The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 1

I-' I I if i 3 Price: In the city 3c Outside City 5c VOLUME CVII WICHITA KANSAS TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 10 1939 TWELVE PAGES NUMBER 10 i 1 im-' ram mnm is FIRST PICTURE OF IIEVV GOVERNOR AT DESK III STATEHOUSE RATHER IS NEW HEAD BRILES LEAD GOP COSTLY ALARM Bangor sil Jan (AP) Carl idea of turning in a false fire alarm in order to serve a divorce paper cost him exactly Blocking ton a Waterville at torney pleaded entity today to an indictment charging him with sounding a false alarm He was fined $230 and costs County Attorney John Quinn said Blackhtgton rang the false alarm in Old- Town so a deputy sheriff ctfuld enter a dwelling The deputy unsuccessful in previous efforts followed fire men Ante the home and served the divorcf pa per Quinn said the woman in the Case had been suffering a ailment" Former VPA Head Prom- i ises to Appear Before Senate Committee TO flfo VOTE: CHARGES Frankfurter and Murphy Appointments Are Up for Study Today WAHl iHINGTON Jan 9 OF Governor Stresses Heed of Realism in Solving Problems of People HUGE CROWD PRESENT Return to Power Is Gay Occasion for Visiting Partisans (APj) The senate com-( merqe committee decided to day to ask Harry Hopkins some I Questions possibly pointed on politics in relief before passing upon Kennedy and his fitness to serve1 as secretary of commerce Zt voted to summon the former administrator of WPA for hearings Wednesday The committee said if it was inconvenient for Hopkins to appear at that time he could rd CARRY SECRET REPORT a representative and appear in person later Hopkins informed newsmen Iioa- ywfl Amhaccailflrc Said la he would be present He previ- 1 AmD8MBr OUIU ID ojasly had indicated a willingness give the committee any information -ft desired The senate committee's actionwaa an outstjandin development of a day also produced clashes house axd senate over New Deni WASHINGTON Jan 9 By GILBERT A MAYO TOPEKA Jan (AP) Kansas Republicans: again moved to the helm of state government today with the inauguration of energetic 42-year-old Payne Rat'cult ner Parsons lawyer as gov- clay Carper of Greenwood ernor county was nominated for speaker Cheering thousands lined down- pro-tem and Paul Wunsch town streets along which Ratner Kingman county for majority floor and Gov Walter A Huxmlan rode leader Harmony prevailed at the together at the head of ai caucus and the votes were unani-from the capicol to the high school 'mous auditorium where the oath of office As Republicans hold 107 seats in was administered The house and the Democrats only It was a gay holiday occasion for 18 the nominations virtually as-Kansas Republicans who now com- sure election of the trio when Imand every elective state position the 48th legislature convenes at except a seat on the supreme court noon tomorrow (held by Justice Harry Allen Bradney Senate Organiser Democrat Seven special trains! Senate Republicans decided to brought hundreds of party boosters leave Sen Claude Bradney Chcr-ito the capito! others came by auto- lokee county in control of mobile Twenty-seven bands three nation work in the upper house from the new governor's home town Lieut Gov Carl Friend of Law-were in the line of march jrence will preside over 'the upper Speech Taxes Throat house but without major appoint- Still ailing from a two-week -old ive powers Senate appointments i throat infection which has him un- customarily made by the lieutenant governor were taken away from taken of Kansas new governor Payne Ratner at the chief desk hundreds of visitors here within an hour after the inauguration yesterday Staff ifi the capltol building at Topeka -photo PHILLIPS PLEDGES TO HALT WASTE AS THE EDITOR SPEAKING: Outgoing Gov Mar I and of Oklahoma urged incoming Gov Phillips to he sure to feed the goldfish But the job hunters will have bigger appetites CnnUCD CYCPIITIUC der Strict care of a physician Gov-OUUiltn LALuU MIL ernor Ratner delivered his inaug Takea Office as FACING INCIPIENT OEVOLT Armed wilb secret data which is under-into a spirited debate on spending stood to include a report I EH A I ACOnPIATiniJ and other subjects which ended from Col Charles A HOOUUInllUli -somewhat abruptly when Repre- on a air sentatlve Allen D-Pai cnided the I participants for engaging in a wocey bickering and cheap politics" states ambassadors will go The senate meanwhile was listen- to Capitol Hill tomorrow in izxg to an argument by Senator an apparent effort to re- Bridges k-NH 1 trtl Preident move' congressional doubts Roosevelt had no right to depose Arthur Morgan from the board of the TV A that consequently no ments program vacancy exists and that therefore! The two Josepn Kennedy the senate should not confirm the tassador to London and William appointment of former Sen James Builitt ambassador to Paris ar- r'S from fnaitof against TVA" Senator Norris vacations They held a pro- (Ind-Neb) asserted failure to act longed conference at the White on the Fbpe nomination might ruin House where the is fin-TVA because of its two remaining! ing the defense message he will directors one -is seriously ill ard send to congress this week the other consequently overbur-J Tomorrow Kennedy and Bullitt dened with work to go before an unannounced Ileiarings Scheduled joint meeting of the military com- la addition arrangements wereimittees of congress to tell what they made during the day for committee know of the European political and action on two other important Roosevelt appointments those of HERE the first picture The governor greeted URGES PROPOSAL TO OUTLAW SIT-DOWNS Amendment to Wagner Act for Guarding Rights of Employers CHICAGO Jan (A) American Bar association's of delegates tonight approved legislation which would sit-down strikes The group adopted a report of association's committee on employment and social security which recommended an men: to the national labor re tions act The committee's reoort Indorsed collective bargaming and the use labor tribunals to settle industrial disputes Eleventh Governor Raps pleaching a doctrine of Left tkmal government controlled by Kansans in their communities and black-haired by Old Administration MARTIN WILL FACE SHOWDOWN IN FIGHT FOB DAW'S CONTROL ON FUND FOR WPA Phillips took the oath as Oklahoma's eleventh governor today Democratic Leaders Predict! Enemies in Auto Union Called rtnswrt hfa plrtge to balanc Committee to Make Ma-j Executive Board Meeting travagance jor Slash in Amount for Today to Demand! On the capital's south steps be-Asked for Relief J-' I WASHINGTON Jan 9 (P) Ford Negotiations Story I fore a crowd estimated at 15000 which interrupted his address re- DETROIT Jan 9 Battle peatedly to applaud the new chief TOPEKA Jan 9 (P) A throat ailmept failed to keep new governor Payne Ratner from riding to his inaugural ceremony in an open automobile today as crowds jammed the streets for the big AO BAAr rn I fk parade He smiled arid waved at UA tfHyr fill I the throngs but kept a gray muffler in a Only 10 days ago Ratner was in a Fireman Eieane Iniurv kospital apeecWess because 1 wo JJ1 raPe i Jury strenuous campaign to regain the governorship for Republicans He spoke slower than usual today and his voice was rasping but he completed his address lines were drawn tonight between! and allies cf Homer Martin' president the Lrn ted Automobile Workers CIO for a showdown in counties the slender Thousands Cheer Phillips at Parade NEW Y'ORK Jan ENVOYS TO TESTIFY ON frozen body of Feliciano 40 a sheep herder was 'in a snow bank near En- Jn( an air" plane crash and a Td in tcmobile accident as the 24-hour The house proposed outlaw the labor! amend- la- of 1 Call Act One-sided It described the Wagner act however -one-sided and contrary if it is a tribunal solely for employe organizations and not for employ-: Action on the labor report a night meeting foLowed appova a bill designed to establish nrore uniform methods of procedure by IN HOD Paul Wunsch of- Kiigman Counfy Named Majority Leader hj Caucus BRADNEY TO KEEP JOB Will Control Organization in Senate Shaituek Demo Choice (Continued on Page 12 Column 2) SIDELIGHTS Oil DAY Racner the state's 28th governor wore a dark blue business suit and felt hat Gov w'alter A Huxnian was in formal hroming attire topped by a derby Both are lawyers 'The dynamic new governor has served six years in the state senate The Parsons high school band from Ratner 's home town was awarded the place of honor for musical organizations in the pargtae A 10-car special train brought three bands and 350 persons from Parsons Others came by automobile Four former governors All Landon Ben Paulen Jonathan Davis and Henry Allen rode in the parade The procession was paced by Adj-Gen McLean and Jack Jenkins superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol Ratner 's first official act as governor was to review his Battery of the 161st field artillery jof the Kansas National Guard from (Continued on Page 12 Column 11 DAY ID TOPEKA AT A GLANCE where he was reported resting tonight after an attack of influenza special ural address with a belabored raspy voice occasionally faxing it to drive home emphatically a point in his (Tuesday) (AP) Five firemen were injured slightly early today in the collapse of the roof of a fire-damaged three-story warehouse in Brooklyn Two others escaped unhurt when the roof gave way while they were the ruins The Stagg street police station reported the collapse to Manhattan headquarters and ambulances and emergency tracks hastened to the scene A fire broke ont in the warehouse at 8:30 (EST) last night and after two alarms were sounded the blaze was' reported extinguished at 9:30 The roof collapsed about three hoars later- At the iim of the collapse police headquarters received several -telephone calls inquiring about a supposed earthquake in Brooklyn LOYALISTS MASSING FOR COUNTERATTACK Insurgents Meanwhile Continue Advance in Attack Aimed at Barcelona discuss chances of an outbreak of (Continued on Page 12 Column Europe Kennedy i recently said he could not proph- BERLE DENIES FILES nri nnnrn IT I III I While many members of congress AnliHrll A I I lmAibave applauded the Roosevelt arms UbnilUlikU Fl I LI program "wbich calls for an extra I expenditure cf S500000000 others I have expressed doubt the size of Terms Peruvian Government the program is warranted It was reported tonight that Lindbergh's report to American authorities on German air strength would be discussed at tomorrow's Courteous Host for Del- gates at Big Meet NEW YORK Jan 9 Assist- last year after the subcom-! UAW president a report on to 'bee carry Sg eia- cial review of bureaucrats "Wf half a blUion Motor In adopting the labor report the the full appropriatums com-es of Motor company delegates advocate amending the mittee restored the reduction th labor act define and forbid as! Among those who came out today i cr illegal certain specific and clearly1 for a substantial curtailment in Tork tiras and groups of workers to-: Representative Woodrum (D-Va) and that faoed with a hos- cluding boh practices directlyiWho will handle the appropriation majority on the board planned against employers and against free when it appears on the house floor 'a coup of his own possibly sus pen- pro bably late this week or early jsion of a sufficient number of board next members to give him a sympathetic They approved also- the recom- mendation for amending the act to After the subcommittee had heird majon provide that after an electiton or a PPals from Mayor Fiore 11 Reports Martin and Harry certification of a majority bargain-! Guardia of New York and a CTO Bennett personnel director of the ing agency strike picketing! spokesman for amounts even larger! Ford company were carrying on or boycott should be tolerated and than the president asked Woodrum Kind of negotiations brought 11 tn'cairT- statements from both Bennett and Martin any labor organization resorting to said: The Roosevelt administration faced an incipient revolt in a house ap-j propriations subcommittee tonight against the size of the S875000C03 land asked by the president t0 operate the WPA -untU June 30 Some Democratic members of the meets to vote upon the question tomorrow Although such a decision would be an initial setback for the ad- ministration it would be far from conc-lUSi the program started three or fqur years ago a careful resurvey of the rolls would take off thousands of such persons Cannon Opposes Cut Woodrum is acting head of the subcommittee which will act on the (Continued on Page 6 Column 4) 3-YEAR-0LD NEYT0H child dies of fumes NEWTON Jan UP) Mrs Harry Marsh found her three-year-old son dead in bed today in a dosed room in which stood an open gas stove The Yeather Oklahoma city Jan (P Thousands of wildly cheering Oklahomans viewed today the pageantry which marked the inauguration of Leon Phillips raw-boned cigar- champing country lawyer as the Sooner state's eleventh governor An estimated 75000 who greeted the incoming chief executive with yells of Red!" and ya say Red!" banked the line of the inaugural parade Another 10-000 waited at the statehouse where at high noon the disciple of economy in government solemnly took the oath of office The parade with its stirring military inarches and flashy uniforms signified the pomp and grandeur of the occasion bat through It all pnlscd a warm human element The element was provided by Phillips the former Missouri farm boy who refused to be overcome by his own importance Phillips delighted the crowd by appearing to trv to greet everybody personally yelled a big bnxom woman Phillips laughed and pointed at her and a giggling companion screeched: Emmy Lon ain't yon got a lick of executive called on the people themselves to help erase by staying away from the legislative doers seeking jobs Raps Deficit" Into the legislative mill tomorrow (Continued on Page 8 Column 3) ODDITIES IN THE NEWS LOUIS Jan After making an arrest police returned to owners 10 chickens and seven pigeons which' had been stolen but were at a loss to make restoration of eight racing pigeons CapL Robert Agree had an inspiration and released three of the pigeons with notes tied to their legs Half an hour later Edward rish called the police station to claim his other five pigeons Those set free had flown straight home Oklahoma city Jan Parting admonition of Marland to Leon Phillips who succeeded him as governor today: sure to feed the goldfish in the mansion have my little girl take care of that" Phillips promised ant Secretary of State A- A Berle jssion if not actually laid before Jr a delegate to the recep: confet- legislators Both Kennedy and ence of American nations at Lima are mtunately -acquainted Peru 1 of spying on the American delega lion at the conference 1 was asked to comment on re ports which we find here that the (Continued on Page 6 Column 5) Peruviaii officials searched the files1 of the American delegation at the lima conference and that in other i ways they spied upon our delega- Uon" he tokl a radio audience that is the American dele- gation--heard nothing about any spyirig (m the 'American delegation- the searching of any delegation! papers during the whole stay at Rescue Squads Report All Lima We found oh the ether hand Travelers Safe Despite hat the Peruvian government were i perfect and courteous hosts" Blocked Highway rep0rl Spyir-S rechedj ALBUQUERQUE Jan 9 the delegation on its way home New Mexico counted three Berle added men whose papers were dead tonight in the wake of a supposed to have been searched paralyzing snowstorm which halted knew nothmg about it automobile traffic over a wide area in the north-central section of the state and left dozens of motorists Stranded in their cars Sunday night nM MMnmvaM pimmwI Fears that some travelers might ENDS BORDER FIGHT -ssess 'crews broke through all blocked highways and reported everyone foes -he sourg o-ion automotive 0yer cppositi(M1 of Martin mem- 5ponse to a petition signed by 20 of ithe 24 board members The ostensible purpose of the meeting said Secretary -Treasurer George Addes once suspended by Bennett disclosed he had had number of with Martin in recent months but asserted 'j Wealthy Chinese Restaurant' Owner's Nude Body Found in Chicago Apartment CHICAGO Jan tff) A warning against was among numerous clues police investigated tonight in the death of Mrs May Wong 59 a healthy Chinese restaurant proprietor Her unclad body the head beaten with what police said might have been a hatchet was found in her south side apartment early today Mrs adopted daughter Marie 21 a student at the University of Chicago found the bodv and tokl police she had not heard any disturbance in her room him of Chinese tong vengeance was contained in a letter addressed to Marie's brother Theo-Tan SunjL 32 in Oakland which said: careful of the They are still after you Marie tokl police her brother fled) he feared an unidentified! Police had not jleaTned! Mrs Wdng belonged to the On Leong Chinese group the Hip Sing tong such weapons should' be denied! far as my personal attitude (Continued on Page 8 Column 5) is concerned I feel that WPA can 'stand a substantial curtailment of its program without causing any great suffering among the people who are real need think there are many people on the rolls of WPA who are unemployable and who should go back to the states as relief cases a sizable percentage of those Republican Inauguratedjon WPA have been there since Czech and Hungarians Willjsafe Withdraw from Line and TJie Exchange Prisoneirs Duran found PRAGUE Jan tern iporary truce was declared tonight th4 sporadic warfare1 overi (Br the Associated Press) Payne Ratner Inaugurated governor giving Republicans control of state administration after two-year lapse Also inaugurated were all other elective state officers House Republicans unanimously nominated A Briles Stafford for speaker Paul Wunsch King-man floor leader and Clay Carper Eureka speaker pro tern House Democrats nominated XL Shattnek Ashland for minority floor leader Republican senators' decided to continue rales used in the 1931 legislative session under which Sen Claude CL Bradney Columbus will be in command of procedure and committee appointments Hundreds more than expected attended the tea at the executive residence in honor of Sirs Rat- ner Gov and Sirs Ratner received long line of well-wishers in biennial state house reception Former Gov and Sirs Walter A Huxnian returned' to Hatch-' inson where he will resume the practice of law JOHN DAVIS -IS ILL WITH ATTACK OF FLU CHARLESTON S- Jan ijP) John Davis one-time Kansas farmers asking that con-! Democratic nominee for president gress provide a processing' tax to! is ill here at Riverside infirmary HENDAYE FRANCE (AT THE SPANISH Jan ip' Spanish government forces to-i night were reported to be massing for a large-scale counter offensive! 'against Insurgents on the northem- most flank of the Catalonian front The report followed announce- tment by the Insurgents that they had captured the road junction town of Mollerusa bringing them 'to within 75 miles of Barcelona on a main highway from Lerida through the heart of Catalonia Border dispatches said an almost continuous train of Government troops tanks and artillery was moving through Puigceda toward the Seo de Urgel sector about 20 miles south of the French frontier The reports indicated the Government considered its southern flank sufficiently entrenched In the Montsant mountains to permit a telling blow to be delivered in the north The Lerida sector: has been the center of the Insurgent drive begun December 23 to penetrate Catalonia1 from the west and north with the ultimate object of taWng the yvemprent capital Barein PRATT FARMERS ASK FOR PROCESSING TAX i WASHINGTON Jan 9 JP) Petitions from 469 Pratt county cany out the frm program reached Representative Hope (R-Kan) today Czecho-Slovak and Hungarian bor-lf10 SMT from nine derlahds inches to two feet deep over a An official dispatch said both section Carpatho-Ukralnian and Hungarian SiSfSS KANSAN TO FACE TRIAL marcation line in the Munkacs sector where fighting occurred Friday Governor of Ohio Following 'Eight Demo Years COLUMBUS O- Jan John Bricker became governor of Ohio today to the accompaniment of cheers from massed thousands and the roar of a 19-gun salute that marked thie Republican party's return to power after eight Democratic years The governor in his Inaugural address called for economy in government and states' resistance to federal The man who has been mehtianed as a Republican presidential possibility in 1940 said all our ability we shall oppose the abuse of federal power when it means the destruction of local within its proper sphere "That is the) foundation of our representative system that is the fundamental demand of the American electorate in the recent The retiring governor Martin Davey looked out over the thousands gathered in the statehouse yard handed Bricker his commission and remarked with a wry pin: "This is a magnificent outpouring of the army of occupation It is an inuring sight and I am happy FORMER SALIHAH DIES YATES CENTER KAN- Jan 9 OF SMASHUP INJURIES! filed manslaughter charges today 'against Clyde Guatney who he said admitted firing the shot that killed Mrs Clovis Lathrom at a bam dance Mrs Lathrom was shot Saturday eight by a bullet that came through the wall of the bam as the orchestra played Sweet Home" White said Guatney told him he fired a revolver fun" but intended to shoot over the bam KANSAS CITY Jah 9 Charles A Morrison 70 for many years manager of the Salina Kan branch of the International Harvester company died in a hospital late last night of injuries suffered in an automobile I accident Overland Park Kani 15 Montson had lived at La-evgne Kan since retiring from tfcslness five years ago I here near December Generally fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday somewhat warmer Tuesday in extreme west portion and in central and doro east Wednesday Fair Tuesday and Wednesday cooler in east portion Tuesday MISSOURI Becoming generally fair colder Tuesday Wednesday probably fair slightly wanner in northwest The Cal- tong because tong whether either or -1 i r-.