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73 Of tht Daily line NINETY-SIXTH YEAR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25, 1 939 Prict Thret Centt on News Stands Deliver bp Carrier 8o a Week EIGHTEEN PAGES rui 1 mi SMJKItt io ii i' i i ail i jo it i WE SB London Gets Ready For Bombers EHIiil'ler Summons British PEACE CALL IS PRAISED IN BRITAIN loosevelf Sees Peace Possible Says European Situation Doesn't Mean Ambassador To Confer Explosion Kills Five In Suburb Of London Representative of France Also Called Certain War After Sending Peace 'See Roosevelt Appeal as Ray of Hope But Con Appeals to Hitler and President of Poland. tinues Grim Preparations for War. -j i if. is by Der Fuehrer Move UnexplainedReports of Efforts to Press Peaceful Settlement on Poland Keep Peace Hopes Alive Britain and Poland Sigri Agreement. ITALY CALLS RESERVISTS NO ANSWER RECEIVED London.

Aug. 25 ipFrve persons were believed killed and scores injured today in an explosion at Coventry, a manufacturing center northwest of London. Hundreds of shop windows were shattered and buses severely damaged. The principal shopping street was ankle deep in shattered glass and debris. Three stores were demolished.

Passing automobiles were wrecked and cyclists were thrown to the pavement. Three arrc.vts were reported Immediately after the blast. London, Aug. 25 (P) Great Britain hailed as a ray of hope today in the darkening European sit uation President Roosevelt's peace appeals. But, while the nation hoped for some break in the international deadlock that8 would point the way to conference Instead of armed conflict, it grimly began to adjust Itself to a new warlike tempo.

President Roosevelt's second ap peal within 24 hours, directed to or a national of one of the American republics which are all of them free from any connection with or participation In European political Stephen T. Early, one of the President's secretaries, said neither the President nor any official of this government would offer himself as the conciliator, so that there was no possible suggestion of involving the United States. As to whether the President would accept' if he were asked to, he said that bridge would be crossed when it was reached. The President's appeal to Hitler, coming only a few hours after his telegram to King Vittorio Emanuele London, Aug. 25 (AP) A formal agreement of mutual assistance between Great Britain and Poland was signed at the foreign office late today by Lord Halifax, the British foreign secretary, and Ambassador Count Edward Raczynski.

The agreement consists of eight articles setting forth the circumstances under which the parties would come to each other's assistance. Washington, Aug. 25 (President Roosevelt said today he did not regard the present European situation, as certain to result in war. The Chief Executive, discussing the critical foreign situation at a press conference, made this statement when asked whether he would call a special session of Congress to act on new neutrality legislation. Speaking to reporters only a few hours after he had addressed peace appeals to Adolf Hitler and Polish President Ignace Moscicki, Mr.

Roosevelt said he had made perfectly clear before that he would not call Congress unless it was reasonably certain that war was imminent. Saying there had been some confusion over the word imminent, he declared it carried the connotation of certainty and then went on to Fuehrer Hitler of Germany and President Ignace Moscicki of Poland, came too late for comment by London morning papers but it was welcomed by Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and Prime Minister Chamberlain. While Halifax reaffirmed Chamberlain's assertions that Britain was determined to fulfill her obligations JAPAN BREAKS OFF GERMAN RELATIONS Adopts Policy of "Splendid Isolation" as Result of Nazi Pact With Soviet. seeking his good offices, was his ft A I sJlf an fourth such message to Der Fuehrer ttI'u 11 over uer-in less than a year. The first two demands he aded, would were sent at the time of the "Mu- Cau' hope ln, the fac? of nich crisis" last September, and the consequences of a resort to say he did not believe the present thP Ihlvrl war in Anril aicp 15 laneii situation was certain to bring hos tlllties.

Mr. Roosevelt noted to Hitler that Asked whether the hope of which he had not received a reply to his he spoke was based on any specific knowledge, the President replied he last appeal, and added: "But because of my confident be London, Aug. 25 (AP) A Reuter (British hews agency) dispatch from Belgrade today said the Yugoslav government had resigned. Rome, Aug. 25 (AP) Two classes of ItalianTeserv-ists were called to the colors today, bringing those under arms to a total of six classes.

They were unofficially estimated to add about men to the 1,300,000 already under arms. (By Louis P. Lochner) Berlin, Aug. 25 (AP) Talk of a new peace offer in the German-Polish conflict was renewed thLs afternoon when news spread through the capital that the British lief that the cause of world peace that cannot be retracted, reason may yet prevail." Commenting on Mr. Roosevelt's first suggestion that King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy use his influence for peace, the Times said, "the message is a courageous attempt to make reason prevail and it is earnestly to be hoped that at this grave hour it will have a more constructive Tokyo, Aug.

25 (Pi The Japanese government was authoritatively reported today to have decided to abandon its close relations with Germany as a result of the letter's conclusion of a non-aggression pact with Soviet Russia. A high Japanese source said Japan would pursue for the present a policy of "splendid "isolation" without closing the door to "any country wanting friendship." The chief secretary of the cabinet said the German-Russian accord Members of a British anti-aircralt gun crew strip the rifle for action as Europe's war tension mounted and Great Britain rushed air raid precautions. This gun is part of a battery located in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by cable from London). reception than Mr.

Roosevelt's ini which is the cause of humanity itself rises above all other considerations, I am again addressing myself to you with the hope- that the war which Impends and the consequent disaster to all peoples everywhere may yet be averted." That the President nevertheless did not have in mind another "Munich conference," in which Czecho had no more news than the newspapermen present. No Reply to Messages Discussing the critical state of world affairs in a calm, deliberate tone, the President said he had no replies as yet from his messages to Germany and Poland to settle their differences either by direct negotiation, impartial arbitration, or through a neutral moderator, or to his earlier Bppeal of yesterday to the King of Italy to intervene in behalf of peace. Atkcd about American prepared tiative last April." The Times saw as "significant' Mr. Roosevelt's "firm insistence on the principle that all nations, In had caused the government to Sir Nevile Henderson, had been closeted NLRB HEARINGS AT SOUTH BARRE OPEN SHOTS FIRED BY HOODED GUNMEN cluding the smajier and weaker na slovakia was split up, was indi tions, have an absolute right to don any consideration of measures to strengthen the anti-comintern pact, in which Japan has been linked with Germany, Italy and lesser cated by this paragraph in the messages to the Nazi leader and Presi maintain themvnational lndepend with Adolf Hitler in the early afternoon. Later the fuehrer received the ambassadors of France, Italy and Japan.

The nature of the talks was not ence. dent Ignace Moscicki of Poland: Preparations Hit Everyone "Both Poland and Germany being ness measures, Mr. Roosevelt said the machinery which began to take The preparations for "eventuali revealed. countries. Japan has been on unfriendly terms Soviet Russia since she ties" were felt in every home from the mansions of Mayfair to the began her conquest of Manchoukuo No one here would intimate the nature of the conversation between slums of Limehouse.

Most hquse noias tnat aid not nave a son or sovereign governments, it Is understood; of course, that upon resort to any one of the alternatives I suggest, each nation will agree to accord complete respect to the independence and territorial Integrity of the other." Seeking to give Europe a breathing spoil after the teae atmosphere daughter in the army, navy, air- Norwood, Aug. 25 iC) A hooded gunman broke uito the home of'W. Cameron Forbes, former ambassador to Japan, early today, fired at the caretaker with a double-barreled shotgun, frightened the caretaker's wife and daughter and then fled. The caretaker, Michael Connolly. 67, he was awakened by the barking of a collie dog and ran in Sir Nevile and Hitler, which occurred shortly after 1 p.

m. (7 a. E. S. Eailier German sources said the South Barre, Aug.

25 (P) While National Labor Board witnesses haggled "over preliminaries, non-residents were cleared out of the disturbance zone around the struck Barre Wool Combing company today as sheriff's deputies consolidated control after two days of quiet. Twenty-five persons were dredged up in the deputies' nets, all of them described as "out-of-towners." in 1931 and the two powers have been carrying on intermittent warfare for the last three months on the Manchoukuo-Outer Mongolia border. The decision, apparently calling force or one of the auxiliary services had some member connected with the vast civil defense set-up. Soviet ambassador in Warsaw was endeavoring to prevail upon Poland And if none in the home was in of the last few days, Mr. Roosevelt ident Roosevelt a direct private reply or merely answer publicly as he did Roosevelt's last message in April, apparently had not been determined.

In any case leading Nazis gave the message a shrug of the shoulder reception and withheld comment in the hope that before today ends Poland will accede to Hitler's demands. Amazed Poland Resists Some amazement was expressed ln the Wilhelmstrasse that Poland had not thrown in the sponge before this. Hopes were still high that Britain would produce the neces the service, the householder still was peacefully to give in to German for a major reversal of Japanese foreign policy, was said to have been reached first by the cabinet's "big five" Premier Baron Kiichiio to the hall. He was confronted by a tall, thin man whose head was covered by a black silk hood with slits at the eyes. Hiranuma and the foreign, finance, war and navy ministers and ap aware of war preparations.

For by radio, newspaper and personal visits came instructions: That he must curtain his windows so as not to betray the city to airplanes; That he must not hoard food but wait for ration TVlQf Vlic par nt Vlic VmilunHnlH if Just as the gunman told Connolly Three Fitchburg men were booked as suipicious persons. Strike sympathizers continued to express their opinions of nonrstrik- i ing workers by booing and hissing as they passed the plant gates, but there were no more disturbances proved later by the entire cabinet. Hope for a peaceful settlement through 11th hour capitulation of Poland and her guarantors, Great Britain and France, was the keynote in official quarters here. Military Action Delayed Competent sources expressed belief that Germany had decided to postpone military action, at least for one "This is a holdup," the letter's wife, Elizabeth, and his daughter, Mary. Hiranuma was expected to pres ent it today to Emperor Hirohito for approval.

20, walked from their bedrooms. The intruder turned to the women and form two years ago had been perfected in the last year and the only question remaining was the pressing of the button to put it in operation at the proper time. Aked whether this state-of preparation represented the maximum preparedness machinery this country could produce, the President said he would not call it that but preferred to say it was better than at any time In the past. Included, he said, were financial preparations and preparatory measures for evacuating Americans from war zones. Most of his conferences today, he added, were related to the use of this machinery should It become necessary.

He had no one in mmd, he said, when he suggested the selection by Hitler and Moscicki of a neutral mediator in event direct negotiation or impartial arbitration were turned down. He made this remark in reply to an Inquiry whether he had in mind a Latin American statesman. Sugjtsts Three Courses Climaxing a thorough study of the foreign crisis after his return to the capital, Mr. Roosevelt sent messases to the two men last night asking for a truce and suggesting three methods for ending the Nazi-Polish controversy: sary rabbit from the hat at the last a.sked that both nations agree "to refrain from any positive act of hostility for a reasonable and stipulated period." Catastrophe, he said, w-as very near at hand. Hitler Message Blunt The message to Hitler was longer and more bluntly worded than the telegram to President Moscicki.

White House officials said the message to Hitler had been sent in sufficient time to reach him by 10:15 o'clock last night (Eastern standard time), when It was handed to newspapermen here. Hitler had complained that the April communication had been made public before he received it. might be taken over by Connolly ran into another room to like those that required deputies' tear gas to settle Wednesday. The four-week-old strike began overj minute. The Fuehrer remained with Field the government; telephone.

The gunman fired after wie jiiiua Jt'iusui io reemploy iour OPPOSE INCREASE IN MILK PRICES That his money was likewise subject to requisition; That his home was liable to search and he himself liable to secret trial if other court proceedings seemed inexpedient. For nighttime hours traffic lights were masked with black discs that Connolly the bullets piercing the door and breaking a window and then ran out, Connolly was unable to use the telephone as the man had cut the wire outside before breaking a door window to gain entrance. Forbes is at his summer home in Fairhaven. Chief William Sullivan said he was mystified by the incident. He allowed only a tiny cross of light to more day.

Study Roosevelt Message The President's message suggesting that Poland and Germany settle their differences either through direct negotiations, by arbitration or by conciliation was studied by the fuehrer in, the Reich's chancellery thus morning. The first answer is expected to be made public tonight, probably through the foreign office mouthpiece, the Deutsche DiplomatLsche-Polltische Korrespondenz. Excellent sources said the reply would be negative in tone with the implication that President Roosevelt had sent his. plea "to the wrong address." Marshal Hermann Goerlng, Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop and other advisers until early today. The rotund field marshal in uniform left the chancellery at 1 a.

and a half-hour later Hitler switched off the lamp on his night table. Nevertheless he was up rarly and was ready for business when President Roosevelt's telegram was placed before him. The combined pressure of the Russians and the Germans is confidently believed here to be sufficient to convince the Poles of the hopelessness of their position and to force them to capitulate. women. The first day's session of the Labor Board hearing, on charges by the United Textile Workers union (A.

F. that the firm had used unfair labor practices, revealed little else beyond the federal men's objection to a phonograph on which the company attempted to record testimony. After Bernard J. Donahue, counsel for the Labor Board, had ob-' jected that the recording "detracted from the dignity of the court," Trial Examiner Henry, J. Kent of Washington ordered the machine re Tells Reserve Officers To Be Ready For Service show and buses and taxis bore dim blue lights with rays tilted down.

Buses ran less frequently and were did not believe it was a former em ploye and was unable to explain why the gunman made no attempt to take anything if It were a holdup. Monterey, Aug. 25 (Pj more crowded. It was explained that Lieut. Gen.

Albert J. Bowley, com- many had been withheld from serv-manding general of the Fourth lice to carry troops if necessary. U. S. Army, reminded reserve of- The bright red and gold uniforms New York.

Aug. 25 (P) Distributors and spokesman for 7,000,000 consumers made ready their case today on a petition for a price increase to $2.82 per hundredweight (47 quarts) for class one (fluid) milk in New York's turbulent milk-shed. A hearing under the federal-state milk marketing act continued here after an upstate dairymen's representative estimated a producer-sought price increaj-e to relieve "disastrous conditions" would increase prices to retailers by 1U cents a quart. A majority of 26 producer wit 1. "Direct fleers who are concludine summer of soldiers out to see their girl 2.

impartial arDitration in wmch! maneuvers at Camp Ord iheir sta-1 friends, were missing from the sub- It Is for this reason, this source they can both have tus may be changed at any moment. way trains. Most soldiers were in; moved- The company's counsel objected to the but agreed not ARMY UPRISING IN CHILE IS CRUSHED "It should have gone," these; said, that Fuehrer Hitler did not sources said, "to England." give the word last nUiM. that every- Meanwhile authoritative reports 'body had expecLed, to start his of- J. he procedure ol concilia-; "In view of the present situation their barracks, lion, selecting as conciliator -6r i i Europe and Asia," Gen.

Bowley Masses Back Chamberlain moderator a national of one of the; said, "none of us know when we Parliament's speedy passage yes-tradltionally neutral states of may be called into active service." of the special defense bill to bring back the recorder. The day's only' witness was H. Nelson Flanders, assistant treasurer of the firm. Donahue's ques reached Berlin that Soviet Russia fensive upon Poland. faow near the Fuehrer was to ac had exerted pressure at Warsaw for nesses at Syracuse yesterday urged giving the government virtual dic Santiago, Chile, Aug.

25 tion last night was illustrated by Inderal and state authorities to ap tatorial powers was taken in good tions apparently were an attempt to show the company did interstate 'Chile's left-winz covernment de- a "peaceful" settlement of the Ger man-Polish quarrel. Whether Hitler would send Pres. iijan ay we average union, wasCiarcd today that a revolutionary (Concluded on Six) business. nothing more than he expected. movement in the army had been Plattsburg War Games End With Eight Dead prove the increase.

Under questioning, Fred Sexauer, president of the Dairymen's league which claims 37,000 members, esti crushed. Like the press, most of the British backed up the determination voiced in parliament toy Prime Minister AMERICAN SEAMAN It said that General Ariosta Her-rera, a leader of the uprising, had mated the proposed price boogU f-eplce Gives Self Up; No One To Get Reward rr-T jChamberlain and Foreign Minister wouia increase costs to retailers l' cents a quart. IN NAZI CUSTODY (By John A. Aspinwall) I fhp ZZZ hVi Lord Halifax yesterday to keep. Brlt- Pr the medical detachment of' the airr nrnmicp tn PnianH Plattsburg, N.

Aug. 25 iP)- same regiment. promises to Poland. The second battle of Plattsburg,) During the storm Private Gerard; r. w.

fought Just 150 years after Colonial Fisher, Brooklyn, member of the! DvlJ J-4-t Three Dead In Tornado Belmont, Aug. 25 (P) of an American seaman at troops made nisiory on the shores! 102nd Medical regiment, dropped IS Iff CM Sit Id Lepke also has been accused by New York, Aug. 25 iP) FJat- Dewey of waging from hiding a "war nosed Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, the of extermination" against his for-fugltive. racketeer with a $50,000 associates that has cost five price on his hoad who gave up in a "veSl including that of Isadora oi LaKe cnampiam, ended today on i dead of heart disease. Hamburg, Germany, on charges that been arrested and that former President General Carlos Ibanez, another leader, had fled Into hiding.

The break apparently came shortly after noon. Up to then, both Ubanez and Her-rera were at liberty and the government was bolstering its defense of government buildings in the center of the city with thousands of leftist volunteers. The Insurrection began in the "Tacna" Artillery regiment and appeared to have been Joined by other army units. a sodden, rain-drenched battlefield' These deaths brought to eight Low Level surprise surrender to J. Edgar Hoover, was questioned today in close who was shot down last month ln a "mistake murder." with 36,000 National Guardsmen and 18,000 regulars locked in a bloodless, no-declsion combat.

While reports filtering in from tne "front" at dawn indicated an invading army of guardsmen had spent the night hammer the number of fatalities connected with the maneuvers. In the fighting, yesterday, the invading "Black" army of guardsmen gradually pushed a numerically inferior "Blue" corps of regulars back six miles before the downpour slow ly-guarded secrecy. A clash Jjctwecn law enforcement a tu.n.voar arrh thai 1 authorities appeared likely over who New York, Aug. 25 The pound sterling fell 25 1-8 cents in relation to the dollar ln early foreign exchange quotations today following withdrawal by the British eoualiza- Miami, Aug. 25 (Pi Three persons were killed by a destructive windstorm which leveled buildings and trees in northern Oklahoma last night.

A fourth man was killed in Texas. 1 Lee "Floyd, 12, was lifted by the wind as he stepped from his 'home near Vinlta and hurled into a meadow. His body was crushed. Clyde William Shover, 22, died in ed up the fighting. I would get the first opportunity to cost the federal government andlprosecute tne BWarPty prUn New' York state $400,000, the 43- charged with operating a $5,000,000 year-old gangster voluntarily put; a year extortion racket in the gar- ing a slowly yielding "Blue? corps of regulars, umpires said no attempt would be made to decide The mechanized 7th Cavalry tl011 fund of lts support of the cur LINK BEATING TO SLAYER OF DANCER nimsea nouvci custody lasi.ment, mr and bakery Industries.

ne inspected a Nazi "pocket battleship" without permission, was disclosed today by a fellow member of the crew of the freighter Quaker City, who asked police to find the man's sister that she might post bonds of 700 marks for his release. The arrested' man, accused of gaining entrance to the battleship's dock without authority, was identified as Arthur Sullivan, an engine man. John J. Endlcott told police Sullivan was arrested while on shore leave, was Jailed immediately and was still ln custody when the Quaker City sailed, despite intercession by the American consul. The freighter docked at 'Boston yesterday.

One Missing In North Pembroke Plant Fire night at an undisclosed place ln Reached at Owosso, where proved a potent weapon for theircncy unit- rate was the lowest "Blues," circling the "Black" flanks I sinf tne mlddle of 1933 ln unexpected sorties to cut was llkewise drop of munications lines and raid bivouacs ccnt ln the vaIue of the areas. franc, inasmuch as France "who won the war." In a statement marking the end of hostilities, Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commander of the First his barn which collapsed as he milked a cow.

Army, chalked the whole thing up permitted her currency to fall against the dollar while keeping the sterling rate about yesterday's closr lng level. i H. B. McFadden, 70, a caretaker, was injured fatally at Lake Ponca where the storm swept away a con Manhattan. He had gained weight and grown a dark moustache to hide his identity, Hoover said, and appeared "healthy and contented." Lepke was immediately rushed to a cell in the federal building and subjected to rigorous, all-night questioning by federal agents, who barred city police and prosecuting cession stand.

At McKinnev. John B. Two Killed In Crash At White River Junction Fsher. 61, Atoka, died after fewas struck by a falling tree during a wind and rain storm. he is vacationing at his mother home, Dlst.

Atty. Dewey at first declined comment but later Issued a statement declaring: "I am happy and relieved to know that Buchalter Is at last in custody. We can now proceed with the indictments which will remove him from society permanently," Federal agents showed no disposition to let New York authorities enter the case, however, and Hoover said Lepke would be arraigned on federal "anti-racketeering" charge and violation of the narcotics laws. U. Attorney John T.

Cahlll and three assistants Joined G-men In questioning the prisoner. Hollywood, Aug. 25 (P) Myrtle Wagner, 17-year-old maid, is near death from a beating Police Captain D. R. Patton theorized was administered by the slayer of Anya Sosoyeva.

Russian dancer. Mlas Wagner was found ln her employer's home, her akull fractured by a piece of lumber. Physicians said she had been criminally attacked. Patton said similarities between her assault and the Sosoyeva bludceonlnir led him to believe the officials from the room and refused All four National Guard divisionsthe 43rd New England, the 27th New York, the 26th Massachusetts and the 44th New York-New Jersey figured ln the action. Most of the military observers from 17 foreign countries who have been attending the maneuvers packed their bags and moved out last night.

i Hiis evening General Drum will conduct a critique summing up the various aspects of the maneuvers. For the 101st New York Cavalry and the 112th. Field Artillery of New Jersey, only horse outfits in the highly mechanized army, the war ended last night. Officers explained North Pembroke, Aug. 25 (4, Admits He Robbed Home The plant foreman was missing and even to let them see the prisoner.

Hoover declined to give details of the arrest, other than to say he and Lepke were alone when th latter to training and declared the most Important object had been accomplished In teaching the men "what all about." To the troops, rain-drenched and ar-weary after two nights in the Held with bare ground for a bed. the cessation of fighting meant immediate return to their home stations and a well-earned rest. A thunderstorm which swept the irea late yesterday left dead in Its wake three Connecticut National Guardsmen, members of the 43rd division, who were struck by lightning. Those killed were Corporal Benjamin Fallla, Fair Haven, and Pri- vate Harry PoletU of the 102nd In-farltry. New Haven, and Private iwo nremen were hurt today ln a In Boston During Wake blaze which destroyed the Gilbert H.

surrendered. White River Junction. Aug. 25 iJPr Two persons were killed instantly early today when their automobile left the highway, crasned into a tree and overturned. Authorities identified the victims as Martin Varlry, 28.

of Mechanic-vllle. N. and Dola C. Sullivan. 30.

Boston, Aug. 25 Arrested on a same man was rcsponHible. The surrender apparently saved both the FBI and New York city the $25,000 rewards each had post west Box company with a loss estimated unofficially between $75,000 and $100,000. Approximately 60 workers fled the wooden structure it burst into flames. All were accounted for but the foreman, Elliott Maaoun, who Lpke, missing since he Jumped charge of stealing a watch from a man booked as Joseph O'Neil.

the Dorchester district, confessed today, Police Captain Joseph Buccigross aald, that he rob ed for capture of the man whom $10,000 bond ln fivtrrat In or Bingnamton, n. Y. Miss Sosoyeva was killed last February on the Lou Angeles City college campus. Officers believe the same man atUcked and wounded Delia Bogarti, 'film dancer; a few weeks later. ootn outfits were drawn out of the Motor Vehicle offlrpr alH fha an.

line early to begin loading their tpmoblle apparently was travelina at Hoover listed is "Public Enemy No. 1937, faces sentences ranging from 4" and Dlst. Atty. Thomas E. Dewey; 55 to 110 yearg If convicted on ex-assalled as "the most dangerous In- tortlon and conspiracy charges dustrlal racketeer ln America." brought mlnst him bv r.v.

bed a somervllle) home during a had entered the plant with other employes earlier. mounts. Ja last rate of spead. wake recently. 4., 1 1.