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17,710. FRANKLIN AND OIL CITY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1938. THREE CENTS PARLEY STRIKES SNAG; CZECHS, SUDETENS CLASH Death Toll Storm 482; Famine. Disease Threaten NEW STORM HITS WEST HAMPTON I i RHODE ISLAND REPORTS DEATH CZECH ARMY UNITS ARE TAKING OVER CONTROL OF TOWNS ALONG BORDER EG EH, (Sudeten Area), Czechoslovakia. 23 UP Czechoslovak army nulls, allegedly upon orders from the new Prague government, were In control of Sudeten-land loday.

The troops ilegan re-occupylug frontier townrj lute yesterday, only a few hours after Gen. Jan Syrovy, head of the iiriny. became premier and himself toi-k over the important war portfolio in the cabinet. They carr'ed full military equipment, heavy a nd light arms, and took over Ihe ha tracks from which they had tired rhe day before Czechoslovakia bowed to the ''sacrifice-' decision of Great Britain and France. Street lighting broke out in Her-zogenreiith, Koenigsberg, Falkenau, Graslilz, VVeipcr; and Oberloma.

Sixteen were killed in these areas shortly aftn- the Czech troops TENSE ATMOSPHERE RULES; CONFERENCE TODAY CALLED OFF Chamberlain Asks Written Pledge That Hitler Refrain Sending Troops Into Sudetenland. BULLETIN. PARIS, Sept. 23 UP Official quarters said tonight that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will leave Godesberg tomorrow morning for London. It was not stated whether he would see Adolf Hitler before leaving.

Chamberlain's entire staff will go with him, it was stated, and official quarters feared a rupture. I- .,,.,1.1 luder the storni-createil lake in the airview above, lies a good part of what was West Hampton, L. one of Xew orU's smarl summer colonies. From an ocean whipped to fury by the screaming hurricane that hit the Atlantic seaboard, a huge tidal wave suddenly welled up and rushed across the town, crushing some houses, setting others adrift, as pictured here. Nearly a score of deaths are reported, with many persons missing, By WEBB MILLER.

Copyrigltt, 1938, by United Press. GODESBERG, Germany, Sept. 23. Negotiations between Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Fuehrer Adoif Hitler struck a snag today and a grave, tense atmosphere prevailed in this Rhineland center. The scheduled second meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler did not take place this morning.

Instead, Chamberlain sent Hitler a letter. It was five hours before Hitler replied at 3:35 p. m. after constant consulation with his entourage across the river from Chamberlain's hotel. The Prime Minister began immediate study of the reply.

Chamberlain's letter, it was believed, demanded a pledge in black and white that Germany would not move into Czechoslovakia while negotiations are in progress. NEWS FROM BORDER INCREASE TENSION. There was no official confirmation, but a semi-official German source said ust how do you answer such a letter? How can we guarantee not to march into a country where such conditions prevail?" News from the Czech border and from France added to the tension and to fears-that the crisis may be reaching the gravest point since it began. Fighting between Sudeten Germans and Czechs was reported along the border. From France came news that heaw French troop movements were in progress along the German frontier.

Despite the difficulties, there was no sign of an actual break in the negotiations between Chamberlain and Hitler, and so-rrae hope that they might be resumed late today. HURRY REPLY TO CHAMBERLAIN. Hitler's reply to Chamberlain was hurried along the river bank by a fast automobile in winch was Dr. Pairi Schmidt Hitler's official interpreter. 50-Mile Wind and Driving Rain Add Peril to Stch for Victims; Death Toll is 19.

Truck Firms Boosted Prices for 'Kick In' To Democratic Funds France Has Gone Limit; LIST NOW AT 220 Dyke Above Springfield, Nears Collapse; Many Ordered to Flee Danger Area. GOVT. NOW RUSHING RELIEF ihiic of flood mill xtorm picture trill be found on. I'mje 8 of tothiji'x edition. Then irere rushed here hi XEA.

Serriee. (Copyright, 1938, by United Tress.) The death toll from Wednesday's hurricane and tidal waves mounted slowly toward the 500-mark today as rescue workers spurred their efforts in the face of new flood threats. By mid-day the nuinlier nf known dead in New England. New York. New Jersey and Quoliec had reached 4N2.

The revised toll by states: Rhode Isliind 220. Massuchnsetts137. Connecticut X. I New York New Hampshire 13. New Jore.

3. Vermont 'J. Quebec 2. Massachusetts believed she had her rampaging rivers under eonrrol, Im, a l'l emergency was threatening at Harlford loday. eight New Jersey town were under water, and were rising in uppev New York state.

The threat of disease and famine (Continued on Page 14.) Except at Hartford and Northeastern Massachusetts, Worst of Flood Believed Over. By HKXERY MIXOTT. BOSTON, Sept. 23. UP Rescue workers turned to combatting fhreaU of disease and famine among New Eng.

land's lOO.WW hurricaue-a-nd flood -refugees today as swollen rivers reached their peaks in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Except at Hartford, and in Northeastern Massachusetts, the wcsl of the floods was believed to lie The crest of New England's largest river, the Conne-ticut, reached Springfield, early today. The new north end dyke, which cost build, cracked under the pressure. authorities hoped sandbank reinforcements would prevent collapse. National Guardsmen, however, removed persons from low-lying areas and sent them to join other refugees from the flooded south end.

The river crested at 25.7.") feet, one-fourth of a foot under the peak reached during the disusterous floods. Hertford was the next major city la the flood's path. In northeastern Massachusetts, the crest of the Merrimack River rolled through Lawrence, flooding the already-evacuated Roseiuont section and I lie Paw tucket and Lawrence boulevards. The peak was feet compared with 102 feet in and a normal 02 feet. The river still was rising downstream at Haverhill and Lawrence.

At Haverhill and Riverbauk residents and merchants moved their furnishings to high land. The business section still was dry. At Lawrence Dam. the Merrimack River at 10 a. m.

(El)T) was only three feet below the 10311 flood peak of 48.18 feet and was rising at the rate of an inch an hour. Five thousand Lawrence mill workers were thrown out of work temporarily. Police and firement in rowboats removed marooned South Lawrence and Shawsheen Village residents. 60,000 Fami As Rescue WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.

UP Sixty thousand families are homeless iu the hurricane area, the Red Cross reported today. With river floods- adding to suffering. Red Cross headquarters reported 75 field workers on duty in the region. The Federal Surplus Relief Commodities notified Rep. Citron.

that additional supplies are being sent to Connecticut sufferers. Red Cross headquarters reported Hadley. had been evacuated be-ciuse of flood waters and that 7,000 Hartford. residents had been removed to safety because of the expected flood crest of the Connecticut River later today. WPA announced that 100,000 workers ulreadv were engaged in emergency and rehabilitation work in New England.

Preparations were being made to increase the total to 175,000. Many others are engaged on emergency projects on Long Island. WPA Administrator Hopkins was en-route from Los Angeles to take per SWOLLEN RIVERS REACH CRESTS SUDETENS CZECHS BATTLE ALIO FRONTIES Machine Guns, Rifles and Armored Cars Used Five Sude-tens are Reported Killed. CZECHS PUTTING UP A FIGHT PRAGUE. Sept.

23. LP The government denied officially today that Sudeten Free Corps forces are entering the Sudeten areas. By JUNIUS B. WOOD, United Press Special Correspondent. ('Copyright, bv United Press) STADT JAOERiNIG.

Czechoslovakia. Sept. 23. UP "Free Corps" forces battled Czechs today in the Sfitzdorf, Friedehcrs' and Krauten-Waidig sectors mi the German frontier. guns, rifles, armored cars and grenades were used in the fighting.

The fighting in this district, which projects into Germany west of Glaz, began when Czechs resisted the advance Sudetens, who 1 1 occupy about oO square miles inside the frontier. The conflict, in which five Sudetens were reported killed at Friedeberg, was typical of frontier fighting all along the border in the last 24 hours. 1 could hear the rattle of machine guns in the direction of Satzdorf when I arrived, and a rumble that resembled artillery. I was- told that fighting also had broken out at Krautenwaldig and that the Free Corps moved southward after crossing the frontier night. Headquarters Buzzes With Activity.

Czechs equipped wirh machine guns, armored cars and grenades were reported to have met them. The Sudetens reported that the Czechs were putting up a determined resistence but that the Free Corps had a large nuinlier of men and wefon including many old guns. The Free Corps men 1 iw were not uniformed and I have seen no sign of German sirniy uniforms. The only insignia worn by the Free Corps is a small 'black and red ribbon pinned to the coat lapel. When I visited the Sudeten German party headquarters this morning it was buzzing with activity.

Couriers ran in and out with messages. A Free Corps- flag almost 30 feet long flew from the top of a nearby castle called Schloss -Johanueslierg. Swastikas hung from all nearby houses in greeting to newly arriving Free Corps fighters. POLAND IS AROUSED SOVIET ATTITUDE MOSCOW, Sept. 23.

UP Russia has sent a note to Poland, warning that Russia will denounce the Soviet-Polish nou-aggression pact if Poland invades Czech territory, it was learned today. WARSAW, Sept 23 UP Poland advised the Soviet government today that Moscow's threat to denounce the Polish-Russian non-aggression treaty was "unwarranted." Official sources said that the Soviet "attempt to intimidate Poland" was not king taken seriously. While Polish demonstrations for seizure of the Teschen area from Czechoslovakia continued, the government replied to the Soviets, who had warned that, if Poland attacked the Czechs, the treaty would be denounced. The reply said that Polish miliary concentrations were purely of an internal character not connected with S-iviet affairs and that Poland kn nvs the text of documents she has signed, being clearly aware that in event of aggression by either party the 1032 treaty with the Soviet anto-reaticclly lapses. 4 DANCE TONIGHT, V.

F. W. Club. Dancing from 9 to 1. It 4 S.

C. M. W. A. meeting tonight, 8 p.

Moose hall. It 4 DANCE AND FLOOR SHOW. ruiaj owning, -uwae v-iuu. ---i At the ferry, which had beent waiting, the reply was handed into another automobile, which took it to Chamberlain's hotel. At the same time, observers from the hotel balcony thought they saw another envelope handed to Schmidt from an automobile which came down from Chamberlain's hotel.

A propaganda minister official said that since the Kritish must translate the reply, it was doubtful there would be unv immediate further contact be tween ChanrfHuinin and Hitler, if arrangements had been made for them to meet at all today. Dislike Czech Cabinet Move. Very high Nazi quarters were quoted as having said the whole situation had liven changed by the appointment of a "Red general" to head the Prague government and that obviously Germany would not tolerate such a menace. Informed German private sources said "anything may be expw-ted. but we are completely in the dark about what will be the future moves, not only in the international sit nation hut the Chamberlain-Hitler contacts." German correspondents coming from Hitler' hotel said they understood Hitler's reply to Chamberlain would ni-ake possible the resumption of negotiations.

An hour after Hitler's reply had been received, the British delegation had no statement to make regarding its nature. A spokesman merely announced that the ruply had arrived and Cliawiberlain was reading it. In the five hours between the sending of Chamberlain's letter aud receipt of Hitler's reply, the British delegation waited with obvious anx-(Conft'jtted' on Page 14.) WEALTHY AND POOR SUFFER WEST HAMPTON, X. Sept. 23.

ITA. new storm struck this section community today, adding peril to the search for victims of the hurricane and tidal wave which almost obliterated the town Wciresday night. A 50-mile wind pnd a driving rain brought the threat of new floods and rising seas. The storm started early and continued for several hours, piling high waves which pounded the devastated beach There was a shortage of water, which was being hauled 20 miles and itioned. Th were no lights, few telephones.

Stale troopers guarded the few roads tnat had been cleared of timbers and fallen trees, keeping sight-seeis. wink men combed the beaches and nut out in boats search-Continued on I'arje 14.) Political and Military Circles Prepare for Any Eventuality in Czech and Parley Situations. By RICHARD 1). McMILLAX. LONDON, Sept.

23. UP News from Godesiberg. the French Rhineland and the Czechoslovak border caused consternation in official quarters today. Political ami military officials appeared to be preparing for any eventuality. A highly relia.le source said Fuehrer Adolf Hitler had informer Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Godesberg that Germany intoii'dtxl to march into Czechoslovakia "because there is no alternative," and that Chamberlain had replied with a letter making a last-niinule appeal for peace.

Word from Moscow that Soviet Russia had denounced its non-aggression pact with Poland caused a stir here. Both the Polish ambassador. Count Edward Raczyiifdii, and the Soviet charge d'affaires. S. IS.

Kakan, visited the foreign office. Advise Poland Xot to Negotiate. Viscount Halifax, foreign secretary, called in Count Raczynski and advised Poland not to agitate the Polish minority issue during the present critical Continued on Page 14.) MACHINE GUNS SET UP ON BRIDGES OVER RHINE AS FRANCE "PREPARES" STRASBOURG. France, Sept. 23.

Tjp Machine guns were set up today at the bridges over the River Rhine as France redoubled defense precautions on the German frontier. Reports circulated that the German defenses also had been reinforced. Other machine gun ixists were established at points along the highways leading to the iRhine. Artillery positions six miles behind Strasbourg were reinforced. Horses and trucks were requisitioned by the French military, chiefly in the Haguenau region.

Reports regarding German activities were vague. The only actual sign of activity on the German side day ami night work on the Siegfried defense line. Margiotti Provides Sensational Testimony in Hearing Before State Graft Probers. TIP IS GIVEN BY C0LEGR0VE Sent. 23.

'T For mer Attorney General Charles J. Mar- told the legislative investigating today that near the end of the 11137 Assembly session a fellow cabinet officer. Arthur Colegrove. advised him some terrible things wen; happening" and expressed fear he was hazarding a Jail sentence in acceding to truck purchase demands of Democratic leaders. Margiotti said Colegrove, then property and supplies secretary, revealed to him that truck companies from which he purchased equipment for the State Highways Department during the l'J3(i campaign under pressure from Democratic leaders boosted prices from $7H to $3,500 per vehicle to make up a $50,000 contribution to the party's state committee.

Blamed MeClnslij and Lawrence. The pressure was applied, Margiotti testified, by Matthew H. McCloskey, then finance chairman of the State party organization, and Commonwealth Secretary David L. Lawrence, State Democratic chairman. Relating his conversation with Colegrove regarding truck purchases, Margiotti said "Colegrove said, 'Charlie, I am worried about som-o things.

I'm worried a lot. I don't want to do anything that would cause me to go to jail, 'hut some terrible things are 'He said that during the Presidential campaign Matthew H. McCloskey and David L. Lawrence had gone to him and asked him to honor requisitions for trucks. "He (Colegrove) said McCloskey (Continued on Page 14.) ies Homeless Efforts Start gonal charge of his department's work.

COC Director Feehner ordered all camps in the stricken area placed on emergency basis. There are about 7.000 enrollees in 35 camps in the districts needing relief, but 17,000 more CCC boys in 86 camps in nearby states were close enough to foe used if needed. Red Cross headquarters dispatched 55 disaster workers from Washington. Local representatives reported that all necessary emergency relief is being administered, but none predicted what would (be needed when a complete survey of the disaster has been made. Chief of Staff Craig of the U.

S. army promised full co-operation to Red Cross Chairman Davis. Naval commandants at the Brooklyn, N. and Charlestown, Navy Yards were ordered to render all assistance possible. The navy's major work will be to establish communication and assist the Coast Guard in rescue work.

Coast Guard cutters made a survey of the affected area. GOVT. SPENDING CROSSES TWO BILLION MARK; MORE THAN IN 1937 PERIOD WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.

UP Government since July 1 has crossed- the mark, the treasury revealed today. Expenditures between the shirt of the fiscal year and Sept. 21 amounted to exceeding spending in the same period last year hy $233,01 lO.OOtl. (If the total so far expended, was for general governmental purposes. Recovery and relief ex-iiendltures aggregated $6117.057,455 as compared with last year.

The heaviest emergency expenditures were for the Works Progress Administration, which spent CHANGE TIME OF KIDDIES' PARADE Event to be Finished in Time for Football Game. The time for the Kiddies' Parade under the auspices of the Franklin Business Men's Association was advanced to lay to 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the retail division of the Fiaiiklin Chamber of Commerce announced that the fa'l Window Shopping Night will be 'acid this evening after a postponement Thursday night due to rain. The Kiddies' Parade originally was scheduled for 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but lh? time was advanced an hour on account of the football game scheduled at that time at Miller-Sibley Field. Many prizes are to be awarded by Franklin merchants for costumes, pets and floats in the parade. The children will form in line on Buffalo Street lietween Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets and march on Thirteenth and Liberty Street.

The judges will be stationed on Liberty Street near West Park. The show windows In the business district were attractively decorated for the annual far Window Shopping Nigh this evening. Rain all day Thin sd ay made a postponement neces-sarj, but fair weather today was expected to result in a big turn-out of window shoppers this evening. ATTENTION I. O.

O. Assemble at hall tonight at 7:15 to pay our respects at the home of our deceased brother, La Rue Palmer, Second Avenue. Bleakley Hill. EVERETT COLLINS, N. J.

C. HILL, Sec'y. It STAR MARKET 51313th ST. Choice branded steer beef. All steaks 25c otinck roast 17c lean hamburg 2 lbs.

for 25c; home dressed lamb. GRACE DAILY. it ATTENTION EAGLES! S-ncber's orchestra Sat. Round and square dancing. 23-2t 0 Intends Now to Stand By Pledges to Czechs By RALPH HEIXZEX.

PARIS, Sept. France has gone the limit of concessions and will stand by her commitments if Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Premier Ed-ouard Daladier announced tonight. Pierre Got, a radical Socialist leader, made the announcement in the corridors of tlie 'Chamber of Deputies after a meeting iH'tween Daladier and the radical leaders. "France lias gone the extreme limit (Continued on Page 14.) Chamberlain Asks Hitler Not to Take Military Measures (Cojyriglit.

1938. by United Press.) DON IX IN. Sept .23 UP-The "war or peace" conversation between British Prime Minister Neville Chamlierlain and Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler can now be described as follows: Chamberlain, meeting Hitler at, Godesberg yesterday, explained that he had brought a plan worked out by the British and French governments to give satisfaction to Germans demands for annexation of the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. This plan, the prime minister pointed out, had been accepted by the Prague government. All that Britain asked, Chamlierlain said, was that Hitler not take an mili-( Continued on Page 14.) "The army guarantees that the confidence expressed in it will ibe justified.

"Every member of the army from private to general must be filled with complete trust and devotion to his superiors must be ready at any moment to obey any order in the full realization that obedience erves for the security of the state and nation. "The army must remain strong and ready for every situation and at all costs. It must ibe ready conscientiously to fulfill its duty to the ftate and nation in every situation." As the proclamation was issued, Syrovy's government acted firmly to-maintain control to keep order along the Sudeten frontier where German troops estimated as high as were conrf. rated across the border. Nevertheless, there were maoy outbreaks of fighting.

Customs bouse and other official buildings were attacked by gunfire yesterday, official sources reported. In many coses Continued on Page 14.) Czech President Informs Nation Army Backing Govt. By REXOLDS PACKARD. United Press Staff Correspondent. PRAGUE, Sept.

23. UP President Eduard Benes Issued a proclamation to the army today, exhorting it to remember that the people depend on the armed forces for protection. The president declared the army is behind the government's necisions. The proclamation was issued imme-riiately after the new government headed by Gen. Jan Syrovy, one-eyed war veteran, had been presented to the president.

"The entire nation in these days is living through heavy cares connected with the fate of the state," the proclamation said. "In these days people naturally rely on the army." "Every true citizen sees in the army not only his own protection but that of the state and nation. "The army will merit, the confidence of the people and in every case will stand unshakably behind the decisions of the government, its chief, and the president..