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THE WEATHER and cooler tonight and fall- and moderately warm Sunday. Sun 8:44 Sun VOL. No. 176 TIME OLE AN, NY Daily Entered Second Matter. Pogtolllce.

Olenn. N. t. ERALD for SMriwesfcn New fcrtkwesteni FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 26, 1940 6EOKESAYS: If you let your ftat ramtin vacant by forfeiting to ftdvcrtlM it in the Want Adi, you low money.

It JCM to advertlM thin carry a vacancy. PfllCE THREE CENTS High Winds Push Cool Weather East; Torpedo Boats Wage First Real Battle Hull Begins Campaign For American Pool Secretary of Agriculture. i having the inside track for Secretary of Agriculture Wallace's portfolio, "if. as and when" it is available, is Rep. Marvin Jones, of Amarillo, Tex.

As Chairman of House Agriculture Committee he has steered most New Deal farm bills through the House. Germans Admit Sinking Liner BERLIN--Germany admitted today the sinking of the French steamship Mckncs, with 1.300 French officers and soldiers and sailors aboard, but blamed it on Great Britain. The official News Agency, reporting the sinking, after several denials had been issued, said: British Government alone is responsible." saying that the German Government had received no request for safe conduct and no notification of the ship's sailing with Frenchmen who desired to return to France. In accordance with British orders, the official Agency saiU. French ships whose crews place themselves in British service must sail under the French the German Government had already informed the French Government that merchant ships under the French flag would fee mink as enemy craft after July 23 unless safe conduct was arranged.

Authenticity Of Letter Doybted NIAGARA FALLS--Police expressed doubt today of the authenticity of tne voluminous "crime confession" left behind by Jackson Brown, twenty-one. Boston, who ended his life yesterday br leaping from the ninth storv of Hotel Niagara- Brown's i listexl crime? committed in than Iirenly cities and totaling Joot at J20.000. It was addressed to Chicago police but the latter reported they had no record of the purported crimes Brown claimed to have committed in that city. Federal Bureau of Investigation authorities at Washington. a check of frown's said thr only crime recorded against Jiim was Washington holdup in French Leaders To Face Trial VICHY.

France Kigfcl TK- litical Joadtrs. jncJudin.c Tsvc former cabinet members, are to face IriV c.n of fleeing the cwan'ry sJianng ifiT the -far disasier tvhirh crushed Franr-e, it was made Xnown todav. HOBAJKT C. MOSTBE Uaiied SUM HAVANA--United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull took personal command today of a drive to obtain a convincing demonstration that the Western Hemisphere-'is united and prepared to defend its political and economic sovereignty. Hull's task was to obtain harmony among twenty-one republics represented at the conference American Foreign Ministers on a compromise declaration regarding the orphaned Western Hemisphere possessions of conquered European nations.

-SUCCESS SEEN Veteran American statesmen were agreed that Hull would succeed. Many diplomats privately assured the United Press that prospects were favorable for an agreement on major problems confronting the Americas, not only concerning the European colonies, but economic cooperation, settlement of all inter-American disputes and means of combating Nazi- Fascism-Communist fifth column and other subversive activities. With fifty-six separate proposals before the today began correlating them, into six or so resolutions representing the New World's position in the face of rapid changes in Europe and the Far East- Speedy agreement was anticipated on the United States sponsored resolution on economics and other hemispheric questions, but a fight was brewing over the United 1 States proposal that the Americas should establish a "collective trusteeship" over the orphan colonies. FILE OBJECTION The Argentine delegation, led by Dr. Lcopoldo Melo, filed .1 declaration objecting to any action affecting Dutch.

French and British colonies without giving- the inhabitants of these colonies tlie right of self-determination. The Argentines said Jamaica, a British colony, already had informed the conference that it must be consulted before any action could be taken by the American republics. The French National Government in Vichy bad announced that it -wwild 1 oppose any change in the status of its possessions in the Western Hemisphere.) Record Marks At Dansville DAXSV1LLE Heat records have become a daily occurrence in this Livingston cosinty village. A new high of 101 degrees in shade was reported by officials yesterday. The temperature was three degrees higher than ihc previous record which AVAS set Wednesday.

Vanquishes Nazis in first sea skirmish, off What may have been first attempted sea raid against England was thwarted when a single, swift-slashing motor torpedo that below routed six similar Nazi craft, according to a British Admiralty report. Communique Mud one German boat was put out of action and others "made off at high speed." I Bank Operates On Borrowed Funds SILVER CREEK--Treasurer Carl Griewisch of the Silver Creek National Bank insisted father ruefully today that- henceforth he would always distinguish between Wednesdays and Saturdays. Griewisch absent-mindedly set the bank Vault to reopen in thirty-six hours Wednesday afternoon when the institution closed for a half-holiday. As a result, the bank was forced to operate on borrowed funds yesterday with all cash, books. and deposit boxes locked securely in the vault.

TODAY'S WAR MOVES Am r.xpUmlion nfcut OB the Enrapeu frnvt mun, wh.t Ihcj pflrtfHil, presented lr nlliur.r writer. Court Rejects Story Of Ghost ANGELES Superior Judge Clarence M. Hanson refuses to listen to Dr. William A. Boycc accuse a ghost of stealing Mrs.

Boyce's love. So today the case of Boycc versus Boyce with the ghost. Sho-Sha. co-respondent, was returned to the docket for reassignment. Hanson said Dr.

Boyce was an intimate friend, and. therefore, he couldn't hear the case. Dr. Boyce said in his petition that two years ago Mrs. Boyce met Sho-Sha at a seance, became convinced that they had been lovers in previous incarnations, and were still soul mates.

Census Figures Mortify Mayor MOXTICELLO Mayor Luis De Hoyos was "mortified" by official census figures relegating Monticcllo to the second largest JO-ATI in Sullivan County, so today he planned his own census. The tentative Federal tally lists Liberty. X. as larger than the county scat by 159 pc sons. Short Enlistment Offered As Conscription Substitute WASHINGTON A proposal to reduce the army's voluntary enlistment periMJ from three years to one will offered to Uie Senate next substitute for the pending military conscription W31.

Arthur H. said this plan he offered, either Iry hirriSelf 'IT some other serw'w. H'- said it Tini; 3.0f»O.OftO men army vitJiin yesterday that he 3it3 not 3ieve the army had any netti for cojnrnjlsory military training or that it had sold pubiic. The SHhsii'wte jv plan and those still undecided. Thr Senate Military Affairs mmsniltec.

whicJa is conriderinc the compulsory sen-ice bill. wrote into it a seclion desipied tfl protect the jobs of men drafted into the army. An employer in interstate commerce who re- In rehirr a vorJser who had been drafted, sert as sn under Ihc Wac- J. W. T.

5IASO.V I'rrnit Extension of the Britisli blockftdc to Portugal and Spain is Great Britain's reply to agitations among pro- Nazi Spaniards for an attack against Gibraltar. Essential supplies are now locked out of the country, especially oil, without which a continuous offensive against Gibraltar would be difficult with slight hope of success. Great Britain, however, has agreed to allow Spain to import enough wheat for present consumption. This concession implies that the Spanish Government has no considerable quantity of grain in storage, which is another reason why Spain can ill afford to become a belligerent. The wheat supply, granted by Britain, would be cut off if General Franco succumbed to the extremists who want to assault Gibraltar and the Spanish people would go hungry from the firing 1 of the first gun.

CEASE DISCUSSIONS The German and Italian propaganda services have recently ceased to discuss impending 1 attacks on Gibraltar, as though there were little present hope that Spain could be induced to risk so grave an adventure. JThe Spaniards look longingly toward the Rock, but Great Britain's control of the seas makes the British fleet master of the situation. The wholo Atlantic and North Sea coast of Europe is now under British blockade, constituting Britain's tightened a ncninst Germany. Important Evidence of the increasing effect of the blockade is contained in the that Danish cattle if being slaughtered for food tinder German orders because there is not enough fodder to keen the animals as productive supplies for milk and butter. Denmark has not enough crazing land for her great dairy farms and has been accustomrtl import cattle fodder to sustain her herds.

Germany, likewise, has insufficient crass "for cattle year? before. the war German government forced to limit fodder. The British blockade, cutting off Danish supplies, has made the occupation of Denmark of no more than -use In Germany, as far as food concerned. HEALTH can he killed only onre. if they ne maintained alive in Denmark.

Gemany have 71 rif nuitrr and milk, which ate amnng the essential nwJs of the German people. Germany proba- Wy can obtain enough grain f-ominc winter by confiscating harvests in conquered henceforth milk, butter, and fats arc certain to be depleted with danger to the gen- lh of German peo- British Down i Twenty-Eight Nazi Planes Sa i the compulsory. fr: reir.stalesnen The to prevent the President frorri draftinsr men Cco- prcss had funds for this h- ptTTnst'ed to order i-epstra- lii'-r. lisjnc defrns' he ad T'R- power fhf Bn'jsh WwJt- 'if reveal itself vigor 9iii.nmrt and w.r.t'-r. reverse happen to tht German blockade of the British The rough autumn and winter m-enOwr in air and at sea increaJtes the of and air- cTaf.

Germany's only Attacks on Britiah 'ood peacetime draft will kiP 'Carried men. "Never in time of' peace." will the army draft call up men with dependents, declared Brig. Gen. William E. -Shedd.

The army's assistant chief of staff in charge of personnel is pictured making' his statement to the House Military Affairs Committee. hence will give Germany more trouble beginning with September when the calm summer weather off Great Britain begins to change. The British patrol ships, on blockade duty, for their part will have less difficulty evading German submarines and air bombing due to adverse weather hampering enemy attacks. Thus, the ending of summer calm should an intensification of the blockade of Germany, with he British sen offen- sive'increasing and the German offensive declining. Employment Peak Year Off WASHINGTON Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, reporting large increases in employment as a result of the national defense program, predicted today that the peak of employment would not be reached for at (bast a year on the basis of present defense She estimated that employment in non-agricultural industries on June 15 was POO.OOO more than year ago.

Return of another 1.000.000 men to work by fall now seems probable, other labor officials The increase in non-agricultural employment WAS almost entirely a result of the defense program. Miss Perkins said. She estimated thai 38.833.000 workers wore employed in such industries on June an increase of 233.000 over May and 000 over June 15. 1939. The Max- Jo June increase was more thnn double the normal seasonal increase.

By tailed Thundershowert; rumbled across the nation today and brought relief from a weeklong heat wave. Temperatures tumbled after the rain fell ui the northern tier of states and the U. S. Weather Bureau forecast that high winds would push the cooler weather zone eastward and westward in the wake of storms tpniglit an.1 tomorrow. The mercury fell to 66 degrees at Minneapolis, early today.

Two days ago Minneapolis had recorded 103 degrees. HAIL WITH WEATHER Wind and hail accompanied the cooler weather in some sections, but only minor damage was reported except in northern Illinois where power lines were damaged seriously. Utilities reported 1,500 breaks in service in that region, principally caused by lightning and falling trees. 'The cool zone extended as far south as the Ohio River Valley today and eastward over northern New York. Toward the southwest, the cool maw hrn! penetrated approximately to Oklahoma.

COAST CQ0L.EU- On the west coast, Oakland, Cal, reported 59 degrees today and Portland. 60. At Kansas City. the mercury wns at 80 and Dallas, 78. Louisville, reported "6 degrees.

New Orleans 78, Jacksonville. 79, Washington, D. T6 and New York City 72. The seven day hoi spell hail taken 321 lives in the nation before temperatures began to return to normal. Heat totaled 129 and drownings accounted for 192 deaths.

The total was expected to exceed 400. Stark May Get Post Of Farley WASHINGTON GOV. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri, one of President Roosevelt's close advisers, was reported in Senate, circles today to have the "pole position" in" the race for James A. Farley's job as postmaster general.

Farley, whose resignation as Democratic national ommittee chairman takes effect August may leave the cabinet at tin: end of next week, friends said. a prominent Missouri ljurseyinan and a leader in the i upset the Pcndergast political machine in Kansas City, has long been a close of Mr. Roosevelt. He was mentioned as a Democratic vice- presidential nominee in Chicago last Campaigns In Texas At End Japan May Cut Rubber Supply TOKYO--Japan may retaliating against the new DALLAS Texas' always spectacular gubernatorial campaign ended today and tomorrow the voters decide among Gov. O'Dnniel.

who won 3ast time with the slogan. "Ptaise pass the Oiscuits. pappy." other candidates. including Mrs. a Ferguson A.

B. Davis, known as "Cyclone." seemed O'Danirl's thief rival campaigning. In his last message If voters he said he ivould "eat earth worms, drinfc bjan-h w-Ater, sleep ro Johnson hay" to gel O'DanicJ cut of nffste. My WAI.I.ACT. A I'nili'd LONDON-- The first real battle of torpedo boats off the English coast was disclosed today as Great Britain renewed a stubborn and effective fight against Ger- niany's air and sea offensive.

Two more German bombing 1 planes were brought down up to mid-afternoon and the British trawler Fleming was sunk as the Nazis resumed aerial raids on coastal and land objectives that cost them an asserted loss of twenty-eight airplanes a record for the war in Uic previous twenty-four hours. DESTKOVERS DAMAGED The Admiralty admitted the damaging of two destroyers, including the Boreas, the sinking of five small ships and the damaging- of five others in a powerful German air attack on a convoy yesterday: (The Germans claimed to have sunk 11 out of 23 ships in the convoy and to have destroyed a total of 63,000 tons of ships). The trawler Fleming was hit" amidships and sank lion between two of our trawlers and four German dive bombers." the Admiralty said, but it was during the big battle over the British convoy yesterday that torpedo boats of both nations went into action in a major operation for the first time. BATTLE A CO.WOV Nino German boats and two British torpedo boats as well as two British destroyers-- presumably the Boreas were engaged in the battle around the convoy of twenty -one small vessels, according to the admiralty. It was during this battle that most of the twenty-eight German planes were brought clown.

Shortly after the. attacks by German planes in waves on the British convoy of twenty-one ships, the Admiralty said that nine German motor torpedo boats hnd been sighted proceeding U- attack the convoy. These swift. little bout." have been very active in the channel recently, having had one previous encounter with a British patrol, nnd having sunk the French steamship Mckncs with loss of possibly French navy officers and men. "Two of our destroyers and two of our motor torpcrdo boats at once proceeded to intercept and engage these enemy forces." the Admiralty said.

BOATS I'HASKO 'The enemy motor boats retired behind a smoke screen immediately upon si.sht- our forces. They were chased nnd engaged about fifteen minutes. "Damage inflicted on the cnc- jnv was not observed due to the sii-okc." The destroyers were then al- by Stuka 'iivc bomber? both were damaccd. There were sonic casualties on the Bor- e.i? The Admiralty denied German Conmwnd that ships in the convoy had been sunk ,1 lojal of tors lost, "The convoy conssslinj: 21 small coastal ve-ssels was escorted bv Hi" Ma5cstv trawlers and was'honvily a'ttnckod by SASCWSS- each of 00 aarcraft. thr Admiralty Mid small were "5.e J53d a tor.riage of 304 Or.e vessels.

nrrap by cutting off the United supply of rubber 1tm South it indicated today. publicists had Inr before ment of thf that Jspsn iit off American siipplirs from thr Kast Indies in ull'crd Amrn- 01 oJwlroction of policy 5s China. YxkScJwro rvffifn Of- -rkxr stpokwmaii. Jo comment on br- of lacfc of official informa- Jjon. but Jit said that jcovfrn- mtTit.

was isnw nvpotixtir.f; to oil Imports TTom East Indies. Rumania Will Moderate Territorial Concessions HAKKST. K-has agreed principle iate territonsl i-onf-essions snd Bulsaiia. at v.a. today, but hope 1h.it.

an with K'J. she nay at least p.vrt of the Brssarabian territory taken from her by Russia. The chief topic for discussion in diplomatic quarters was "he amount of territory- Germany ask Rximania lo rede and Hungary the onff rent started at. Aiisttw. Jfniay Nrtwcen Minister Mihail Koreicn Minister Vor.

It. that Gernuusy might diffica'ty in inducing Rumania to make frontier in Hungarj-'s and favor unless he made return by aiding Rr.rr.anU to rrtvvvr tfrjitorx- taXcn by Letters Bring Back Memory TORONTO, Ont. from relatives in Montreal aid mention of the name of his son. is said by the authorities to have restored the memory of Hariy Robert Hart, thirty-eight, a resident of Pittsburgh, who been confined here for the past week. Hart, whose family name is Max Goldenblatt.

told attendants at the Psychiatric Hospital here he was normal when he left Pittsburgh twelve days ago. He remembers riding to Hamilton and then suddenly he not remember who he was or he was going. Letters from his father. Sam- nrl Golder.blatt. and his sister.

Mrs. Moe Hercovitch. both of Montre.il. have helped to restart his memory. Hr will remain under observation for another week.

Patterson To Get Approval WASHINGTON A tiation leaders predicted today the Senate would approve quickly the nomination of Federal Judge Robert P- Patterson. Kcpublicas. to succct'il Louis Johnson ao As- fist.i:;t Secretary t-f War. Chairman Morris Shcppard cf Senate Miiitary Affairs Cosswitteo said no hearing would bo heM sinless a demand for one r.nde by the committee. There was little criticism ir.

the Ser.alc of the r.oniiaAtior. of Tatter so-, a friend of Ke- publican Sccrcwirrs- of War Her.ry there were ssv- expressions of reirrct st of wh( has supomsi'd the Tr.fbiiiZAtion izz for tie Former Inmate Seeks Damages SUFFALO-- George Pahl Pennsylvania prison inmate, sought S10.CW daisiages for an- Arrest today ffwn two at- of Buffalo office of ihr state lo.vr1. FaJii his complaint in tJW office yesterday. TV iisffniJanw. Koi-er: Kayjer iiays to reply.

Tne" Alleged tnat 1 the defcndsnia avin Fahj artvstcd for jr. Jsis imnrisoriTMest lor.