood Waters Threaten Highway US-2 hope upon he every cher, its general counsel, lie paid of this picture should harden airplane well rail and high our that we keep out of other people's in Kurope need to be convinced that thia our policy. MI find in many quarters of ope and some In America an that, an racy is endangered by the of dictatorships and authoritariitn governments. therefore democrat should join in some of mutual taking for protective set ion. were greatly stimulated and encouraged bv word quarantine from shores.

Such If sincere. Involve more than mere good Anything honest in that direction Implies the pledge of of Joint military or economic action bv the with other We well blunt about it Avoid Alliances "If we join with other two powerful democrat les. r.r«*at ain and France, we are cnguglng ourselves In an alliance directed nralnst Germany and Italy and all satellites they can collect. Rut we are doing more than Great Rritain her own national and imperial and Any commitment of will mean that we are dragged into poll Prance her own alliances and her own policies, including an alliance with Russia. We would be supporting Stalin.

"Put more than all this, we would be fostering the thing that tan happen to civilisation, that the building up of a war between government faiths or Ideologies, a combination of democ racies would at onco result In combining the autocraclea the democracies It could have all the hide- elements of old religious wars. have none of It. If world to keep peace then we must keep peace with as well as with popular The of government which other pAIIH through in working out their destinies not our business. Statement Praised On the other hand. Hoover said, the United States "both the obligation and the interest to ganise and Join in the collective (Continued on Two) way transportation should be under the of the l.C.C.

Insurance Plan Association officials were elated at the killing of the bill to limit train lengths. They had contended it would by $125,000,000 a year. Railway labor advocated the bill as a tnea- to employment and The Interstate commerce committee voted 14 to 7. however, not to report out the bill, which had passed the senate. 'il unemployment Inauranee for rsll were drawn by Senator Wagner Representative (D-Obiol.

Their legislation would tax railroad i pay up to $300 a month at 3 per cent, the levy to he pahl by the It would remove railroad employes from state unemployment insurance systems. Ruilroad Isbor executives favor such a program, contending wotkersln Interstate commerce are not adequately protected. WEATHER MICHIGAN: Fresh gnd northwest winds; partly cloudy Friday, probably flurries extreme north portion. UlWKR MICHIGAN: Cloudy in north, partly cloudy in south, slightly colder in east portion Friday; Saturday fair and armer. I PPKH MICHIGAN: Cloudy with snow colder in central and Friday; Saturday partly cloudy with ritdiig teniprratare.

At Low Last M. 24 Hours KSCANARA Ml Yesterday Alpena Los Angeles. 4 8 Ludington 40 Chicago-----4 2 Cincinnati 60 Miami ---------74 Cleveland 60 Milwaukee 38 6 P. 30 24 58 New Orleans 74 28 New York 4 2 5 8 Parry Sound 50 ttalveston St. dr.

Rapids 46 Salt Lake 2 8 3 8 Frisco ............44 70 Soo. Mich. 46 Denver ------Detroit------- Duluth------Evansville Green Bay Jacksonville. hgnwMNTPy Washinglou- CHINESE FIGHT BLOODY BATTLE Broadswords (lash With Bayonets as Japs Try to Take Key Town Shanghai. April 1 (Friday) fighting surged through the barricaded streets of wang today with the succews of drive toward Suchow hanging on the outcome.

About 10,000 wielded big against the bayonets of an equal Japaneso force in primitive contact fighting. Hand grenades and machine-gun fire at 50 yards also played a very deadly part in the fierco battle which has continued for Japaneso reported they held the northeast and northwest corners of the little city, much of which was lu flumes. Talerchwang is on a branch railroad east of the main line, the Tient- sln-Pukow, on the coastal side of the central front, Japanese acknowledged, however, they forced to wav through sucido barricaded to take the city, on tho Hue of their south of Suchow, where the Tlentsin- Pukow and east-west Lunghai trunk Intersect. Both attempted flanking break the froutul anese declared three Chinese divi-' trapped at Ikow, ten miles northeast of Talerchwang, between Japanese forces closing in front Lini aud those attacking Talerchwang. State highway crews worked frantically last night to stem the of the Rapid River and Whitefish as they flowed highway CS-2 a mile east ol Rapid River as shown above.

Sand failed to back the flood, which undermined Heavy trucks not permitted to cross the danger spot. the concr. so that it sank IS Inches. tiailjr Phnta BESIST BEBELS, SPANIABDS TOLD Popular Front Calls for 150,000 Volunteers to Defend Catalonia Tornado Toll 35 Dead; South Pekin Loss Heavy P.arceloua."'!a»ch* The Catalay tit of trade and political parties issued a call tonight for 100.non volunteers and 50.000 fortification builders to defend Catalonia from Spanish Insurgents. The call after president of this autonomous northeastern corner of Spain, broadcast an appeal to his people to 1st, already have entered inces of Catalonia in I heir eastward drive toward the Mediterranean.

On the northern Spanish frontier, thousands of and militiamen streamed across the border of government Spain, seeking haven In France.) The popular front call for volunteers quotsd Insurgents as saying the real war has and commented: Catalans, coslalists. com munisls, and intellectuals know what those mean. "They know that this ferocious threat means slavery and death. A hundred volunteers must march quickly a glorious popular army to defied our Military activity In Barcelona increased. Stricter military orgun- of the police force was announced with the appointment of Paulino Gomez, a socallst, as director of the seguridad, a force of uniformed guards numbering about 20.000.

Mareial Hernandex Vazquez was named director of the Cara- bineros uniformed cuito ms guards numbering 80,000. Insurgent planes bombed towns near Rarcelona today, killing five persons and wounding 20 at Ma taro. Many former P.Hcanaha now tnako their homes In South Pekin. which was in the center of the area hit by torna- hall and which slashed destructive paths tnrough five Wednesday. Nearly lifty families moved there from th: ity mi uhen lhe go and North We-iern railway set up railway yards and shops at South Pekin.

tornado which descended on South Pekin struck live o'cloc Wednesday afternoon, anel swept directly through I lice i.ill- way property there. The blown from the general office building. Ci. II. Zimmerman, vision superintendent, red a broken urm In crash and K.

P. Rraden, trainmaster, a broken arm aud shoulder blade. The railway's roundhouse was destroyed. INCOME LEVIES ABE DEFEATED LaFollette's Perennial Proposal Fails Again in U. S.

Senate Breakup Is Early In Duluth Harbor; Wind Carries Ice Lie Detector Test Brings Confession Kast March 31 Lieut. Harold Mulbar of tho state police said today that John Sibley. 24, of Iosco county, had confessed au attempted assault on a school teacher near Tawas city Tuesday. He said the confession was made after Sibley had submitted to a test. State planned to return Sibley to Tawas City tonight and to briug back hare later to question him about the slaying of Robert Kenyon, of Detroit, who whs slain In June, 1936, near where the alleged attack ou the schoo i icacker occurred.

Duluth. March 31. A 32-mlle west wind sent harbor and ice speeding out of sight in efforts to I during the night. Coast guards- deadlock. men reported today they unable to see any lco from their lookout tower.

The breakup came 14 clavs than Iasi season. Commander Albert Swenson of the hydrographic said. The steamer Wiuyah which usually the first trip out of the Duluth harbor will not leave for Isle Hoyale until April 15. the breakup, It was announced at the H. Christianson and Son this morning.

Marine insurance does not go into effect here until thut date. Fires At Parents; Father, Mother Hit Paw March HI Houtou, was questioned Thursday in connection with the shooting of Mr. und Mrs. Arthur Scott at Almena. llouton said he fired his shotgun into the air to frighten the children.

Mrs. Scott was wouuded in the aud her husbund iu the lakoulder. Washington, March 31 Senator Follettes perennial II lu apply tile 1 11 11 largo segments of the population now exempt failed again today when tho senate finance committee voted against it, 0 to 8. The Wisionsln Progresaive had proposed to brlug 1,400,000 persona wlthiu the taxable bra. kets by reducing the present exemption from to $2,000 for married persons, and from to $800 for single Individuals.

He also wanted to surtax rates on Incomes between and $40,000, but failed the same one-vote margin. Favoring tho two La suggestions, estimated tJ yield $273,000,000 a year, live Democrats, two Hcpublh'sns und La Folletto. Seven Democrats aud two Republicans opposed. Thy nuance committee wound up its work today on hou-e-ap proved revenue bill and an anti to send the measure to tho floor early next Chairman Harrison said the measure, as altered by hh committee, would raise $23,000,000 more revenue than tho 33o.ooo,ouo estimated lor the house measure. The committee bill carries no trace of the controversial undistributed proiits tax and contains a drastically-modified version of the house-approved capital gains tax Dog Bites Students And Dies Of Rabies Ann Arbor Dr.

Herbert W. Kuiorson. director of the In stitute. Thursday ad vised four lul- versity of Michigan students take pasteur treatments. A they had played with i died of rabUs.

All four were metn hers of Tau Kappa KpsiIon fra turuity. Word recelvetl here yesterday from Mr. and Mrs. J. A.

Mr- Farland, former local residents related to Mrs. Fred Raymond of city, that their in South Pekin was damaged by tho storm but the family was unhurt. Olh'-r South Pcklu who went from Kscanalm include Mr. a ml Mrs. Hugh Lyons, Mr.

and Mrs. Waiter Finch, Chris Buckley, Hcdsten and P. CL Tonne. Tho group of Kscanabn people who moved to South Pekin when the Southern Illinois division of the North Western was set up in 13 liret up quarters lu The town built up as they came In and began building homes oi their own. FKW HOMKM KSCAPK Pekiu.

March 31 Troops and Red Cross workers sped to aid of the tossed communities of central Illinois tonight. As relief moved into tho area, a survey showed 12 dcud, more than loo injured and damage of approximately $1,000,000 in the regions raked by twin storms late yesterday. Cjov. Ilenfy Horner sent pany of 1.10 Infantry of Illinois National ttuard from Peoria to South Pekin at tho request of Sheriff Ralph Qoar. Major John Wansbrough was placed In command.

The soldiers wero assigntMl to rehabilitation duty although It was decided It was not necessary to declare martial law in the ked Simultaneously, the American Rod Cross assumed lull renponsl- bilily for the immoiliate of tho storm victims and dispatched disaster workers to blighted towns. They found ultnost complete desolation In South kin, a lago of 1.200 population befoj the tornado turned it into a shambles. Only a half do 4 house's on tho extreme fringe tho twister. No Kleeirlc Litflih Tho homeless residents crowded into few houses or found temporary shedter In Pekin. Voluntc rs fed refugees iti tho community although the uppe story hud bee ripped away.

Water kegs, brought from Springfield, up ou street on Two) Zeppelin Service To 17. S. Doomed By Helium lieffulation Washington, March 31 (A1) German airship service to United appeal doomed tonight following publication of strict regulations governing the sale of American helium to foreigners. Persons to German embassy said the rules Issued by department of the interior, with the approval of President Roosevelt, were so drastic lhat Germany might refuse to accept them. Germany has try inu to buy fireproof helium to fill a dirigible which would in trans Atlantic service.

This country has a virtual monopoly on the safe gas. CHIEF OF WP A SEEN AS NEXT IN PRESIDENCY HOUSE FOES reorganization MEASURE Washington, March 31. The aim of tho Roosevelt Ixaiion bill to build up Harry Rep (D-O.) charged todaV to halt effort to through the house. President RooseveR command of Tor bill iu an that to dictator, laimtieek arose on of the bouse to vision creating a new of public welfare. Ilulldiiia t'p Machine He said Hopkins, the chief.

would the partment, perhaps woo'd come the president, tinning new deal the bill. Brutality By Police Claimed In Detroit Screw Plant Strike DELUGE BORES UNDER BED QT HIGHWAY Ik? LIGHT ALLOWED eel, an octopus-llke relief been building become permanent and most force in S. for many years to the boy of the administration." 0 neck wants The reason Is he right. He also spends rlghi His been giving away other 01 ey.M Smiling For The debate over tho bill by a desperate time the part of ihe that, spokesmen might have an opportufjd to make their views on known to their congress. Beateu 202 to 143 on many as a (tho vole was ou a motion ,0 up the billi they made their the postponement of a until next so that and including the Charles K.

Coughlin, might stream of telegrams flowini 11 house officer building. To that they adopted bust tactics whenever stringent rules of the house permit. In one instance, point of no quorum had made, numbers of could seen trooping ini11 1 cloakrooms, before a count 1 be taken by chair. Bankhead pronounced mrm be-rs, barest of present, and a roll call ordinarily consumes 45 was Latter SHawi President denial tatorahip desires, small of this at Warm Springs, (ia topic of conversation iMrnlt. Msrrh 51 The marked violent union pickets snd 19X police at Ihe gates of the Federal today to cPy ou nc 11 union throneed to reaotntloM nantfiig what they Ic brutal HANGER SPOT II7 I Approfimately 200 The rembinM wf pse il hesr Homer Murfln.

rSMt hjrh thmir Mak, the I niiect Workm nlirv I nion, demand that lie L'H-J st prohibit the ufe of Rapid mrlke hrewkers were aPewwt B5S throeth the water hlthwey, Were rrnne nut upon the Hiretchinr out t.rfd the Rapid and ale a boiilde of the frisbwsv sad irttfinth if brT a as bad slowly seat The rspery loadly when It offlials defended action of police nereaeary to maintsin pesre defSlN of in the riiy balldlng ia the event sr emergency The council tabled anion's one roanctltnan ventured the opinion ilmi they would stay tabled inns while." snd ihe rona- rii union around city ball, ortean Works, of five te HHa I Inde) for seti aient end of ssad iemiwd polke aed bave fm4 (nfpemr I in tbe ibst wben polka se- rotted non uno or ont of plani. line of ibe men in last nlgbt )t, negro, ronditloa wtib a spina 4Sd A pbyekien said that Keeaa may dm pel lo Iba roenrtl locgsy ImieeiHI a Ilai of bmialMlen NO-UMIT NAVY RICE IS BEGUN Inilcd IHaranfa (litter on li Mani If (I inietwaimiial lo st a beo Ibe JM ifoety lo Ji af molo Nell lo Hm aod lo Hm I gai km. ilmm tairoikoi ai a nolo fonon Hvfiaia mg lo agmtliMar mg eoi io boMd a il orni Haiti 4e e-. 9 Iba OM la poKasiag lasaiistg Il I ana ibai imo io a towf lioalt io lo iomm og la Il Igea I ceaamut aief io of ibe twa4 1 io eaftf tag rMi li Ml I lai! a (M ai imtel tteiek Mi i daofi oo tbo miwr I mm If PMb ilmjl pniJo tbo bignwor sag lu MMi et pow mi I is i iapff gai. ile peCM ni wfcWfcW imi u.1* um nig omet msn ibo 'bai mm mgeo ti4i I om al aaod ria aa4 ma iba I Ibfntafb aoc log, Ion ito imi loi tesg TU Tossomb lia booa mm ni.

I vS- oaimo HiMinaSlId a04 leosg 1 1 vl r. ut dictatorship desires. Issued um imMoa aa te po un tfMVf jiioo la badi on OIL DEAL HITS MEXICANS HARD 4.50 to 4.70 to Dollar; No Letup in Nationalism ib a iti be A Serum Ih at hi. In I iila liter taut To Ne cm HigO et'giog ao aaks geaooM ilo I a gam a i aita jaj a ui mm a we be lai I to 1 toa I os maiift mi 4 I( aa I nr llrotl Hi aa a 11 it to al i aril Mexico rily, March 31 more rcallxutIon of diffb'ult economic lonuy to tempered 1,1 nationalism by 1 Kovernment's expropriation 1 1400,000,000 foreign There wa.i evidence a in support vt average Mexican for Lazar do Carden.ts and his Mexico for cans" program. economic cipitated by feeling was that some way would be found pay for the 17 American and tlsh petroleum companies over.

In unofficial tratliiiR. eloaed to 1.70 to the States dollar, a slishl meut over IIOtltlOlB I The deallnys condudod bunks, t'enl' Hank of has ib aliugs The peso, at 3.GO dollar before fell sharply after decrease4 issued aud the I'nited nouncfd it discontinuing cliiujca oi Icxicau silvur. 3 art ram mmitf as tstoj op Ttos I loeaoo off loneof iam os ta I oaaAoOe 1 ai I sm Itargt Iffoioi Jiso Far siabbtma Lattar Hoard Rent. Il uti Pau I Hot-alt to 44c a Hall la Tbr to alioa I I stoa until It pf Ibo os im lot 4 r. 4.4 totca sbl tool oe a tom a ll'toofftes 10 a sscgiag Iko Arioo I a sto ao mo i 00 I a I lasmol a sg an ilUOAk suit Het.

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