The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 1

1 'i VOLUME-CXIV Jr Price: In the City i3c Outside City5c WICHITA KANSAS MONDAY MORNING OCTOBER 6 194V PAGES NUMBER 97 I iim ri LI uvl '4 f- ERROR COSTLY TO BROOKLYN DODGERS YESTERDAY H- BRAZIL if MAYHAHE: STARTED 0BEBMAY: Cannonading Is Reported by Fisherman from Far Out on Atlantic Capital Swelters Under 96-degree Temperature WASHINGTON Oct The temperature reached 96 "in Washington today breaking all records for October heat It was only four degrees cooler than the hottest day of the summer July 28 when the thermometer reached 100 Weather bureau officials said the highest previous October reading was 93 on October 1 1927 The hottest October 5 until today was in 1926 when It was 87 New York City sweltered through its second successive day of record-breaking heat the mercury at 1:15 reaching 90 degrees or three degrees higher than the previous record of 87 set for jthe date In 1922 NEW YORK Oct 5 (AP WIREPHOTO) The third strike that got away from catcher Mickey Owen of the Dodgers In thei'jilnth inning of today's World series game is presented here in one of the most dramatic pictures ever made in a ball game Tom Henrich of the Yanks has taken his cut' and missed ad Umpire Goets is giving the out signal but it mean a thing nehrlch got to first and later scored to knot the count and the Yankees went op to win 7 to 4 and take a 3-1 lead in the series con- Reported cannonading heard Friday off coast was tinning RUSSIA Claimed both flanks of German army turned by counter attacks GERMANY Asserted Russian Island in Ral- tie captured in daring assault BRITAIN RAF bombers rocked Boulogne area of French coasl in heavy 'attack' REDS FORCE NAZIS BACK ON FLAT CIS Claim Gains of 21 Miles fin Ukraine Advance in Leningrad Area HUGE LOGS ADMITTED (MOSCOW Oct5-(AP) rThe Red army getting-its second wind after' IS weeks of attempts to break 1 the Germhn sweep reported today fliat its rising tide of counterattacks rolled back the German lines: on both flanks of the long eastern on the bloody approaches of Leningrad and in the fields of the Ukraine In another1 pitched battle for Leningrad In which the ground was said to have been shaken like cradle by German bombardment the Russians told they pushed the Nazis back two to three miles at some points On the southwestern front where the Germans have pushed through the rolling plains of the Ukraine as far as the gates of the Crimea Red army units were said 1 to have advanced as much as 21 miles in wide-open lighting Admit Enormous Losses The start of the I6U1 week of the war found Alexander Scherbakov i I 1 (Continued on Page1 2 Column 7) HAMPERS THE EDITOR SNEAKING: Mr Hugh Casey who yesterday won a ball game for which the other team got credit at least (bill have something to tell his grandchildren WORST FLOOD SINGE 1895 STRIKES OZARK REGION OF MISSOURI Tuscumbia Under 7 Feet of Water Following Rain Rails and Highways Blocked TUSCUMBIA MO Oct The worst flood since 1895 inundated hundreds of acres of crops drove scores of families from their homes and engulfed the business district of this Ozark' town ini seven feet of water today in the wake of a six-inch rain The flood waters pouring through the flood gates of Bagnell dam at the rate of 110000 cubic feet a second reached record highsalong the winding Osage river for 30 miles swamping farmland on each side of the river for aw much as half a mile in some places The river-wise residents of this of tear flooded area got out ahead of the rising waters and no loss of life-fr-or even serious injury was reported The flood was caused by a week of intermittent rain climaxed by downpour which unloaded nearly six Inches of water over a wide area of central and southwest Missouri Railroads and highways were blocked by water at widely scat- (Continued on Page 3 Column 4) ROOSEVELT CONFERS WITH VATICAN ENVOY Talks with Taylor by Phone After Personal Legate Returns from Rome lOq-IME-AN-HOUK HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO LASH SOUTH FLORIDA RESORT AREA TODAY IS Miami Region to Receive Full Force of tropical Storm Traveling North Rapidly After Passing Over Bahamas Residents of Keys Are Evacuated lEfll AT AE OF Retired Supreme Court Liberal Is Victim of i Heart Trouble JUSTICE 23 YEARS Appointment by Wilson Had Precipitated 4-month Debate WASHINGTON Oct 5 (AP) Louis Dembitz Brandeis retired supreme court justice who was cele bra ted for his liberal views died tonight at the age of 84' Brandeis who was appointed to the court by President Wilson and served for 23 years goffered severe heart attack at his here last Wednesday His condition became steadily LOUIS BRANDEIS I worse and physicians' lost hope of saving iris life when he fell into a conta last night I His death resulted from a recurrence of the heart trouble prompted his retirements February 13 1939 I- --V' His widow and two daughters Mrs Jacob Gilbert a Neat York attorney and Mrs Elizabeth Rausch-enbush a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin were at bedside wheji '(Continued on Page 3 Column KILLS ESTRANGED SPOUSE AND SELF Kansas City Laborer Shoots Friend of Wife Who Watched Quarrel KANSAS CITY Oct (JPh-Roy Wilhite 48 a WPA laborer killed 'jhis estranged wife Helen 42 and then himself tdciay after many at- tempts to win her back had failed Tom Miller 29 ar friend of Mrs Wilhite was shot and-dangerously grounded When' he Intervened in a discussion between the Wilhites i Jean Elliott 16 daughter of Mrs Wilhite and Prank Adkins 41 a janitor were witnesses fhey said Wilhite shot his wife twice with a 38 caliber revolver shot Miller then ran to a vestibule of the apart-" ment where he shot himself in the right temple Mrs Wilhite died immediately Wilhite Ha hours later at General hospital The Wilhites had since May 1940 and had separated two months ago VARYING MOODS the Vnd been married It A 'N I FWTOJKS Turns Defeat into Victory for New York Thjrd Man is Up ERROR FATAL Hugh Casey Is Victim as Dodgers Trait by 3 to I for Series -I By JUDSON BAILEY EBBETS FIELD BROOK LYN Oct The strikeout that shoiild have spelled victory for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the ninth inning today turned into a i triumph for the New York Yankees instead 7 to 4 and let the Bombers blast their way into a three-to one advantage in the World it series The play decided the ball game and perhaps the series itself was more surprising than any fiction and more heartbreaking than any melodrama This was the scene as 33813 fans Sweltering in 90-degree temperature saw it: The Dodgers had driven info a one-run lead in the fifth inning on Pistol' Pete homer over the scoreboard with one on and Hugh Casey a chubby laughing righthander was protecting the margin beautifully He came up to the ninth Inning and made the first two Yanks he faced ground out to the Infield Then he got two strikes on Tom Henrichjand the crowd began pushing for the exits He served a high fast balli to the Yankee rightfielder HenrichJ Swung and missed And that -waS the ball game almost The ball sailed past catcher Mickey Owen and rolled back toward the screen behind home plate while Henrich sprinted for first He reached there before Owen -ever picked up the ball Caseyot credit for a strikeout but Owery was charged with an error Fans 'Are Stunned This was a small thipg oiithe surfacevbut eyeryopje sensed deep dawn that this was a storm signal andfthe fans 'settled back into their (Continued on Page 8 Colump 1) i RAPS'UN-AMERICAN TALK BY LINDBERGH rtr V- YFW Asls ofnmittee to PubllyDisiaim Re-! kporisibiiity for Views r-hr-''- KANSAS CITY Oct 5 -The Veterans ot foreign Wars: called upon tj)e America Ftrst committee today disclaim i publicly ail re- sponsibility for Vhat lt termed vthe un-Amerjcah Ye pr ss 1 oil of Charles A Lindbergh in arfecent speeenj- tvDes -Moines national couhcil of admin-istra tion averted Lindbergh hgd given utterances to views! known fo all fair and ration ally mlnded piepple 'fo be false and unjustified arid! which can hgve no other? purpose' than to hicitq raclal and religious In another Resolution the Veterans asked the America First comxhittee the Keep America Ottt pLWarcom mlttee and similar groudSno the self-evident fact thatAur democracy 'is today engaged conflict Against the Axis powers and that all loyal Americans are morally obligated to help our country in the fight for victory over Its totalitarian The council voted td give Detroit Cleveland and Indianapolis which seek the 1942 national Convention 30 days In which to meet the requirements CONTRABAND FOUND UN JAPANESE CARGO Mexicans Discover Forbid den Mercury in Goods Ready for Loading MANZANILLO MEXICO Oct 5 (A5) Contraband mercury in large quantity was found by customs authorities today In concealment among merchandise ready for loading aboard the Japanese steamer AzumaMaru which was scheduled to' sail shortly for Japan from this Pacific port Authorities Immediately began an investlgatljon to determine whether this might be part of a large-scale-smuggling plot or an isolated incident Shipments of the precious war metal to Japan once a heavy buyer were stopped several weeks ago by decree of President AvUa Camacho when the' United States and Mexico signed an anti-AxlS' economic defense pact restricting export of essential raw materials to the western hemisphere HYDE PARK Oct President Roosevelt conferred by telephone today With Myron Tay-lor his personal tnvosT to the Vatican and presumably received kn I outline of the Information of most which Taylor said 'he brought from Rome A' longer conference wiiT: tie shield Tuesday when Taylor calls1: at- the White' House in Washington Little doubt existed around- the temporary White House that the chief executive wantedvto jeonsult Taylor on the audiences with Pope: Pius XII asrwgU on SEARCHLIGHTS SIGHTED Residents of Coast Area Hear Rumble of Fjring' Sight Two Vessels By CASTRO MARAGOGY ALAGOAS STATE BRAZIL Oct (AP) -Gannonading at sea Accompanied by a display of searchlights i last night wjas reported today by fish- ermen near Maceio some £0 miles south of here indi- eating possible continuation of a battle believed to have started between Unidentified ships late Friday Fishermen at Pajussara Beach near said the rolling thunder of what 'sounded like big guns came in from far out In the Atlantic The people of coastal town Seem firmly convinced that two' unidentified ships engaged in a 30-minute battle exchanging 30 cannon shots about 20 miles southeast of here last Friday evening Among them are many who say they saw the action Almost everyone heard the sounds that rum-) bled ip from the sea along the easternmost coast of Brazil and South America No Doubt About BatUe the slightest doubt that this was naval combat as (Continued on Page 3 Column 1) MONTEVIDEO FREES SUSPECTED GERMAIi MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY Oct Sj (ff) A Montevideo court today ordered the release of a German subject Herbert Heise and six-others who were arrested In investigation of suspicious movements of the yacht on' the Negro and Uruguay rivers wife was freed yesterday All were arrested Thursday night I RESCUE EFFORTS Today four experienced climbers laboriously added iron rings and ropes to the ladder by which they hope to reach the top and bring down the daredevil who won a $50 bet by chuting to the small but flat peak Watching them was a crowd of 4000 persons Never since a devastating forest fire and cricket-grasshopper invasions of the late thirties had there been as much excitement In this sparsely settled and Isolated section of northeastern Wyoming MIAMI FLA Oct 5 P) Full force of the 100-mile-an-hour hurricane! headed toward the lower AUSTRALIAN FORGE REACHES SINGAPORE Strong Cctatihgent Is Third to Reach Far Eastern Base of Britain 41 Octf'- The third strong Australian contingent to reach Singapore this year arrived today adding thousands of trained men and' quantities of modem' war equipment to the force' defehding Far Eastern stronghold Maj Gen Gordon Bennett Australian commander in iMalaya Welcomed the reinforcements? who came completely equipped for- battle after ihonths of intensive -trfiiXiing athome "H- The first Australian force came fo February 18 the: second AUgUSt 15 PILOT CITED AS RAF ACE IN RUSSIA fc -h 'MOSCOW Oct British pilot Carlton Hough of York England was cited today As -the lead big ace of thd RAF In Soviet Russia with three German Messer-schmitt rfightera to his credit Two other RAp pilots were reported to have downed twa-eaeh- II flhii GRAB SOVIET ISLAND OF ABRUKA IN SUDDEN ASSAULT til Garrison Captured in For-' tified -Area of Germans Admit Russians Fight Hard in ''Crimea BERLIN Oct fl) lr he sud den assault and capture of the Rus slanfheld Island of Abruka by German! engineers who dashed in storm boats through the! Baltic sea from the recently captured island of Oesel off the Estonian coast was reported today by the German high command A -communique said their resulted In the capture of the Island garrison The tiny Island of Abruka lies between the coasts of Oesel and Estonia Its capture appeared part of German mopping Up operations in the Baltic which recently resulted In the seizure of OeseV itself and the Nearby island ofrMubu At the other end of the long Russian front both the high command commdniqtie and 'Gerpian war reports indicated the Russians wre fighting hard 011 approaches to the Crimean peninsula as attack and codhter-attack followed In quick succession 1 The Genpan high command departed slightly fron its policy of keeping all actions secret until their conclusion by mentioning extensive operations In the vicinity of Ferekop at tha porthwest 1 comer of the pettihsijLla''T An official Rumanian statement said ''Wbuntaln cavalry troops tjie shoe nf the Sea of Azov stood bff furious artillery attack and repuked onslaught of Rtissian tanks' V- Control Crimea Approaches Report shero' indicated the Ger-ndofW their allies were in ef ContinnedCn Page 2 Column' 6) rr TURN DOVJII HEW TOKYO DEMAUDS I I French Reject Request For Sweeping New Powers in IhdbChina SINGAPORE Oct French have rejected sweeping new Japanese demands on Indo-China reporta from the French colony said today The -Japanese were said to have asked for complete control over postal censorship within Indo-China control of all establishments In the Cam Ranh 'bay area below Saigon and the right 'to' establish an arsenal and other military works in Saigon There were reports that ifehe Japanese further demanded ftit Indo-Chinese authorities reqhlre American oil companies to furnish tank facilities sufficient to store 30000 tons of kerosene' Informed quarters here expressed helief that the arrival of Kenkichi Yoshizawa Japanese ambassador to Indo-China within the next few days would bring Intensification of Japanese efforts to establish a virtual Japanese regime in the French colony In disregard of assurances that French sovereignty would be respected The Weiather I Fair east' partly cloudy -to cloudy west scattered shoWeii northwest Monday' Tuesday mostly cloudy scattered showers central and west cooler west por-ftlons -V Partly cloudy and Continued warm loeal Uiunder-' -showers extreme south Monday Tuesday considerable cloudiness scattered showers! or thunderstorms central and -west Fair warmer extrema north Monday Tuesday partly cloudy and continued warm the animated controversy over free dom pf Religion lp At a press conference in Wish ington Friday Mr left it an open question pending Tay- lor arrival home whether he had asked his envoy to take up wjth the pope the problem of freedom of worship in the Soviet Union Taylor reached New yesterday by trans-Atlantic clipper and reported he had obtained information' of which lie would relay immediately to the president and Secretary Hull TWO GERMAN WAR PRISONERS ESCAPE Florida peninsula Is expected to Tnsh this resort metropolis between 3 And 5 a CST) tomorrow The storm winds swept over Nassau tonight and roared toward the Florida east coast resort area -the exposed keys south of the mainland and Vast Lake Okeechobee All of the state south of Vero beach was boarded' up tight against the blow In a 9 in advisory the weather bureau re-emphasized its periodical warnings but said that the storm Had passed Nassau Af tf mV it said the (Contiiined on Page3 Column 6) RAF RAIDERS LASH BOULOGNE REGION "at -4 British SotCoast Rocked Blasts on Vf renchV: Territpr LONDON Oct C45) RAF bombers pounded Bou logne area' early today the BritishnsoUth (coast was rocked by thejJToirce of the sfltack' The 'Bouloghis assault' came after Brifcish Taiders: sprinkled bcxnbs up Snd'dowrL the French coast shortly British fighters tangled with Ger man --raiders yesterday high over ttai southeast coast but lqw-hanging clouds hid the combatants from view of ground observers' UNO 1 in the Donets valley German silence ihdicated llttle headway in the siege of Odessa and In the Crimean offensive On the central front closest to Moscow the lines appeared to be stabilising Vwith the only claims coming from Red sources Parachute troops were said to be aiding Russian guerillas in sabotaging Nazi supply lines in this territory in the north around Leningrad Germans apparently made little headway in the Immediate vicinity Soviet sources here too claimed some territory regained with all Nazi attacks repulsed with heavy losses Berlin credited the Finns with advances (Continued- on Page 3 Column 1) I TORONTO Oct P) Two German prisopers-of-war Fritz Fuchs 33 and Karl Rudolph 27 were sought tonight-in mountainous northern Ontario after their escape from ia prison camp All railway centers and trains were being watched between Timmins and Kirkland Lake OF DODGER FAR --7 -p VW'frether it foretold a definite turning point in the waf merely provided a pause before further German victories the past (week could have given Adolf Hitler little mofethan qi headache judging from the meager dews that trickled out of Europe Four id a or causes contributed to his Ihental disturbance Stiffening Russian resistance all along the line with- Moscow reporting sub! stantial gains (2)a expanding British air attacks with wavering Italy coming in for a large share (3) rebellion growing throughout Nazi-conquered countries from the Arctic to the Mediterranean sea with sufferings 3ure to fan uiiifest arid (4) quick American and British action to aid Russia with planes and warr materiel The hief proof ailment was supplied by 'Hitler himself Berlin full of boasting intended to bolster sagging spirits of the German people as'well as to relieye the pressure on his own mind SUNDANCE WYO Oct 5-(AP Warren Gorrell (left) government guide and park ranger Ernest Field set out 'on a hazardous climb up sheer tower to drive into its rofky sides iron rings on which they plan to stake their lives in rescuing parachutist George Hopkins marooned on the tower top since Wednesday i 1 Trapped Parachutist Huddles In Fur-lined Suit on Lpfty Roost In Mountains Four Expert- eneed Climbers Add Rungs to Rope Ladder ON Early in the week Berlin reported land forces backed by air power closing in on the rich Donets valley of the Ukraine the industrial center of Kharkov their -chief objective Moscow lent credence to this report with acknowledgement that Poltava 80 miles southwest bf Kharkov had been abandoned by Red troops The latter part of foe week however German stories trailed off into indefinite reports of while Moscow -jubilantly told of halting the Nazis southern drive and even of hurling the foe back 20f miles tor more jin some places Nazi scouts In the Ukraine brought back word that Russians were marshaling all their strength for a stand 'SUNDANCE WYO Oct 3now fell tonight on a parachutist inarooned for five days on 1280-foot Tower making uncertain the plans of rescuers to bring him down from! his lofty roost tomorrow i After day of rain and fog which hampered rock climbers George Hopkins 30 of San Antonio Tex put on a fur-lined suit to keep out the' cold of his fifth night atop the sheer volcanic spire new YORK Oct (AF The going was both good and very bad for Dodder fans today in the fourth World series game Both phases are portrayed here with the expression at left denoting the tempo when' the Dodgers were In front after home run and the dour mood at right illustrating that ninth-inning feeling after thfc New York Yankees belted In four runs to win 7 to 4 I.