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VOL: 74 Established une-231862 PORTLAND MAINE FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 8 I937 r-'ESftfi BESS FUI UE Til it KK S' Governor Ldunaii Saves Foortli Of Sextet At r- -4- Last Minute -7 1 SCATA 13 ALREADY HAD HAIR CUPPED Young ejt Of Gang Involved In Slajinf Had Been Labeled OmMbO JM (AP) Theodor Dldonna-- II By The Associated Press Germany and Italy in i sweeping proposal to banjnterrT veUtioElnihaSpaniah-cIvilwarThuradayeuggested from Spain of all non-Spanish fightan" Germany -'and-Italy in notes to France and: Great Briuin agreed iti principle to FrancoBritish plaaa for a baa on tha flow of foreign volunteers into Spain V-: 4 Raisrvationa wart made by both jiationg however Ger- many's chief proviso waa that all Interested powers agree on 77 affective auparwition to halt Intervention Franoa meanwhile dleclaead aha wlU concentrate 14 warship andn number at aubmarinaa sear Bpals wlthla tww weeka I-ABBdiwh bffiaetewiltfnurmwiv3 manta wan part of annual manauvwa thy pointed out the vameli would bn is "a etratagta position" la relation fr French frontier anthorttlea reported voluntaan from many eountrtae wan proeeadlny serosa tha southern border Canttnuad an Fag 3 President Hat Experts Seeking Way To Meet Views Of Supreme Court In Decisions On Outlawed Agency By Edward Duffy Waahlagiea Jan I Informed aourcaa predicted tonight the Administration would support In Con-greee a streamlined verriou of NBA Botognta 3V war electrocuted to Sing Hag Mnb tonight for On Oar lag Bdwia-Apoalto 33 a subway cola collector ihot to fath la a 1340 robbery Sept 3 UH ta BreoByx Aa affletal announcement aud Out both drag at IMI Eastern Standard Tima' ptdonna entered tha death ehaa- Continued aa Pm 3 Fifth Cat Ice-Coated Roads Rise I Thermometer Averts Serious Trouble Sanding Helps Travel let that eoatad highway delaying motor vehicle traffic la Bouthweatera and Central Maine Thursday after noon slowly melted Thunday "Mag aa fhd temperature race gradually When the Portland Weather Bureau closed at I the had cBotbed to drgreesand the weatherman uld that tha dinger of a eenoua- Ice atom apparently had been averted Throughout Thunday official of tramportatloa "faculties kept anzloua yea on the thermometer ea changed to elaet and then to freea-ing tala Proa S'pL to 'highway oulsldb of Portland partfe- ularly to tha east wen a glare of Continued ea Page 13 Third CaL icoMuOlmwaiglC Rfegentsr Refuse To Rehire Glenn Frank Paris Orders Syrian Forets To Permit No Incursions Into Disputed Area By The Associated Press General Motor union refusal to yield on "sit-down" ataiid Mocks strike settlement negotiations Fist fights between workers mark change of shifts at Pilot Chevrolet plank Tie-up of General Motors plants widen with 71000 to be Idle by Prl-dey night New strikes called at Briggs Body plank Detroit and at Walker AJai Company Racins' Wis acoemory manufacturers F-1 Pouf PUderetlon dr'1Labof craft untena requeM reopening of strike-' Clopd yirimt Bfhlg Cten r- inaugural- At tha left Gov Lewis Barrows reading his the LNglslaturc Thursday Stated on tha daiawith him Aithorightrthrcrowdsd floor oT ths Hobiisc with By Staff Photographer inaugural address at joint Sesaion of are Frederic Burns of Houlton 'By Ralph Heiatei lOnited Ftom Staff Carraepandwit) Faria' Jas IknMoa ha-twees! Turkay and Franca reached dangerous stage today aa tha result at Kamel Ataturkh demand that tha Al- SXfuMhftta' dbtefct of SyrtaakYy' opulatad by Turiu(-to ba made "7 psjf at as mndar w-w-a lv 'I even the aisles filled to hear the Gov floor in the middle chamber from front lo reatpraJiormsiI-H-Msc- Stati Welfare 'Dejiaftment illtainA Rurincllg state controller Clifford A' Bofnerville chairman qf'lhs' Mains Unemployment Compensation Commigamn and Dr Forrest C' Tyson superintendent of tha Stats Hospital for the Insane Belowt tha gallery of the House with not an Inch of standing roomleftState employes and tha general public crowded it to absolute capacity Rtotomantr te-rTurktstmewapaper 490 Take Exams For Portions With Maine Unemployment Board iflV e'V: Edward Day Eliot Injured In Collision Dec1 29 w'Diei At York-44 With the at tha Tort Hew pital qf Bdward Day 33 of BUot Malnak IMS motor vthkla fatality llat Thunday waa Incraaead to 117 which equal tha IMI total of traffic deaths 7 -s- Day died of a fractured skull suffered Dae sa fo a eolUsteo at WeU between automahilaa drives by Bute Patrolman Sherman Clark oT EUrt and Robert UUlefteid nf Walla Day waa pamangar Is Fatrolaus Clark1 machine -Ha waa the fourth parson to have died la Mains slnoe Jan af injuries suffered is IMS aoftktotua -f-Day le inll'Ttvxd by Ma panda Mr nd Mm Href Day a brother Har-lay and two aUlen Thelma and Lll-Hewr DepartrtftntVaricry Dry Goods Sale In 1936 Up 12 Per Cent Total RrtaOLTrade Of $37 BOOOOW-IgBaft Sines Hew Tart Jan The na- tlnn' department dry gnnd and variety atom did a ISMOOOOSOO business during lilt an Increa of 13 jprr cent over the ltlt volume and the third consecutive yearly advance' figure laaued by the National kblall Dry Ooodi Aaoclatlon dlctoed tonight "i 1 Tha volume was the bast'- ilnea lfM according to indteatteos and bolatend belief that total retail tiada to tha United States last year reached 117-MC 000000 an Increaie of U4 per cent over the 1338 aggregate at 332-790000000 Flguret showed that the 1331 sales were within II per cent of Un high sales volume obtained In 1323 They were 37 per cent above 1133 the tow point of the depression Two Xillid Ag Sign Fall El Fas Tax Jan High wind tore a large electric sign from the Caplet building in downtown El Paso late today toppling it on tha heads of pedestrians' below and kiinyfjronTOrgthrrwer Two Die ln GiairrTTiird Saved 'ft' Madben Wla Jan Unl- malty of Wlsoonsln regents tonight refuted I to 7 to iwhlra Glenn Prank Thetr decision reached after week nf bitter debate of an effort-to oust Prank meant tha end of Prank's 11 -i year at the Institution The ouster wee based upon charge of mismanagement end admlnlstra- the Inability but- Prank's defender contended at the will of Gov Philip La Folletle and by his po-: "lit leal Interference Approximately MO students pound- at -the doom and windows as the reganla voted demanding an opportunity to crowd Into the packed hearing room student were orderly The regent told Prank that they will not renew Me appointment aa President for the coming academic year beginning July I 1137 and pi red him on leave of absence with pvy from Jan 7 to June 30 117 Sggiry' iTBronmenTFar" million To Limit Applicants To High' School Gradnatoa Aagasta Jan The first Civil Bertie examination for employf ment with Maine Unemployment Com mission waa given today at Bangor to 490 persons exceeding by mmw thaa 400 tha expected number Chairman Clifford A BomervUla said tonight Because of a heavy enrollment tha commission decided future applicants for examination must be high school graduate! Lisbon Falls Man Is Heart Attack Victim Lisban Falla Jan Death hovered this afternoon over Mika Yager li and his aatranged wifw Mrs Xllmbcth Yager but touched only bin Ha died of heart disease white ('rowing gram from truck' on an teyjrtryei In this villsga A abort tim before hla wife had Just framed tha temporary bridge war the Androscoggin River to Durham when 179 fact of tb 100-foot strue TttotwTj-vihTtMuiy aetfcnfcriwro' W-brthif union end General Motorrleidm together: reports 'hattefafory anti-strike Injunction transferred from Ffot judge who owns CVneral Motors Mock Fanner Flint mayor organises to eembat strike sentiment OpenW arThreatened In Ranks Of Labor four A Of Unioni De-litABd Reopening1 Of Tishor Body Plant At Cleveland tcaprrlghl 1137 By Tha United mas) Washington Jsa (UP) Threats of open warfare broke out tonight be tween tha American Federation of Labor and the Rebel Committee for Industrial Organization headed by John Lewis with the embattled 'automotive industry as a background Four craft Unions member of the conservative A of demanded reopening of the picketed Fisher Body plant at Cleveland Ohio I bf-ftcinto angrily denounced them aa The already tense tightened perceptibly William Green president of the federation which suspended Lewis and hla Insurgent Committee from' membership lastSeptem ber pointed out that the four unions were acting rightfully 1 In their capacity autonomous of the A of Isjuipiaijiiiig 'Uiitmui ffT J11IW with the faetion which was Instruments in ousting Lewie They pro the Brotherhood nf Elccthcel nr leers United Aaaocletion of Plumbers end Btesm fitters Intemetional Asso-elslion of Msehinista and the Brick-layer Masons' and Plasterers Union: -whleh would omit the eumbereome de vice of eode authorities Determined to pursue the objectives of that outlawed aganey President Roosevelt had ezperta at work alftlng of legUlatlva proposal and hunting a way to meet tha view of the Supreme Court hi the MRA and Guffey Coal decision Rut If no aura formula" la found advisors expected him to go ahead anyway il consideration wee being given a plan to Invest the federal Trade Comm lasted er new agency wtth- powers to regulate Interstate CM Continued ea Page It -ForMattion Ransom Vw Ad Indicate Boy'i Father Xa Octtinf Menaces And Sag Olcarad Path By-ThrAU6cWcaPress Tacaam Wash Jan 7 A new advertisement today signified dealings 'were In progress between the kidnaper of Charles Mattson and hla family but tight secrecy covered preratlone for the climax The advertisement fourth of a dramatte aeries in ths Seattle Times said: "MaMel am getting the note Police an not Intercepting them I accept your method of identification AH requests havs been carried out I will do as- Instructed without anyone knowing Ann" This was construed to mean Dr Mattson was telling the kid- ns per hie messages were being received all surveillance stopped and the way mad absolutely dear for him to proceed There waa no Indication as to how much ransom waa Involved The abductor left a demand for 131000 when he eetasd 10-year-old Charles from tha Mattson boms the night of Dee 37 The note reputedly warned that the ransom demand would double every week 1 This waa the 11th day fearree-ord cold enveloped the region' causing new apprehension over i comfort side from British information and from personal otoervatloiu In Spain I estimate that 'here are nearly 30-MO foreigners with the armies of rebel Gen Ranciaco Franco They Include 11000 Italians 12000 Germans and about 4000 Portuguese Irish and other nationalities These figures do apt taka account of the Foreign Lcgtui which Including the Mbonli about per cent Spanish On the government tide the Inter- At Zero Hour v- Salvatore Scats mnti-ufictura vinous virtrtirs of food from ths soy bean Washington Jan (AP) Se nylon Styles Bridges of New Hamp-chlro and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr- of Masaachusctta RepubUcam drew assignment today to the Senate military affairs committee Other assign -at a conference -of Rebecs of the Senate In-ejudedt 'Amtln Vermont Intereute cmnmrwnt Oltaon 1 Vermont Naval Affatok and Hale Maine public imOdtoan Theodore Dlddone Joteph Bolognis twe-wwg ttopawag hr iaotnnt 3 Acts Touching Liquor Board In Connecticut Cancels Providence Trip And- Payment Fleming And Changes Appointments Notable CongratulateBarrows At LuncHeon Blaine Mansion i Ex-Governors Baxter snd Gardiner Among Brann Leaves Capitol After Escorting New Executive To House 50000 Foreigners Of Dozen Nationalities Fighting In Spain Rebel Air Force 80 iV C' German 15 7 Loyalist Fliers Half French Half Russian Plant WIIHmaalir Csnn Jan John Pringle President of the Harmony Toy and Novelty dorp of Harmony Maine said tonight a aub-sUligry firm to be knOwn as the Maim eon Specialties Corp 'wouljd ppen here ipproxlmately Peb 30 Pringle said he also would head the new firm whien probably ftiventually give rmployment to 1000' Thn WilHmantte hmnrh vtll Auto Warren I Jan An automobile struck three young brother! here ionlght killing on and Injuring two brother with 7 The New the Liquor Oommisaloh Fred Har the other throe leaped to aafetv The Council swung Into action vey chief rifrk and John Carey boy killed waa Prank Amaral 9 rescinding among 1U flrzt eounrol to a browrr- convvntlrn at thur Amaral J4 and Drnnl Amaral 1 lhrM1 rU nf old 13 aero injured AlbrV 11 raeaped relmtlm in the State Uquor Injury They were about to enleg- Commlswon 7' the yard of their home when gtrucVl of 3500 lo Loul Firm-Thera la no sidewalk along the high- Btgor-for tour month's amice For Farmington Store ('solmued an Page li Fsvrth Tan kef Goc Aground Warwirk -(Jn A Urge tanker went aground 300 yards it off ire waa admlniitered by PraFldeat Firdcnc Burnt- of the Bcnai As tha Governor wag escorted to' and from the Houm ha was accorded' Continued ea Page II fifth CaL ICY WALKS use ROCK SALT CALL YOUR CROCER Ol Shurtleff Co i 7 Aagasta Jan Supreme and Superior Court JuiLicei two former Malm governors outgoing jind lncotnlng executive councillors and departmental heads visited Governor Lewis Barrows at tha Blaine Mansion today after hla inaugural atf dress Included In tha luncheon gathering were Ferctvel Baxter and William Thdor Oardlner former RepubUeaa fovernon Governor Barrows delivered hd-drom Immediately after (ha oWfi of $9 Webb Miller 'Cepyrighk 1117 by Tailed Press) Lands Jan Nearly 50-00 fnrtlgiure drawn from 13 tinnaHIles now an taking part In Spain's Moody civil war From a conflict over purely domestic tariee the fight has turned Into a general war fought on Spanish territory ove tha fundamental leirtu pi Fascism versus Communism From neutral observer' who- have spent months on one or tha other off Conimicut 'Lighthpus in Narra-ganaett Bay tonight Warwick poltoa reported The tanker couhT be seen flam shore polio said when tha beam from the Ughthouas picked her up Police said a tug appeared to approaching the grounded tanker No other boats were standing by The name nf 'ths tanker waamnt known 1 1 way at that politV Wait Newton Fcnaa Jan JU- Death of Mrs- Bile Wllgro MeUugh-lln 97 today left only one meinbee in the unique: Cn(ury (flub formed In thto community by a group pt residents hi Uielr nineties who had the common purpose of celrbraic the century mark laf tha Liquor Combi laion commence-Uig July 3 1339 was rescinded Tbs Council also nullified ths order making OUvaVCt Dudley manager and Louis A MelnUre clerk of the Farmington Uqpor store In their piketo tha new- councilor! named Rdrion Voter manager and Merlon Swain assistant mapager: A trip by Chairman Defid Walton of t'm Accident Box Score Auto FaUlitieg Aa of Jan I As of Jan 8 1939 1937 7 2 Ji fwHlMri an Psg ll jFH ('.

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