THE WEATHERNow Mexico—Portly cloudy to-

night and Saturday, with widelysen Herod Ihundershowprs; I I M I echange In tempornl.ure.

N E W M E X I C O ' S G R E A T E S T N E W S P A P E R

THE WEATHERWfSt. Texas—Partly cloudy to*

night nnd Saturday, probably scat-tered showers In the Rio Cfrantlt)valley.

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VOL. 11—NO. IDS CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939 PRICE FIVE 0

BRITAINParliament Hears

^Chamberlain inHew Attitude

LONDON, Aug . 4 </PI Parl ia-ment adjcutrncd t u i l n y for u two-muni li v iu- r i l io i i ndcr hearingPi imp Minuter Chanih(?rlnin warnJapan I h n t l Grout Br i t a in mightf i n d II nocpssfiry "in cer ta in c i r -cumstances" t o send n floel to t hefar past.

Tho prinic m i n i s l f f , in one ofthe blunleSt declarations h<? has

3.51 Falls in An

B •Hish-JnpnneSe d l f f U ' U l -ma lie onlies, said h? hoped no one wouldt h i n k "it (ib.iulii tfly out of theques t ion fiir stu'h circumstancesto ah.w."

Not a Threat"I do n u t U a y thin && u t h r e a t , "

hf adiifid, " f»u t on ly JIN a wurninj1! "Chsinbei Iain 's speech was made

S i ^ i i i l i K l t b e b.' .icKgU)UIiil of Ibet e w s from Hi j iy thu t Japan'si low i ildhereuce (u the Koint ' -Berl l i i axis waa under discussionby the Japanese ambassadors tot h e axis powers.

The HouSe of Lords nnd t h oHouse of (Commons jarl journednnd wil l reconvene Oct. 3 unlessun emergency should cui shortthe vacatlojn.

'|Chamb(.»Afe»ln Indicated Britainearlier might have taken suchncft ion HS he now said might b<>neWssary if It had not b^en forth<| critical situation in Europewhich held the fleet at home.

i Mutrt Conserve Forces' Let us not forget t h n t we

hflvf grf lvpr and nearer problemsto Consider in the course of thenext, few months," he declared."nn<i wn must conserve our forcesto meet any emergency tha t may

^Tif-m'T-""-;.—•wvw-Vf-S'f:-'! »J «9 f\ L J*BI*119Mi!ln To Crops

rOCCUPANTS ESCAPED w h e n t h i s mr lieI ' r i r n ' e s i n - c l . r u l l o w i n i f l;is| n i j L ' l i t ' s M.;")! - - i n f l iT!ii' u n d e r p a y s I ' a r r i ed mure w n t c r hist n i < j h l I 'oHov. ' iwns I n i i l t se \ -er ; i l years nu<>. llenvicr ffuii .s h a v e f ; i ll- i-r t l i r o i i s . ' h t i n 1 c i t y i lum l u s t n i g h t ' s ( t c lu^ r 1 .

ryr'd in I'llw h i c h e n n v c r l e d

nu any previousI en in I i i lies past

' r a i l r o a d underpass mic i t y s t ree t s i n t o r i v e r s ,ru in sinci- the s t r u c t t i n -b u t none sent n i f » r c v . - . i -

Fund Restored toAppropriations

WASHINGTON, A U K . •» (AJ> Afarm f u n d wns restored

session's lu s t u p n r u p r i u t i o nM sennte . subcommit tee todaym wed dr ive to ml jo in n < - o n -

i ; i •••!•» i i imor row n i ^ l i l" I I I " i i e t i o n came t i l n m s l s l n i u l -

l i i r i e o n s l s w i t h endorsement byP r e s i d e n t 1'iooseveli nf X e r i e l ' i r yW. ' i lL-ue ' s ins i s tence D ia l the 011111-e > . fm t i l l ' Commodi ty < . ' i v i l i t Cor -pos i t ion , be restored | ( , Hie t h i r d

..-> b i l l , I ' ru in \ v b i i h i t wa:iby t he house.Confirmed Act fur i

ditt lHv (he ful l .i[,[,ro|.ria-mimllee \\ ;ix c;il|..,l tu i u/ i -

< V U l i f O l l i l l l l l I f i -

c i i t l l t l be I l i sbe . lI f < i i c l e l K t t e H , i >• ) i - Adams ' U - i ' i . l i

a [ > p i i i p r l a l ions c h u l r m ; t u ,to "go i n t o d e t n i l 1

Clovls wan drying out todayfollowing a thr«M> and a half inch"fln.sh" flood losf nlpm whichconverted Hfreets ami Nid<vwnlliHIn to swirl ing rivers, stalled auto-mobiles and jimiiucd traffic, with"tliliil" waves Nwcepinff Into afew business concerns.

The delude, which officiallyini'ii.surctl 8.51 incheK' on theP. S. Weather IJureau R n i i ' t e n«Hurry Hardware; fel l w i th in unhour . Old-timer* ivere uimni-mniiN In declaring the cloudburstto he Ihe heaviest to fall here insuch a short period of t ime Inyears.

If I t ' l l W i t t e r Kern i-.1M i n i s v v > ; , - uf t h e op in ion t h e

U: I | .T b ; i i | nei . - r b a n k e d su h i j j h onduvvn l .A ' , n w h e e l s . W a t e r in Firsts t ree t ',s:i.». ,|,-,-|, en . j i i^b lor ( ' d u c k

ur ; :m. nl i b e ( 'lir. i: P o i i l t i \ &:icl ion Su

,, I he N e l l -i ' . l l e n i o u l l ,

> . a c t i n gdecl ined

regarding'

lK'.tr, i i<m(': i lM . Incurbing a l ter lish|)ln-r ut ivsi.i.-nlial

f i - J l f l u ln ther:,.!;- i n ;i n u r n -

.Minis were

Mother and Two Sma9l Sons Diee From Chicago Hotel*&

Speaking in foreign a f f a i r s de-bate in the House of Commons,Chamberlain sold:

"Sometimes I hoar members say.'Why jdon't you do the same HJSUnited States does.' It is hardlynecessary for me to point to thefundamental difference " betweenth« United Slates and Its isolationfrom Surope and this country.

, Sees I.lrniUilioim•'Evert in the presence of those

Insu l t s and injur ies which havebeen Inflicted upon Bri t ish peopleHi China by the Japanese we mustremember there are limits towha t we can do at this t ime tohelp uur people there.

"At the present moment wehave not got in the far east nfleet superior to I fiat of I IK-Japanese We have such a fleethero. In certain circumstance's WPmight find it necessary to send afleet out there."

(Britain normally maintains Infar eastern svaters only her Chinasquadron, which Includes no capi-tal ships nnd would be no matchfor the Japanese, the world's t h i r dstrongest.

Great Naval Bus«(Br i ta in has, however, bui l t a

great naval base at Singapore,two or three days' H teaming fromthe China coast, capable of basingan1* repairing the largest b a t t l e -ships.)

Would Cut InterestsRates of HOLC

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (/1VJohn H. %hey, chairman of theFederal flSrhe Loan J3an,k board,announced todayyTi y^ptlon inhome owwwil^an eorjppraUon in-terest rates, frtijff 5 to <)fe per cent.

Fahey said 'the cut was esti-mated to save borrowers from thecoi-poratioii up to $5,000,000 or$6,000,000 ft. year. .A.

The reduc,tjpn wlU.rfpply to nilborrowers ,!wHti moat? 'their obliga-tions In nc'C'ord with their con-tracts, h.e sajd. - - '; It is to, ijecqme effective us soon

us the necessa'ry detailed nrrange*rnents cnn/'be completed through-oufr: the Country.

The^ut followed a reduction lastMoj^y ojtg^evuilf of one per canto(Kmort'gages Insiired 1$ the Foci-ernl Hoi|?iinff Afjfri'nistratlon onumall homes. The FUA cut, ct*fectlvo Mst Tuesday, scaled ther«tP down to 4H pet' cont.

Colorado GuardsPatrol Strike

Dropped I 3 Stories toDeath in Street inWindy City

CHICAGO, Aug. -1 (/Pi-A mid-die-aged mother and her two>oung sons—members of n wealthyChechoslovakian family whose for-t une disappeared in the Na/ti ab-

GKEEN MOUNTAIN" DAM. Colo.. jsprpUon of their homeland —Aug. 4 f/lt -Nat ional Gnat-tinman i plunged ,to death last night frompatrolled the Green Moun ta in Dam ] the l.'itli floor of the Congresssite today while federal and state hotel.officials investigated strike violence The three bodies struck almostt h a t union spokesmen blamed on j simultaneously on the sidewalk

of Michigan avenue. They landednear several stragglers from the

evening hours.All Three Di«wl

A t ax i driver shouted in horrorand a park policeman, Will iamGonoude, standing some 300 feetaway, came running. The womanwas dead when he arrived. Het h o u g h t the l i t t l e boys might s t i l ltie uhve and rushed the i r brokenbodies, clad In sun suits, to ahospi ta l but they, too, were dead.

The spectacular leap occurredabout 6 hours after the womanhad registered at the hotel asMrs. Delia Frank of New YorkCity. Pictures found In a zipperbag In her room and other evi-dencf enabled police Investigatorsto establish her real identi ty.

Czech oslo vaklaasShe was Mrs. Karl Langor, 43,

j and the boys were her sons, Karl.could "see for myself what the sit- j Tommy, 6, and Jan Michael, <{.

The husband and father,

"unauthorized vigilantes."AdJ Ck-ti. Harold H. Richardson

of (he Colorado Nat ional G u a r d , i luteAbo oreupled Ihe dnm site yes ter - !day on orders to put down a "stateof insuri 'f i .-t ion" u f l t ' i seven menwe IT woundwl. pMlcnd i ' d the r n i l i -l a i y occupation lost n i g h t to Diet o w n of K r e r n m l i n j j Colo. The small :ranching communi ty is I H miles ,M u r i h 01 tne $-l,(K)0,000 darn and It u n n e l project on the ~ue river.

Thomas .1 Morrissvy. UnitedStates district attorney, announced ,m Denver the Department of Jus-tice requested him to obtain f u l li n f o r m a t i o n on the s t r ike cal ler} 'Ju ly 12 by five American Federa- ]t ion of Labor unions tit the recla- ',mat ion bureau project. Theysought recognition as collectivebargaining agents.

W i l l i a m J . Mephari , d i s t r i c t n t -inrney for Summit county , said he

changes made in the b i l l 'ny thesubcommit tee .

Several o ther a l t e r a t i o n sbeen sought by federalamong them an increaseOOO.OOi j to $2,000,000 in Hieproved by the house forup the f ie ld enforcement s t a f f ofthe wage-hour a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .

Raised The Fundllestornlion of the commodity

credit item alone raised the f u n d sin the bil l to more than $173,000,-000, the house t o t a l h a v i n g beenonly $54,000,000. or about 5162,110,-000 less than recommended by t hew h i t e house budget bureau.

At his press conference the pres-ident said the secretary of agri-cu l tu re was right. In emphasizingthe need for $119,000,000 for thefederal loan agency.

Fund EssentialTIENTSIN, Aug. -t <-f>- - A n t i - i Wallace urged that the senate

British violence broke out anew to- J write the sum into the third dp-day when a mob of Chinese oi- ! ficiency bill from which it wastacked offices of the British Inter- | eliminated by the house. The mon-

hadof f ic ia l s , : t h e new

from SI , - ; corridor• sum ap-

b u i l d i n g

Violence RenewedIn Tientsin

MAN OFAUB, 1

w<»u HUn Uio wK«j.c!ilUnif contestttt th« Hlchmoiul county picnic—liut wttlt'll ho gt^t» home.

iho prl«® for )ii« call

flQVKRNQWSANTA FE, N. M« Aug. 4 w~-Governor Miles was sent to bedyesterday with a seyere head cold,c&Hraeted last weekend on a visitto the Wncoln county region., wherehe dedicated the Lincoln state mon-

IN OMTH OP> OWHUAHUA PITY, M<?x,, Aug.% Wr^KscKfrjaeioii pspinoza. drlv-ef of a truck which willed sevenboys 'i, irilles southwest of hereTuesday, today was formallychQVgid as ''rpspoftsibio for theaccident." The ctofga was Ideato the

nat ion is" before deciding on anyact ion in the gunf ight lng between"bark to work" forces deputisedby She r i f f John H. Lee andworkers and syrnpathl/ers.

The "back to work" forces brokethrough ft union picket line Tues-day n i g h t . Six men were shot andone cut in ensuing flashes Wednes-day, and Gov. Ralph L. Carr de-clared a "state of insurrection" ex-isted. The seven injured are re-covering.

Juntos A. Urawnlaw, ColoradoState -'Federation of Labor secre-tary, sent telegrams to PresidentRoosevelt nnd others protestingthat an "armed mob of unauthor-ized vigilnntes from an adjoiningcounty have at the point of armstaken over the federal Green Moun-tain project of the Department ofthe Interior where a peacefuls i r lko against a private contractorIs In progress."

a formertextile manufacturer In Prague,Czechoslovakia, was found in his

home on the

WET PAVEMENT TAKESSECOND, GRANTS

GRANTS, N. M., Aug. 4 (/?»--Wet pavements in the Grants areatoday had claimed their second vic-tim sinco Sunday.

Pr Harrison M. Hawkins, 51, ofToft, Callt, was killed four milese«st of hove on Highway 66 whenhis automobile skidded on wetpavement yesterday and overturnedtwice.

His son. Fletcher, J7, and dough-?tor, Rhodaima, 13, were not In*jured. The group w»s en route toa vacation In Mexico.

Tho accident occurredthree miles from the spotMrs, Charles Haslet of Arlington,Vs., suffered fatal injuries in apain starm Sundjiy night. She diedyesterday,

HONEYMOONf"

union ! basement apar tmentwest side.

No one in the hotel sawplunge and the police said itd i f f i c u l t to determine whetherMrs. Lunger f lung tho youngstersout the window and jumped af te rthem, or gathered them In herarms and leaped. Her left wristwas slashed and u blood-stainedrazor blade was found In Ihe hotelroom.

Divergent OpinionsWitnesses on the street had

divergent opinions about the orderIn which the bodies fell, althoughPoliceman Gonoucle said it ap-peared to him the woman's bodylanded first, followed in an In-stant by the hoys'.

The children were clad only Insun suits. The police theorizedthey had been sleeping and prob^ably never knew of their doom.No outcries were heard.

When Mrs Longer registered attho hotel she asked for "a niceairy room," The boys were seenIn the lobby about 6 p.m. Latertheir mother took them out, allthree returning about 10 p.m.

On the way to their room shetold tho elevator operator: ''Theboys are tired; they are going tosee theie daddy in Uw morning."

Stmined by TfftgwlyStunned hy tho tragedy, his

with the English.

about

aWn't fcwit Jew% rtjyorce, »a,(4

U> wlfw attleml Win aui »fIIW

to m

national Export -Corporation, jsmashed furn i ture and other equip- jrnent , and threw it into the Halriver. Britons said the a t t a c k was :

Instigated by Japanese.Bri t ish and Chinese employes o f !

the corporation took refuge on the iadjoining properly of an American :concern, the Texas Oil Company.

A f t e r destroying typewriters, i.al- ;culalors and all other movable ;equ ipmen t In the Br i t i sh company'so f f i c e , the demonstrators climbedin to trucks and drove away throughJapanese-controlled terri tory.

Th» a t tack occurred in tne for- '.rner Russian concession, across theriver from the British concession !which has been under Japaneseblockade since June 14.

Soon af te r the ou tbreak , Britonsresiding w i t h i n the blockaded con-cession received th rea ten ing letterssigned by "The Chinese Patriot icYouth Association."

They were warned to q u i t Tient-sin altogether since "the an t i -Br i t -ish movement may develop i n t o di-rect action which the Chinese gov-ernment w i l l not. be able to con-trol."

Accusing Britons of In te r fe r ingw i t h Japan's conquest of China, theletters "advised" recipients to fol-low the example of Britons who

tne j have left Kaifeng, Tsiaanlu, Pao-was i ''"S-fu nru' Other Inter ior cities.

' Previous warnings have been

ey, Wallace said, was essential to!continuance of the farm loan pro-gram, and he declared tha t prices,of major farm crops would fail andthe ent i re farm program be threat-ened, if it was not granted.

The secretary appeared beforethe senate appropriations commit-tee yesterday as that group workedat top speed to get the deficiencyhi l l ready for senate act ion in order-to permit, adjournment of congressSaturday night.

Lono Threat.The controversy over the farm

fund was the lone threat to ad-journment at that time. SenateMajority Leader Barkley said tholeadership s t i l l hoped the plan toqu i t then would go through.

He declared, however, there was ;a possibility that if controversy!developed between the senate a n d ;house over f ina l form of the do-ficiency bil l , congress might remainIn session through Monday.

Barkley said he planned a night isession tonight to speed work on ;the deficiency measure.

The senate worked today wi thnearly one-fourth of its member-

Into Basements ''There was four feet of water i n ,

the boiler room In the basement oft h e old courthouse t h i s morning1 'and six inches in Ihe basement of;

courthouse. The en t i rein the ga.sement of t he

la t te r wns under three inches ofwater, and was pumped out earlyt h i s morning. Off ic ia l s said water 'bad never seeped in to the base- iments to that dep th before. i

Water tr ickled i n t o a few of-fices but no damage resulted. j

Underpass Flooded iThe underpass southeast of the j

city was a minia ture river in itself :when the pumps went out of com-;mission. In some places water was!four to five feet deep. The viaduct jwns impassable for several hourslast night and t r a f f i c had to be 'detoured to other routes. j

While attempting to go t h r o u g h !the underpass a man stalled h i s icar and the machine was all butsubmerged at. the conclusion of t h e )downpour,

Some DabrtaEmployes were sweeping mud

and debris off sidewalks in frontof downtown stores early thismorning a f t e r the waters had lap-pod to the doors and in some in-slances swept in to the buildings. Nowater damage, however, was re-ported. i

A bolt, of l ightn ing struck t h e !t r ansmi t t e r lower of Radio Sta t ion!KICA and blew out. many feet o f 1

l ine which was repaired a fewhours later. Electrical service on

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Las Vegas Revives jOld Cowboys'Reunion

LAS VEGAS, N. M., Aug. 4 (ft". \— One hundred top-hands wereprepared to compete this afternoonin the first annua l Leonard Hos-kins Post American Legion Cow-

MANY WERE MAROONED last night , when 3.5.1 inches*of;r a i n f e l l in O I I P hour , s end ing torrents through citj" streets,Thomas L. P a i n t e r , ol-i Ross, took refuge on a fire hydrant, OTlM a i n s t ree t . " • • l

more scheduled to go dur ing theclay.

Many AbsentSince 17 of the absent senators

were democrats, the administra-, ,.,, , , f i 'ion's majority was sharplv re-

largcly to Chinese employes " f l H u c e d a n d ' 'British concerns and ' "-" '

ship absent. Attaches said that 22 '< bo-vs' Reunion , u three-day cele-senators had left Washington, with j brati°n reviving the old cowboys'

to

language ad. ding to his flnguish,eentraij

offUthroat as

the aidfriends.

Mmger was takenpolice station bycers, He sMched hishe gave $ s^terrtentof an Interpreter

The police gold they(his story ol his recenttunes:

}ie had owned »pany in Prague, thepeles Co., worth at leastand employing morepersons, After the

misfor-

textile eon>Mar-

$1,000,000than 200

Invadedthe country h.e was forced fo sur-render the hyslness to, the govern-ment-

Out of all HIS wealth he sal-NO, liME^Qi 4

concernsons residing outside the British con-cession.

Employes of the In t e rna t i ona lExport Company recently had re-ceived anonymous threatening let-ters demanding that they qui tBritish employment.

The mob was barred from thocompany's factory because (ho tac-tory gates 'had been locked to pro-tect a large amount of valuablemachinery.

„-„., o.,., !-— " leaders sought to avoid4,11n«n ,.«•„" i ""^deration of controversial mea-1IIMMI (Oil- .

What CongressIs Doing

(By The Assoplati'tl Press)Today

Senate expected to consider de-ficiency appropriation Wll (H a.m.,EST).

House debates bill to authorizehousing census (noon).

Senate labor committee hearsCIO witnesses oppose Wagner actrevision (10 a, m.K

YesterdayHouse refused-to debate $800,000,-

QQQ housing bill.Hpuse leaders decided to shelve

vvage»h9Mr amendments.Senate passed bill for third set

of locks for Panama Canal; oj>proved miscellaneous measures.

HOUUS ATTORNEY

todaySANTA FE, N. M., Aug. 4

The state supreme courtdisbarred Albert Morgan,attorney,

The court affirmed the findingsof tho state board of bar com-missioners, which found the at-torney guilty of unprofessionalconduct in failing to perform serv^ices for which he was paid by

Adjournment tomorrow apearedto depend on whether the senateshould Insert In the bill an admin-Istration request for $119,000,000 tocontinue commodity credit loans.

A powerful farm bloc was work-ing feverishly In behalf of thisfund. In the event of senate ap-proval, however, a fight was inprospect with the house whichmight prolong the session into nextweek, even though many membersalready were leaving for home.

Not to Bo ConsideredThe house lenders eliminated an-

other controversial issue with anannouncement by RepresentativeRayburn (D-Tex) that amend-ments to the wage-hour law wouldnot be considered in this session.Both chambers approved a minorbi l exempting operators of smalltelephone exchanges from the act.

forbidden in a

reunion which was terminated in1930.

A parade more than a mile lori#which wended its way over LasVegas streets this morning o f f i -cially opened the celebration. Vir-tua l l y every business house inLas Vegas was represented by acolorfully decorated float. Otherunits In the pamde IncludedCompany F 120th Engineers NewMexico National Guard, armoredcars of the regular army here forthe l l l t h Cavalry, New MexicoNational Guard encampment whichopens Sunday; mounted contest-ants, state sanitary board Inspec-tors; bands; orchestras, and anetlmated 300 cowboys and cow-girls.

THOHNBURG SENTENCED TOfl5 YEARS IN PRISON

John Thornburg, 26, known inboth Clovis and Portales ns arather queer "Intellectual," whois charged with being the ' aumanbomb" hi-jacker of the Firt Na-tional Bank at Chanute, Kansas,March 37, was sentenced to 35years in prison, He pleaded guiltyon arraignmentFederal Juag

Tuesday before

HOME. Au«. -i '.€'> -The Japa-nese nmba.'fsadors to Home and Ber-lin in a conference at Lake- Coniotoday la id g r o u n d w o r k for exten-sive m i l i t a r y , po l i t i ca l and econom-ic discussions to be opened short lyby Jnpan w i t h I ta ly and Germany.

The o f f i c i a l I t a l i a n news agency,Sli . ' fani , said the Japanese diplo-m a t s - Toshio Shiratori from Romeand L ieu t . " Gen. Hlroshi Oshimafrom Berlin were t a lk ing of J H J > -anese ad'hen-nce to the Halinn-Gi ' r -mtm m i l i t a r y a l l iance which plwljieseach to come to the other 's aidin war t ime.

The possibi l i ty of increased ,ia|>-unfsc col labora t ion w i t h t h e axi.spartners is lo be exploi ted w i t hFascist and Nazi leaders by a Jap-anese delegation which is due t oarr ive in Naples Aug. 26.

Heading the delegat ion are Gen-eral Countu J u i f h i Tcrauchl nnc!A d m i r a l Baron Mineo Osumi. whoart' to u t t o n d tlu> Nn/.i Nuernbergcongress Sept. 2-11 and the Fascistanniversary of the "March onRome" in October.

Foreign diplomats thought eC.r-many and Italy would press hardto get Japan I n t o a mi l i t a ry al-liance, Japanese military circlesfavor such a l ineup , but, the diplo-mats believed other Tokyo leadersmight resist on the basis that eGr-many and Italy could give Japanl i t t l e assistance in the Far Eastin event of war.

Stefani said the ambassadors had"declared the subject of theirmeeting was the question of theTokyo government's adherence tothe llallun-German alliance atsteel"

"Alliance of steel" Is the termused In the Italian and Germanpress to designate the militaryagreement signed last May,

Some foreign observers, hosvever,expressed belief that the meetingwas a diplomatic feint.

,cemetery. His loot in the robbery was $4,860,

JUNKJUNKS JUNKKT

OMAHA, Neb. UP) -His Chinesejunk bud to be junked in the mid-die of the Red Sea, miles and milesfront nowhere, but Rex Purcell, 30,of Omaha, lived to tell of It,

England Sets Up Food MinistryBy

(Associated Press Foreign AffairsWriter)

NEAV YORK, Aug. 4 UP-Bri-tain s parliament has taken thepanny precaution of creating a war-time food ministry and providingfunds for storage of food-stuffs be»fore recessing for the summer hol-idays,

The JegUJators are running nochances that while t'hey are absenttne Panzlg crisis may erupt sud-denly and find them unprepared.

So they hav« moved to protectEngland's most valuable spot inwar time—Ityjr food supplies.

For powerful Britain, paradoxicalthough, u seems, still remains a tiny

doll-garden island which is depend?ent on the outside world for 75 percent of her food supplies, Shouldan enemy be able to cut her linesof communication, England wouldstarve,

The government started movingmove than a year ago to store sup-plies for an emergency. Naturallynjuch of this operation is not madepublic. We do know that a yearago England bought PT.QP&OOOworth of svheat, wha|e o}l »n4 ..su-gar for storage, f^mi^um aj*»was purphased; • - ' ;.

England grows lovely rogy-cheeked $r4* and beau.MM raps.but 1* a |&>4 deal of a, flop agri-

culturally, it cftuid raise morefoodstuffs 'If it woiUd, despite l\spocket-handker^ief ^l?e, but c«o-nomle conditions are against thefarmer, and ^hei» there arevast private estates whjph st}upreserved for the pleasure of ,grpat, though tf\ese are betSTg linken up gradually, '• .< ™

Apropos the sseroHy of gpodfor ffttpilng,, it was estimated,ing '000gawtens and

Convict .Iho Do.veFrom Train isRecaptured

SANTA BARBARA. Calif,, Aug4 UP)—James O'Connell, 33-year-old convict who dove to freedomfrom a moving passenger trlast n ight , was recaptured towi th in a few blocks of the rairoad tracks, sitting In a tree. ,had been at liberty five hours.*

Police Chief Fred Holsher, Wlmarie the arrest with three of- • ( rs. ordered O'Connell to a hoa/ ,,,

for treatment of cuts r "•oived when he crashed throU£

a t r a in window. , » «O'Connell was being returned

to Oakland, Calif., from El PasoJTex., where he was captured sixweeks after escaping from, a SanQui -n t in prison road camp. Heis charged with three counts 'ojjrobbi ry and a kidnaping growing

at of activities after his escape.

Terms for Ending?Strike Reached

DETROIT, Aug. 4 (/P)—Termsfor ending the month-old walkoutof General Motors skilled workerswere agreed upon early t;oda^ sub*ject to ratification by vjnjon, $tfi»cinis and the strikers Uvifturelvovi

If the proposals—wmeh, were notannounced officially—-ax'e uppVOye'd,it, was, considered likely that workon 1940 automobiles, wh4cn,t*h^8been delayed by the strikfli' cbuWbegin soon, * -* fcw*

At the conclusion'Qf 'tt 'Ip-hotisession shortly after I", rjames F. Dewoy, fedclliator, announcedhad been reached.

Dewey said the jecutlve board ofwhich called the strikewould, conveno* tod^X'the terms. If acthey will toestrikers at t'he' 13tomorrpw,

Union ap,pewey added;formal signing

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Clovis News Journal, Clovis, New Mexico, USAug 4, 1939, Page 1

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