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VOL. XLIX
(TEN PAGES)
GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1939
NUMBER 41
FIERCE BATTLE RACES ON WESTERN FRONT
THIS CALLS CONGRESS INTO SPECIAL SESSION
HAPPY TO SEE DADDY
Heat Wave
People
CONVENING THE CONGRESS IN EXTRA SESSION
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
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-MERPAS publia interesta require that the Oongross of
the United States shoula be oonvened in extra session at
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NO, THEREFURE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelr, President of
the United Staten of Amorioa, do hereby proolnin and declarb
that an extraordinary oocesion require* the Congress of the
are hereby required to take notioe.
-1 WITME88 WEREOF, I haw hereunto eet ay hand and
year of our Lord*
position could be
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more years.
of late crops, and said many crops ;
the one hudred and
sixty-fourth.
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United States to oonvene in extra session"st the Capitol in
the City of Washington on Thursdav, the Twenty-first day or .
Seamen Strike for Cash Bonus to
Enter War Zones; Hold Up Ships
Has Taken
27 Lives
More Members of
Long Machine to
Face Early Trials
Septenber. 1959, to reoeive such oomunioation as nay be •
•ado by the Ezooutivej
Fighting
On 40-Mile
War Front
Seeks Program to
Halt Cattle Losses
49 YEARS OF SERVICE
TO G AINES V ILLE AND
COOKE COUNTY IS THIS
NEWSPAPER’S RECORD
Hundreds of Thousands
Of German and French
Troops in Encounter
Failure of Air Intake
Valve to Close Thought
Cause of Disaster
Their Idiosyneracies,
Their Joys and Sorrow*
Naval Inquiry
Board Examines
Ill-Fated Squalus
Retaliation for U. S.
Notice ofIifemton
To End Pact Suggested
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struck
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powerful figures in the late Huey
Long’s political machine.
Chief victim in the first trial,
which ended yesterday, was Sey-
mour Weiss, New Orleans hotel
Seeming amazingly younger than
his 60 years, Eastwood disclosed he
had been studying the results of
the world war of 1914-18 and the
war’s effect upon ■ industry, and
that he had undertaken a similar
analysis of the present conflict.
Benefits to Packers
“in the last war,” he said, “the
benefits to the meat packing indus-
try were slight during the first
couple of years. A sharp upturn in
business got under way in 1916.
but the full effects of it didn’t be-
come apparent until 1917 and 1918,
and even 1919.
“The food industry is not af-
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(AP) =—Unless the United States
goes to war, the Golden Gate Ex-
rated profit-
First Hohenzollern Falls ,
BERLIN, Sept. 16 (AP)—Prince
Oskar, Jr., of Prussia a grandson
of former Kaiser Wilhelm and son
of Prince Oskar has been killed in
Poland, the first Hohehzollern vic-
tim of the German-Polish war.
The family received word yester-
day that the prince, who was born
in Potsdam, July 12, 1915, fell hon-
orably “somewhere in Poland" dur-
ing an attack.
The young prince, a lieutenant,
was said to have led a company
into a skirmish. ’ '
State University of furniture the
school allegedly already owned.
Similarly sentenced with Weiss
were Dr. James M. Smith, former
L. S. U. president, and Monte E
Hart, wealthy contractor.
Fines of $1,000 and sentences of
a year and a day were imposed on
Louis C. LeSage, suspended assist-
ant to th* president of the Stand-
ard Oil company of Louisiana and
J. Emory Adams, nephew of Dr.
Smith’s wife.
All appealed.
O. John Rogge, assistant U. S.
attorney general, set trial dates for
10 others, affiliated with Huey
Long, including former Governor
Richard W. Leche.
The Leche case was set for Jan.
(Cpntinued on Page Three)
(By The Associated Press)
STUDY IN BLUE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — At five
o’clock in the morning, Alfred Ho-
lin, 31, a song writer, was busy at
his piano composing a tune he
called "In the Bluest of Moods.”
The doorbell rang, then two po-
licemen—dressed, in ’blue—walked-
in.
Hotin was fined $10 in court for
disturbing the peace.
THE WEATHER
Gainesville and. Vicinity — To-
night and Sunday, partly cloudy.
Today noon 93. High yesterday
103. Low last night 73. High for
year 109. Low for year 14.
Drought conditions prevailed in
upstate New York areas as the
temperature hit new high marks.
The state department of agricul-
had passed the stage where rain-
fall would be beneficial.
Showers broke the heat wave in
many parts of the south yesterday.
Western Arkansas was an excep-
tion, however, the mercury there
reaching 101—the 12th day of 100
plus temperatures this month.
Indiana reported eight heat
man and once Huey Long’s treas-
urer. He was fined $2,000 and sen-
tenced to two and a half years, for 1
mail fraud in the sale to Louisiana
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larger—valve did not budge.
The aide pumped the gear, which
works somewhat on the principle
of hydraulic brakes, two or three
times and the valve finally closed,
but Lt. Oliver F. Naquin, rescued
September. 1039, at twin o'olock, noon.
Sees Russ*Japanese Truce as
Possible Move Against the U. S.
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Says War Must
Last Two Years to
Affect U. S. Foods
Industry Not to Feel
Effect of Conflict
Soon, Claims Packer
George A. Eastwood, new president
of Armour and Company, believes
the European war will have rela-
tively little effect upon the food in-
dustry in the United States unless
the fighting continues for two or
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East Texas—Partly cloudy, prob-
ably scattered showers near the
zoast tonight and Sunday and in
ortheast portion tonight; cooler
in north portion tonight
West Texas — Fair, cooler in
orth portion tonight; Sunday fair,
alightly warmer in panhandle.
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A,
he thinks is extreme danger re-
xardless of the type of articles
signed.”
This was the second instance of
delayed departure since the return
of Americans abroad got under
way. The liner President Roosevelt
sailed eight hours late Sept. 6
when similar demands were made.
At that time seamen also asked
war risk or disability insurance of
$25,000 a man and a 40 per cent in-
crease in the manning scale. They
finally sailed with the understand-
ing negotiations would continue
and any settlement would be made
ELEPHANT HUNT
LOS ANGELES — Mrs. J. S.
Somerset expressed delight after a
friend gave her an ivory elephant.
The news got around. Relatives de-
luged her with pachyderms—pink,
red, blue, gold, ivory in the form of
paper weights, book ends, even
cases. She surrendered to the col-'
lecting hobby, now has 307.
REASON A-PLENTY
MT. CARROLL, III. — The mer-
cury soared into the upper 90’s,
the boys and girls wished vacation ‘
time were here again, and yester-
day was the 125th anniversary of
the composition of the Star Span-
gled Banner.
But none of these was the reason
why Mt. Carroll pupils enjoyed a
vacation.
A skunk crawled into the school
building ventilator — and classes
were dismissed for the day.
TAME GAME *
LINCOLN, Neb.—The Nebraska
game commission would appreciate
knowing how to make pheasants
wild.
A deputy game warden who went
to the state pheasant farm to re-
lease a pen-full of young birds,
found them so attached to the
caretaker that they wouldn’t leave.
Recommends Fair
Run Another Year
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esueed to be affizd th great seal of the United Statesei
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DOIR at the City of Wachingron this / 3 day i
or September, la the
Mercury Goes Past
100 Degrees Fourth
I Day Over Middlewest
Margaret Lewis, 9, had this big smile for daddy when he met ,
at Halifax when the City of Flint docked. Her father, Ralph Lewis
GeftofLos Angeles, Calif., talks to MisS Nellie (right) ofP Toronto
'anada. She pulled Margaret out of the sea after the thenia sank. ’
number Of U-boats have been de-
stroyed.” A neutral ship alo was
lost.
Latest victims of Germany’s at-
tempt to lay a counter blockade
around the. British Isles were the
British fishing trawler Davara,
the Irish freighter Fanad Head,
and a Belgian steamer
The trawler was sunk in the
Irish Sea off the English coast.
Gangplanks had been pulled up
ready for sailing last night when
the crews made last-minute de-
mands for a bonus of $250 per man
for plying submarine-infested wa-
ters.
Ships affected were the Scan-
states of the American-Scantic
Line and the United States liners
American Traveler with 39 passen-
gers and the American Trader with
53.
The Traveler and Trader were
bound for English ports, the Scan-
states for Oslo and Copenhagen.
Stewards served dinner to the
passengers, who later came on deck
and relayed messages to watchmen
ably for a "limit
Ob the Eastern Front i
BERLIN, Sept. 16 (AP)—A Ger-
man communique reported today
additional divisions have been
buried against Kutno in a deter-
mined drive to crush a Polish "lost '
army,” which has held out for six
days and then concentrate on War-
saw, 60 miles farther west.
Kutno is a key to a diminishing
circle of territory still held by the
Poles west of Warsaw and a buffer
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16
Former Governor Leche
To Go on Trial Jan. 2
On Hot Oil’ Charge
Most of the passengers were
Britons returning to England for
volunteer war duty.
Capt. George Fried, head of the
U. S. Bureau of Steamboat inspec-
tion and central figure in many a
thrilling sea rescue, warned the
crews of the Traveler and Trader
their certificates as seamen were
jeopardized by their action.
- Newbold T. Lawrence, general
manager of the United States
Lines, said seven members of the
Trader crew of 70 agreed to sail
but others refused to obey orders
of Capt Harold Milde. He said
no officers were involved.
Joseph- Curran, president of the
Maritime Union (CIO) disclaimed
knowledge of the tieup, but added
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who shall at that timo ba entitl to aot •• metors teroot-
retroactive.
Shipping men have, given some
indication of allowing extra re-
muneration for seamen on ships
traveling through war zones but
said the present demands were “as-
tronomical."
Intimates Bremen Capture
MOSCOW, Sept. 16 (AP). — The
German ambassador to Russia,
Count Von Der Schulenburg, today
intimated the $20,000,000 German
liner Bremen, mysteriously unre-
ported since she sailed from New
York August 30, had. been cap-
tured by Great Britain.
He said questions concerning the
German merchant flag ship should
be referred to Winston Churchill,
first lord of the British admiralty.
"Americh authorities were so
kind as to hold up the Bremen for
24 hours so far as I know, the
British have rather fast destroy-
ers,” the German diplomat said. in
response to queries about reports
the Bremen had reached Mur-
mansk, Soviet Russian Arctic port.
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to Belfast from Montreal.
Belgian Ship Blows U. >
The blowing up of5 a Belgian
motorship, Alex Van Opstal in the
English channel raised to 35 the
number of vessels lost since the
war-beg an Sept. 3. Crew mem-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (AP).
Senator Thomas (D-Utah), a
member of the foreign relations
committee, expressed the view to-
day that the Soviet - Japanese
agreement to suspend fighting on
the Manchoukuo-Outer Mongolia
border might be a retaliatory move
against the United States for
serving notice of intention to ter-
minate the 1911 commercial treaty
with Japan.
Secretary Hull notified the Jap-
anese government in July that the
28-year-old treaty would lapse on
January 26, 1940.
While Washington awaited the
full significance of the Russo-
Japanese truce, Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh appealed to the United
States in a radio address to stay
out of the European war. In one
of his infrequent public utterances,
the famous flyer warned the na-
tion not to be “misguided by this
foreign propaganda to the effect
that our frontiers lie in Europe.”
“One need only glance at a map
to see where our true frontiers
lie,” he continued. “What more
could we ask than the Atlantic
ocean on the east and the Pacific
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Germany Blamed for Blast
LONDON, Sept. 16 (AP). —
Great Britain today officially held
Germany to blame for the sinking
of a Belgian motor ship in the Eng-
lish Channel last night, either by
mine or torpedo.
Within a few hours after the
Ministry of Information issued a
rommunique to that effect, news
was received of the sinking of a
third British vessel within little
more than 12 hours.
The 8,825-ton tanker Cheyenne, "
owned by the Anglo-American Oil
company, a subsidiary of the
Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey, was sunk by a German sub-
marine off the southwest coast of
Ireland.
standpoint of defense, our own na-
tural frontiers are enough for
that.”
As Seen in Moscow
Some diplomats in Moscow look-
ed upon the Russo-Japanese ar-
mistice as the possible forerunner
of a non-aggression pact between
the two countries. Noting this,
Senator Thomas told reporters:
“If it means an unfriendly
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Its crew tof 12 were 1
the steamer Willerpool.
Head, carrying a crew of 40 and
a few passengers, had L- — -
on the west? No, our interest in
commander of the $4,000,000 sub- Europe need not be from the
ently failed to reach a decision.
Present at the conference were
Frank J. Taylor, president of the
American Merchant Marine Insti-
tute, and John B. Bryan, president
of the Pacific American Shipown-
ers association.
Two foreign, liners arriving to-
day carried 3,402 passengers, most-
ly Americans. The British liner
Aquitania, whose course has been
a mystery since she left Southamp-
ton 10 days ago, reached quaran-
tine at 3:22 a. m. (EST). She had
1,633 passengers.
The Rex, first large Italian
ship to sail since war started,
listed 1,431 Americans among her
passengers. She sailed from Genoa
Sept. 8. 1 .
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 16
(AP).—Huddled in the slimy, drip-
ping interior of the salvaged sub-
marine Squalus, members of a
naval board of inquiry grimly
viewed a mechanical demonstra-
tion which dramatically illustrat-
ed what may have caused the craft
to plunge to tragedy May 23.
Only a short time after 25 of
the 26 dead were removed from
the rusty, battered hull yesterday,
board members watched a navy
man yank a lever designed to close
two air intake valves on the sub.
The smaller of the two banged
shut promptly. The other—and
Seven nations have felt the price
of sea warfare. Britain has lost
CHICAGO, Sept. 16 (AP).
The Middlewest counted 27
dead today from its record
breaking September heat
wave as cooling winds advanc-
ing from the Northwest prom-
ised relief.
For the fourth consecutive day
the mercury yesterday pushed be-
yond the 100 degree mark over a
wide area. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, and Arkansas all reported
100 plus temperatures.
After smashing Midwest records '
in wholesale quantities, the heat
wave slowly rolled eastward. A,
reading of 93 broke Sept. 15 rec-
ords at Northfield, Vt, yesterday.
Boston’s 90 was only three degrees
under the season’s maximum.
Scores of schools were dismissed
again yesterday because of the blis-
tering heat. Many high school foot-
ball games were postponed. Thou-
sands sought relief at beaches.
Summer cabins, usually locked
after Labor Day, were reopened as
city dwellers sought to escape from
the torrid wave.
Apple Crop Damaged
In northwest, Missouri hot winds
tore millions of apples from trees,
making them unfit for anything
except vinegar. More than 3,500,-
000 pounds of the fruit were
dumped at a St. Joseph vinegar
plant this week.
; Oklahoma suffered one of its
worst fall droughts in history.
Some towns were on emergency
water rations because of a short-
age caused by prolonged heat and
lack of rainfall.
Crops were reported damaged in
scattered areas. The corn crop was
hurried into mnaturity by the in-
tense heat. Many rural regions re-
ported badly burned pastures.
board members a reiteration of his
belief that the vital valve behaved
the same way 116 day* ago when
the Squalus sank in 240 feet of
water, 15 miles off this port, dur-
ing routine test dives.
Previous testimony taken by the
board had lent strong support to
the theory that a valve failure had
permitted tons of’sea water to
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (AP).— “no one can drive a man
A strike by seamen demanding a.....
cash bonus for entering war zones
held up the departure today of
three liners ordered by the State
department to pick up stranded
Americans in Europe.
The small, wiry successor to Rob- - - -
ert N. Cabell as head of one of the ture predicted curtailed production
nation’s largest businesses said in ’ " " " nne
an interview last night that he con-
sidered American industry’s chief
advantage in the present crisis “the
experience of a comparatively re-
centwar."
deaths, Illinois seven. Wisconsin
had three, Michigan and Missouri
two apiece, and Kentucky, Iowa,
Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania one each.
i Seymour, Ind., recorded a max-
imum temperature reading of 105
yesterday while Vincennes, Ind.,
was just one degree cooler. Other
maxima included:
Rochester, Ind., 103; Mt. Pleas-
ant, la., St: Louis, Peoria, Uh, Cin-
cinnati, and Cleveland, 101; Indi-
anapolis, Detroit, Springfield, II.,
Keokuk, la., and Little Rock, Ark.,
100; Chicago, Kansas City, and
Omaha, 99; Milwaukee, 97.
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Three Cities Seek
Judges’ Meeting
MINERAL WELLS, Tex., Sept.
16 (AP).—Abilene, San Angelo
and Plainview were seeking the
1940 West Texas County Judges
and Commissioners Association
convention and El Paso was ex-
pected to put in a bid as the meet-
ing drew toward a close today.
The convention yesterday heard
addresses by Congressmen Sam
Rayburn and Clyde L. Garrett and
Max Bentley of Abilene.
5 Rayburn told the association
President Roosevelt, and every
member of congress would “do
everything possible to keep the
United States out of war.”
‘ Garrett declared he would sup-
port all measures offered at the
special session which would safe-
guard this country from being
drawn into the European war.
Bentley spoke on freight rates
for Texas, advocating cooperation
toward equality in the rates and
gave facts and figures which he
said showed discrimination and
hardships because of high rates.
School Reinstates German
BUTTE, Mont. (UP).—German,
which has not been taught in the
Butte high school since it was
banned during the World War, has
been returned to the curriculum’.
„NEWORLEANS,Sept16(AP). CHIEAGO, Sept qe-Ap, '
Fresh from slapping penitentiary C.--* —’ ° An)- ~
terms on five Louisiana political
leaders, the federal government
moved today toward trial of other
year. Managing Director Charles
H. Strub declared here.
Strub, who was loaned to the
Exposition by the Santa Anita
race track, said a decision should
be reached by October 30 on
whether or not the Exposition
would have a second season.
He told newsmen any demand
for operation next year would
have to come from outside the
management, because, he said, the
exposition officials are taking a
neutral attitude.
Strub told San Francisco busi-
ness interests about $1,750,000
would be required to keep the Ex-
position premises attractive and
presentable for re-opening next
summer. * .
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President Roosevelt issued this proclamation calling congress to meet in special session September 21.
Signed by the president and Secretary Hull, the proclamat:on made no mention of the neutrality act. How-
ever, the president has said he would seek repeal of the arms embargo clause and try to confine the session
to that action.
a few feet away on the pier. Tak-; Representatives of the operator*
ing the delay nonchalantly, they went to Washington yesterday to
were made comfortable by the crew discuss the matter with the U. S.
and later given permission to leave. Maritime commission but appar-
welve o’olock, noon, on Thurslay. the Twenty-first day of
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 16 (AP).
The general manager of the Na-
tional Livestock Prevention board
seeks an interesting educational
program to teach methods of stop-
ping the bruising of cattle in tran-
sit.
Such a program, Howard R.
Smith of Chicago told the Ameri-
can Humane Association’s conven-
tion, can save American livestock
farmers a $12,000,000 annual loss
in cattle, sheep and swine that
die or are crippled while, being
transported.
Miss Marjorie L. Wyman, secre-
tary of the Eastern States Live-
stock association, concurred in
Smith’s assertion but said $12,-
000,000 is only the “surface fig-
ure.”
“It costs a farmer a dollar every
' time he kicks a hog," she said, es-
timating that more than $40,000,-.
000 is wasted every year in “hid-
den losses.”
PARIS, Sept. 16 (AP). —
Hundreds of thousands of
French and German troops
were reported today engaged
in a terrific battle along a 40-
mile western front after two
weeks of skirmishes.
The fighting, including a re-
ported "over-the-top" advance by
nazi infantry, was said by military
observers to be raging all the way
from the Moselle river southeast to
the Saarbruecken area—rich indus-
trial prize.
Observers estimated at least 15
German divisions and an equal if
not larger number of French divi-
sions, had been drawn into the
fighting in non-man’s tend between
the Maginot and Siegfried lines.
(Sizes of divisions range between
10,000 and 15,000 men each).
Germans Go ’Over the Top’
Germans were reported to have
“gone over the top” toward French
lines in the lower Nied river valley
under cover of a heavy artillery
bombardment.
The French general staff said
the attack was shortly repulsed.
The Germans apparently used
the world war technique of send-
ing their infantry in “waves”
against French rifle and machine
gun fire.
After hours of fighting, the
French command reported the Ger-
man charge was broken and the
enemy was forced to retire to his
original positions.
Military observers paid tribute
to the morale of the Frenck troops
operating from intrenched posi-
tion* in the face of the German in-
fantry charge.
They said the troops hld their
position* against the attack and
against blasting fire from German
mortars and long-range guns.
Northeast of Sierck, in German
territory, the French were reported
to have captured a small woods
which had been under German fire
during a five-day battle that be-
gan Sept 10.
They were said to be holding
consolidated positions gained after
a temporary withdrawal and a
later recovery of the disputed ter-
rain.
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British Assert That
‘Number’ of German
Submarines Destroyed
By The Associated Press
The German submarine warfare
against allied merchant vessels
counted two new victims today
Oklahoma Town
Faces Bankruptcy
COLLINSVILLE, Okla.—Faced
with the prospect of paying more
than 10 per cent of assessed valu-
ations in taxes each year for the
next 10 years as a result of sink-
ing fund deficits, the town of-Col-
linsville is considering bankruptcy
proceedings in federal court, ac-
cording to F. A. Wright, city
clerk.
The 1939-40 tax levy at Collins-
ville is $114.95 per $1,000, accord-
ing to the ruling of the Tulsa
county excise board. The tax in-
cludes $69.26 per $1,000 for the
sinking fund, $4.58 for the city
general fund, $33.11 for schools
and $8 for county taxes.
"People just won't pay it,"
Wright said.
He pointed out that there is no
appeal from the excise board be-
cause the board followed a recent
district court order that the city
must pay off its sinking fund debt.
The city sinking fund is now $72,-
000 behind. At the present tax
rate it will take 10 years to bal-
ance the fund.
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