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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1989. REVEAL THETIS HAD PREVIOUS MISHAPS All Hope Abandoned for Sub, Despite Tappings vith, TED Around ASHBY THEN MAJ. MARTIN headquarters decided he bone at one and the same The major places the horn on a stand in front of him, steps on a foot pedal (his own invention), which operates the slide, clutches the accordion and goes to town. ACCORDING to the story, a resident Durham, N. reported to police the theft from his back porch of an aluminum roaster.

The police made a blotter report and relayed it to patrol cars. One copper called other wanted to And a third set Major, Watner to ask what know what a out in search of TAKING A SMACK at the inertia while other towns the Kansas City Journal says "Ten years ago Kansas City's of Cleveland or Des Moines." WATNER down at Salvation Army could play an accordion and a tromtime, he put his foot into it. Going to Think of Next? make of roadster was pilfered. Anroadster was doing on the back porch. an aluminum rooster.

Chamber of Commerce for alleged read of Kansas City's graft probe, editorially: reputation was as good as that THE mail: "Dear Mr. Ashby: You may be interested in the case of my dog, Bosko. He has TN always had a frustrated father complex. Yesterday he adopted three baby chickens, a leopard cub and a newspaper columnist. My pet raccoon i is a talented ballet dancer and reads the New Masses every day.

Yours for better animal stories, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." THE THEORY that you aged with that much A dough always carries two $100 bills. low Persian cat named Ginger home of G. A. Lindholme, 931 PARTICULAR DES Tails operation for hernia. Two stem.

"How's soandso One inquired. "Didn't you hear?" says the for hurricane." can't become very seriously discourin your pocket, Hub SAN Mulock If you've come across a yelthat can wink, it strayed from the Forty-second. MOINES fellow had just undergone friends of his met on the main other. "He just had an operation. MUSING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, saved by Jack Suttek, A Register and Tribune librarian, over a period of five years: Seatless U.

S. Herring Flies Senator Busy. Back to City. Plumbers Head Drop 5 Rum Hits Assembly. Cases Here.

Finds Harness Lumber Heads "In Iowa Well. Discuss Code. Mr. Dall Gets $5 Hog Returns Into a Pickle. To Iowa Again.

Quiz Broker Brick Head of After Death City Employes. Farm Funds Veto Hinted WASHINGTON, D. C. (P)--A report Saturday from usually wellinformed persons that President Roosevelt might veto the 000,000 agriculture department appropriations bill threw an added complication into congressional efforts to revise the tax structure. He is considering disapproving the farm measure, it was because the senate pending, wrote in 338 million dollars of unbudgeted farm benefit payments, without voting new taxes to finance them.

Congressional action on the measure has not yet been completed, but a joint senate-house conterence committee is expected to agree on retention of the benefit payments. If the president vetoes the bill, three courses of action will be open to the congress: Overriding the veto by a twothirds vote of both houses. Enacting an appropriation minus the unbudgeted benefits. Enacting taxes to meet benefit payments and then re-approving the outlays in a new appropriation measure. Secretary Wallace was reported to be using all his influence with the president to win approval of the farm measure.

Iowa's New Car Sales Show Gain Iowans purchased 19,061 new cars during the first four months of 1939, as compared with 14,338 for the like period of 1938. The gain was 4,723. Figures issued Saturday by the Iowa Automobile Dealers association show that April contributed 1,207 of the four-month gain. April sales this year were 6,279, as compared with 5,072 for April, 1938. 4 Children Die in Fire.

ST. JOHN PLANTATION, ME. (P)-Four children of Mr. and Mra. Oliver Pelletier, whose ages ranged from two to seven years, died Saturday in a fire which swept their home, 'We're Alive' Was Heard Submarine- Continued from Page 1.

of four men who had escaped Friday morning by the Davis "lung." Mysteries. Why more men failed to follow the four remained one of the many mysteries of the tragedy. Other mysteries- -discussed in pointed questions in the London press were why convoying vessels were not near the Thetis on such an early test operation, why she was not found until 15 hours after the search began, and why an air line was not made fast to the craft during an estimated 18 hours the men were believed to be alive after the vessel was found. Hope Flickered With rescue hopes abandoned, it was said operations would continue to try to salvage the Thetis. Even before the announcement that the men probably had died of gas, little hope had been held that they still were alive.

Naval experts calculated that air in the submarine would sustain the imprisoned men only until about 1:30 a. m. (6:30 p. m. Friday, Iowa time) -36 hours new craft made a trial dive in the Irish sea.

Some Hope. Some hope was raised even after this period expired when divers reported they heard faint tappings at 2 a. m. (7 p. m.

Friday, Iowa time) from within the submarine's stout walls. The tappings were in International Morse code: "Still alive." But as the hours passed without further indications of life aboard, hope was gone. Four men escaped Friday using Davis "lang" rescue equipment. Three others were' listed tentatively as dead in unsuccessful attempts to escape from the submarine 14 miles off Great Ormes head, in the Irish sea west of Liverpool. Her forward compartment was flooded.

Daring Attempt The first man to escape did so in a daring attempt to save his trapped companions without knowing whether help was at hand on the water's surface, rescuers disclosed Saturday. This first man up was Capt. H.P.K. Oram, who commanded the fifth submarine Flotilla, for which the Thetis was intended. After he came up, the other three proceeded after getting signals from rescuers.

"Captain Oram," said a seaman of one of the rescue ships "did not come up as a result of signal to the submarine. Those in the Thetis had no idea whether their position was known. "He was most surprised to find the destroyer Brazen there and to be picked up immediately." The Brazen had been about to give the service signal to the Thetis for abandoning the ship by detonating a number of charges under the water. "The signal was then given," the seaman continued, "and three more came to the surface, but no more. I was told that Captain Oram had left instructions to abandon the ship when the signal was heard.

"It seems pretty certain that after the last escape one of the doors of the escape chamber became jammed and no others could get out. "The air was very foul in the submarine and the older men were suffering. That is why Captain Oram decided to take a chance." Foul Air Even among the crowd of sorrowing relatives at the Cammell Laird offices, abandonment of hope was evident. The wife of Frank Shaw, one of the four men who escaped, quoted him as saying that even when he left the submarine Friday the air was foul "and getting dreadful." First Concern, Saturday morning, Shaw roused himself long enough to inquire about his companions. "Are the others safe?" were the first words he asked his wife when he awoke momentarily from a long sleep under the influence of sedatives.

He is suffering from gas and shock. Mrs. Shaw told him she did not know whether the would be rescued. He dropped to sleep others, again. Mrs.

Shaw was unable to explain how her husband happened to be chosen as one of the first to leave the Thetis. Mishaps R. S. Johnston, managing director of Cammell Laird, said the Thetis had been involved in previous though minor mishaps. "After one of her trials, she hit the front of our dock," Johnston said.

"On another occasion when we took her out for diving trials the gear, which THIS IS THE THETIS BEFORE TRAGEDY International News Photo, This is the recently completed and ill-fated submarine Thetis, of the British "Triton" class of underwater craft. IN COOK CASE New Jury Instruction Judge Replies To Question The Claude S. Cook arrived at a decause cision Saturday afternoon. It return a sealed verdict to be opened later. An additional instruction, regarding recommendations for clemency, was given Saturday by Judge Loy Ladd to the jury in the driving-while-intoxicated case of Claude S.

Cook. The case was given to the jury at 4 p. m. Friday and the jury resumed deliberations at 8 a. m.

Saturday after spending the night in sleeping quarters at the courthouse. The jury sent a written communication to the judge Saturday morning, asking if it was within the power of the jury to render a verdict of guilty with recommendation of clemency, and whether that form of verdict would have any weight in the subsequent sentence passed. Instruction. In his special instruction, Judge Ladd told the jury to sign the verdict form agreed upon, and make any desired recommendation on a separate paper, to be signed by the jury foreman or the individual jurors. The judge, in his instruction, did not advise the jury whether 8 clemency recommendation would carry any weight by him.

If found guilty, Cook can be fined from $300 to $1,000 or sentenced to one day to 12 months. or both. Confers With Two. Judge Ladd gave the added instruction after conferring with Defense Attorney George Faul and Assistant County Attorney Ralph Moore, who prosecuted the case. Cook was retried this term of court as a result of a jury disagreement in his first trial last January.

Exiled Albanians Going to France VERSAILLES, FRANCE (AP) Exiled King Zog and Queen Geraldine of Albania soon will sueceed another royal exile in the luxurious Chateau De La Maye in Versailles. Albania's former ruler has taken a three-month lease on the mansion where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who were married two years ago Saturday, lived for a time after postponement of their United States trip. Mrs. Harry J. Kizer Dies in California Mrs.

Harry J. Kizer, 61, the former Pearl Minkler of Des Moines, died Friday of heart disease at her home in North Hollywood, Cal. She had been ill two years. Mrs. Kizer had lived in California the last 15 years.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Katie Minkler, one daughter and three grandchildren, all of California. CALLED RECKLESS Driver, 21, Pays A $25 Fine Here Jack O. Komes, 21, whose address was given as 3903 Forest was fined $25 Saturday by Judge Don G. Allen on a reckless driving charge filed as result of an automobile accident earlier in the day.

Police said Komes was driver of an automobile which struck milk wagon at 2:38 a. m. Saturday on University ave. between Twenty-fourth and Twen-fifth streets. Emory Watkins, 51, of Altoona, driver of the milk wagon, suffered injuries to his back and arms.

Komes pleaded guilty to the reckless driving charge and paid the fine. Missing Boy Dies in Box EAST BRUNSWICK, N. J. (I.N.S.) -Seven-year-old Preston Raub, missing from his home since Tuesday, was found dead Saturday in an icebox in the cellar of his home, State police, who were in charge of the search for the boy, said he apparently had been playing in the icebox when the heavy top lid slipped down, locking him in the box. Death apparently was due to suffocation.

The ice box, of the type used in many small ice cream stores, is approximately three by four feet, with a hinged lid on top. The lid automatically locks when closed, and cannot be opened from inside the box. The boy's body was found by his grandfather. German Papers Play Up the Sub BERLIN, GERMANY (P) -Detailed dispatches relating attempts to rescue the trapped crew of the British submarine Thetis and late reports of diminishing hope for her crew filled German newspapers Saturday. The accounts received equal prominence with stories of the state visit of Prince Paul, regent of Jugoslavia.

Das Zwoelf Uhr called disaster a "terrible drama" and the Berliner Zeitung Am Mittag described it a.8 "the greatest submarine catastrophe of history." Conopus-Exchange Club to Hear Chase Jack Chase, announcer of radio station KSO, will discuss "The Importance of Radio" at the Monday noon meeting in Younkers tearoom of the Conopus-Exchange club. Jews Headed For Germany HAVANA, CUBA (R, -The German liner St. Louis, ordered out of Cuban waters Friday with 907 refugee German Jews forbidden to land here, proceeded slowly back toward Hamburg Saturday, the local representative of the Hamburg-Amerika disclosed. There WAS pending an offer of refuge from the Dominican Republic, with some details still to be worked out. Luis Clasing, Havana representative of the German line, said the St.

Louis was sailing slowly, waiting for the Dominican government to radio the captain by noon whether arrangements could be made to land the Jews at Santo Domingo, Dominican capital. Arturo De Spradel, secretary of state of the Dominican government, telephoned Nestor Poh, Havana consul, instructing him to offer the refugees a haven providing that each pay a $500 fee for permission to reside definitely in the country. High officials of the ship's offices here indicated a belief that St. Louis would not be changing its present course because they understood a majority of the refugees were unable to pay the requested amount. Failed.

The refugees, including 500 women and 150 children, were forbidden to land here because they failed to present Cuban consular visas, passports or labor department permits. They held only provisional permits of these immioffice to land passengers en route to the United States, but these nullified by a presidential decree. of May 5, nine days before the St. Louis left Hamburg. In Vera Cruz, Mexico, Saturday representatives of 104 Jewish imnigrants who arrived there Thursday after being refused permission to land at Havana, said they would proceed to the United States.

They were denied permission to land in Mexico. Pleads Not Guilty To Driving Charges Orval H. Halley, 41, whose address was given as 947 Eleventh pleaded not guilty before Judge Don G. Allen Saturday to a charge of driving while intoxicated. Halley, who was arrested by the state highway patrol one mile north of Des Moines on Highway 65, was released under $500 bond, pending hearing June 20.

YOUTH HEARS SENTENCE This was scene Saturday As Glen Ray Kidwell (center), 18, heard his sentence of not more than eight years in the highway slaying of W. L. Lowe. At his side were Arthur Buck (left), his attorney, and Walter Selvey, assistant -county attorney, Both 'Fronts' In the News LONDON, ENGLAND Signs of strength appeared Saturday both for the British-French and Italian-German fronts. Soviet Russia's reply to Britain's proposals for her participation in the British-French front was described by informed diplomatic sources Saturday as centering principally around "corrections" in the text in order to provide automatic guarantees for three Baltic states Latvia and Finland.

the diving, did not operate. So we postponed that and got the hydroplane in order." Civilians. Commenting on the large ber of civilian technicians aboard, Johnston said it was "not abnormal and she did not have more than her full complement. "It 1 is absolutely necessary to have a number of technicians on board when a submarine is car rying out her acceptance Criticism The average Briton openly coupled his sorrow with pointed questioning of the efficiency of the navy. That attitude and the significant viewpoints of his newspapers, which asked editorially why rescue operations were so slow, assured an investigation in keeping with the magnitude of the accident, Why didn't they act fast enough to cut a hole, when the tail could be seen for seven hours? Why didn't they try a diving bell? These were among questions frequently heard.

The British admiralty Saturday answered criticism with this statement: "The biggest experts in the country, with all the best available gear are on the spot and nothing more could have been done." Why No Hole Was Cut in Sub BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND (P) -A semi-official explanation issued Saturday said rescue workers considered cutting a hole in the stern of the sunken submarine Thetis during the many hours it was exposed Friday "but this was not found practicable." Only a tiny compartment was in that part of the stern exposed, the statement said, and if a hole had been cut and a water tight manhole inserted, it would have taken "some time." "Then the trapped men, many of whom by that time must have been in a weakened condition, would have had to climb up 8. steep incline and be dragged through the hole out of the compartment," the statement added. Not Time. "The tide allowed an hour or two for this work and it was not possible in the time. Any pronounced movement of the ship would have doomed the men instantly.

As it was, the stern actually did go down and did not come up again on the six o'clock (ebb) tide last evening. "The submarine was held only by her nose at the bottom and was moving about slightly under the influence of the very strong tide which runs at this spot. Eventually she toppled right over' and was not seen again from the surface. "An airline was ready in a rescue ship but the operation of cutting even a small hole in the stern and welding this line into it so that fresh air could be pumped to the men on board also would have taken longer than tidal conditions allowed. "Four men escaped by the Davis apparatus and it is understood those engaged in rescue work believe three other men lost their lives in attempting to escape.

"Davis compartments (for equalizing pressure before escaping) are at either end of the vessel and are principally for use when it is on an even keel. Rush. "In the Thetis, the four men who escaped had to crawl up the ship to the stern chamber, don their apparatus, open the door which admitted water slowly and then when the water was up to their necks open a second door which admitted a rush of water which shot them to the surface, "Captain Oram, one of those who left the submarine successfully, described his escape as a most nerve-wracking caperience." Term for Death of Iowan. McKINNEY. TEX.

(I.N,S.)John Burna faced a five-year term in the Texas atate penitentiary Saturday for the automobile killing of the Rev. P. B. Chenault, 35, of Waterloo, Ia. Burns WAI charged with murder in connection with the crash which occurred the night of Apr.

1. In Accord. Sources close to the French foreign office said Moscow negotiators were in accord with London and Paris on the advisability of 4 mutual assistance pact. In Tokio, a reliable source said the Japanese naval and war ministers had discussed details of military conversations with Italy and Germany. There were indications of compromise between advocates and opponents of Japanese participation in the new Italian-German military alliance.

Conscription. Britain began registering the 20-year-old men who are to be called up for military training in the first peace-time conscription in British history. Italian Premier Mussolini ordered 1,230 Italian aviators still in Spain to be back home by June 16. The order, Fascist spokesmen said, disproved reports that Italy planned to keep an air base in a Spain's Balearic islands, Refugees. The Belgian government decided Saturday to provide for about 3,000 Jewish refugees now living in concentration camps in Belgium, About 7,000 others are in the care of regular Jewish residents and refugee aid societies.

Work to Fasten Chains to Squalus Wait. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (AP)-Despite disheartening mishaps, officers directing salvage of the en United States submarine Squalus said Saturday they hoped to. begin tunneling early next week to clear a path to the craft's propeller struts.

The tunnels will permit the fixing of chains to the struts and attachment of pontoons for the first lifting effort in which the Squalus and the 26 dead men in her will be towed to shallower, warmer waters where divers will be able to work with less peril to their lives. Three divers narrowly escaped injury Friday in mishaps under the sea and a fourth was "lost" on the bottom for a time. Carrell Named By Bank Group F. J. Deutsche, Jr.

Rites on Sunday Funeral services for Fred J. Deutsche, 53, of 3418 Kingman will be at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Fremont, Methodist church. The body will be at Dunn's funeral home Saturday evening and Sunday morning.

Mr. Deutsche, salesman for the Universal Atlas Cement died Friday afternoon at Ivy, following a heart attack. Mr. Deutsche is survived by his widow, three children, his mother and a sister. Customs Court Change Is Told Judge Frederick W.

Dallinger, New York, N. will conduct the annual customs court here instead of Judge Jerry B. Sullivan, 80, former Des Moines tician, according to Miss Mabel Gittinger, collector of customs. Judge Sullivan had been scheduled to have the court here this week but it has been postponed until July 3. No reason for the change was given, Miss Gittinger said.

WINS PRIZE (The Tribune's lowa News Service.) 10 WA CITY- -Kenneth Scholes, Des Moines, has been awarded the $500 Sanxay prize for graduate study at the University of Iowa for the coming school year. He la a student of English. Ross M. Carrell, president of Thrift, was elected chairman of the board of the American Industrial Bankers association, which met in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week. The Des Moines man was president of the organization last year and had been active as 8 member of the board for a number of years.

The association 18 made up of most ROSS M. CARRELL. of the industrial banks of the United States, Hawaii and three provinces of Canada. Treat Benjamin Polk At Iowa Methodist Benjamin Polk, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Polk, 3700 Grand is being treated at Iowa Methodist hospital, where he was taken Thursday. His physician, Dr. L. E. Kelley, said the exact nature of the illness is not known.

His condition, hospital attendants said, is improved. J. J. Brown Seeking Labor Office Again J. Brown, Dubuque, nounced Saturday he is a candidate for re-election as secretarytreasurer of the Iowa State Federation of Labor.

Brown, a member of organized labor for 35 years, pointed out the election will be during the federation'8 convention at Dubuque June 13 to 16. Kay W. Hunt Dies At California Home Kay W. Hunt died May 26 at his home in Pasadena, of a heart attack. His widow is Mrs.

Beatrice Bice Hunt, formerly of Des Moines. Mr. Hunt is survived also by two sons, Buel Hunt of Berkeley, and Corwin Hunt of dena. RECORDINGS Have a record made today in Mid wests finest exclusive recording studio. Phone for appointment.

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