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0 WIATBIB COMPLETE TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED PRESS Fair and slowly iMiir temperatua tsnifht; Wednesday, fair and wanner. TEMFERATUU ghowa by Eeeordlnf Thermometer ra Gasette bnildlm ap to a. Max 15, p. Mln, a. m.

ii 1,1 WEEKLY BBTABLilBBnif J54TH YEAR duly est. by thbo. habt. lasa PITTSTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934 FIFTY CENTS A MONTH 8IZ DOLLARS A YEAR EIGHT.PAC. ZERO WEATHER CAUSES MANY DEATHS AND HEAVY LOSSl Institution To Benefit By Roosevelt Birthday Balls NATION OBSERVES 52ND BIRTHDAY OF PREST ROOSEVELT WEATHER MEN SAY THAT COLD WAVE SLOWLY ABATING ANTHRACITE MEL REJECT PROPOSAL 0F104HR.

MONTI, (By United Press.) A sub zero cold wave swept across midwestern farm lands and eastern municipalities today claiming scores of lives and causing damage from RUSSIAN BALLOON GOLD Bli: SIGNED AT 3.30 lit 71 I ha llll Above is shown Georgia Hall, main building of the Warm Springs Foundation, built by popular subscription of $100,000 and dedicated by President Roosevelt. HEARINGS DAY ON AGAINST MINERS FOUR LIVES LOST ATPT. BLANCHARD GRADE CROSSING MRH Washington, Jan. 30 The an thraclte coal industry has rejected the Recovery Administration's code proposal to limit the work of anthracite miners to 104 hours a montn. Operators seek continuance of the 48 hour work week specified In ex isting wage contracts.

Labor asks for a 30 hour week with no decrease In wages. In proposing the 104 hour a month plan William H. Davie, NRA's official "code maker" for anthracite coal, took into account the fact that many employed miners were averag ing only 25 hours work per week, tha many were unemployed, and that op erators costs of production are too high, and cannot be increased. The proposal was for 13 days of work each month of eight hours each, with no change in existing wage ecales. The plan was Intended to absorb all unemployment, improve miners' working and living condityons, and provide the needed labor for present production, pending recapture of markets lost to competitive fuels, Davis declared, after a lengthy conference with Walter Gordon Mer ritt, Anthracite Institute counsel, that, despite the industry's refusal to accept the NRA proposal, he would pass it along with the code he finally ap proves, for consideration by Genaral Johnson and President Roosevelt.

Legal questions also bothered the code makers, particularly what form of recognition the code should make of contracts now in effect between operators and the United Mine Workers. Decision will probably await return of mine union leaders from their annual meeting in Indianapolis. A meeting of the Institute in New York was postponed awaiting Mer ritt's conference with NRA officials, including Davis, and Deputies John H. Ward, and Wayne Ellis. The latter soon will take over code negotiations as Davis requires all his time for duties as National compliance dl rector.

The Institute's code committee and Davis will continue their discussions later this week. Indianapolis, Jan. 30. The United Mine Workers of America to day voted down a series of resolu tions which would permit Commun ists to join the union. The miners' constitution provides that members of the Communist party cannot be taken into the union.

Chief exponent of the resolutions was John Sloan, Westville, a delegate from District No. 12, who admitted under questioning that he bad been active in the Communist party of Illinois under the name of Oscar Sump. He contended that the mine wort ers should not discriminate against Communists or any other party. John L. Lewis, international president of the miners, subjected Sloan to lengthy cross examination.

"There Is no place in the United Mine Workers for Communists," Lewis said. "They have attempted to tear down our organization by establishing a dual union known as the National Miners' Union. "It is time that delegates to this convention who have Communistic leanings adhere to our constitution." Lewis threatened to expel Sloan from the union he changes his ideas. Sloan replied that when he first joined the Communist party he was not aware that his action was contrary' to the United Mine Workers' constitution. "As soon as I discovered my error, I resigned from the party," he declared.

ST. JOHN.S SLOVAK A. C. WILL conduct a card party and social in the church basement, William street, Feb. 6th.

The club will meet this evening at 7:30 in the club room, and all members are requested to attend. wmm are BARRED FROM TH UNION MINERS (By United Press.) The 52nd birthday anniversary of a president who overcame great handicaps to become America's leader in the fight against depression was celebrated today throughout the United States. To make the celebration a tribute to President Roosevelt's "New Deal," parties will be held In more Chan 5,000 cities, towns, villages and ham lets tonight to raise money for a new deal for victims to infantile paralysis. T.ie money will go to the Warm Springs Foundation In Georgia, which Mr. Roosevelt helped to found.

Thousands of birthday cards, lucK tokens and presents poured in at the White House. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, of New York, wired many happy returns and "more power to you" on behalf of the Fusion ad ministration "and 7,000,000 other New Yorkers." Washisgton, Jan. 30. President Roosevelt today was all but "snowed under" by an avalanche of birthday remembrances. Ten men working at top speed barely made a dent in the mass of cards, letters, telegrams and pack ages that began pouring In from all over the nation.

The Christmas rush, which set a high record in White House mail, was nothing compared to the birthday. White House attaches counted 150,000 telegrams, a like number of cards and letters, and bundles of all descrip tlons. 1 There were two dozen birthday cakes, some, unfortunately that were mashed in transit, candy, ship mod eis, lamps, canes, pictures enough to stock a department store. As the nation joins in observing the occasion to honor the chief ex ecutive and to assist financially the Warm Springs Foundation for lnfan tile paralysis suffers, Mr. Roosevelt will gather with his old associates first for dinner and then to chat of the time he went forth as running mate of James M.

Cox. Later in the evening he will de liver a brief country wide address to thank his supporters for observing his birthday and giving their aid to the foundaton. Official and unofficial Washington also was to go to the limit in cele orating the birthday of the preel dent. Eight parties are expected to attract 24,000. One of the largest will be attended by members of the diplomatic corps as well as cabinet officers and their wives.

Some of the tables, it was reported, have been sold for as high as $1,000, the sub scriptions to go for the care of youth ful sufferers of the foundation. Baekers of the drive hops to realize $2,000,000 through the nation wide series of birthday balls. Paris, Jan. 30. Edouard Daladier completed his new cabinet today, for presentation to President Lebrun.

The premier encountered obstacles this morning when the neo socialists refused to cooperate when they were denied three cabinet positions, but he hurriedly patched up his slate in order to bring the present national crisis to end. The makeup of the cabinet gener ally surprised the nation, since it was composed chiefly of little known radical socialists rather than outstanding politicians, chosen without regard to Farty. It was pointed out, however, that the cabinet probably is stronger than Daladler's first government and the latter was one of the strongest In recent years. While Daladier was presenting his cabinet at the Elysee, the police twice were forced to clear the boulevards, Charging Communist gatherings and arresting several. CONSPIRACY CASE The case against Earl Rescorla, William Nancarro wand Bert Lewis, on trial before Judge W.

A. Valentine on a charge of conspiracy to defraud Hanover township, was given to the jury this afternoon after a charge of the court. The commonwealth closed Its case after reading into the record statements made by William Nancarrow and Bert Lewis, two of the defend ants. No defense was offered. Attorney J.

J. Hibbard argued that there was no conspiracy shown and that the defendants should be acquitted while Assistant District Attorney J. H. Dando demanded a conviction, FREiCH CABINET COMPLETED BY THE NEW PREMIER in in By JOSEPH BATRD, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Moscow, Jan. 30 The Russian balloon "Syrius," under command of Paul Fedoeeenko, rose today in a sur prise flight to the highest altitude ever reached by man, more than 12 and three fourths miles, end hovered at that aratuae tasing scienwuc servatlons.

At. noon. Moscow time (5 a. m. E.

S. the crew of the Syrius wire leased to earth, in response to radio stations' inquiries: "We hear you perfectly, and we re continuing our scientific ob servations without interruptions. We are studying the cosmc fays, the condition of the atmosphere, and so forth. The temperature within the gondola is 30 degrees centigrade (68 degrees At that time the balloon was 300 meters below the highest point it attained, approximately 67,588 feet, or 12.70 miles. It was still hovering at a level of about 12.73 miles.

Dynamiters were active in Hughes town borough last night. About the residents of toe borough were aroused by a heavy blast of dynamite that seemed to have been set off in the vicinity of No. 9 colliery. Inves tigation failed to reveal the location the blast. Apparently the ayna' mite was set off in a field, simply for the purpose of attracting atten tioh and arousing the people.

The watchman at No. 9 said he smelted the fumes of burning powder immediately after the blast, but could noi discover from which direction they came. Another dynamiting at twenty minutes to three was more serious. A small amount of dynamite that had been placed on the porch of the residence of Benjamin Deeble, 67 Bock street, Hughestown, exploded with considerable force and aroused residents of the immediate neighborhood. Members of the Deeble family were jarred and aroused from sleep, but were not injured.

Investigation revealed that half a stick of dynamite had been piaced on the front porch and exploded by some means. A hols was broken In the floor of the porch, the porch railing was blown out, the windows in the front of the house were broken, and slight damage was done Inside the house. The fact ttoat Mr. Deeble is employed at No. 7 shaft, of The Pittston leads to the conclusion that strifes sympathizers were responsible for the dynamiting.

An automobile owned by Furmah E. of Road 3, Berwick, was wrecked by dynamite as It was parked In front of the home of a relative of Engle in Wilkesbarre. Engle and the relative have ignored the strike order and remained at work at No. 5 Colliery of Glen Alden Coal Company. Dynamite was placed under the herd of the car.

MINER'S HOI IN Bli DAMAGEDBYBLAST fires that wll cost millions of dol lars. A driving wind that Intensified the sub zero temperature was gradually abatng, and weather forecasters said the worst of tttie cold wave was over. Temperatures this morning almost equalled the low marks established yesterday, ranging from 35 degrees below zero at to seven above in New York. They rose during the day. The advance of the wave across the country caused most of the reported fatalities.

Six persons died In Chicago alone as hundreds of families in poorer districts were without adequate heating facilities. Two deaths in Indianapolis, one in Malwaukee and three in Philadelphia were typical of reports in large cities throughout the storm belt. From the northwest, origin of the cold wave, came reports that at least nine persons in that area died from the cold. Seven deaths were reported during the flsst two days of the near blizzard and two more fatalities were recorded today. Temperatures ranged from 18 to 30 below zero in Minnesota.

Mayor LaGuardia, of New York, ordered a mobilization of all facilities to feed, clobhe and shelter thousands of destitute versions. Fifteen field kitchens were placed at strategic points in the city. Fire losses mounted into uncounted millions of dollars as a result of overheating furnaces and stoves. Al most every state In the grip of the cold reported damaging blazes. One fire at destroyed a department store and a telephone exchange, isolated the town from telephone communication for 12 hours and caused more than a half million dollars' loss.

Philadelphia, Jan. 30. Widespread suffering among the poor and at least three deaths were left today in the waks of a severe cold wave that saw temperatures drop to near zero. In Philadelphia, George Johnson, 74, fell from his coal wagon and died from a heart attack induced by the cold. Stephen Jacko, 45, of Morea, was frozen to death after losing his way in a howling gale.

Mss Minnie 52, school teacher at Newville, was burned to death when her clothing became ignited by a back draft from a furnace which she was tending. Numerous fires throughout the east ern section of the state left several families homeless and endangered lives. Much of the work on outdoor CWA projects In the mountainous sections was ordered suspended as workers suffered from the cold. Meanwhile, relief agencies were tax ed to supply food, clothing and fuel to needy families and calls for emergency assistance were broadcast in many cities. Pittsburgh, Jan.

30. Western Penn sylvania must wait until at least tomorrow for relief from the present cold wave, weather forecasts indicat ed today. The temperatures, which hovered around zero all njght in the Pittsburgh district, will continue low today, local meteorologists said, although fair weather was promised. No death from the cold were re ported, but one homeless negro was taken to a hospital here in serious condition from exposure. Overheated stoves and furnaces and defective flues caused many small fires, exposing Pittsburgh firemen to the aero temperatures.

OF Washington, Jan. 30 President Roosevelt today nominated Joseph Poindexter, of Hawaii, to be gover nor of the territory of Hawaii. vrrtmin in ririiiri lUa mlnl reorranhic achievements vj A Washington, Jan. 30. President Roosevelt will sign the gold bill at 3:30 p.

m. today. Immediately thereafter, It waraudA the president will go Into conference with treasury officials and monetary capers to worn ow oeiaua oi' me program for taking title to the Federal Reserve gold and levalulng tb dollar. The White House said It was hiri ly unlikely that any of th executive orders necessary to carry out this pre gram would be signed today. It WM; pointed out that these orders re quired careful deliberation and tudy.

Those who have been called to th White House conference include SeS retary of the Treasury Morgenthatt, Governor Black of the Federal Reserve Board, Governor Harrison; of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Professors Roger and Warrtsf Herman Oliphant of the treasury partment. HITLER DElii Berlin, Jan. 30. Germany's right to equality among nations and Uef from the burdens of the Versailles Treaty was proclaimed by Chancellor Adolf Hitler today In celebrating th first anniversary of the Nazi triumptt In Germany. Monarchial hopes were definitely crushed by Hitler when he declared; "Notwithstanding the hlstorld merits of monarchs, restoration of the monarchy is out of the question." The dynamic chancellor, triumph ant ruler of all Germany, addressed crowded session of the Reichstag in the Kroll Opera House as the point of a day of quiet but joyt celebration through Germany.

Standing before the symbolic back ground of a huge swastika hanghu. back of the speaker's dais. Hitler, was tumultously applauded by the brown shir ted audience when be at tacked the Versailles Treaty as having destroyed Germany's independence. Referring to the foreign policy previous regimes, he said: "The fundamental error war: to trust in Woodrow Wilson's promises, but the nation trusted, because it was unshakeably convinced it (Germany) was not guilty of the war ft fact which its extorted signature to the war guilt confession does not alter in the least." "Had not hate triumphed over re son," Hitler continued, "the frightful experience of the World War. would, have furnished the most useful le son.

Versailles destroyed this No real peace could originate from Its; insane economic stipulations. "Millions," he declared, "begaa tr hate the system which made possible lasting discrimination against a powerful nation which only had the misfortune to be beaten." He insisted that the ITasl Wrace principles are not an undervaluation of other races but merely Implied loyalty to one's own race and respect for others." "This idea is a better foundation for world peace than, a distinction between victors and vanquished on the basis of physical force." RELIEF FROM TIE: TREATY BURDENS I The scene of the mine troubles shifted to the court house today, when injunction hearings were held before Judges W. A. Valentine and C. D.

Coughlih. Judge Coughlin handed down a temporary injunction order, read from the benoh, following the restraining order of January 20th, brought by the Glen Alden Coal Company. Judge Valentine heard argument, with both sides to present briers, in the injunction brought by the Glen Alden Coal Company to restrain fn dividual law suits for the coilect'on of moneys due on coupons through the check off system under the Op erators United Mine Workers' contract of August 8, 1930. Both hearings attracted considerable attention. Attorneys Hayden Oligr, Scranton, and Gilbert McClintoCk, Wilkesbarre, represented the company in both injunction hearings, whiie Attorney Roger Dever, counsel for the United Mine Workers of America, appeared before Judge Valentine.

Attorneys E. C. Marinelli, Samuel Tor chia, Frank and Charles B. Lenahan and James Stack represented individual miners before Judge Valentine, while the same attorneys, with the exception of Attorney C. B.

Lenahan, appeared fcr the United Mine Workers of Pennsylvania before Judge Coughlin. IS FOR SHORTER Indianapolis, Jan. 30. Permanent legislation creating a shorter work day and a shorter work week temporarily under NRA codes could be enacted to afford the nation's wage earners adequate income, secur it yand leisure. Secretary of Labor Perkins said today in an address before the United Mine Workers con vention.

Every man and woman, in this country who is willing and able to work needs to be permanently and securely employed. I am convinced we cannot do this, that we cannot maintain permanent and secure employ ment except by a short work day and a short work week," Miss Perkins said. She pointed out that the United States would be able to undertake this legislation because of development of industrial machinery, which should be made the "servants of wage earners and pay them a share in their profits." Referring to the NRA, Miss Per kins said, "results can be seen every where of the Increased purchasing power that has come in industry un der the codes. More than $2,000 000,000 more purchasing power is in the hands of industrial workers to day than they possessed last March. The low level, to which suicidal competition has brought so many industries, has been raised by virtue of these codes." She said the depression had given the public a new conception of clvi lfzation, which included security, ade quate income and leisure for the working class.

She asked that prop er saftey conditions be established throughout the country In all Indus tries, pointing out that moat accidents could be avoided with proper safe guards. SECT PUS won Four well known young people in cluding a former Pittston young man, were killed when a truck in which they were riding was struck by a Lehigh Valley gasoline drawn local at Ten nant's Crossing, near the easterly ap proach to the Wyoming bridge at 8 o'clock last" night. The train was traveling toward Wilkesbarre, when it crashed into the truck at the cross ing, demolishing the cab in which the four young people were riding. The dead are: Joseph Kelly, aged 35, of 100 Le high street, Wilkesbarre, father of two children, who was driving the truck. Mr.

Kelly is a son of Mrs. Margaret Kelly, of Wilkesbarre, and the late William Kelly, former Pittston coun cilman. He is a nephew of Frank Kelly, of the South Main street firm of Kelly Mullin. He died an hour after his admittance to Pittston Hos pital. The body has been taken to the home of his mother, 82 Wyoming street, Wilkesbarre.

Stanley Pikaitis, aged 18 years, of 01 Sheridan street, Wilkesbarre. Miss Elsa Man. aged 16 years, of 13 Courtright street, Plainsville. Harold L. Harrison, aged 22 years, of 38 West Carey street.

Plains, who died this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Pittston Hospital. Mr. Kelly was making deliveries in the Pittston district for Morris Siegal, wholesale grocer of Wilkesbarre while Harrison was employed as a tnnk driver by the wholesale firm of Baa jamin Siegal In Wilkesbarre. The four young people were in the cb of Mr. Kelly's truck when, while driving over the little used Tennant cross ing at what is known as Bridge street, Port Blanchard, the accident oc curred.

Clyde Stevenson, of Sayre. motorman of the gasoline local, which runs between Wilkesbarre and Sayre, says that the truck was driven direct ly in the path of the engine an brushed clear of the tracks by the Impact as the train swept by. Of ti clals voiced the opinion that, on ac count of the number of people in the cab of the truck, coupled with the fact that the windows were closed account of the severe cold, occupants did not see the train nor he? the warning whistle. When the Injured were taken to the hospital a meeting of staff physlr.ans was in progress and the four had im mediate attention, but Pikaitis and Miss Man died within a few minutes and Kelly died within an hour. Har rison died this afternoon.

Treat ment was given the victims by Doc tors M. J. Murphy, Thomas Murphy, J. R. Beaver, R.

M. Bierly, Eugene Kelley, C. W. Prevost, James L. Eng' lish and Harry Rubinstein.

Mr. Kelly's survivors are his widow and two children, Billy and Marie: his mother, from whose home the funeral will be held, and tlte follow ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Peter Haggerty, Mrs. Edward Boland and Esther Kelly, all of Wilkesbarre, and Francis, of New York City. The Kelly family home was for years at 23 Car roll street, this city.

Miss Man is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Man and is survived by two sisters and two brothers, in addition to her parents. DEATH OF CLERGYMAN Hornell, it, Jan. 30.

The Rev. G. Chapman Jones, widely known Wesleyan Methodist clergyman, died Betheseda Hospital He was eighty five years old. Joining the ministry 1871, he held pastorates in Roches ter, Buffalo, Yokahoma, Japan, and Hornell before be retired in 1W4. ON ATTITUDE OF WEIRTON STEEL Washington, Jan.

30. President Roosevelt plans to order an immediate poll to determine the attitude of Weirton Steel Company employes toward a new election of men to deal with employers under the NRA. This was revealed today after a half hour conference among the president, General Hugh S. Johnson, and a delegation of Weirton Steel workers representing 12,000 employes. The men laid before the president affidavits tending to show that the previous election was unfair.

The poll will be conducted by th' National Labor Board, William Long, spokesman for the group said After this poll determines the strength of the Weirton group, th: labor decision will be made as to whether a new election will be held "If necessary," Long said, "we will go to the men's homes to take this poll. We claim 85 per cent of the total strength, but it only will be nec essary for us to show 51 per cent or a majority. "If we win in this poll then we will have a government supervised election." Unlontown. Jan. 30.

Striking miners at the Isabella Mine of the Weirton Coal Company have agreed to return to work tomorrow, ending a strike marked by injury of half dozen men, including two deputy sheriffs. The 700 miners, who walked out a week ago protesting promotion of a non union worker to foreman, have reached an agreement with company officials on that and other Issues which later were injected in the dis pute, United Mine Workers officials said. After the company agreed to de mote the foreman, Joseph Maraney, and to withdraw 17 deputy sheriffs from the mine, union leaders de manded removal of Mine Superin tendent D. A. Bloyer, who had pro moted Maraney.

The miners, towever, receded from this demand which deadlocked last week's negotiations. Decision to return to work was an nounced after a second conference yesterday between union leaders and mine officials. WORK SCHEDULE OF PITTSTON CO. Pittston district Ewen mine and breaker, Cen tral, Old Forge and No. 9 collieries (only No.

1 and No. 8 shafts of the last named) will be operated Wednesday, also Butler breaker. Upper district No. 1, Underwood, Erie and For est City collieries will HUBBARD GOID EDAL FOR AJ LINDBERGH Washington, Jan. 30.

The National Geographic Society today. awarded the Hubbard Gold Medal to Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh for "her brilliant accomplishments as radio operator, aerial navigator and co pilot" on trans oceanic flights with her, husband. BYRD'S WINTER FOOD SUPPLY TIIREllir S. S.

Jacob Ruppert, Bay of. Whales, Jan. 30. (UP) (via Mackay Radio) Forty four marooned memberef second Byrd Antarctic expedition fought desperately tonignt in save the expedition's winter supply, which is threatdneJ by disintegration of the long ice front of the Bay of Whales. The broken pressure ridge and crevasses west of the expedition's base Little America was the scene of the lyrd's engaged in a dramatic struggle with the in the Antarctic for Jhe.

last few days Mrs. I.inHIlflrirh IS iha firct which is awarded for outstanding a and; explorers Robert E. Peary, Robert A. Bartett, Vilhjalmur fanspny. Boy Chapman Andrews and Richard E.

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