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Haro Nnita-SrUmnr XLV I A I 10 PAGES WACO, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1040 SINGLE COPY 5r NUMBER 25 Eight Burned to Death in Crash Near Calvert 30 Men Trapped In Blast Red (toss Counts 11) Plans Junket IIKil Memberships Defense: Mis Route Secret S. Mint Runs Short of Funds DENVER, Nov. 29 Having trouble making enough money? So is the Denver mini. Although it is working at capacity three shift? seven days a week the mint is behind on treasury orders for the first time since the World war. Mint officials attribute the increased demand for rains to Christmas shopping, taxpaying, more coin machines in use and generally better business.

Texas Judiciary Leaders Here To Tribute ustiees Alexander and Gallagher of Tenth Gourt ill Be I lonorcd Tonight hv Statewide Banquet Approximately 130 Waco and McLennan county lawyers and their wives and many of the standing judiciary leaders of Texas will gather at the Roosevelt hotel at 7 Saturday to hear tribute Ipaid to Justices James Ale.xan Ider and N. Gallagher of the irf of appea long public service on Me- TLennan county and state benches at a banquet given in their honor tv the McLennan County Bar association. From Highest onrt In addition to members of the local association, the banquet will be attended by Justices John H. E-harp and Richard Sharp, who will serve as associate justices when Justice Alexander assumes the position of chief justice in January; S. A.

Philquist, clerk of the supreme court, and several mbers of the commission of ap- nls Both honorees have long served the people of McLennan county TURN TO BACK PAGE, COL. 1 Entombed Miners Feared Dead Bui Rescue Is Rushed No Sound (Domes rom Place Where I hey Arc Buried Following FDx- plosion in (Do a I Shaft lad (fibers Saxe Selves in Mishap I nlueky (iroup ('aught 5(H) Feet Below Surface and Ixxo Miles Front Section Hntrance CADIZ, Nov 2b UP i Officials of the Ohio-pennsv Ivama Coal company said tonight that as many as 30 men may have been trapped by an pxplosion in the Nelms mine near here They feared all were dead. The offices also reported that it might he as late as 9 a tomorrow beforp rescue crews could reach the trapped men. Although state and federal mine inspection officials declined an opinion on the prospect of finding the men alive, fellow workmen said there was They feared the entombed men had suffocated if they had not been killed by the explosion itself. It was not known how far slate and rock falls extended back into the passageway where the explosion occurred, hut rescue squads TURN TO PAGE 2, COLUMN 8 I earns working in Ihe Her! roll rail had turned in lost I afternoon, with a large of the teams in thr city and county yet to be heard from.

Only four teams had reported from the county and two ot these were incomplete. Nineteen teams in the city had reported, three incomplete, leasing men's teams still to report. i y-ses en ss omen's teams had turned in results, half of the number working in the dris e. President Saxs lie Might Fix Back to ton If Jokes ith Reporters Navy Blows al Deal ltalv Rot rovers In New llurrx (Dual Kxpansion of Ship-Building Facilities eft I to Knudsen ith I mund for More (Draft I eahx Doing to Viehv mg re gat: Nov 29 (API smelt excited both speculation today by that he was plan- next week to an un- destination and might Jane to bring him back gem dev eloped and he I S. Court Over Today -fudge C.

Boynton ill Wind I November Term Judge Charles A Boynton, who has been hearing civil suits for the past two weeks, plans to close the November term of United States district court here Saturday. Prospective New Industries Mere Object ot Drixc C. of (DD. Reports Chances Securing ()ne or More of Several Plants Bright Names nf several industrial concerns interested in locating plants in this section of the southwest were added Friday morning to the list of prospective new industries on which work is being done by the aro Chamber of Commerce when the chamber's industrial committee held a meeting in the offices, attended bv A Goldstein, chairman, and 16 other members of the committee. Airplane factories, national defense industries and other types of plants were included in the names of prospects Immediate contact will be made by the chamber to determine all available farts and to present Waco's advantages as a location for these proposed plants, the committee decided.

Letters, telegraphic communications and even personal visits by chamber representatives will be used in making these contacts, according to what appears necessary in each case, it was explained The committee voted to have Chairman Goldstein name a sub- TURN TO BACK page, col 5 Dynamite kills Miner tl announced employ a if an emer could not reach Washington within 12 hours hy tram Destination aribhean? Mr Roosevelt has never ridden in a plane since he became president and it has been generally believed that the secret service, hich guards his movements, would not permit him to fix Although he declined to reveal where he was going, if was thought he might voyage into the Caribbean to look over defense establishments There also was some talk of a continental defense tour The president announcement possible plane trip rie- Mussolini I lands Grecian Burden In not I ht Boss I nu Italian I in I a i a hv British an hers Follow Net ion at Sea Kii'disli. German Deslroxers I a I I tie I mes re kept Severed in Sardinia arsliip Domhat, I ondnn Reports the Issiiiifitrd I'rrw annul veloped a good-natured exchange with reporters, the peak of which was reached when some one asked; "When was the last time you were up in the air, Mr Joining in the laughter, Mr Roosevelt said it. eight vears ago when he flew from Albany to TURN TO PAGE 2. COLUMN 5 Rear Vdmiral XX iltiam It, leahy, above, former chief of nasal operations and recently governor of Puerto linn, was confirmed hy the senate I nday as new I nited Mates ambassador to the government. I an interesting, timely estimate of character and ahihlics, turn to page four, this issue, read the XX ashing ton Merry Do-Round, The British ported from on the sea which the Ita! supplies and remi and the Greeks ed they ere pi Albania An RAF covering actions night, said aerial i ned out against (Porto and tant Albanian por an inland base gatew a armx Force re- attacks through must draw rents today, assert deeper into que, apparently der day and last tacks were danti Quaranta Impor- and Elbasani, Forgery Charged Here Tax Office Open Picked tp in Brovvnvvond at Request A charge of forgery was filed on i Waco man in county court Fri- afternoon following his arrest Brownwood on a general pickup ssued from Sheriff John Duncan's office He was fined $25 in a jus- ice court in McGregor prior to brought to Waco bv Deputy Sheriff I.

P. Stanford. The arms od man allegedly passed a $13 lot check in Waco. TODE TUTTLE lc por 0 MY IP LEA Fiery Throbb disappointed 8he ux countin' puttin in tm weeks roughin' it durin' her husband's intm trip, but two of maids fused go. Bv I XITFD STATUS B1 BEAT Rich Field Loral forecast Mostly cloudy Sat- rday and Sunday, Temperatures: axiroum fifi at 3 p.

minimum 41 7am fastest wind, south. 21. 20 barometer 30.01 humidity total rain for month 9 25 inches 5 .24 p. sunrise 7:11 a oonset 7 08 moonnse 8:18 a FAST TF.XAS: cloudy Sunday cloudy, colder in the rrth portion. XVF.ST TEXAS: Variable high cloud- ess Saturday and Sunday except ostly cloudy in the southeast portion; tie change in temperature.

Hourly readings 1:30 p.m 5 P. M. losing Hour Saturday to Handle Late Rush The city tax office will remain open until 5 p. Saturday, rather than closing at the usual noon hour, to accept the first half installment of current city taxes under the semi-annual payment plan. Saturday is the last day for these payments.

Blaze on Trailer Burns Furniture In Local Mishap Mrs. C. J. Taylor, Route 7, Suffers Heavy Loss When Fire Strikes as She Moves Goods Fire breaking out in a trailer loaded wtih household furnishings destroyed several articles belonging to Mrs. C.

J. Taylor, route 7, Waco, early Friday afternoon as she and her sister, Mrs. A. T. Driscoll, route 1, were hauling the goods to the latter's home for storage.

Mrs. Taylor first noticed the smoke and flames pouring from the frailer as their auto towed it upon the Brazos river bridge on the loop. Instead of halting in the middle of the span she drove on across the bridge and stopped on the highway shoulder at the west end to avoid blocking traffic, Deputy Constable Bill Boyd said. Marvin Hargrove of Mart, driving the Waco-Mart bus, happened on the scene just as Mrs. Taylor stopped the car, and armed with an extinguisher from his bus, quickly doused the flames, Boyd reported Seriously damag'd or totally destroyed were a sewing machine, an electric refrigerator, a chest of drawers, a vanity table, two pil- TURN TO BACK PAGE.

COL. 2 Kennedy Savs He Is Nut Speaking Against England Am ha ssador Denies Saying British in War; Wants I S. to Stay Out NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (UP) Joseph Kennedy, U. S.

ambassador to Britain, tonight described as reports that do not expect Britain to win the war." and reiterated his stand against American entry into the conflict. "What I am concerned with is keeping America out of the the ambassador said in reply to a request for a re-statement of his position "Everyone has known from the beginning that I have been against American entry mto the war." "I have never made anti-British statements or said on or off the record that I do not expect Britain to win the war I have never made in this country any statement hich I did not make' to four or five of the members of the British cabinet before I left Bax lor Med Will Start on Library Ground breaking ceremonies fer new library of Baylor university medical school will tic held at 10:15 a. m. Saturday at the site, 3402 Gaston avenue. Dallas, it was announced there today by Dr.

XX. XX, Looney, secretary- treasurer Baylor Medical Alumni Library association. Inc. Present will he medical school students, alumni, faculty members Hnd members of the hoard of trustees. Construction on the $75,000 building will begin next week.

The structure is expected to be completed about June, Dr, Looney said. Blast Goes Off Prematurely In a South Dakota Shaft FIRES'! EEL, S. Nov. 29 Premature explosion of 690 pounds of dynamite killed Sam Scherer, owner of a lignite mine sout hof here shortly before noon today. Two employes were seriously Injured.

Fx-Kaiser Gravely III XX ilhelm Reported Stricken at His Doom F.state STOCKHOLM, Nov. 29 A Berlin dispatch to the newspaper Aftonbladet said today that the former German kaiser was ill at Doom, Holland lbs condition was said to be weak, giving his doctors great concern. I S. arships On Walch as 2 Nazi (Draft (Juil Mexico Pair of German Freighters Sail From Tampico in Face of Danger From British Blockade TAMPICO, Mexico, Nov. In face of reports that British and Canadian warships awrait them in the Caribbean, the German merchantmen ldarwald and Rhein sailed today from their haven here with Spanish ports on the other side of the British Atlantic blockade as their declared de.st mations.

On the eastern horizon as the freighters nosed out of the Pan- river and into the gulf, hugging the shore, couid be seen the silhouettes of three foreign warships, too distant for identification, but believed to be United States neutrality patrol vessels. United States destroyers were in the vicinity two weeks ago when the ldarwald and Rhein, with two other German merchantmen, the TURN TO PAGE 2. COLUMN 3 (DomiTiiinist IMol Io Kill (Damaeho foiled hx Police Mficcr Slain, a 1 ounded, Arrested as Mexico (Ditv Cops Raid Hall MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29 Police tonight uncovered an allegedly communistic plot to assassinate President Elect Manuel Avila Camacho on the eve of his inauguration Major Guillermo Garcia Gallegos of the police department was killed and several persons wpre wounded Fifty persons were arrested Police Commander Jose Ricardo Tirado told the United Press. Police learn nf Plot "The police learned of a communistic plot to murder Avila Camacho, lothesmen and Major Gallegos went to communist party headquarters to investigate what was going on and were received with terrific rifle and revolver fire.

I "Major Gallegos was killed in- i stantly hen going upstairs to the1 meeting room. "We answered the fire." Communist party headquarters arc located in an old colonial build- TURN TO PAGE 2, COLUMN 3 I S. Will Help Greece Agreement for Assistance Are Being XX or keel Out WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, The acting head of the state department said today certain understandings had been reached with Greek officials on questions of American aid to their country. Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, told reporters the Greek minister had been negotiating with treasury and other officials on purchases of military supplies and that some agreements had resulted which were satisfactory to the Greek government.

RAF Bomber in Texas ighting in Smith Serious fighting apparently still was in progress in the vicinity of Argiroenstro, last remaining major Italian base in southern Albania There were conflicting reports as to the fate of the base A dispatch from Rome said Ar- girocastro was still Italian possession. In Rome, Premier Mussolini followed a shakcup of his high command with a massing of new troops in Albania tonight for counterattacks designed to turn the tide of victory toward the fascists in their month-old war with Greece With appointment of Gen Alfredo Guzzoni as undersecretary of war, ii riuce further here the direction of a campaign which the Rome radio said had the ex- TURN TO PAGE 2, COLUMN 2 Myles Standish Dies Descendant of Famous Colonial Leader Succumbs M1DDLEBORO. Mass, Nov 29 Myles Standish, 69, ninth lineal descendant of the military leader, died yesterday while working at his gasoline station He was a native of Plymouth. London Ajiain Is Chief Target Of Nazi Night Raid Worst Attack in 10 Nights (Da uses Manx (Casualties in British Capital Friday FDveiling LONDON, Saturday, Nov. German war planes, apparently' attempting to determine whether the capital's defenses had been sapped to aid bombed provincial cities, again picked scarred London for their mam target last night and early today.

Casualties and wrecked homes and buildings were reported from a wide arpa of the capital as explosive and fire bombs rained down from early last night until just before thp all-rlear signal at 2 a p. centra! standard time t. Heaviest in 10 Nights It was London's heaviest attack after 10 nights of comparative Huge Patrol Plane Overnight which provincial cities at Fort Worth as Bristol, Liverpool and Birmingham bore the brunt of nazi 1 FORT WORTH. Nov. bombs Heavy atta cks on those A 14-ton patrol bomher flying cities brought appeals to London boat, first of more than 100 such on 30 a 30 a 30 a.m.......

30 a 30 a 30 42 4 fi 50 55 fiO 63 2:30 p.m..., 3:30 p.m.,., 4 30 p.m..., 5:30 6:30 7 .30 p.m.... XT IIS YOUNGBLOOD, FETE ee JPage 2 Amendment Defeated Red River County's Proposal Loses in Texas Voting AUSTIN, Nov. 29 Red River proposed amendment to the stale constitution to permit it to increase its tax powers has been defeated, official tabulation of the Nov. 5 election returns indicated today. The count, expected to be rnm- nleted late today, shows the Red River county amendment running about 40,000 votes behind, with only a few returns to be tabulated.

Toast to FDR by ilJkie Brings Audience to Feet Defeated Candidate Asks Ban of Personal Villifi- cation From Public Issues in Test craft to be manufactured by Consolidated Aircraft corporation for delivery to England, landed Friday afternoon on Lake Worth 10 miles northwest of here for an overnight stop and refueling while en route to New York City, where it will he turned over to the Canadian government. TURN TO PAGE 2, COLUMN 4 CiwksTakc Key Soul Ii (lliaiiia XTHf N44, Saturday, Greek fortes, stream of fresh Italian troops, were reported tmtay to nn "important initial in fierce sis hour hot tie for southern Xltmnm storming fortified ssended plateau commanding the road to Xrgs mrastmn Fosses ssefc said to have beers heav on hoth The Italians vs ere said noss to he fighting a defenaive battle along the sshnle south sml central fronts, using fresh troops ss ho are heavilv armed. XX est of the Korttra heights art the far northern front, heasy fighting raging in the first It ss as that if the storm continues it ss the mountain passes I i on Luartl Fills Rumania on 01 (Dixil I Fragmentary Reports of II a ighting and Berserk Murders Filter I hrough (Censorship RUSE, Bulgaria inn the Rumanian Nov. 29 Artillery fire was heard late today across the Danube river from Rumania. and travelers from the Rumanian frontier village of Giurgiu brought reports that the Anton- esru government was using heavy guns to crush an iron guard rebellion.

(The police chief of Giurgu, reached by telephone tonight from Bucharest, said he had heard no explosions and that the town was quiet Houses in Ruse were shaken and windows were by the explosions Whether they were all caused by artillery, however, could not be confirmed. The travelers said disorders and assassinations were continuing throughout Rumania They added that "at least a TURN TO PAGE 2. COLUMN I Slavs Max isit Nazis Vugoslnv Parley in Berlin Hinted, I neonfirnied BERLIN, Nov. 29 The possibility of an early visit by Yugoslav statesmen to Germany was envisaged today by the authoritative commentary Dienst Aui Deutschland. Official circles, however, declined to affirm or deny the report The idea originated with Yugoslavia, it was claimed, I War Would Be I ragedy, Say New Fnvoy Peaceful Settlement of Differences Seen bv Nomura TOKYO, Saturday, Nov.

30 (UP) Admiral Kichisaburo Nomur, new ly appointed Japanese ambassador to the United States, today said that "war between the United States and Japan would be a tragedy for civilization" and expressed the belief that there are no differences between the two nations which be solved by time and statecraft Recognize Puppet Regime SHANGHAI. Nov. 80. (I Japan today recognition to the Japan- sponxored regime of former hi- nese Premier Wang hing-Wei when a treaty between the two powers was signed in Nanking. British and American informants saifl it was certain that neither Washington nor would have any formal relations with the new regime.

Recognition ceremonies were carried out against a background of Chinese nationalist sabotage. It included the dynamiting of a railway train between here and the "restored national capital" yesterday, in which an estimated 150 persons were killed, and disorders in the internatoinal settlement here in protest against the Nanking ceremonies. Defiling Flag Costs Young Girl Two Years in Prison M. of Farm Family Pinned In Flaming reek Parents and Six Children I hen (ins Tank Explodes in Head-On Drnsh it It I ruck Is Hurt Doors Jammed on Family Auto, Preventing Rescue; Driver of the nhurt I ruck Is I ith (ALVER ighf mem am 0 Me ned to of the Grm and sub The dead as a I ranciseo Barr asm, 15. Julia Barrasro, 4ft, his wife, Vogel Barrasro, Thomas Barrasro, Linda Barrasro, It.

Ricardo Barrasro, II Xt'xlesto Barrasro, t. irtoria Barrasro, I. The ninth member of the family, Natalie Barrasro, age 5, was pulled from the flaming wreckage and carried to a Bryan hospital Attendants said was suffering from severe hurns, minor bruise? and shock Purl, city marshal of Calvert. who investigated the accident said that the crash occurred when the Barrasro car attempted to pass a not hei car on highway No crashed head-on with a Sproles transport truck tank of the Barrasro car apparently exploded, causing the city marshal explained, adding. "I reached the scene along th fire department, immediately after the crash occurred When we rived the passenger car flaming furnace car already was destroyed so tried to get the bodies out TO TAGE 2, COLUMN 7 No New Taxes On 1910 I nrome Due.

I), Solons Agree Consideration of Levies on 1041 I ncomc Seen in January, Senator Says After Parley ashington ov ap Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, announced tonight after a White House conference that President Roosevelt, and congressional tax leaders had agreed there would be no further retroactive faxes on 1940 This, he said, applies both to and individuals. onsideration in January Harrison, chairman of the senate finance committee, said that consideration of tax legislation affecting income would begin in January Representative Cooper, democrat. Tennessee, another of the conferees, added that it was "a good guess" that nothing definite would be done on taxes until after a recapitulation of receipts on March 15, the date when individual income tax returns are filed and first installments come due. Harrison asserted there was a "general at the conference with the president of increasing the present $49,006,000,000 debt limit, hut no conclusions were reached on anything except the question of 1940 retroactive taxes. Goal Seen In some quarters there had been talk of an effort to raise revenue of $10,000,000,000 in the next fiscal year.

That would be the largest ever collected in peacetime. Unofficial estimates are that the current will run about $13,000,000,000 to $13.500.000,000. Revenues are expected to approximate $7,000.000,000. In the next fiscal year, beginning next July 1, officials expect TURN TO PAGE 7, COLUMN 4 NEW YORK. Nov.

29, UP) Wendell L. Willkie pleaded tonight for the nation to clear the channels of democracy by removing personal villification from public issues so that the nation may be able to show its strength in the greatest test it ever has met. his audience of 3690 persons to their feet in a toast to "the health and happiness of the president of the United States." The defeated republican presidential candidate delivered a 20- minute extemporaneous address the 32nd annual dinner meeting of the National Interfraternity conference. The speech was broadcast over the NBC red network. Willkie, who interrupted a Florida vacation to fly here today, said He ended his speech by bringing TURN TO PAGE 2 COLUMN 7 Pilot Killed in Crash Cadet Too Low to Use Parachute in Kelly Field Mishap SAN ANTONIO, Nov.

Flying Cadet William J. O'Malley, 24, of Cleveland, Ohio, was killed today in the crash of his training plane near Kelly field O'Malley's instructors said he attempted to use his parachute but was unable to save himself because of the low altitude He had just taken off from the field. New Jersey Attorney Says It Was Because of Beers, But Quoted as Nazi at Lake- De Gaulle Is Stronger Ships, Men, Form Considerable French Force 1 LONDON, Nov. Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Vree forces, said in a broadcast tonight that his growing force included 35,000 troops, 20 warships in service, 1000 airmen and 60 merchant ships. state firemen's parade wood June 29.

The girl heard the sentence without visible display of emotion. Her counsel, David A. Veeder, oiamed the incident on "too many beers." Prosecutor Leo Robbins cited to a term of one to two years in the evidence of Walter Curtis, po- the women's reformatory at Clm- lice chief of Lakewood, at the trial maHy today aV a conference be- ton today on her conviction of de- earlier this month Curtis quoted tween of the strik- filing the United States flag by the girl as saying after her arrest: ing union xvorkers and TVA offi- throxving it to the ground at the "I'm a nazi and proud of it." cials. TOMS RIVER, Nov. Helga Schleuter, 20-year- old Southard girl, was sentenced TVA Dam Strike Ended Agreement Reached in Kentucky Project Dispute GILBERTSVILLE, Nov.

29. strike at the $95,000,000 TVA Kentucky dam on the Tennessee river here was settled for-.