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relief except in possible thunder showers tomorrow. Warm Night He said that tonight again would be uncomfortably warm although the temperature is expected to drop to 72 degrees, several degrees lower than last night. Thunderstorms which skirted the city brought some relief from the heat yesterday. The gathering clouds halted the mercury's rise at 94 degrees, one below the TJ VP VI fine Hav'c mavlmnm Ten died yesterday. Two others drowned and three were killed by lightning.

SPHiI.AIjFI.PHIANS PLAY FOR STATE AMATEUR TITLE Kpan Dnnnpllv Ilsinor Rnr Ma w. a i i i it 1 rowea uuds meets uun McCullough By Associated Press Lancaster, July 10. Two Phila delphians, Kean Donnelly and "Duff" McCullough, advanced to the finals of the State amateur golf championship tourney at the Lancaster Country Club today. Donnelly beat Steve Kovach of Kittanning 2 up, while McCul Vioff (Continued on Page 16) DIGEST of the Day's NEWS Honolulu Hope for safety of Amelia Earhart and her com panion diminishes. Cleveland Ohio guardsmen grad ually withdrawn as peace is re stored to steel strike centers.

Los Angeles Hollywood's most popular golfer is held as ban dit. Shanghai Chinese patriots de mand war upon Japan. Los Angeles Mae West's hubby may sue her manager for love London France threatens to nnpn hnrrlpr fnr arm? chinmpntc mio apain neutrality policy is not settled. Washington Foes of Roosevelt court revision plan apparently hold whip hand. St.

Louis Mother of four children held as slayer of brother in insurance plot. atcnntir Tli vac mmn i yl Tavnvn iuvc ail LCH CIO plotting with Japanese. Washington Van Devanter en joys farm life. Heat wave will continue in city weatherman forecasts. Steelton physician injured in auto and truck crash.

Railroad employe wins suit for compensation. Directors re oppoint school staffs, CONTENTS Page Church News 2 General News 3 Radio 4 Society 4 Local News 5 Hollywood Column 6 Editorial 6 Woman's Amusement 8 Legislative Newi 8 Picture Page 11 Sports 12 13 Obituaries 16 Serial Story 17 Comics 3 7 10 17 Elasnfied 14 15 Scattered storms sent the down in some parts of the State last night but weather bu reau forecasts indicated the relief would be only temporary. Heat Victims Deaths from heat yesterday were: William Y. Hilyard, 70, retired West Chester merchant. Mrs.

Sadie Y. Walley, 72, Spring City. Thomas W. Jackson, 30, Wayne, a Pennsylvania Railroad inspector working near Norristown. William Rodgers, 41, Norristown.

William D. Steel, 78, Beaver county farmer. i Matthew Ellis, 46, New Brighton, who collapsed while working in an Ellwood City plant. Stanko Yapich, who was work ing in a Midland steel plant. Fred C.

Krout, 84, York Haven Frank Dziwich, 58, Allentown. Benjamin Brown, 41, who was (Continued on Page 16) WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER IN INSURANCE PLOT Mother of Four Is Silent When Faced by Fratricide Charges By Associated Press St. Louis, July 10. A 37 year old mother of four children, accused as the slayer of her brother a few hours before he was to have been married, remained calm and taciturn in. the city jail here to day as the state of Illinois pre' pared to ask for her extradition in what Chief of Detectives John J.

Carroll described as an "in surance killing." Youth Also Held State's Attorney Fred Bier of Clair county, Illinois, where the slaying is alleged to have oc curred, said he would "take im i mediate steps" to claim Mrs. Ma rie Porter of St. Louis for trial on murder charges in connection with the death early Saturday of William Kappen, 38, St. Louis electrician. Also in jail here in Anthony Ralph Giancola, 21, who, Chief Carroll said, accused Mrs.

Porter of the slaying and told of being present when Kappen was shot. The detective chief announced Giancola said Mrs. Porter had often said if Kappen married his wife would be the beneficiary of his S3300 insurance and she "couldn't let that happen." Chief Carroll and State's attorney Bier said Giancola had repeated the statement in the presence of Mrs. Porter but that her only remark was a blunt: "What he is saying is all lies. I have nothing more to say." SURE TOHAVESHINE AS HE TAKES POLISH WITH PATC OF SHOES Joshua Granison, 16.

Cowden street, near Verbeke was expected to oe given a hearing this after noon in police curt on a charee oi larceny. Police said that Grani son last night stole a pair of shoes. nve cans oi snoe polish and two brushes from the Kormushoff shoe repair shop, 1121 North Third street. 4 GIRL FALLS 10 FEET FROM ROOF OF PORCH Falling ten feet from the rear porch roof at her home this morn ing, Laura Swails, 6. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Swails, 333 Boyd street, was seriously injured Taken to the Polyclinic Hosoital she was admitted after physicians found that she was suffering from possioie internal injuries and a possible injured back. rays were expected to be taken this afternoon. Her condition, the hos pital said, lair, I Queer Quips By Associated Press MLLE. MODISTE Hoaquiam, Wash.

She'd rather stay in jail. Released after serving a term for drunken driving, a woman prisoner asked if she couldn't stay until dark. She wasn't wearing formal aft ernoon street clothes, she ex plained. STAND IN FOR STAND IN Hollywood. The director was looking around for a girl who resembled Beverly Roberts enough to play the role of her stand in in a picture about movie making.

His eye lit on Jane Grant. "She'll do," he said. Miss Grant is Miss Roberts' reg ular stand in, taking her place on the set while lights and cameras are being adjusted. PEDAL ARMAMENT Pekin, 111. Richard A.

Hodg son charged in a divorce complaint thai he was compelled to buy twin beds because of his wife's "cruel treatment." His complaint said his wife, Carrie, permitted her toe nails to grow long so she could scratch him. GENTLE PERSUASION Racine, Wis. Frank Kraawaski, 59, had a club in one hand and a hatchet in the other when police brought him to the station for an accounting. Frank explained to Municipal Judge E. R.

Burges. that he had been out collecting bills. He was ordered to jail for 20 days to ponder less novel ways of persuading debtors. NO INTEREST? Lowaen, ia. No holdup man told Sam Kinney to "cough up his cash," but he did it anyhow.

Several years ago Kinney swal lowed a ten cent piece while per forming a coin trick at a party. He felt no ill effects. Six years and two months later he suffered a coughing spell and up came the dime. 1 PREFERS HIS DOG TO HOME AND WIFE By Associated Press London, July 10. William Frank James of Fulham, South London, used to have a wife and a racing greyhound.

Today he has a racing greyhound. Mrs. James told a magistrate her husband gambled and spent considerable time at dog tracks "If he gave up his dog it might keep him away from racing," she sobbed. ine magistrate gave James a fortnight to weigh his choice between his wife and the dog. Yesterday he announced he would stick to the dog.

A separa tion order was granted and James was told to pay his wile six dollars a week, WEATHER FAIR HARRISBUEG Final Home EDITION Founded 1831 Vol. CVII No. 163 18 PAGES Daily, except Sunday. Entered as Second Clan Matter at the Post Office at Harrisburg. HARRISBURG, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1937 ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARRISBURG SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS nope tor Mrhart Rescue Is Dwindling Rapidly in su WW mm TELEGRAP KM Heait Wave Will Cloiifcmiie DEATH TOLL GROWS, SLIGHT RELIEF IS BROUGHT BY STORMS Ten Deaths Blamed on Hot Weather; Two Drowning Victims; Lancaster County Man Killed by Lightning TEMPERATURE SOARING AGAIN The summer's first heat wave went into its fourth day with a ii .1 rnA aeam ion 01 in ine aiaie anu little promise of relief from temperatures in the high nineties for Harrisburg and throughout Pennsylvania.

The mercury here stood at 90 degrees at noon and was still climbing. Weatherman C. S. Ling, who predicted it will go at least to 93, saw little prospect of This it Frank Wallace tcho went to court and proved that in 1911 he became the groom of Mae If est. film then.

Wallace has sued for a judgment affirming hit ttatus at her husband. Buxom Mae West of the films admitted in court, after several public denials, that back in 1911 she married Frank Wallace, vaudeville actor, at Milwaukee. MAE WEST SILENT AS ATTORNEY FOR HUSBAND THREATENS Los Angeles, July 10 Threat of suit charging him with stealing the love of Screen Siren Mae West from her forgotten husband confronted James Timony, the act iess' manager, today. Avery M. Bloupt, Los Angeles attorney for Frank Wallace, the "long lost" husband, said he was waiting word from Wallace's New York counsel before pressing alienation of affections action.

"We have received no directions to proceed," Blount said. "But in case the marriage question is not settled, we plan such action. We are expecting word from Mr. Wal lace's attorney in New in seclusion Miss West finally admitted Wed nesday that she married Wallace, song and dance man, in Milwaukee back in 1911. She denied Wallace's claim that they lived together four years.

Miss West, scheduled to appear FRANCE READY TO LEND SUPPORT TO MADRID ARMY Early Solution of Neutrality Policy Demanded by Paris Government By Associated Press London, July 10. The Spanish neutrality question, a fretful baby whom the 26 other non interventionist natidhs found too troublesome to handle, was placed gingerly in Britain's lap today. Paris' Attitude France intimated that unless a formula is reached she might throw open her Spanish frontier to passage of arms and men "be ginning next week." France favors the Spanish government cause and such action would aid the Madrid Valencia regime. Italy and Germany have turned down the Anglo French scheme to extend a patrol of British and French warcraft to cover all of Spain's coast and fill a gap left when the Berlin and Rome gov' ernments withdrew their patrol ships last month. 4 BOY RUNS INTO AUTO Running into the side of a moving automobile in Seventh street, near Maclay, today, Jackie Krei der, 5, son of Mrs.

Helen Krei der, 2005 North Seventh street, suffered a bruised right leg and sprained right ankle. He was treated at the Polyclinic Hospital. City police said the drive of the automobile was William O. Shaffer, 53, 2339 Logan street. in court yesterday to answer questions about her marriage, did not show up.

The court ruled it was all right in view of her admission of the marriage. Counsel for Wallace, however, declared they would start new deposition proceedings to compel the actress to say whether she actually lived with Wallace as his wife. To Ask Accounting "We're going to keep after Miss West until we prove that she lived as the real wife of Wallace from 1911 to 1915?" Blount de clared. The attorney added that Wallace will probably ask for an account ing of community property. The elusive Miss West was still "in seclusion" today, as she has been since filing her answer.

Ever since her motion picture debut, Timothy has been her constant escort. OHIO TO REMOVE TROOPS AS STRIKE CRISIS IS PASSED Tension Lessens With Many Workers Returning to Steel Mills By Associated Press Cleveland, July 10, UP) Charges and counter charges reverberated through the steel strike zones today as withdrawal of troops gave indications of lessening tension on the Ohio sector. Some 300 National Guardsmen moved out of Akron, Ohio, as quietly as they had entered last Monday. The move was not an nounced officially, but an officer said he did not believe replacements were planned. Many Go Home Earlier troop forces had been reduced at Canton, Warren and Youngstown.

Guardsmen moved out of the strike centers were sent either to Cleveland, home of many of 'them, or to Camp Perry for training periods. There has been no strike' at Akron, but military officials said the men were held there because of it proximity to steel trouble spots. Aroused spokesmen of the committee for industrial organization and its affilate, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, re plied with stinging phrases to Wil liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who said in Washington Thurs day that "stupid blunders" by the CIO leadership, had "lost" The steel strikes. NO CLUE IS FOUND OF MISSING PLANE ON OCEAN ISLANDS Days of Failure Discourage Men Seeking Famous Woman Pilot By Associated Press Honolulu, July 10. Three Navy planes were ordered catapulted over the major group of the Phoenix Islands today in a search which naval officers said would probably reveal whether Amelia Earhart is still alive.

The battleship Colorado's search' ing planes, shooting into the air at 12.30 p. Eastern Standard Time, were directed to sweep over Enderbury, Phoenix, Birnie and Sydney Islands. Shore patrols from the mine' sweeper Swan were ordered comb Canton, largest of the Phoe nix Islands, while the planes scout otli possible refuges of Miss Ear hart and Fred Noonan, navigator of her round the world plane. missing eight days. Hope Dwindles The two ships set a rendezvous miles south of Canton at 4.30 p.

Eastern Standard Time, to refuel the minesweeper. The Col (Continued on Page 16) SPANISH REBELS HOPE TO BLAST OUT MADRID DEFENDERS By Associated Press Burgos, Spain, July 10. Gen eraussimo rrancisco francos air armada roared across Spain to day from this and other Insurgent bases in a terrific effort to smash Madrid western salient. One hundred bombing planes mighty tri motored craft carrying tons of explosives and 150 ma chine gunning pursuit? ships were 1 t. i otuvc in me upeiauuius, wmuii centered on the Madrid front.

It was aerial warfare of a scope greater than anything seen in the northern phase of the conflict in recent months and possibly the greatest show of strength by Fran cc's armada in his whole military campaign, a week short of one year old. The scale of the Insurgent aerial drive bore out reports reaching here that the Madrid salient a tank protected army estimated at 30,000 men was being exposed to terrific blasting from the sky. 1 MOSCOW PLANS TWO MORE FLIGHTS OVER WORLD'S TOP TO U. S. By Associated Press Moscow, July 10 Two more Soviet Polar flights to the United States have been planned, one to begin as soon as weather is favor able and the second to follow probably within a month, it was disclosed today.

The success of last month's hop to California inspired completed plans for the additional flights. The famous Soviet long dis tance flyer, Mikhail Gromoff and two companions, will comprise the first crew. Sigismund Levahevsky, who res cued James Mattern from the SI berian wastes when he cracked up on a world girdling hop sev eral years ago, disclosed that he would make the following flight probably before the month is up. 4 MRS. ROOSEVELT DOES NOT WANT PRESIDENT TO SEEK THIRD TERM By Associated Press Hyde Park, N.

July 10. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt "hopes" her husband will not seek a third term as President of the United States. So she told the Franklin Roosevelt Home Town Club, which she addressed here last night.

"I hope not," was Mrs. Roose velt's emphatic reply, when one of the Home Towners asked during a question and answer session if she believed the President would be a candidate for re election. FILM ENCELEGAL San Francisco, July 10, VP) The state Supreme Court ruled today that use of sound motion pictures in jury trials is legal. The court refused the appeal of Robert Hays, convicted of manslaughter who appealed on the ground that showing of a film of his confession deprived him of constitutional rights. 3000 GO ON STRIKE Cannonsburg, July 10, JP) A strike of 3000 employes closed the plants of the Continental Can Company and its subsidiary, the Standard Tinplate Company, JAPAN'S INVASION AROUSES IRE OF NATION'S LEADERS Fighting Is Renewed After Another Armistice When Peace Was Promised CHINESE TROOPS RETREATING By Associated Press Peiping, July 10.

Fighting oe tween Chinese and Japanese forces broke out again today in the vicinity of Wanpingshien village, ten miles west of here. Shanghai, July 10 Chinese Nationalists today urged immediate war on Japan as a result of the clash between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping, while diplomats sought a pacific solution of the Sino Japanese crisis. Japanese newspapers in Shanghai reported the National Salvationists, a patriotic group headed by Mme. Sun Yat Sen, telegraphed General Gung Cheh Yuan, chairman of the Hopei Chahar Council, asserting "China should fight Japan immediately." Another group, the Democratic DENTIST INJURED AS TRUCK RAMS STEELTON STORE Dr. Cornelius Dailey Cut in Freak Early Morning Crash A Steelton dentist suffered slight injury early today when his car was struck by a trailer truck at Front and Pine streets, then ricocheted into a store build ing, knocked down a concrete wall, broke a plate glass window and caused other damage totaling $2650.

Dr. Cornelius Dailey, 340 Pine street, was returning home from an early morning call when a trailer truck operated by Walter McAlister, 731 Fourth street, New Kensington, struck Dailey's car, The trailer truck leaped to the curb, crashed through a cellar door then struck the confectionery store of Emanuel Hileris, 109 North Front street, breaking the window, and demolishing a wooden booth where customers are served, its speed sun un checked, the truck continued along the pavement and crashed into a concrete wall at the home of John W. Porr, 117 North Front street, damaging the wall and breaking off an iron fence which surmounted it. Dr. Dailey was cut about the chin and went to the office of his uncle, Dr.

William P. Dailey, dep uty coroner, for treatment. Ross owner of the store building which was struck esti mated his loss at $1000, while the trailer truck damage will exceed the driver said. Dr. Dailey's machine was wrecked to the ex tent of $150, he estimated.

BROTHERS INJURED AS SCAFFOLD BREAKS Two brothers were injured, one seriously, when the scaffold on which they were working in Col onial Park broke about 7:30 o'clock this morning and they plunged 18 feet to the ground. Both were admitted to the Polyclinic Hos pital. They were: John Krehhng, 21, 410 South Second street, Steelton, possible internal injuries, bruises the lower chest and left ab domen and slight shock, and Henry Krehling, 26, Lebanon, frac tured left ankle, possible fractured leg and body bruises. The men were carpenters and were engaged in building a house. A third brother, Daniel Krehl ing, 410 South Second street, Steel ton, employed at the same place, brought the injured men to the hospital.

They were working on house, hospital attaches re ported. WARM SUMMER WEEK FORECAST By Associated Press THE weather outlook for the period beginning Monday: Occasional local showers Monday or Tuesday and on Wednesday, then generally fair. Temperature above normal first half of week and about normal latter half. Salvationists including 300 businessmen and teachers, sent messages to Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, General Sung, and other leaders asking war against Japan. In Nanking, Foreign Minister Wang Chung Hui, who hurriedly returned from the summer capital at Kuling, plunged into a study of the incident that resulted in a two day near Marco Polo Bridge, west of Peiping.

Japanese said ten of their were killed and 22 injured in the affray. There were heavy Chinese casualties. Firiag broke out about midnight Wednesday between two bodies of troops near where Japanese military forces were engaged in war games. Under the Boxer treaty Japan keeps some 7000 soldiers in the Peiping area. FOES OF ROOSEVELT COURT REVISION GET SUM MARGIN Believe They Can Muster Enough Senate Votes to Kill Measure July 10.

Opponents of the Roosevelt court bill held a sum margin today in a n'ck and neck race for publicly committed Senate votes. Forty Senators have announced they will fight the Administration compromise; 39 openly have pledged support. This left the balance of power, the close of the first week's de late, with 17 Senators. Some of these have stated their views privately and some told no one how they will vote. 44 Pledged Opposition leaders said they had a minimum of 44 votes pledged.

If the Administration gathered all the rest, it would have 52. Some friends of the bill asserted they had 54 votes lined up, but others said the figure was closer to 50. If all Senators answer the roll call, it will take 49 votes to pass the 1 SIGN COMMERCIAL TREATY Paris, July 10, (JP) France and Germany today signed a commercial and financial treaty to' be ef fective for two years. THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH "Telephone the Telegraph" 41U Just Say "Charge If 120 Merchandise JewelryWatches GENUINE CAMEO BROOCH, 2 fine diamonds. A $50 value at half price during July.

C. M. Dubs, 17th Derry Sts. Ph. 3 6325.

Thousands of people scan the classified columns every day seeking better values, better positions, better property values and various other features these pages offer. Typical of the variation of offerings is that of the above. C. M. Dubs, a consistent user of classified ads, offers a $50 value at one half cost.

This is but one of dozens of savings that can be accomplished under the heading of JEWELRY WATCHES. Follow the classified pages every day for the best representation in all lines of merchandise for sale. Supremacy: THE HARR1SBLRG TELEGRAPH Prints, regularly, more Classified "Want" Ads than any other Hr risburf newspapers. Number of Lines Published July 9th TELEGRAPH 3377 Other Two Papers 2495 Vi THE WEATHER Saturday, July 10, 1937. Harrisburg and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, not quite so warm tonight.

Lowest temperature tonight about 71 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, probably preceded by local thunder showers In east portion this afternoon or early tonight; not quite so warm tonight. River: River stages will fall slowly tonight and Sunday with a stage of about 3.6 feet at Harrlsbure limit. morning,.

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