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Pi baby FINAL pEDITION a A JAN 9 -19: U. S. Weather Bureau Reports: Cloudy Sunday find Monday; lightly warmer on Monday Sunday, January 8, 1939. 108th Year. No.

249 On Guard for Over a Century iTen Cents mttt en- Roosevelt Invites a Showdown Fight with Foes in Party Pickert Leads Raiders as Police Squad Smashes 4 Downtown Handbooks Martin Purges Local Officials in 'Red Drive Some Manhandled by Crowd in Removal from Union Hall Mooney Freed byFullPardon After 22 Years Governor in Collapse Following Dramatic Scene at Capitol Billings Is Paid Visit as Start of New Life Ax Crew Wrecks Case Aide Says Workers Paid Tribute to Hold Jobs US. Health Gains Hit All-Time Peak Parran Cites Year's Decline in the Death Rate WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (A. Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, declared today that the American people were healthier than ever before.

Reporting" this to Congress, he added that there still was much room for improvement and suggested an enlarged program of investigation of drugs in the treatment of disease, an annual appropriation of $25,000,000 for venereal-disease control and the establishment of a special institute for research on mental and nervous diseases. In 1938, he said, the general death rate, the maternal and child-death rates, and deaths from typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, tuberculosis, malaria, pellagra and kidney disease continued the steady decline which began several years ago. From 11.3 per 1,000 population in 1937, the general death rate dropped to 10.9. The leading causes of death and sickness were diseases of the heart and brain, canrer and malignant tumors, pneuhionia and tuberculosis, Dr. Parran said.

Iceboat Is Used to Save Pair as 1,000 Look On MT. CLEMENS, Jan. 7 About 1,000 persona watched breathlessly Saturday afternoon as two men in an iceboat went to the rescue of two fishermen who had fallen through thin ice on Lake St. Clair a mile off the mouth of the Huron River. Al Gasow, 42 years old, owner of a boat livery at 68.15 S.

River Road, and his son William, 25, went to the aid of the two men' who had been floundering for a half-hour, unable to lift themselves from the frigid water onto the ice. The rescuers crawled on their stomachs, drawing a rope across tho break. The pair it the water grasped the rope, and the Gasows pulled them slowly up on the ice and back to the iceboat. One victim, John Kellner, 40, of 236 University Fern-dale, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, suffering severely from exposure.

He was too ill to name his fishing companion, who was taken away directly after the rescue by friends. branch office at Cass and Alexandrine Aves. Hoyt Morris and Joseph Wasser-man, formerly manager and assistant manager of the branch, have admitted that part of the money was turned over for Democratic campaign purposes. Morris Amplifies Charge Other developments in the case Saturday included: 1 Amplification of charges by Morris that funds wer diverted from a telephone account for campaign purposes with Younghlood's authorization. 2 Charges by Morris that he had been Informed that the short-sge would be taken care of out of the Democratic campaign 3 Charges by Youngblood that money from the telephone account Act Follows Demand of Group in Plymouth All officers of Plymouth Local 51 of the U.A.W.

were suspended Saturday night by International President Homer Martin and books and records of the local transferred from "Moscow Square," as Martin put it, to the old headquarters in Slovak Hall." The action was taken after a demand made at a meeting In Cass Technical High School a.udi- torium led by a group which has charged Communist domination in Plymouth Local. The Cass meeting was presided over by Pat McCartney, former Plymouth shop nteward, who testified before the Dies Committee on un-American activities and who was defeated for president of the local at the last election. Administrators Installed In place of President Leo and other suspended Plymouth Local officers, Martin Installed Fred Durrance. Motor Products Local president, and Carl Splckler, rackard Local treasurer, as administrators. Durance and Spickler Immediately appointed McCartney to aid them, and moved the records from the recent headquarters in Schiller Hall, 2021 Gratiot to Slovak Hall, 7151 Strong Ave.

Under Martin's order, for which he claimed constitutional author ity, the administrators will con duct the local's affairs in co-operation with Martin until new officers "are elected in a democratic manner." Says lie Avoids Prejudice The election is to be held within 10 days. Martin said he was not appointing Plymouth men aa administrators because he did not want to "put them in a prejudiced position." "This is just the beginning." he said. "It is a challenge to air those who aim to do anything except conduct a labor union in the interests of the working man. I am doing this at the urgent request of rank and file members of the local who have constitutionally and democratically met and voted that I should take this action." Martin made nis announcement from the platform of Schiller Hall before a crowd of about 1,000 persons. Please Turn to Page 5 Column 1 Girl on a Bicycle Is Killed by Auto Sister Riding with Her Injured Seriously A twelve-year-old girl was killed and her ten-year-old sister injured seriously when the bicycle they were riding was struck by an automobile Saturday afternoon on Fenkell Ave.

west of Telegraph Road. In another accident a six-year-old boy was injured critically. The victims were Lois Hegwood, of 14526 Greydale dead on admittance to Receiving Hospital; Sarah Hegwood, at Red-ford Receiving Hospital in a serious condition with what may be a skull fracture, and Robert Need, of Lappin at Saratoga General Hospital with a fractured skull. The Hegwood gt.iS were struck by a car driven by Claade Coy. 15064 Fielding who was taken to the Prosecutor's office to make a statement.

Ben O. Miller, 53, of 5579 Mont-clair whose car injured the Need boy at 14733 W. Seven Mile Road, said that never saw the child, who apparently an Into Miller's moving car, according to police. Tells Them to Join G.O.P. If Defeated President Issues Call for United Front of Liberals in 1940 Asserts Republicans Must Get a Program WASHINGTON, Jan.

7 (U.P.) president Roosevelt tonight iled upon fill liberals to join a united front to Insure maintenance 0f a liberal American Government 1940 find invited conservatives jo leave the Democratic Parly. TR. President's speech at the Capital's traditional Jackson Day rally of Democrats was broadcast nalinnsllv and heard by similar party rallies throughout the country. Mr. Roosevelt characterized in-Im-party debate as a healthy sign, he called on "nominal Dcmo-crBls" to leave the party and join forces with the Republicans If they sre defeated in open conflict with liberal Democrats.

firectod by Garner The President received a prolonged ovation as he entered the hotel hall room, where he spoke. Finally, Vice President John N. who, reports have it, has been leading tin anti-New Deal movement among conservative Pemocrats, threw an arm about the President's shoulders. The crowd redoubled its applause. The President's remarks appeared to constitute a virtual invitation to his Democratic Party opponents that the issues of their conflict be fought out to a finish.

"If there are nominal Democrats," said Mr. Roosevelt, "who as a matter of principle are con-vineed that our party should be a conservative party a Democratic Tweedledum to a Republican Tweedlcdee It -is on the whole better that the issue be drawn within the party, that the fight be fought out, and that if ths Twcedlodums are defeated they Join the Twecdledees." Holds Frospecls Remote However, he emphasized his belief that prospects of such a development are remote. "The prospects of such a fight are far more remote than members of the opposition would have you believe," he said. "The people of the country are not deceived when honest debate and an honest effort to work things nut for the good of the country arc labeled dissension and bad Mood by those outside of the party whose wish is father to the thought." T-tking cognizance of Republic- an pains in the full elections, the I President declared: "I welcome the return of the i republican Tarty to a position ''here if ran no longer excuse itself for rrnt having a program en the found that it has too few We." Looking Toward 1910 X'e. r.oosevelt direct cd his s'longly at problems facing tii Democratic Partv and the na- 'i'-n in the lp.io election.

He did h. make any his personal views on the W'1 h-Jclated third-term issue. LUm -if. (hp 1 1 e-e to lums," Mr. Roosevelt Hn enc 0f intraparty f-rMU-g, declaring that squabbles, T-ii' c's and rows would be fatal to Rr-M in 1940.

vp Democrats lay for each imw," he said, "we can be 1MO is the corner where 1n ican people will be laying The way to avoid lighting ourselves is to tight against the enemies of the -A people inertia, greed, (smm.nre, shortsightedness, vanity, "cr.or'iiinsn,...,,!! pvjs thnt I'm man against man." 'M tn t'naffillated upon persons of other persons without party on jin in nn effort 'nue liberal government. my pp Mid. "and ti 'it erf Erpat majority ev ir-: who near me tonight, just for two years to a generation to come. "'I maintain a united front those enemies of Amer- 1 Tuni to mac 2-Column 5 Struck by a Police Car, Driver Pays Fine of $20 r' the fact that his car in the rear by a police a- m. Saturday, Wil-' Devereaux, 2a years old, 1 was fined Thomas F.

r. "'ft- v.as speeding 60 at Gratiot Ave. and rwi, Patrolman Ed- y'7f '-Ki. of Conner Station, KV.7r..!,i -avc chase. I Jnr Hi, ,1 H- lie -J '3 Costly Equipment Move Follows Threct by Commissioner to Shut Places Supt.

Frahm Hunting Slot-Machine Outfits Police Commissioner Heinrirh A. Pickert Saturday night ledl raids against four handbooks in the downtown arcs in pursuanct of his promise tn drive such establishments from Detroit, He was accompanied by six members of the Racket Squad under Lieut. John P. McCarthy, who smashed the four establishments with axes. The places raided were at 21 Charlotte 14:16 Griswotd 3153 Woodward and 4134 W.

Fort St. Seventy-six persons wer arrested In the. raids snd taken to Police Headquarters as police wit nrsses. Several hours later the prisoner! were released, on order of Lieut, Edward Bock, of Central Station. Lieut.

McCarthy described th place at 21 Charlotte as elaborate. $10,000 Damage Done "We smashed at least $10,000 worth of furniture in the place," McCarthy said. McCarthy said that entrance to the place was gained through 19 Charlotte St. Once through the door, patrons were admitted through a three-inch thick door to the gaming room, McCarthy said. A secret panel, operated by a buzzer, was ready to let patrons out of 21 Charlotte St.

in rase ef a police raid, McCarthy added. The raid was conducted so swiftly, McCarthy said, that the patrons were caught In the place before the buzzer was pushed to open the secret panel. Finds BliukjarU Table McCarthy said he found five blackjack tables, racing forms and other gambling paraphernalia In the place. At 3436 Griswold St. the polic arrested 12 men.

A deck of cards, a blackjack layout and $28 wera confiscated, McCarthy said. At 3153 Woodward two men were arrested. McCarthy said hla men were forced to break their way Into the place. Supt. Fred W.

Frshrn declared Saturday that nearly all handbooks had shut down because of the police warning Issued Friday by the Commissioner. Said All ere Closed "There are no big establishment! open today," Frahm said. Bookies were told by Pickert Friday that they must close their places If they didn't want them smashed. With the handbooks out of the way, police officialdom turned its attention to the slot-machine problem, seeking to discover who heads that end of the gambling racket. Pete Llcavoli and Joe Bomma-rito, one-time rum runners, were told to appear in Frahm's office at 10 a.m.

Monday for questioning as to their present activities. Frahm said that he had been told that Bommarito and I.iravoli were planning to bring 243 slot machines into Detroit from Toledo, to placed in heer gardens and taverns. want to find out who gav them the idea that they could get away with anything like that, Frahm said. Please Turn to Pa'je Cblunn County Tax Collections Reach $8,693,865 Total Wayne Coun'y tax collections to Dee. 31 were complete Saturday with conclusion vt the recording of checks which came by mail on or before that ri ite.

four per rent penalty went into effect Jan, 1. The total collected at the end of 1938 was or nearly 60 per cent of the total levy. This Is approximately three per cent above tax rollcrf inns at the end of 3S37, a record-breaking year. Start the Day Right with the Free Press Pages 2 Around the Tom M. Washington Ohifanes Weather Edgar A.

Ou'st Good Mornmg Voice of the People Foreign News Radio Programs Real Estate News Picture Page SPORT SECTION Ward to the Wise From Tee to Green Wildlife Page Financial News 1 Business an1 Fraternal Page SOCIETY SF.CTION- Who Goes Where The Social Calendar The Chatterbox Ruth Tower hen Fashions Theater a-vl Mus.c. Aft ard Wa-' A 1 4 5 6 6 6 8 S-9 14 6 to 12 14 13 It- 1 SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7 (U. Gov. Culbert Olson par doned Thomas J.

Mooney today, then collapsed a few hours afterward from emotion and excitement while addressing a huge throng, including hundreds of Mooney friends and supporters, at his inaugural barbecue at the State Fair Grounds. The Governor was taken to Sut ter Hospital. Thysicians said that his condition was not serious, but that the strain of the dramatic pardon hearing had exhausted him. Saved from Falling Olson was speaking before the grandstand within earshot of about 130,000 persons who filled the grounds and to the track field. His voice began to waver.

He was prevented from falling when those near him went to his aid His son Richard, his private secretary, explained to the crowd that the Governor was not anie 10 continue. The sixty-two -year -old execu tive, California's first Democratic governor in 40 years, was helped from the platform and driven home and later to the hospital. Mooney, on his way to the barbecue after a visit to Warren K. Billings at Folsom Penitentiary where he went shorty after he was pardoned expressed deep concern when he learned of the Governor's collapse. Will Cross Bay Today Tonight Mooney was to be welcomed at a Sacramento dinner under auspices of the A.F.L.

Central Labor Council, the C.I.O. council and railroad brotherhoods. He was to remain overnight at Sacramento, then return in triumph to San Francisco to lead a parade Sunday. His twenty -two -year struggle for exoneration from conviction as perpetrator of the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco in 1916, which had become the cause celebre of militant liberalism the world over, was ended at last. By the hand of California's Democratic Governor of five days, Culbert Olson, he held a full and complete pardon.

Preparations Elaborate The stage had been prepared in elaborate manner for the climax to the drama. It was shortly before noon when Olson, whose campaign platform included a promise to pardon Mooney, arose in the State Assembly chamber to begin the fifty-five-minute ceremony. All seats were filled and standing room was at a premium. On the stage sat Mooney, still Prisoner 31921. Earlier in the day he had walked from the gates of San Quentin Prison and had motored here with his wife, sister and other members of his joyous family.

'On Terjiired Testimony' "I am convinced," Gov. Olson said in measured words, "that Mooney is innocent, that he was convicted on perjured testimony and is entitled to pardon. "Let anyone here who objects to a pardon step forward and present new evidence if they have it." There was a slight rustle in the crowded chamber, but the silence was unbroken. No one Please Turn to Page 5 Column 2 Note Leads Police to Cache of Bones LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (A.

Police, searching for the remains described in a letter which Cleveland authorities believe was written by a mad killer, turned up some bones today, but whether they can be linked to the Cleve-Isnd slayer who left a dozen victims there could not be determined immediately. The bones, unearthed- on Crenshaw near Western were found some distance from Century where the letter said the latest victim was buried. Detective Lieut. Lloyd Hurst, in charge of the searrh, turned the bones over to a police chemist for examination. The letter was sent to Cleveland authorities.

Judge Excuses Race for Goldfishes' Lives MILWAUKEE, Jan. 7 (U.P.) Because it was a matter of life and death to tiuee gaspiig goldfish on the automobile sei.t beside him, Wesley Buziszew ski, 23 years old, got off with a suspended sentence in District Court today. Pleading g'r'ty to tpeeJing he explained: "Judge, I was eoir.g ar ordinary speed with three pet goldfish in a bowl beside me. The car hit a rough spot, the l'h were spilled out and the bowl 1 bad to pcd thrn, yo to save Their hvr- "Did 7" 're J'pe r''t rp- The Detroit end of the investigation of the $8,110 discrepancy in the Secretary of State's office ended Saturday with the charge that employees were levied upon for 2 per cent of their wages and a full week's pay as "job insurance." The investigation was adjourned to Lansing, where it will be reopened Monday. The charge concerninc the em ployees' tribute to the campaign i fund of Leon D.

Case, former secretary of state, whs made by Bernard J. Youngblood. Young-blood was deputy secretary of state and campaign manager for Case, defeated for re-election last November. Missing $8,110 Sought Ynungblood's statements came as Harry F. Kelley, new secretary of state, sought to learn whflt had happened to the $8,110 missing from the telephone fund of the Ef finger Faces Judge at Last He Pleads Innocent to Two Charges Like a sinister breath out nf the past, Virgil Effinger appeared in court Saturday morning to answer the charges placed against him more than two years ago when the Black Legion empire of which he was alleged "major general," collapsed and made him a fugitive.

Since Aug. 25, 19.16. the former electrical contractor has. calmly at times and bitterly at others, resisted all attempts to take him into court. Saturday, at the end of the trail, he tapped nervously on his chair arm and kicked at the floor with his feet.

Complain ing.that he had a bad eye, he held his hat in front of his face to avoid photographers. Enters Plea of Innocent Effinger appeared first before Common Pleas Judge Ralph W. Liddy on a charge of possession of bombs with intent to use them illegally. The maximum sentence is five years. He pleaded innocent and examination was set for 9 i.

m. Jan. 16 with a $500 bond. Followed by reporters, photographers and a crowd of the curious, Effinger was taken to the Court of Common Pleas Judge Ned Smith where he pleaded innocent to a charge of criminal syndicalism, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. Re-eased under the same bond, his exam ination was set for 9 a.

m. Jan. 17. Cult Figure to Get Parole LANSING, Jan. 7 (A.P.) The State Bureau of Tardons and Paroles Saturday ordered the parole of Alvis Clark, a lessor figure In the Black Legion case, from Jackson Prison Monday.

Clark was sentenced March 9, 1937, in Recorder's Court, Detroit, for conspiracy to kill a Highland Park editor and for inciting to riot. His parole order came one day after he was due for routine parole, although special time allowance for good behavior would have permitted his release Nov. 5. Only Death to Halt Hunt for Redfern, Father Vows COLUMBIA, S. Jan.

7 fA. Only death will end Dr. Fred-crick C. Redfern's search for his son, Paul and the plane he was piloting on a nonstop flight from Savannah, to Brazil at the time of his disappearance 11 years ago. He expressed doubt that his son was still alive, in the South American jungle, but said he wanted to find the plane and have it positively identified.

"I will continue my efforts to find Paul or the plane until I die. if neither has been found before that time," he said. Sinclair Lewis Drops Star Role in Own Play CINCINNATI, Jan. 7 fU.P.) Sinclair Lewis decided today that he was a better writer than an actor. So within the next fortnight he will give up the leading role in his own play, "Angela Is Twenty- Two," to a more experienced ac tor, probably Philip Merivale.

"As playwright, I want spend more time on revising the play," Lewis said He does not intend to leave hi? company, and may take ever the minor role of the bachelor friend of the play's leading character. Tax on Romance Looms PALM BEACH. Jan. 7 (A.P.) The prospect nf romanee at a nickel an hour is perturbing the Palm Beach younger et. It has ivz b-'pr a f-jyorop t' yvr.s fh j.ra ar'1 ua'rh ti-r Vc-i '-e irz rf psrk.rE rr.frr? rr Auto Tag Days Begin Monday Tickets Are Expected to Increase Safety Bolstered by the courts and blessed by traffic experts, the parking violation tag will make its appearance Monday as the newest, and it is hoped, the most effective weapon for traffic accident reduction in Detroit.

The new tags are court summonses in effect and do not require personal service. As such, they were upheld recently in a test case before the State Supreme Court. According to Police Commis sioner Heinrirh A. Tickert, immediate enforcement stress will be placed upon clearing Fire Department routes rather than the holesale issuance of tags. Tarking on fire routes has been placed at the top of the enforcement list because of complaints from fire officials that dangerous conditions x-ist in apartment house districts, where Illegal parking has hampered fire-fighting equipment in reaching fire scenes.

No new parking regulations are involved, Tickert said. The new tags will give the date, time of day, Identification of the car involved, nature of the violation and its location. It also fixes a date for appearance of the owner in Traffic Court. The owner's name, and address are not necessary. Settlement of the parking charge may be made at the Violations Bureau, division of the Traffic Court, on the tenth floor, Water Board Building, between 8 a.

m. and 8:30 p. m. daily, except Saturdays and Sundays. Settlement may be made in person, by proxy or by mail for the standard fee of $2.

Failure to effect settlement through the Violations Bureau automatically makes the charge one for hearing in Traffic Court. Search for Zoo Mate for Baby Panda Fails CHICAGO. Jan. 7 (A. Mei-Mei, the Brookfield Zoos baby Panda is going to live alone at least for the present and like it.

Zoo officials received a letter from Mrs. William Harkness, indicating that her third expendi-tion into the China interior to get a mate for Mei-Mei had failed. Mrs. Harkness, who sold Su Lin, a panda that died, and Mei-Mei to the zoo for $8,500, advised the offcials that she was at Darjeeling, India, recovering from illness contracted after a hazardous and fruitless trip into China in quest of pandas. flagged off the six competing planes in Brooklyn, were unaware she was aloft, with her husband until after the plane had soared away.

At 8 :24 a. m. she stood on the ground with Holderman, giving him a prolonged bon-voyage kiss. Inside the plane, Holderman's copilot, Dick Richards, youngest of the racing pilots, was warming up the motor. Holderman, oldest pilot in the race, and the favorite, climbed in and closed the door behind him.

As the two motors roared preparatory to the take-off, Mrs. Holde I man jumped in. Theirs was the 1 second plane to start. A few moments before, Con-Is'ant, flying a Beechcraft mono- plane, had taken the air in the contest, which was part of the eleventh annual Miami All-Ameri- ran air maneuvers. I The third plane Irarc was a Nor'hrup Delta, piloted by Ham? and Losing.

I po'jrr'o an- wa- Ar'nur r. nf Pi ICaPsrf Bird a 9 a -I was pent to the Lansing office only for a few months. 5 A statement by Morris that. he intends tn sue Case for $900 which he said he has arranged to pay to a surely company because, of a shortage in the petty cash fund at the office. This money, he Said, was Used to aid Case's campaign.

6 A statement by Robert Arnold, assistant attorney general, that he would confer Monday with Attorney General Thomas Read to determine if criminal action is to be taken. Political Ties Broken The ties of political brotherhood were definitely severed as Youngblood and Morris, who both admitted they never liked each other, met in Kelly's office to throw light on the shortage. Kelly said that Morris told him of a meeting in Febmary, 1937 in the Hotel Olds in Lansing with Youngblood and others and at this meeting campaign funds were discussed. It was agreed, Kelly quoted Morris as saying, that the telephone fund was the only fund from which they could use surplus money. The telephone fund is a fund built $1 at time from through calls from the branch office to Lansing by persons who want prompt information on automobile titles and other matters.

Slate Paid Bills. An audit revealed that the State paid the $3,219.75 bill for a teletype in the office after Morris and Wasserman left the sendee last October and also paid $1,827.40 in back telephone bills. Morris said that in May, 1937 he complained to Case that the number of employees In his office had been increased from 78 to persons and that some should be dropped. He said 30 employees were cut from the payrolls but were reinstated after Youngblood had protested, and another five were added. Please Turn to Pay.

2-Coluwn 2 Farmer Is Held as Train Wrecker Puts 900-Lb. Rail on Track for Thrill CARO, Jan. 7 James Gcbaucr, twenty three year old a a farmhand, was bound over to Cir cuit Court for trial after he had pleaded guilty at 6 p. m. Satur day before Justice Frank St.

Mary here to a charge of wilfully plac ing an obstruction on a railroad track and endangering lives. Gebauer was unable to furnish $2,000 bond and was remanded to the Tuscola County Jail. The husky farmhand said be lifted a 900-pound steel rail onto the Michigan Central Railroad tracks at 6:30 p. m. Friday "jijtt to see what would happen." A freight hit the obstruction shortly afterward.

Because the train was moving slowly, it was not, derailed, but the engine had to be sent to the shop for repairs, Edward Gleason, railroad detective captain, said. Luckily, he added, the freight had been four hours late or the heavy obstruction would have lain in the path of a flyer from Detroit to Bay City. The passenger train surely would have been derailed and hurtled down a thirty-foot em bankment if the engine had hit the rail, he said. Week of Mild Weather Is Predicted for Detroit Detroit may expect one more week of mil weather, it wa.s announced Saturday by Clarence J. Root, Weather Bureau meteorologist, as the thermometer climbed to the low 5'J's for the third successive day.

The forecast was more like that lfor fail than for midwinter. The statement that the temperature would go down to freezing Saturday semc-l a warning to a rdcr.er.v Thrift 3' of r-i I 2 Chamberlains Fate at Stake Appeasement Seller Needs Sale in Rome By Joseph Driscoll LONDON, Jan. 7 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, tireless salesman of his own special brand of peace labeled Appeasement with a capital takes to the road again next Tuesday. This time he and his junior partner, Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, strik. out for Rome to try to sell Premier Benito Mussolini on the merits of maintaining the status quo and whatever peace there is at the moment.

In advance of the departure, Mr. Chamberlain's busy critics already are ringing up a "no gale" sign on his mission. Admittedly, II Duce is a tough customer to approach and to persuade to sign on the clotted line. However, Mr. Chamberlain has got himself into such a position that he simply must come back from Rome with a sale of some sort; otherwise, his traveling days as a Prime Minister are over.

Roving Frowned I'pon The British people have a preju dice against the King's ministers roaming at large. One of the reasons why Mr. Chamberlain dispensed with Anthony Eden, as Foreign Secretary aside from any wish to appease Messrs. Mussolini and Hitler in that oNrection was that he disapproved of Eden's inclination to frequent the capitals of Europe and particularly such exotic places as Moscow and Geneva. Now time is working its own revenge on the stay at home Chamberlain, who has become virtually his own Foreign Secretary, must attend to every important job himself, taking along Lord Halifax as a spare tire.

French Ask Sands Off Originally, Chamberlain had some idea of going to Rome to act as mediator or "honest broker between the quarreling Latin sis ters, Italy and France. Having negotiated an accord with Musso- lir.t last Easter, Chamberlain aspires to help the French bury the hatchet with, not in, Jl Dure. line the French, strange people, specifically requested Chamberlain not to Intervene in the Franco-Italian row, which they regard as a private fight. May t'rge Hitler 1'lea What will Chamberlain and Mussolini talk about after they skip around the Franco-Italian fuss? Well, Chamberlain might ask Mussolini to use bis Influence with Hitler to moderate Per Fuehrer's campaign for more guns and less Jews. And, of course, there is always Spain.

Chamberlain, no doubt, will inquire into the prospects lor an armistice or mediation in Spain. Mussolini ran be counted upon to demand belligerent rights for Gen. Francisco Franco. Chamberlain is unwilling to grant these rights yet but who knows If the grant of belligerent rights brought the end of the Spanish War closer, might not Chamberlain claim that Spain had been appeased and peace secured? (Corvrieht. Boys Who Crashed Mint Placed Under Probation SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.

7 fA. Two fifteen-vear-old bovs iwho recently entered the heavily I barred mint here were given three-jvear term'! under probation today hv Federal A. St. Sure. Th.

hrv. William and r1 J. ur" rhv'i undr r.v er.ace1 by the list Pilot's Stowaway Wife Costs Him Victory in $2,000 Race Holderman Loses by Seconds in N. Dash Because of Spouse's Added Weight Spcd in Free Pref nd rbirazn Tribune MIAMI, Jan. 7 A.

stowaway wife torly rosf Lieut. Comm. Russell Holderman victory in the New York-Miami air rare and the $2,000 prize that went with it. Holderman lost the race by a matter of seconds to Max Constant, of New York, who landed at 3:04 p. m.

Constant's elapsed time from New York was five hours, 43 minutes, 39 seconds. Holderman's time was five hours, 44 minutes, 17 seconds. The additional weight of Mrs. Holderman, who slipped aboard the plane just as it was leaving New York, undoubtedly slowed the ship, causing Holderman to lose, aviation experts here said. An instant before the twin- motored Lockheed plane piloted i by Holderman roared into the air rtl.

I iJTIllll.il. 'V a slim woman in a brown sport suit grasped the door handle of his and rliiobed irsi-le. It Vas Vlfp Dorothy, aviatnx and fe-rrrer oi'! i in o'. 3 z-rif 'j'ifl'ty J. Fair snl i.