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C7i Tho Weather Clondy Highest temperature yesterday 78 Complete weather port on Page 6-A Newt Service ASSOCIATED PRESS EXITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SCIENCE SERVICE (JP) WIREPHOTOS SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 19 1939 tseventy-eight ten sections CntftN as Swa Cta Msttar Past tffica MiaaiL Fiariia Dntdh Liner: 140 Drowned THIS REMARKABLE NIGHT PHOTOGRAPH made without the use of flashlight powder or bulbs by Verne Williams for The Herald gives an idea of the setting in which Florida defeated Miami 13 to 0 Two cameras were used one concentrated on the field the other expanding its focus to take in most of the crowd The results then were fused to make the completed picture other pictures on pages and u-a and in sports section Sinks Civilian Workers To Get 2 Thanksgivings WASHINGTON Nov 18 Navy civilian employes will have two Thanksgiving holidays under an order issued Saturday by Charles Edison acting secretary of the navy Edison directed that employes generally should be idle on November 23 the Thanksgiving day proclaimed by President Roosevelt but authorized navy yard commanders to release employes from duty on the day designated as Thanksgiving by state and local officials Whether employes are paid for the additional holiday will depend on whether they are entitled to leave under civil service rule INCTK Uncle Sam Irked By Banks Threatens Death To Plan In Rochester BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROCHESTER Nov 18 The Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation's food stamp plan conceived in Washington born in Rochester and dedicated to the nation's poor Saturday night faced death December 1 in the city of its nativity Uncle Sam angpred at the Rochester Clearing House Association decision to assess a 1 per cent charge for cashing the food stamps of hich the government gives one free for every two sold to relief clients declared the charge and we will abandon the To which adamantly replied the clearing house association: redemption costs money We charge 1 per cent for their redemption December The grocers caught between two fires called a meeting for next Monday to discuss the situation BRITISH CAPTURE GERMAN STEAMER Ship Loaded With Wheat Is Taken To Port As Prize LONDON Nov 18 The German cargo steamer Gloria loaded with wheat has arrived in a Scottish port as a prize of the British navy it was announced Saturday A British prize crew navigated the vessel and the German crew was interned 4 Spirit of Miami Is Turned Into Dirge By STEPHEN Herald Staff Writer to the Spirit of Miami turned into a funeral dirge and ended on a sour note Saturday night for rapidly growing synthetic alumni The nice old lady from Vermont who is still sending picture postcards home tore her silk shawl in anguish Nice old gentlemen who have come to look on the orange and green uniforms as being as indis-C pensable to the local scenery as PRICE TEN CENTS Women and Children Are Among 400 In North Sea Tragedy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Nov The Netherlands passenger liner Simon Bolivar was sunk Saturday by a mine in the North sea It is believed 140 persons were drowned The British admiralty charged that the vessel was destroyed by a mine which the Germans had laid without notifying neutral shipping Berlin dispatches denied German responsibility The 8309-ton vessel carried 400 persons including women and children A total of 260 survivors of whom Background Aside from British naval losses the Simon Bolivar disaster late Saturday was the worst sea tragedy of Europe's current war The heaviest loss to a non-fighting ship previously was the sinking of the British liner Athenia northwest of Ireland on September 3 the day England and France declared war on Germany The Athenia loss was 112 persons including Americans The ship was bound for Canada from England 140 were said to be crewmen were landed at Harwich on the east coast of England Captain Is Killed British trawlers picked up the survivors who included some British many Netherlanders and other nationalities So far as could be ascertained there were no Americans on board Those able to travel were brought to London Steward II Wristers declared the ship as about 20 miles off the English coast when a shook her master Capt Voorspiy was killed on the Wristers said seemed as if the explosion was right under him All oil pipes burst and people in the cabins were The ship was listing sharply he added and some of the lifeboats could not be lowered properly Second Explosion The steward said a second explosion apparently another mine came within 15 minutes of the first saw about 80 people in the water and the sea was covered with oil he related "The ship capsized shortly after the second explosion At the first blast everyone realized the situation was serious but there was no great panic All of us in the crew immediately ran to our lifeboat stations Many of the boats were successfully Heart-Bending Scenes Heart-rending scenes were enacted at a London railway station as survivors began arriving at midnight Many of them were wrapped in blankets and were carrying scraps of their belongings Scores of policemen met the survivors and led them by the light of hurricane lamps through the blacked-out station to ambulances where nurses and doctors immediately attended to those suffering from injuries One of the survivors said in broken English: "After the explosion many of us jumped into the water We had no time to gather our belongings It was nerve Is My Among the survivors is a 11-month-old baby and a little boy who calls: is my Ambulances at the dock took some of the injured to hospitals and others less seriously hurt to hotels The admiralty charged the Germans laid mines in the channel followed by merchant ships without notice to neutrals and added that is no doubt that they were laid for the specific purpose of destroying such The British Sunday morning press with one voice attributed the sinking to "Nazi gangster and described it as "another ruthless blow at peaceful British Statement A British admiralty communique said: mining of the Dutch passenger ship Simon Bolivar off the east coast of England is a further example of the utter disregard of international law and the dictates of humanity shown by the German government mines were laid without any notification in the channel followed by merchant shipping both British and neutral and there is no doubt that they were laid for the specific purpose of destroying such (The last listing of the Simon Bolivar in the New York Maritime Register showed the vessel sailed October 17 from Barbados West Indies for Amsterdam) SIKIG IS PICT I RED BY BRITISH SLRUH OR LONDON Nov 19 A Armstrong a British civil service officer aboard the ill-fated Simon Bolivar described the sinking as follows: after the second explo VOL XXVHI NO 351 IN TODAY'S NEWS Front JT hie Front? Just Like Movies Feed Cannon Food Asiatic Interests BOND BUSS Herald Staff Writer IT IS PUZZLING this news You wonder whether the dispatches come from war-torn Europe or the peaceful security of America Students fight the police Students are killed in airplane crash A bitter battle was fought between an attacking group and a lone refugee whose body was riddled with bullets A boy grabbed up a gun to shoot intruder Bandits raided a railroad station and escaped with Tail bags A boat is sunk and 10 fe drowned Machines roar to deletion taking toll of life A building is blown up many injured Hundreds of youths in uniforms punched and tackled and ran on many battlegrounds while thousands thundered for gore Indeed yes this is the United States not Europe It may be quiet on the Western front Not on the American It never is IN GOOD old Jesse James style several masked desperadoes held up Burlington railway station in Monroe City Mo and escaped with United States mail How romantic! Just like the movies Without love Also like the movies was the ruse capture of Willard Shockley young ex-convict in Illinois his ability to ahoot it out with a posse skipping through bullets Finally cornered he was riddled like a rat The United States should seek to appease domestic conditions before becoming too concerned over the aerene war abroad MARTIAL law clamped down in Prague and surrounding districts by the Germans aroused by the brewing revolt among the Czechs With the approval of the English at Munich Hitler marched into the Sudetenland But it seems he had not won the consent of Czechoslovakia It still objects Nazi Germany feels the stamp of war Working hours in es sential industries increased from eight to ten With higher pay To meet the labor shortage Men and Women must work harder when Voldiers go hunting The German harvest is good Recognizing God Hitler said the aid of the Almighty the German people's nourishment from products of their own soil will thereby be guaranteed for ensuing Crops are as necessary as cannon for cannon fodder must be fed JAPAN marches on in earnest while Europe prates preens pretends Japanese army claims it advanced 50 miles entered Kwang-si province in thrust at Chinas outhwestern supply routes For more than twro years that Asiatic conflict has raged Tokio has not found it so easy but pushes on successfully little by little The Western world will awaken to find while it has been quarreling Nippon has conquered a vast empire AMERICA may be striving to stay out of the European mess but it 'is plunging toward Asia Washington has taken up the white burden in the Orient as England moves out Six more American submarines sent to Far East and there in the Pacific our mam fleet rolls Commercial treaty with Japan expires January 26 and unless Tokio mends its way that will bring economic war And economic war la close to real war Japan may be able to clean up giant mprepared China Licking Uncle Sam will be less simple Especially if Americans quit buying Japanese tooth brushes DO NOT loose sight of the possible Asiatic entanglements War in the Pacific might be worse titan that across the Atlantic Sen-Norris declared there is little likelihood of this country entering the European war but he and Others forget Japan Norris urged the administration to concentrate on domestic problems to build a national defense Splendid advice He would have congress give attention to solving unemployment Washington has been doing that for seven years without result Hitler possibly has done more to solve American unemployment than congress HUGE recovery gains reported Economists' tell President Roosevelt these will be maintained while others look for setback Those experts are bound to be right Industrial output approached 3929 peak Bright prospects Cheering But labor disputes intrude attacks on business high taxes rising debts do not encourage grow ing prosperity Particularly if the war Is washed up AFTER 19 years of litigation the District of Columbia federal district court approved J28000000 plan for disposing of stock in Libby McNeil and Libby owned by Swift Company Hailed as antitrust victory Slowing pieces of paper around solves every thing Labor peace will not be helped jy National Labor Relations board deciding that the radical United Automobile Workers union is the sole bargaining agent for employes of Briggs plants in Michigan as against American Federation of labor Since the I took over jNjrhigan's motor industries have been in constant hot water This evidently is approved let's not talk too much of recovery Tfe tIw iinhwI Mr Bli hli nd iwerllr rrere- rnt th mt Tim Mtmmt Mine Mills Whirring At 10-Year Peak Production Level BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Nov United States industry whirred at a 10-vear peak production level during the past week Mills and factories pounded away at an accumulation of orders that will carry them at near-capacity output until well into next year On the olher hand the flood of forward orders so noticeable in September and October decreased a little in volume indicating business in many cases considered itself brought ahead far enough for the time being Thousands of New Jobs Consumer buying however held up ell reflecting the hundreds of thousands of new jobs created in the past few months increased dividends paid by companies whose business has rapidlv improved since the turn to an upsw ing last spring and higher prices given farmers for their cash crops There was general recognition that one of the fastest recoveries in the nation's history had been needled by the conflict abroad but leaders were at variance as to what effect a peace or armistice might have War Orders The week was marked it was reported unofficially by the placing of some war orders by England France and Canada Foreign business displaced from its usual channels by the fighting continued to come to these shores Sw eden it was declared was a substantial buver of pig iron as was Norwav Japan ordered ordnance and Brazil bought machinery Latin-American nations increased pur-rha-es of goods usually bought from Germany Finland Belgium and Canada booked many of our raw' and finished products Italy sought special steels which she used to obtain from Germany Cnrloadings Decline Railroad freight carloadings for the week ended November 11 declined slightly blit the drop was far less than is usual at this season of the year and the total loadings were the highest for the similar week since 1910 The rush for railroad equipment dwindled somewhat although a number of big orders were announced including some for Argentina Orders for electrical goods increased as utilities went ahead with plans for plant expansion The volume of retail trade was slightly reduced from the previous week but buying continued on a broad basis and turnover was active FOOTBALL TICKETS SAVED FROM FIRE Woman Dashes Back Into Burning Building For LEXINGTON Kv Nov 18 Scantily-clad occupants of the Lexington College Music building were routed by a Saturday morning fire Among them was Mrs Mary Barnett 24 who upon reaching safety disdained warnings of firemen and dashed back into the burning structure She emerged a few minutes later Triumphantly she waved two tickets to the Kentuckv-Tennessee football game November 30 which had left In her room the palm trees said words they never would say at home Old Grads Philosophical Horse players who can retain tjiejr sanity at a photo finish ROOSEVELT TO LAY for the the let this life be researchers 18 and Cha-valard village 45 LONDON AREA Four Explosions Smash Windows In Piccadilly Circus BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Nov 18 Four bombs exploded Saturday' night in the smart Piccadilly' Circus area London's Times Square and startled theatergoers in what police termed renewal of the outlawed Irish Republican army' terrorism It was the first serious terrorist outbreak since the war began The windows of at least four stores were smashed and one theater front was damaged No one was hurt apparently' because comparatively few persons were on the black-out streets despite that it was the theater hour Blast Near Police Station One bomb was within 100 yards of the police station Two other bombs ere found before they exploded Extra police squads were placed on guard in the area Piccadilly Circus is famed throughout the world as the center of London's night life now by the war The explosions caused additional alarm because air raid sirens were sounded about the same time although the explosions and aerial warnings were not connected MARTIAL LAW RULES 2 CZECH PROVISOES PRAGUE Nov 18 Nazi Germany used the firing squad again Saturday and then added martial law' to its stern measures to stamp out anti-German moves in the protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia The execution of three more persons two policemen and an unidentified Czech brought to 12 the number shot to death in 48 hours Nine students were executed Friday Martial law established in greater Prague Prague-iand Kladno Beraun and Horchowitz did not affect German citizens All these districts are near Prague Kladno to the west Beraun to the southwest and Horchowitz to the northeast Sacrifices Useless Simultaneous with the establishment of martial law President Emil Haeha broadcast a warning that "anv further sacrifice for the Czech nation serves no Haeha declared that demonstrations would be su pressed by the Please Turn To Page 4-A tary of the Dade County Community Chest wil Ibe co-chairman of the campaign Steering Committee Members of the P-T A steering committee are Mrs Joe Wood Mrs Martin Avery Mrs George cott Mrs Leonard Haskin president of the Dade County Council of Parent-Teachers Associations Mrs Paul Rickel Mrs Arthur Norton Mrs William Land and Mrs Berney These women have appointed chewed up their programs The old graduates back for homecoming took it more philosophically seen it happen before Even if you read the story in the next column you've guessed it Miami dropped its homecoming game to the Florida 'Gators to the tune of As a football game there was much to be desired from the Miami view point As a spectacle of the shirt-sleeve variety of gridiron games it was a show surpassed only by the annual Orange Bowl intersectional classic Stay Seated At Half So colorful was the spectacle that few left their seats between the half for fear of missing something The hamburger and hot dog boys thereby took a beating and despite the crowd of 23858 second high in attendance for a Miami game there were amazinglv few emptv bottles around the place when it was all over Only one fight in the stand diverted the spectators It was one of those All-Florida affairs where 'Gator and Hurricane fans rubbed elbows and cheerfully ribbed one another throughout the plav Stars of both teams received impartial cheers from Florida and Miami sections as they yielded to substitutes The Florida band re- VILLAGE COVERED cetved as big a hand as did the Miami horn tooters cheer leaders scored an impartial hit with their displav of acrobatics even journeying across the field on one occasion to put on a show for the Miami student cheering section Messages Spelled Out The Miami students inaugurating a new stunt of placing green and orange cardboards in the stands in such a manner that they could spell cheering messages to the team took time out from that pastime to form a huge Florida's 72-piece plumed band took the field first at the half and crossed to serenade the Miami stands Their drill over they re- Hyde Park Building To House Historic Records To Be Ready July 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE HYDE PARK Nov On the eve of laying the cornerstone of the $350000 privately built library which will house 600000 of his state political and personal papers President Roosevelt Saturday announced that the building would be completed by July 1 1940 and open to the public approximately a year thereafter Arrangements were complete simple ceremonies Sunday afternoon on the 18-acre north field of Roosevelt familv estate where structure is being erected A select group had been invited to witness the cornerstone-laying Through Acting Secretary William Hassett the President it be known that access to all material covering his political over a 40-year period would available free to students and some time in the summer of 1941 BY AN AVALANCHE Mud and Stones Slide On Town In Switzerland GENEVA Switzerland Nov (P) An avalanche of mud stones caused by rains roared down the 5000-foot slopes of Movint Saturday covering the of Martignv to a depth of feet The population escaped 92400 of the Sought For 26000 Football Fans Sec Florida Recapture State Grid Title By EVERETT CLAY Herald Sports Editor Xeath the bulging eyes of 26000 spectators male and female who filled our big Orange Bowl to thef very brim big Gator struck once through the air and once over land Saturday night to defeat the University of Miami 13-0 and regain the state collegiate football championship With a lad named Tommy Harrison pitching strikes the Gator sprouted wings early in the third quarter to go 47 yards for a touchdown Again in the fourth period with this same Harrison in the driver's seat the awakened saurian moved 45 yards by ground for a second score to put the old clincher on the ball game and the Lou Chesna Memorial Trophy The Lou Chesna Memorial Trophy named in honor of the University of Miami fullback ho as accidentallv killed during the summer of 1938' goes to the winner of the game every year Harrison Takes Spotlight This Harrison was quite some stuff out there Saturday night His running and passing and a hard-charging Florida line that asked no quarter and gave less tell much of the story of the Orange and Blue victory Held on the sidelines the first half as the Florida and Miami forward walls battled each other to a standstill Harrison came in at the start of the third quarter to take over the game dominate it and finally run right away with it to the utter amazement of largest football crowd of the season and the second largest in the history of the state The gathering of 26000 is exceeded only bv the 28159 crowd that saw Tennessee hand Oklahoma a 19-0 lacing in the Orange bowl ganta last New Year Twenty-three thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight cash customers whirled through the stadium turnstiles Sat- Please Turn To Page 1-B WINCHESTER Ya Nov 18 (UP) Senator Harry Byrd Democrat of Virginia said Saturday that charges he had violated wage and hour provisions of the fair labor standards act were false and are obviously inspired by political motives" i Shiny Coins Underprivileged Line up your dimes folks for the second annual Mile of Dimes Milk Fund Campaign The Dade County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations and The Miami Herald will open their drive for a mile of dimes on Friday and continue it through Saturday' December 16 Of course if we reach our goal before that date we will close up shop and call it a day ell spent FDR and Car Stick In Swamp While Exploring Home Farm BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HYDE PARK Nov 18 President Roosevelt disclosed somewhat sheepishly Saturday that he had bogged his car down to the running boards when he drove into a swamp while a remote portion of his estate It took three workmen and a detail of secret service men to pull out his touring car Mr Roosevelt got stuck Friday while try ing to get into a 40-acre The President who has taken a corner purchased recently He had deep personal interest in the con-neer seen it because there was no struetion of public buildings in his road through it home county drove dow to see 1 mlaunted his experience the how the work was getting on President went back Saturday to 1 see what could be done about get- BYRD 1IKMES WAGE CHARGES Please Turn to Page 8-V Feature Summary Amusements 8-9-E Radio 8-B Bliss 1-A Real Estate 1-4-C Classified 5-13-C Society 1-7-E Ed Mag 1-8-1) Sports 1-5-B Financial 6-7-B Winchell 8-E Hemphill 9-E Readers should keep in mind at all times that news and pictures from Europe's capitals are censored It should also be remembered that statements from nations at war are biased and their purpose is to create sympathy for their causes and if necessary to enlist aid on their side Keep neutral! Until that time members of the P-T A will be scouring the county for dimes with which to buy milk for undernourished and underprivileged children in the Dade county-schools They are determined to give every man-jack of ou an opportunity to join in the campaign at least to the extent to contributing a dime There is no limit above a dime Mrs Harold Berney' second vice president of the Dade County Council of Parent-Teachers Associations and A Nilson executive secre ting around the swamp and putting a road throtign the tract for use as a fire-hreak as well as a pathwav He told reporters of the incident as he sat in a car beside the par-tiallv completed post office building at Wappingers Falls about 20 miles from hi borne Please Torn To Page 4-A Please Torn To Page 10-A JL.