The Journal Times from Racine, Wisconsin • 1

TIME i OBltfd Prs Aasoclated Press International News RACINE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 25, 1938. VOL. 99, No. 251. Tel.

Jockson 600 16 PAGES 4 CENTS RACINE JOURNAL i Racine Youth, I (5j Between lM(oJOT Off yrtafi a rn7 0 ninyny 0 1 i vrr rw i i a a Harassed by 45,000 Questions i 7 If I If 1 Garment and Pecan Industries Close Plants; Thousands Face Loss of Jobs in Tobacco Areas Telegraph Concern Lays Off Messenger Boys; Administrator Andrews Confident New Law Will Be "National Co-operative Movement" 5. mm if Second Man Flees in Darkness and Evades Capture One suspect was seized in a po lice trap at the West Racine service station at 10:19 p. Monday while a second, evading capture, fled into the darkness scorning a fusilade of shots fired by eight policemen. Held for questioning In connection with a 'burglary attempt at the station at La thro and Washington avenues fa William Tully, 20v 919 Eleventh street Dist Atty. Oscar M.

Edwards issued a warrant at noon charging Tully with breaking into and entering the West Racine service station. Police, and deputy sheriffs, who co-operated in the plant, scoured the city all night in futile search for. the second man, believed to be Sylvester Runis, Jr, 19, of 1422 Tenth street for whom afwarrant charging him with breaking and entering the West Racine service station also was issued. Third Warrant Issued. This morning police arrested a third man James Lutze, 30, of 3419 Nineteenth street, for whom a-warrant was issued charging him with burglary of the Fred Arndt tavern at 1126 North Main street Saturday night Loot totaled $30.

A of police led by Sergfc Joseph Konicek this morning made a canvass of the west Racine area but no blood stains were found to indicate that the man had been wounded in his flight Police Tipped Tipped off that an attempt would be made to crack the safe at the service station, police lay in wait Sunday and Monday nights. Their vigil ended at 10:19 p. m. i Monday night when two men ap proached the front door of the station, broke the glass, unlatched the door and Just then lights Jn the West Ha cine fire station went out and th pair, getting suspicious, left the place and went south on La thro avenue; Within five minutes they returned and again filtered th jv. In less than half a minute the two men had tussled the 500 pound safe through the door to the At a prearranged signal, police and! deputies planted in strategic points in the neighborhood, wen into Tully was taken into custody by Detectjve M.

Kowalsky and Deputy Sheriff Lester Kuchen-becker. Orie man fled south on Lathrop avenue in a hail of bullets was lost to sight in weedy vacant -lots near, the tennis courts at Thirteenth street and Lathrop avenue Police Chief Joins Chase. Even Chief of Police Arthur J. Muhlke and Officer Bernard Van Bree who went to the scene of action joined in the chase. Behind the scenes directing the plant was Lieut of Detectives Earl Olson.

With him in a squad car was Undersheriff Erying D. Col-ing. Lieut Olson stationed Detective Rudolph Bergerson and Sergt George Olson to the' east in the West Racine fire station. Detectives Lyle -George and Teddy Hodges at the Matthew Andis the" north, 3908 Washing ton and Detective M. J.

Kowalsky and Deputy Sheriff Lester Kuchenbecker to the south In the' Joseph Pias home at 1210 Lathrop avenue. -J" Police brought to" the station a coach, found on' Thirteenth street between Munroe and Lathrop ave nues, 'which contained a sledge hammer, flashlight and two pieces of i All Have Past Records, All three men held by police have past, records. Runis was sent to the St Charles industrial school when he was found guilty of receiving stolen property Feb. 12, 1937 but was released April 10. Tully was arrested and con victed on five; occasions.

He was placed on probation Sept; 22, 1936, on a larceny charge, .30 days, July 6, 1936, for reckless driving, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property -Feb. 25, 1937, -and was sentenced to six, months in jail and was found guilty on disorderly conduct warrants, May 9, 1938 and June 24, 1838. Lutze was sentenced to two years in Waupun for non support June 24, 1935 and then paroled but Aug. 11, 1931, "he was found guilty of robbery and served for one to two years in Waupun. I I.

WILL DISCUSS COLONIES -LONDON, Oct 25. (-Os wald Pirow, Union South Africa defense minister, disclosed he would visit Berlin soon to discuss. Germany's demands in Africa. Captured in Police Trap, Won't Talk LIEUT. EARL OLSO Suspect FRANCE TO RESUME SENDING CONVICTS TO DEVIL'S ISLAND PARIS, Oct.

25. (-T) The newspaper Paris Midi said Prtmier Edquard Daladier's government had deciH-4 to revive the practice of shipping French convicts to the dreaded French Guiana islands. It reported the practice, banned by Leon Blum when he became? premier in June, 1936, would be resumed Nov. 20, when the prison ship La Martiniere will transport prisoner from St. Lazaire fn its iron cages to the, three notorious islands, including Devii's inland, of South America.

Kent To Rule i r. Australians LONDON, Oct 25. lNS)-i-King George VI has selected his brother, the Duke of Kent, as the next governor general Of Australia, The appointment is expecjed to be announced officially tomorrow. The Duke of Kent will succeed Lord Gowrie, who retires in, November, 1939. Youngest surviving son of the late King George tlje Duke of Kent is a former naval man, serving in the West ndies station.

Resigning from thej navy in 1929 after a serious illnefes; he was the first member of the British royal family to occupy a desk in a government department joining the staff of the foreign ffice. He Was forced to resign that position, too, because of illness. I In 1934 he was married to -Princess Marina of Greece; they have a son and a daughter. Grady, Former Regent Of in Hospital MADISON, Oct 25, (JP) Atty. Daniel W.

Grady of Port age, former University of Wisconsin regent and state demo cratic leader, is receiving treatment at Wisconsin General hospital for an unannounced illness. He has been ailing for several weeks. 4 PLEAD NOT GUILTY -ALBUQUERQUE, N. Oct 25. (INS) Four of the 73 defendants indicted here by a federal ijgrand jury in a sensational WPA scandal entered pleas of not guilty in federal court.

The other 69 failed to jrnake pleas. i i All that night this continued. The next night he sat up, keeping watch. Finally he noticed ft hole in the ceiling. He ran upstairs, broke down a door and in the room above the! nuptial chamber found one of Teresina's former suitors holding a pitcher of water over a hole in the floor.

They ended up at the police station after their fight The rejected suitor said it was his way of getting revenge. He also was released after promising to leave the', honeymooners i i Si Summary War Machine Rolls On Another Echo of Governor's better Clairn to a Chbmpionship. THE Jap military machine move on with amazing speed. Last week it was Canton that fell. Today it is Hankow, commercial heart of central "China and emergency capital since the Japs capture of Nanking about 1 1 months "When are the Chinese go ing to start 'wearing down' their foes, as some of the experts have been promising?" asks the Deep Thinker at the next desk.

"It looks as though the Japs are taklnr China like the Yanks took the Cubs, with resistance decreasing as time wears on." But these things must be 'remembered as one reads about con- tinuffrt mUitarv virtnriM hv the sons or the Mikado: China is a vast country, and the invaders are moving along a narrow strip. On all sides of -that -strip is a hostile country, full of guerillas and irregular troops, that threaten the Japs' food and ammunition lines. The victories haven't been ac- "complished without great cost, in lives and money, to the So, though there are reports that Great Britain and Germany want to bring peace by "mediation," and mlfrht like to "partition" China as Czechoslovakia was partitioned," the Japs probably are as anxious- as anyone to bring an end to the "undeclared war." Hence they. won't hold quite ALL of the cards In the dip- lomatie game of take-as-, much-as-you-can and give- as-Iittle-as-posclble. FEW letters-have caused as much uproar as the one written by iov.

Philip LaFollette to those Jn Wisconsin. The echoes -keep growing instead of dying away. The day after the letters were sent out, the governor's cri tics let go a blast, chart inr him whh mlnr th Aid folks' misfortune to make political capital. Then the Wis- Miiiin Pnuntr Hoards iiu- eiation and the League of Municipalities took a crack at the governor's statement from the financial angle. A few days later Sen.

Harry Bolens (one of Mr. LaFollette's rivals for governor), tried to get the same mailing, list of pensioners. When the state pension department refused, Bolens charged that the pension rolls had become a "private sucker list" for the governor. And now comes an order from the Social Security board in Washington to make an inquiry into reports that names of old age pensioners are being used for political purposes in Wisconsin. The federal eovernment has a direct interest because it furnishes part of the pension money.

And since Gov. LaFollette has been, none too friendly toward the new deal lately, some folks in Washington undoubtedly wouldn't mind embarrassing him a little. THEN, in lighter vein on the local front is a personal note. It. conqems a claim by Guy Dixon and myself.

The claim is for the I boat-falling-out-of championship, md we stack pur performance Against all comers on the basis of form, speed and general results. So sure are we of our own ability that we're willing to tell possible rivals how a couple of champion boat-fall-er-out-ers operate. In a small skiff, we are parked Jn the rushes. Some ducks appear suddenly directly overhead. One of as stands up to- shoot, leaning slightly hark ward.

The other, thourh sitting down, is Interested In the same ducks, and leans in the same direction. "Here we go, Guy," says I. (That remark isn't entirely necessary, because Guy knows 'we are going just as well, as I do). But, anyway, the next second there we are, sitting in the marsh, with nice cool October water up to our armpits, an equally cool northwest breeze blowing, a boat half full of water and our guns on the bottom of the drink. The nearest dry land is more than a mile away (by pole and paddle through heavy going), and we have 75 miles to drive home in our wet clothes after we reach the car.

All of which, added togeth- er, may or may not explain why vi there laughing like a. couple of lame-brained goofs. But anyway, it shows under what circumstances axe made, SAN FRANCISCO The American Communications association ordered a "slowdown protest" by telegraph against the Postal company because of alleged "chiseling" under the 44 hour a week provision. Union officials said that operators throughout the country were refusing to send more than 20 mei-sages an hour; threatened to use sanie' tactics against Western if." Union, contends that company has arranged' schedule under which employes are working 46 hours, 15 minutes a week for same wages formerly received for 48 hors of work. SAN ANTONIO More than 15,000 worker? reported to have lost their jobs as result of shutdowns in pecan shelling and garment industries.

All 60 plants of pecan industry closed; between 2,500 and 5,000 garment workers reported idle. Owners of pecan shelling companies contend that they do not earn enough to meet the 25 cents an hour minimum wage, GREENVILLE, N. C. lieads of independent and ex porting tobacco companies estimat Lthat mostly women, will lose jobs permanent ly; predicted that between and 75,000,000 pounds of flue-cured tobacco, now stemmed in the United States, would be stemmed abroad as result of 25 cents an hour minimum wage. Exporters predicted increase in use of stemming machines, now used widely by domestic companies.

-Tobacco, workers already out of work in eastern North 'Carolina were estimated as follows: Greenville, Wilson, Oxford, 500; Kanstpn, Mount, 1,400. It was reported that an additional 1,500 would Jose their jobs. Andrews did not appear greatly concerned with these difficulties. He said that he was "sorry," but explained that congress had established a 25 cents, an hour minimum wage for all interstate industries which could not be suspended. MADISON WOMAN TO HEAD REGION CHICAGO, Oct.

25. MV-Martin P. Durkin, Illinois director of labor, said yesterday that Miss Maude Swett of Madison, would head the midwest regional office in Chicago for the administration of the wage-hour act. Durkin said Elmer J. Andrews, federall' administrator of the 'act, had selected Miss Swett for the post.

The state labor director said Miss Swett, now field director for woman and child labor for the state of Wisconsin, has had many years of experience in labor law administration. Hunter Drowns As Launch Tips HORICON, Wis, Oct 25. (JP) Irvin Beilfus, 40, drowned when the launch in which he and three companions had started a hunting trip, tipped over in the Rock river. His companions pulled his body from the water within three minutes but were unable to revive him. 1 Journal-Times Ftkoto WILLIAM TULLY won't talk.

Lyle Talbot, Actor, Burned Screen Star and His Guest Leap From Blazing Mansion BEVERLY HILLS, Oct 25. ONS) Lyle Talbot, handsome film leading man, was seriously burned about the head and body early this morning in a fire which gutted his pretentious home here, trapping the actor and a guest in upstairs rooms. Talbot escaped from the house by leaping 20feet to the ground from a bedroom window, his pajamas in flames. He was rushed to hos A' Guest Also Leaps. i Talbot's guest.

Franklin D. Par- ker, also an actor, also leaped from a window after receiving critical burns and was taken to the same hospital. 1 1m At the hospital attendants said the hair had been burned from Talbot's scalp. Parker's entire back was severely burned. Police said they learned a party had been in progress in the home until an early hour this morning, leading to a theory that the fire may have started in the living room from a burnrng cigaret.

Tidal Wave Peril Averted as Gale Changes Direction PROVIDENCE, R. Oct. 25. (U.R) A gale that narrowly, missed the Rhode. Island coast, passed out to sea, ending several hours of fright for residents of the Newport and Narragansett bay areas who had been warned that a tidal wave might swamp their The winds whipped up a four-foot tide on the southern tip of Rhode Island, but shifty to west erly, just before they reached the coast They had approached from the i southeast, and state police and coast guardsmen had gone from house to house warning ofJ the danger.

This sanie region suffered the worst devastation in last month's hurricane which killed 682 persons in New England. Government Violated Wage Law NEW YORK, Oct. 25. The United Federal Workers union (CIO) complained in a statement that the federal government, violated the wage-and-hour act in the case of "more than 1,000" mess-boysi aboard army transport The union said the messboys, mainly Filipinos, although paid 40 cents an hour, had work 12-hour shirts seven days a wek at sea and were laid off immediately when their ships reached port Czech Warplane Shot LONDON, Oct 25. (INS) Two Hungarian military airplanes attacked and shot down a Chechoslovakian warplane.

according to' a Reuter report from Prague, WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (U P-) Scattered- shutdowns in low-wage industries, a "slowdown protest" in communications, and unsettled demands for. exemptions face administrators of the new wage and hour Despite! these difficulties, wage-hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews is! confident that the law, effective since midnight Sunday, will become a national co-operative movement benefiting industry, labor and the public generally.

As the! second day of the operation of ihe fair labor standards act began, the following major problems existed throughout the country; i NEW YORK i Postal Telegraph company announced the layoff of 1,000 messengers f'to protect' the company's financial position." Andrews has not yet ruled on the company's petition to pay messengers less than the 25 cents an- hour minimum wage. Western Union announced compliance with the wage provision, affecting 10,000 messengers, pending Andrews' ruling. American Communications claiming to-represent mesnger4 or both companies, threatened a strike if the wage-hour provisions were not abidedjby. Washington Wallace asks business for "two-price" plan. support Page 3.

National Ford foresees welding of agriculture and industry; labor news. Page 7. Work -at football games or resign, 17 teachers are told at Massachusetts high school. Pare 3. Snite, paralysis victim, leaves for Florida.

Page 3. Actor Lyle Tolbot I and guest burned as star's home blazes. Wag e-'h our administration strikes industrial snag. Page 1. International Hitler puts price on peace, makes four demands on Paris and London.

Page 16. Japanese capture Hankow as Chinese army flees. Paces 1 and 16. Duke of Kent to be governor-general of Australia. Page-1.

Politics Political Listening Post. Page 1. Crime "Witch killer" faces trial; prosecutor doubts confessed slayer isl insane. Page 3. Features Comics.

j. Dorothy Dix. Radio programs. Miscellaneous Kenosha news. Page 11.

Page 6. Page 16. Page 7. Wisconsin News Notes. Page 7.

World News in Brief. Pare 16. Burlington news. "Page 10. County news.

Page 10. 'Phantom Forger' Gets Prison Terms MILWAUKEE, Oct 25. Municipal Judge Max W. Nohl sentenced Eugene Edward Sulli van, 54, known to police as the "phantom forger, to consecutive terms ins state prison of one to thsjee years and one to seven years. Detective Arthur Grundman testified that since 1933 Sullivan had obtained about 5450 from Milwau kee merchants by cashing worth less checks.

ELMER F. Relaxes after' Hankow Falls To Japanese City Abandoned by Chinese; New. Peace Move Is Rumored i (More details on Page 16.) SHANGHAI, Oct. 25. (U.R) Japanese troops entered Hankow this afternoon.

The Japanese advance guard sighted the city this morning, af'r storming the Wang-tl dyke five miles, down the Yangtze. Chinese troops jiad abandoned the emergency capital and the Japanese vanguard entered, to win their second great victory in a week. At Hankow the Japanese entered not only the emergency Chinese capital -but the great commercial center of all central China. 440 Miles from Coast. they entered Hankow, under iLeut.

Gen. Shunt oko Hata, the Japanese were about 440 miles by air line from the coast. But for the Chinese executive de partments had been established at Chungking, 620 miles to the west. There were increasing indica tions that some definite move to ward peace would be disclosed soon. It seemed fairly certain that Great Britain and Germany were trying to find a sway to mediate While the Japanese were holding every important seaport and key city inland, they actually held only small areas around the big cities.

Guerillas were constantly harass ing supply lines and isolated troops Chiang With Army. More important, the Chinese army, numbering more than 1.000, 000 trained men and an almost unlimited number of irregulars, was still intact. 'Further, it was asserted that the Chinese already had on hand sufficient munitions to last anywhere from several months to one year. i Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is at the front west of Hankow with the Chinese army and has decided to fight ion, it was an- nounced officially at Chungking, Chiang, with his wife and high off icers and of ficials of the government, left, -Hankow this morning by airplane after ordering abandonment of the i Chile Troops Ready; Gas Hurled at Voters SANTIAGO. Chile, Oct.

25. U.f0 Troops and, carabineers Vere confined to barracks for emerr gency duty after tear, gas bombs were; thrown among voters at the national election polls. Advices from many provincial polling places said that left-wing political groups had thrown tear gas at the right, wing voters. Similar out breaks occurred in many parts of Santiago, presumably in an effort to discourage rival political groups. ANDREWS a touch session.

Showing the strain he has un dergone in getting the new wages-and-hour law into oper-tion- he was bombarded with 25,000 mailed, 15,000 telephoned and 5,000 personal requests for information about the law Elmer administrator of the wages-and-hours division, is pictured as he relaxed in his office in Washington. To ing reporters, Andrews declared-the law would be no "lash over industry." Racine GENERAL Police trap burglar suspect at filling station; warrants issued for three. Page 1. Mayor attempts to settle school labor dispute. Page 4 Husher woman found guilty of selling malt beverage without a license.

Page 4. Racine amateur1 receives check for national prize winning pic ture. Page 5 Correction of U. S. monetary system advocated by club speaker.

Page 4 vvilliam Sid ley i paints 10-year picture of influence which he says Was exerted Tupon his mother. Pace 4. Buutn-xwtA issues mvi-i tations for membership meeting and includes ballots. Page 8. Auxiliary past commanders feted at Memorial hall.

Page 8. Child Conservation club members await interesting year of Page 8. SPORTS William Horlick high seeks new win record Friday night Page 12. Pittsburgh still rated No. i' in national football poll.

Page 13. Marquette meets undefeated Iowa State Saturday, Page 13. Vikings tie Milwaukee Hunga-, rians in 3-3. Page 12. Fordham renews series with Pittsburgh Saturday.

Page 13. State State health official and Milwaukee attorney face trial in $2,000 extortion case. Page 7. Corn crop biggest in state's history. Page 7.

Two brothers ambushed near Reedsburg; one slain. Pace 7. The Weather WISCONSIN I easing cloudiness, not so cool in east and south portions" tonight; Wednesday considerable "cloudiness and cooler. KAcrsc TEMrtsAixae Highest and lovect temperatures recorded during the 24 houra ended at p. m.

Mendar. Ort. tC 13S. Maximum J4 Ttmperatur since 4 D. m.

Morfaay. At 19 a. m. 1 Oct. irr.

Maximum 49, Minimum ,.9 SV7t and moo.v The sun will rise on Ort. 38 St 34 i a. m. and vill set at 03 p. m.

Tht i moon vill set at 7-JL s. m. News Re ve Ex-S i to rows Cold Water on Newly weds MILAN, Italy, Oct. 25. 0J.P The explanation Paolo Mottja gave at the police station sent him back to his bride, exonerated.

He and his bride, Teresina, he said, had retired the night of their wedding. The light was out Suddenly a drop of cold water struck his neck. He shouted, sprang from the bed and searched the room, but found nothing. But soon after he had returned to bed, the water struck hira again..