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i IR TLER SEEKS Romance Between Fuehrer nd Italy's 23-Year-OId Princess Stirs Rumors TTEN DURING HIS VISIT ator Said to Have Asked or Her Hand; Marriage Would Weld Nations (Cnnyricht, 193S) hv International News Service) OME, May 19. Ihepos- lityof a budding romance kveen Chancellor Adolf er of Germany and bcau-! Princess Maria, 23-year-daughter of King Victor manuel, stirred court and al circles here tonight. romance has gone so far, rdins to tea-tablo rumor, that Nazi dictator, rated as Europe's 1 bachelor, is reported already lave asked for the princess' 1. tier is reported to have been ten by the beauty of the Ital- princcss during his recent visit tome. bagement to Otto ncelled by Duce inccss Maria some time ago reported engaged to marry hdukc Otto, but Premier Mus- canceled the match when it ared obvious the Hapsburg pects of regaining the Austrian ne were nil.

equally unconfirmable rumor ght was that the king and will visit Germany in the future as guests of Hitler. He their guest on his visit here er this month. bth reports, that of the romance well as that of the impending of the king and queen to the ch, are believed to have been ired by Italo-German political rters for the purpose of indicat- to the world at large the ex- of German-Italian friendship. dding Would Weld tionalist Powers is certain, diplomatic obscrv-declared, that a Hitler-Maria Rding or a visit to the Reich by king and queen would do more weld the two rations together any amount of speeches or onstrations. atican sources completely dis- nt the reports of an impending riage, maintaining that such a on would be impossible unless er modifies his anti-church vity.

4 zw Tenure Law in State Ruled Valid AN FRANCISCO, May 19. The amendment to the teachers urc law, providing a teacher may hired from year to year after ching the age of 65 years, is Attorney General U. S. Webb ed today. I'll TpII Ynir i 1 ft Vftft A Ut By Bob Bums A preacher friend of mine tells 0 that the people today have many things on their minds iat you hnve'ta make your scr-ons entertaining if you wanta ing 'cm in.

1 happened to think of Rev. wecdle down home who couldn't many people into his church Sunday. One day he ran into i old man on the street who had 'vcr been to church and when ev. Tweedle asked him "whv" he old man says, "I ain't got no ints. Rev.

Tweedle gave the an a pair of pants and the man rme for three straight Sundays pm men didnt come any more. wncn Kcv. Tweedle saw him he asked him whv he hdn't come to church and the man says. "Now listen. t's have an understanding.

How times will I havn'ta listen ur sermon before you figgcr pants are (Copyright, 1938) ID MARIA 4 It LLL. I fo) Two Hearings Planned In Fatal Airliner Crash Government Steps Directly Into Investigation and Appoints Official Accident Board (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, May 19. Two public hearings one ordered today by the Federal Government will be held in an attempt to determine the cause of the airplane crash which brought flaming death to nine persons on a California mountain top Monday. The Federal Government stepped directly into the investigation when acting Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe in Washington, appointed an official accident board and announced public hearings would be held In Los Angeles "as soon as possible." Los Angeles county's official investigation, the inquest Into the deaths of three men, four women and two small children, will be held tomorrow under direction of Coroner Frank A.

Nance. Nance said that among the ques tions he wanted answered was whether the giant airliner might have caught fire bcfoie it crashed. He said reports had come to his office that this was true. "In any event," he declared, "it is certain the plane was afire before it came to its final resting place, 400 yards from where it struck the ground. "We want to know just when this fire broke out.

There was evidence the pilot did not shut off his ignition." Appointed to the Federal board of inquiry by Secretary Johnson were Robert I. Hazen, senior airplane inspector for the air commerce bureau in chairman; R. L. Stephens, a Detroit bureau engineer; Robert B. Hoyt, an aeronautical inspector, of Washington, and Robert Kingsley, counsel- (Rv United Press) WITH THE NATIONALISTS, Morella, Spain, May 19.

Generalissimo Francisco Franco's African Moors and Galicians, driving through snow four inches deep, tonight captured the fortified town of Villafranca del Cid and wiped out a 16-mile-dcep loyalist salient piercing the nationalist front along the Mediterranean. Capture of Mt. Ncvera, 20 miles inland from the seacoast, in a battle of big blades and grenades paved the way for the downfall of Villafranca del Cid, lying 14 miles farther west, and the release from government fire of a network of highways from Morella to Valencia and the coast. HENDAyn, Franco -Spanish Frontier, May 19. An air battle involving more than 100 planes was fought over the Mediterranean east coast of Spain today when a fleet of insurgent bombers raided the seaport of Castellon de la Plana, killing four children patients in a hospital and destroying 50 houses.

Senior Midshipmen Burn 'Mathematics' ANNAPOLIS, May 19. Senior midshipmen today celebrated their last mathematics class at the naval academy by burning an effigy entitled "mathematics" and by throwing classmates who stood high in the subject into the Severn river. REBELS SMASH THROUGH 11 Group of 'Rangers' Put Under Scrutiny (Fy United Press) CHICAGO, May 19. Col. William Spencer, Illinois national guard intelligence officer, disclosed today he has been ordered by Gov.

Henry Horner to investigate the American Rangers, a group banned abruptly last night from holding a scheduled meeting in the national guard armory. The meeting was banned by the armory custodian after 15 or 20 members of the group had gathered. Colonel Spencer said a preliminary investigation indicated the organization is "of minor importance" but that he believed the custodian "used good judgment." Officers of the Rangers, chartered a year ago by tho Illinois IJM mi i i Jnamni wuuniuu iiiiijul Wrapped in a blanket, the broken body of Judith Salisbury, baby vie tim of the airliner crash near Sau gus, is shown being carried from the wreckage by a young rescue worker. lor to the aviation committee of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce. who will act as an advisory mem ber of the board.

Johnson asked the three men to proceed to Los Angeles at once where, he said, public hearings will open "next Tuesday if the field investigations at the scene of the crash can be completed by that time." I II SUIT DISMISS (Bv Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, May 19. Immediate appeal of U. S. District Judge Michael J. Roche's dismissal of the $501,100,000 damage suit of Nevada City C.

I. O. miners against Nevada county peace officers, mine officials and members of the Independent Mine Workers' league was announced by Attorney Herbert Resner today. Resner sail the case would bo taken to the U. S.

Circuit court of appeals after Judge Roche ruled the Federal courts did not have jurisdiction. Scott Erwin, representative of the International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and his co-plaintiffs, who sought damages for their alleged eviction from the county by vigilantes, argued the "due proress of law" clause of the Federal constitution had been violated. Judge Roche held the only question before him was one of jurisdiction and the answer was "no." The judge said the case was one for the state courts, if there is an action. Ford Co. Strike in Mexico City Halted fBv United Press) MEXICO CITY, May 19 The 10-day strike at the Ford Motor assembly plant here, involving 350 full-time and 200 part-time workers, ended today when the Federal labor board ruled the walkout was illegal.

secretary of state as a non-profit, educational organization, said they did not know why their meeting was banned. Tho Chicago Times in a copyrighted story reporting the ouster described the Rangers as "a new organization with aims resembling the 'play soldier' ideals of the U. S. STazI, silver and black shirt movements." Fred S. Brown, national secretary of the Rangers, said the group was the outgrowth of Washington's bodyguards, a silent organization founded in 1925 by the late Gen.

James Stuart, veteran of the Span ish-American and World wars and former head of postal inspectors in Chicago. I III IB L.I9UL. U. S. WEATHER FORECAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IV.

PARTLY CLOUDY AND UNSET-TLKD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: POSSIBLY LOCAL SHOWKRS IN MOUNTAINS; MODERATE m-FOURTH YEAR- TWENTY-FOUR PAGES cMiVjpaper for tSaa BevnemoCounr. AND THE DAILT n3 BY MURDERER Burial of Vanished Widow in Mojave Wilds Described By Her Son-in-Law CRUDE CROSS MARKS SPOT Salesman Confesses Slaying Kin After Argument Over Wife, Dead for Two Years rQt, Asonpfateri Preaql LOS ANGELES, May 19. Across the wastes of the Mojave desert north of Lancaster, detectives and a murder suspect traveled today looking for the hidden grave or a wealthv Los Angeles widow. The officers were directed Dy Valian Neil Ross, '30, insurance salesman, who broke off two pieces of mesquite bush and demonstrated how he erecteu a crude cross to mark the grave after, he says, he buried her in the dead of night last March 9. Quarrel Over Dead Wife Leads to Act The grave sought is that of Mrs.

Lcona May Schmidt, 59, Ross' mother-in-law, who, according to Detective Lieut. Frank Ryan, Ross confessed killing with a revolver. Ho said there had been an argument over Ross' wife, who died two years ago, and that he killed her in her home with a single bullet. Ross was questioned by detectives after Mrs. Cora A.

Miller, Mrs. Schmidt's sister, reported her disappearance. Officers said he fin ally confessed. "But I can't remember where I buried her body," they quoted Ross as saying. Sister's Suspicions Aroused by Letter Shortly after Mrs.

Schmidt dis appeared, her sister suspected something was amiss when she received a tvnewritten letter nurnortcdlv from Mrs. Schmidt saying that she planned a trip around the world. Mrs. Miller went to police with her suspicions, saying that her sister could not use a typewriter and never had planned an extensive trip by herself. Investigators learned that Mrs.

(Continued on Page Two) Naval Building To Start Soon fRv United Press) WASHINGTON, May 19. Chairman Carl Vinson, Georgia Demo crat, of the House naval affairs committee, tonight revealed that President Roosevelt shortly will ask Congress for another deficiency appropriation, estimated at to start immediate construction of warships authorized under the $1,157,000,000 naval expansion program. Vinson said the President's new naval building request probably will go to Congress this week, call ing for start of work on two cruis ers, two large seaplane tenders, two small seaplane tenders, one repair ship and possibly a aircraft carrier. Keels for these ves sels would be laid before July 1. Morgan Becomes Great-Grandfather (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 19.

J. P. Mor gan has become a great-grandfather. His granddaughter, Mrs. Ray mond Skinner Clark, gave birth to a boy at the New Haven, hospital Wednesday, it was learned here today.

She is the former Louise Converse Morgan, daughter of Junius Spencer Morgan. Her husband was captain of the 1936 Harvard crew and is a student at the Yale law school. Bourbon Legislator Resigns State Post (Rv Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, May 19. Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan today received from Speaker William Mosely Jones the resignation or Assemblyman Frank Laughlin, Democrat of Los Angeles.

No reason for the resignation was given. JESERI GRAVE ORANOB BELT NEW9 A I 'BON VOYAGE SAYS 1888 TO 1938 I'l If I ft A Charles M. Brown, Redlands pioneer and dean of San Bernardino to dispatch the city's first airmail cargo. The fair object of his salute is Evelyn Kilgore, who piloted 1,022 letters to Los Angeles. The ceremony, in which an ancient tallyho hauled the mail to the plane, was in combined observance of National Airmail week and the Redlands Golden Jubilee, The smiling, bearded witness at right is Ernest L.

Danielson, superintendent of mails. REDLANDS LAUNCHES QREATEST FESTIVAL, ITS QOLDEN JUBILEE By ERWIN S. HEIN Past and present met yesterday in cordial embrace while Redlands launched its greatest celebration, the three-day Golden Jubilee festival. Costumed merry-makers, bothfr ludicrous and charming, swarmed the streets as the 50-year-old city yielded to a holiday spirit surpassing all bygone endeavors. More than 300 persons attended a pioneers' luncheon while other hundreds saw the city's first air mail dispatched.

Spontaneously a street dance developed last night into a colorful tumult of fun, Thousands to In Redlands Frolic Thousands of Southern Califor- nians will join the frolic today. New heights of pleasure will be at tained during the whisker contest judging, 10 a. "the world's first rooster derby," 3 p. all-day golf and tennis tournaments; a county- wide Boy Scout court of honor, 7:30 p. and the elabrate historical pageant, 8 p.

m. Amid joyful confusion the first day's program progressed happily, (Continued on Page Twenty-Three) YouthKilled When Friend Fires Shot (By Associated Press) FRESNO, May 19 David Hen derson, 17, of Fresno, was instantly killed near here today when a pistol in the hands of a schoolmate discharged while they were enroute to a swimming party at Friant in an automobile. Deputy District Attorney James M. Thuesen ordered Ernest Pretz-er, 16, detained while the shooting was investigated further. Psychologist Possible, By HOWARD W.

B.LAKESLEE (Associated Press Writer) DURHAM, N. May 19. A skeptical world is giving the same laugh it once handed Christopher Columbus to Dr. J. Rhine, Duke university psychologist who says he has discovered telepathy and second siglt.

As an explorer into the unknown, Dr. Rhine has to raise money for his expeditions, commonly known in science as investigations. Recently he put on sale to the public a new kind of playing card S. decks. The initials mean extra sensory perception, his name for the mysterious sense he thinks he has found.

The cards are used in his laboratory. When Dr. Rhine authorized pub 6c copy y5c a month Officers Named By Native Sons (By United Press) SAN JOSE, May 19. The Native Sons of the Golden West formally elected and installed Joseph J. Mc-Shane, San Francisco, as their president in the closing session of the annual convention here today.

Other officers elected and Installed were: Grand first vice-president, Jesse Miller, San Francisco; grand second vice-president, Henry S. Lyon, Placerville; grand third vice-president, Edward T. Schnarr, Oakland; grand secretaiy, John T. Regan, San Francisco; grand treasurer, John Corotto, San Jose; grand marshal, Harold Zimmerman, Ukiah; grand inside sentinel, Louis Bosch, Sonoma, and grand outside sentinel, Walter Bailey, Elk Grove. Arizona Bank Held Up, $3,000 Stolen (Bv Associated Press) CLIFTON, May 19.

A lone gunman hold up the Clifton branch of the Valley bank today, shut two employes in the vault, and forced the manager to drive him away in an automobile. Bank officials estimated the loot at $3,000. The manager, W. A. McBride.

was released unharmed by the bank robber after they had driven 15 or 20 minutes. The robber continued northward in McBride'scar. Says Second Sight Is but Skeptics Only Laugh lic sale there were those who exclaimed: "Now we are getting the truth. This is a money-making scheme." But Dr. Rhine explains all the profits have been assigned to the William McDougall research fund, to help finance the experiments at Duke.

"Tho royalties," he says, "have not been sufficient to support a full-time investigator for one year. The rumors of fabulous royalties is, unfortunately, a myth." Dr. Rhine has done something no other American scientist has accomplished, which is to get a great educational institution to support a department devoted to investigation of an activity generally considered occult. More annoying than suspicion of WITH 165.700 POPULATION IS FIFTH IN CALIFORNIA AND WITH 20.157 SQUARE MILES 13 LARGEST IN AREA IN AMERICA. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1933 county's Democrats, finds it pleasan (By Associated Press) SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico, May 20.

(Friday) General Saturnino Ccdillo, accused by President Lazaro Cardenas of plotting a revolt, told the Associated Press this morning he had been informed federal troops would attack him today. The agrarian leader said he had "trustworthy" information that the president was planning to "try to crush me by force of arms." He added defiantly: "I am ready to repel all aggression by means of arms but I place the responsibility for the blood that may be shed on the caprice of the man who seeks to make of Mexico a dependency of the Soviet." General Cedillo made his statement at Las Palomas, his estate near here. At the time only eight or 10 men were there. All his armed agrarians were gone. They had slipped away into the hills.

It seemed that Cedillo would follow them shortly. Yesterday President Cardenas expressed confidence he had eliminated the possibility of revolt by Gen. Ccdillo's agrarian army. Cardenas said there would be no need to use force to carry out his ultimatum to Cedillo to surrender the arms and ammunition of his estimated 40,000 agrarian followers. Meanwhile, a group of 10 observa tion and combat planes were or dered here from Mexico City to join the already strongly reinforced military garrisons.

Cardenas in a speech last night charged that Cedillo, his one-time secretary of agriculture and long the political ruler of San Luis Po-tosi state, had conferred with rep resentatives of oil companies ex propriated by the government on May 18 and had toured the country and abroad in "subversive activities." commercialism were charges that defects in the decks explained why sharp-eyed persons could guess how the cards lay, in a face down deck, that nobody had looked at; or could "read" the mind of the person turning up the cards. Dr. Rhine, tall, dark, slow-spoken, points about the laboratory to high, solid wooden screens, with a table on each side, explaining that the cards are on one side of the screen and the guesser on the other. He shows rooms arranged so that even if the doors are open, the guesser in one room cannot see the cards in the other. Fellow scientists, he explains, have been told for five years that the cards are not visible to the I guesser, but some don't wish to be-' lieve.

CEDLLLD FEARS ATTACK TIT UVJ SENATE BATTLE Furore Over Intentions to Slash Paychecks Upsets Emergency Aid Plans of Congress 'DOUBLE-CROSS CHARGED 'Grossly Underpaid' Workers on Railways Will Not Accept Reduction of Any Kind (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 19. Railroad labor union? served notice today that nation-wide strike would the "only ultimate result" the roads carried out inte tions to cut wages. The workers' opposition to projected 15 per cent pay cut powerful support in Congre, where a movement developed withhold emergency financial a from the carriers unless th agreed to maintain existing wa levels. At the request of Chairman Wa ncr, New York Democrat, of banking committee, the Senate se back to the committee legislate which would provide Federal loa for the roads. Wagner said sever members of the committee want to change the bill to prohibit Fe eral loans to carriers that ford wage cuts.

Wage Issue Changes Picture in Congress The Wagner group previously hi approved the bill in its prese form but the New Yorker said tl action was taken before the wa; issue entered the picture. The unions' strike threat contained in a statement by tl Railway Labor Executives assocl tion. Charging that railroad manag ment had "double-crossed" its ganized employes, the statement clared: "If the railroad managements 1 sist on going through with their a tempt to cut employes' wages per cent, the only ultimate rest: will be a nation-wide strike. Workers Must 'Save' Industry by Strike "The railroad workers of A Tie ica, already grossly underpai simply will not accept a wage duction of any kind. They ha- already been heavy sufferers fro the railroads' policy of putting tl payment of interest to weatl bondholders above decent livir standards for their employes." The labor executives said thi would observe the railway labi act, which provides machinery adjusting disputes, before they sorted to a strike, but added: "If the railroads cannot be co vinced that a wage reduction is only unjustified, but is absolute dangerous to the economic stru ture of this nation, it will be nece sary for the railroad employes use their economic strength to sa' the railroad industry from comml (Continued on Page Two) Chinese Planes Fly to Japan, Drop Handbills (By United Press) HANKOW, May 20 (Friday Chinese officials announced today that Chinese airplanes took off late last night on flight aero China sea and flew for hours early today over tr of Kyushlu and Honshlr i Ja'vn proper.

Instead of droppin' Vv 1 emplanes scattered har "'f iy Japanese territory. The statement A anese planes too'i suit when the 1 over the island the city of -Vi there any guns. The defense, P. plete bla d. 'i over wb The safely i URNS I LOAN.