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U. S. Ship 'Catches9 Fortune On Its Last Trip From Lisbon Officers Believe Floating Mass It Found Is Ambergris Worth $2,000,000 Jersey City, N. May 26. The American export liner Sibo ney, completing her last Atlantic trip in commercial service before becoming a United States Army transport, arrived from Lisbon today with a probable fortune fish ed from mid ocean perhaps $2, 000,000 worth of ambergris.

Capt. Wenzel Habel said he thought assays would identify the white 3 ton mass floating 300 miles east of Bermuda as am bergris, a valuable whale secretion used in perfume making. Representatives of a soap com pany told ship's officers that ambergris was worth $25 an ounce and that if the catch were ambergris, it would probably be valued at $2,400000 more than three times the reported value of the Siboney. The 6938 ton ship, operated by American Export under charter from the Cuba Mail Line, its owner, brought 342 passengers including 262 alien war refugees. At Bermuda, British officers removed Cornelius Wout, said to be a citizen of The Netherlands, and Frederick Ruckert, 32, a German, bound for Washington.

Prairie Dogs Wreck Runways at Airport Taos, N. May 26., You've heard of a moth eaten sweater well, prairie dogs did the same to an airport. Expecting an air visitor, Custodian Ivan Kimsey went to inspect the field. The dogs had set up housekeeping in the runways. The plane bumped its way over the mounds to a safe landing, however.

Injured City and Shore Girls Enjoy Circus Ringside Seats Child in Hospital For Almost Tivo Years Forgets Pain When Clowns Perfo Legislature Gets Ready To Quit Soon Budget and Relief to Oc cupy the Sessions This Week The Democratic House floor leader predicted today that before the week is over, measures covering every item in his party's legislative program will have been sent to tne benate with House ap proval, in preparation for a mid June adjournment. "I doubt if we'll have a pro gram measure left in the House when we go home this week," said Leo A. Achterman (D. Mon roe), leader of the House ma jority. "Of course, most of our time this week will be devoted to budget and relief." The Senate convenes at 3.30 p.

m. (EST) and the House at 8 p. m. Achterman said he thought the Governor's two year relief appropriation bill for $131,390,000 would be given preference over (Please Turn to Page 9, CoL 5) Youth Killed By Automobile Stopped Along Highway to Help Another Messenger Fix Bicycle Services for Lester Leroy Steig ler, 20, 18 Shady Lane, Enola, a messenger struck and killed by an auto yesterday in Wormleys burg, will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m.

at the Musselman funeral home, 324 Hummel avenue, Le moyne. The Rev. Harry Kuse, Enola United Brethren Church, will officiate with burial in Rolling Green Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night after 7. Steigler was struck as he stopped his motor bike along Route (Please Turn to Page 9, Col.

4) ed in City Raid Queen Mother Is 74 Today London, May 26. Queen Mother Mary observed her 74th birthday anniversary today in the west country where she has been residing since the war started. The widow of King George maintains a steady schedule of visits to badly bombed cities, rest centers and army units. Always interested in the theatre, she finds an outlet for this interest in attending troop theatres, entertainments organized for war funds and children's plays. Occasionally she makes a trip to London, to lunch the King and Queen in Buckingham Palace where she presided for more than 25 years.

rm Ten year old Laura Kirby and six year old i Nauss, patients in the children's ward at the Harrisburg Hospital, today were guests at the Circus. The Big Top, with its clowns, trapeze artists, and wild animals, completely thrilled the two girls, and made them forget temporarily, their painful injuries. The youngsters were accompanied by Miss Katheryn Booth, social service worker at the hospital. An exciting trip through city streets in the hospital's ambulance, then ringside seats at the Ringling Brothers "biggest show on earth" was an unusual treat for the two little girls. Laura, of 2220 Brookwood street, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. George Kirby, has been a patient in the hospital since July 16, 1939. In the two years she has been there she has won the hearts of the nurses and internes who attend her. Playing with matches, her clothes caught fire, and caused (Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 3) Circus Brings New Thrills With Gargantuas Headliners Fairyland Fantasy and New Menagerie Top Long Program; Two Shows Here The State Farm Show grounds was a mecca for thousands of Harrisburgers who arose long before their accustomed time on Sunday for the circus was in town.

Interested spectators thronged the grounds from parlv morn ing until late at night as an entire city virtually sprang into being in a short space of time. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus, travel ins on four lone, silvpr pnamplprl trains, streamlined anew in rtH and gold rolled onto the sidings irom Philadelphia and the arrival of the first sentidn was arpptpri with cheers by many small boys because they saw "free tickets" in sight. And all they had to do was heln with the nilines and tent riggings and of course there was water to be carried for the 50 elephants. Aside from the manv thrills of fered those "bovs" whose sees ranged even above the "three score (Please Turn to Page 20, Col. 3) Iraq Leaders Flee British For a Refuge In Turkey Premier Also Reported Ready to Leave Country After Setbacks FIGHTING GOES ON By Associated Press Ankara, Turkey, May 26 Reports suggesting that the two month old Iraq government of Premier Rashid Ali Al Gailani might be breaking up under the stress of three weeks of fighting against the British circulated today in Ankara.

Simultaneously a telegram to the Turkish agricultural bank said 10,000 Arabs had rioted and looted in Basra, endangering $2,000000 worth of American farm machinery purchased for' Turkish cooperatives and awaiting delivery on Basra docks. (There was no immediate indication as to whether the riots were (Please Turn to Page 12, Col. 5) State Rests In Trial of Judge Davis Witnesses Tell of Conferences With Former Magnate By Associated Press Philadelphia, May 26. The government rested its case today against retired U. S.

Circuit Court Judge J. Warren Davis and Morgan S. Kaufman, former bank ruptcy referee, after witnesses testified that Davis met a bank rupt movie magnate in a New York hotel last March 17. Both are charged with con spiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the United States. Frances Egan, a chambermaid at the Governor Clinton Hotel in (Please Turn to Page 12, Col.

5) Supreme Court Opens Spring Session Here ligh Tribunal Hears Condemned Slayer's Appeal Perkins' Tax Case The State Supreme Court open ed its spring session in. the Capitol today with the appeal of a former short order cook condemned to die for the slaying of Mrs. Ethel Angier Atkins at the top of a list of 31 cases. William J. "Whitey" Earnest, 35, asked the court to set aside the jury verdict of last December which found him guilty of beat ing Mrs.

Atkins to death in an (Please Turn to Page 12, Col. 6) CIRCUS DAY PROGRAM Location; State Farm Show ds, Cameron and Maclay streets. Super Features: Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua, Fairyland Fantasy, "Old King Cole and Mother Goose," a Grand Finale a Pan American, patriotic bombshell, Alfred Court's three huge, mixed groups of performing wild animals.

Performances: 2.15 and 8.15 with doors open at 1 and 7 p. to menagerie, horse fair tent, Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua's tent and big top, all connecting. innovations: Keaesignea menagerie, poleless gorilla tent, radically changed midway and front, restyled big top interior.

1 NAZI COMMANDER A Ber communique said Admiral Guenther Luefjens (above) was the commander of the "German naval forces which sank the battle cruiser Hood. Convoys Mean 'Act of Germans Warn Nazi Grand Admiral Says His Navy Will Keep Sup plies From Britain By Associated Press Berlin, 'May 26. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder's warning that American convoys for con traband" to England would be an "open war act" which would be met by the guns of the German navy, if necessary removed "all possibility of misunderstanding over the significance of convoys and what Germany holds to be an act of war," authoritative sources declared today. The statement of the commander in chief of the Germany navy, made in an interview with Domei, Japanese news agency, "puts in precise technical language what has been generally known for some time, especially through the Fuehrer's words, in the opinion of the Wilhelmstrasse. Raeder described the American patrol system as "aggressive" and said German warships would be justified in engaging any Ameri can naval units trying to protect (Please Turn to Page 9, Col.

7) Service Center For Soldiers Opens in City Mrs. Elizabeth Martin in Charge of Headquarters at 211 Locust Soldiers stationed in this area now have a Service Men's Center. Established by the community in an effort to make men in service feel welcome here, the Center, 211 Locust street, was opened today. John T. Harris, member of the Local Defense Recreation and Welfare Committee in charge, revealed this morning that Mrs.

Elizabeth Martin will serve as executive director. The Local Defense Committee, under the chairmanship of Colonel Samuel W. Fleming, opened the completed Center at 2 o'clock. Officers from the encampments came into the city to participate in the opening meeting and to see (Please Turn to Page 12, Cot 3) FDR Approves Farm Parity New Law Provides Crop Loans Up to 85 Per Cent, of 1909 1914 Index By Associated Press Washington, May 26. President Roosevelt signed today legislation providing for loans on major farm crops of 85 per cent, of parity but declared that he had done so with the understanding that farm prices should not be permitted to go above the so called parity level.

The legislation provides for mandatory loans on cotton, corn, wheat, rice and tobacco. Mr. Roosevelt said the legislation reflected the government's (Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 1) HAREISBURG i TELEGEAPH 1 WEATHER CLOUDY FINAL. HOME Founded 1831 6 VOL.

CXI No. 124 20 PAGES Daily Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class Hatter at the Post Office at Harrisburg HARRISBURG, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1941 Only Evenioo Associated Press Newspaper in SINGLE COPIES Harrisburg. News Around the Clock THREE CENTS nn Ml? LRJ 1 Al 2i Police Report Grace Street Woman Gets Phone Call Informant Sought After Patrolman Listens on Extension in Residence SIX TO FACE CHARGES City and State Motor Police raiding an elaborately furnished apartment In Grace street, south of Market, did not believe the story told by the alleged proprietress she had been warned of a possible visit by police within a day or two. While the raiders were at work the telephone rang and when the woman answered it one of the policeman intercepted the call, listening in on an extension.

According to police a man calling himself "Fred" told the woman over the telephone that police were about to raid the place. Police today are seeking the man "Fred" who evidently knows what he is talking about and the officials are trying to learn how such important news leaks out. Police said the women arrested, all held on statutory charges, are Nanette Marie Larue, 26, charged with being the proprietress; Nancy Kelly, Scranton, and Judy Brown, Pittsburgh. The men held, each of whom posted a $25 forfeit for hearings on charges of disorderly practice, were identified Jsy police as James Brown, ReMing; Charles Kraus, 45, Pittsburgh, and J. Arnold Rummel, Grantham.

Swope Reports Island Bases Nearly Done Naval Facilities Year Ahead of Schedule, Re 7 turning Governor Says By Associated Press New York, May 26. Goverribr Guy J. Swope of Puerto Rico said today that the new naval air base in San Juan harbor would be completed in July, a year ahead of schedule, and that work is going ahead rapidly on the new Army air base at Punta Borin quen. The governor, who arrived with his wife and son, Lee, on the Porto Rico liner Coamo, predicted" that Puerto Rico eventually would 4 occupy a defense position in the Atlantic similiar to that of Hawaii in the Pacific. He is on his way for a short vacation at his Harrisburg home.

"The Army is adding to the base all the time and it is going far beyond the original plan," he said. "The base will have all the newest developments, including underground plane hangars." He said there also would be a naval anchorage base at the island (Please Turn to Page 12, Col. 8) "My First Thought When I have a room to rent is to call the Harrisburg Telegraph Want Ad Department. 1 have used the Telegraph for 14 years and have always had good results from my advertising." This is what Mrs. M.

R. G. had to say when she called and cancelled the following ad on the second day it appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph because she had rented the room. SMALL FURNISHED ROOM 2nd floor, next to bath. $2.50 week.

Employed preferred, 917 N. 6th St. You, too, can get best results at lowest cost if you phone Your ad to 2 4111 And Ask For MISS DAY or MISS NIGHT And remember too, seven additional days FREE when your Telegraph Want Ad is ordered for 8 days. Tanks Landed by Planes Push Through Defenses Around Malemi Airport Harried Greek King Safe On Way to a New Capital Nazi Chutists Land in Crete Yard of Jerusalem May Be Goal Cairo, May 26. Barely evad ing swarms of Nazi parachutists who landed virtually in his back yard on embattled Crete, King George, II, of Greece found tem porary haven today in Egypt en route to British territory to reestablish his government in its third capital in less than five weeks.

The harassed monarch, who told in his own words upon arri val of how narrowly he eluded the first clouds of German sky troops last Tuesday, proclaimed immediately that Greece was determined to fight on. He did not say where the gov ernment, which had been estab lished at Canea, Crete, since fleeing Athens just ahead of Nazi panzer units April 23, would have its new seat. (Diplomatic reports in Ankara, Turkey, said King George would fly to Jerusalem and set up the government in that capital of British mandated Palestine.) Several times in his hair rais ing, 72 hour trip across Crete, the King threw himself into ditches to escape Nazi fire. Once or twice his party was a target for bullets fired by Greek patrols which apparently mistook them for para chutists in British and Greek uniforms. He slept in a cave witn shepherds, sharing their food; crossed a 7000 foot mountain, and finally reached the island's south coast, on a mule.

A British destroyer then car ried the Royal party which in Germans Free Missionaries AboardZamzam Ambulance Drivers Will Be Questioned Individually, Nazis Indicate Berlin, May 26. All American women and children and also men found to be "genuine" missionaries rescued from the sunken Egyptian liner Zamzam may leave for home as soon as arrangements can be made, authorized sources said today. Other male refugees still are under investigation, but will be released one after another as their harmless status is these sources said. (This, evidently, applies to an ambulance corps bound for service with General Charles De Gaulle's "Free French" (Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 1) Snaps Gas Pump and Starts Fire An auto owned by Kenneth Feme Longo, 2152 North Seventh street, backed into a gasoline putap at the and Service station at 2238 North Sixth street, breaking it off and causing a small fire.

Longo told police he stopped for gas, leaving the car in reverse. A friend sitting in the car, Glif ford Liddich, 2150 North Seventh street, accidentally struck the starter and the car hit the pump. Liddich suffered a cut mouth and loss of several teeth. Todays War Picture SeaTight Illustrates Importance of Dakar By DEWITT Associated Press Staff Writer All the sensational developments of the weekend seemed to be hooked with one of the most critical problems which confront the British and their Allies at the moment whether the French government at Vichy intends to carry its collaboration with the Nazis to the extent of giving up it; colonies for bases. The sea fight off Greenland, which cost John Bull the battle cruiser Hood, a grand ship of such graceful lines that he took greater pride in it than any other, was a grim part of the battle of the Atlantic.

It is a potent reminder that if the Germans get the French ports on the west coast of Africa, especially Dakar, they will GEORGE II OF GREECE eluded Premier War Minister Emmanuel Tsouderos and other members of the government, British Minister Sir Michael Palairet and his wife, and the British legation staff to Egypt. Telling of the journey, King George said: "One of the main objectives for the German parachute troops (on the first day) was the area around the house where the Premier and I lived. In fact, the first flight of parachutists landed within a (Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 3) British Ships Stalk Bismarck For Revenge London Insists German Vessel Was Damaged After Sinking Hood London, May 26 British sword fish planes and speedy destroyers were reported searching the fog banks of the North Atlantic today in a vengeance driven effort to put a British fighting squadron back in battle contact with Germany's big new Bismarck and her supporting ships. The Navy's torpedo carrying planes were said to have scored at least one hit Saturday night on the German squadron which the Brit (Please Turn to Page 9, Col.

3) Harrisburger Wounded by "Mystery" Bullet Chief of Police S. L. Parsons, West Fairview, today joined with State Motor Police in seeking the person who wounded William Lewis, 22, 300 Chestnut street, Harrisburg, in the left thigh as he was standing on the Conodo guinet Creek bridge in West Fair view yesterday. Policeman Parsons said the shooting occurred a few days after he gave warning that any person caught discharging fire arms in the borough will be arrested. Lewis was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital by a companion R.

S. Roddy, 67 Second street, West Fairview. MACKENZIE be in far stronger position for their assault on America's all out aid and other trans atlantic ship pine. With this must be coupled Nazi Grand Admiral Raeder's warning that the use of American convoys for contraband to Britain would (Please Turn to Page 20, Col. 7) Bomb Attacks Prepare Way for German Assault By Associated Press Cairo, Egypt, May 26.

German forces on Crete, reinforced by air borne tanks, have penetrated British positions around Nazi held Malemi airport west of Canea and fierce fighting is raging with New Zealanders stubbornly counter attacking, the British announced today. A Middle East communique said the Germans, battling desperately to broaden this major foothold on the embattled island, lashed out at the British lines under cover of an intense air bombardment. The communique did not mention tanks in connection with this action unofficial British sources said the Germans had managed to land some by plane. The assault started after additional air borne reinforcements had been landed, the war bulletin said, adding that the imperial troops inflicted heavy casualties on the Germans. At British held Candia and Re timo, where heavy fighting has developed in the seven day old battle of Crete, the official announcement said the situation remained unchanged.

British sources said that although the Germans have landed tanks on Crete, they have nof been reported in contact with the defenders of the Greek island. British marines have joined the defenders of the island, informed sources said today. Suggestions that this meant the British were landing strong reinforcements by sea were not confirmed officially. With the battle raging through its seventh day, British observers saw hopeful signs in reports of a (Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 2) Writer Pictures World Index' Kept by Nazis Citizens of Nations Classified According to Feeling Toward Germany Washington, May 26.

Richard Krebs, who wrote the book "out of the Night" under the pen name of Jan Valtin, told the House Committee on Un American Activities today that the German Gestapo had a complete "card file" designed to provide Germany with a "constant barometer" of the strength of other nations. Krebs testified that he had gone to Germany from Moscow in 1933, (Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 6) "Brass Buttons" Has been enlisted "for the duration." It's a different kind of column for the Barracks Brotherhood. Colleen McCarthy will report what goes on, laughs, advice and even a correspondence club for privates and Generals. Brass Buttons will appear every Monday starting today on Page 2.

Harrisburg Telegraph U. S. WEATHER Forecast Harrisburg and vicinity Diminishing high cloudiness becoming scattered this afternoon. Scattered clouds and warmer tonight. Tuesday, increasing cloudiness and warmer.

Gentle to moderate southwesterly winds becoming occasionally fresh Tuesday. High expected today, 80; yesterday, 72; low expected tonight, 56; last night, 49. River stage Tuesday, 3.4 feet. Eastern Pennsylvania Fair and warmer tonight. Tuesday, fair and warmer in south portion and increasing cloudiness and warmer in north portion.

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