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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1936
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Giants May Shift
Lineup; Crowd For
Game Very Small
Leslie, Leiber, Koenig Are
, Likely Replacements in
1 National League Team
HAL SCHUMACHER TO
GET SECOND CHANCE
Red Ruffing Will Be Yank's
Hurler; Giants Are Con
ceded Slight Chance
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
'(United Frees Staff Correspondent)
Yankee Stadium, New
York, October 5. — (UP) —
The New York Yankees and
Giants resumed the World
Series, with the American
leaguers expecting to end the
contest today with their
lourth victory.
Sven the fans considered
the series is as good as
finished rfter Carl Hubbell’s fail
ure to check the Yankees In Sun
day’s game before a record-break
ing crowd of 66,669.
An early estimate placed the
probable attendance under 60,000.
The bleachers, jammed with 18,000
fans more than two hours before
Sunday’s game started, were only
sparsely filled an hour before game
time. The $3.30 unreserved seats
In the upper deck of the triple-tiered
stadium were almost empty.
A reported shakeup In the
Giants’ line-up In one last desperate
effort to stem the tide of Yankee
triumphs, now at three straight,
could not be confirmed.
When a reporter attempted to see
Manager Bill Terry In the Giants’
dressing room under the stands, he
was barred.
When the Giants came on the
field Terry was not with them. The
Giants’ leader, so crippled In the
left knee, that he was hobbling
around the field like a one-legged
man at the finish of yesterday’s
game, planned to remain In to the
last.
“I’m going to stay in there as long
as my knee will hold me up,” Terry
•aid yesterday. "Ill never play
again though after the world
series.”
Terry may have changed his mind
overnight and decided to send Sam
Iieslle, who has made two hits In
two times at bat as a pinch hitter,
to first. Another probable change
was Mark Koenig at third in place
of Travis Jackson or second In place
of Burgess Whitehead, who hasn’t
made a hit in four games. There
also was a possibility that Hank
Leiber might replace Joe Moore In
left field.
When Koenig, who got a single
as pinch-hitter In the ninth yes
terday, started warming up, he ap
peared to have a stiff back.
The overnight pitching selections
remained the same—Hal Schu
macher for the Giants and Red
Ruffing for the Yankees. Both art
right-handers.
INDICTMENT OF
45 IS SOUGHT
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 5—(UP.)
—Assistant District Attorney George
H. Cohen asked a federal grand
jury to return indictments against
45 persons accused of white slave
activities in Connecticut.
Arrests were made during the past
two months by federal, state and
Jocal authorities in practically every
large community in the state. Head
quarters of the ring, which officials
allege served all New England, were
said to be at New Haven.
Charges against the men and wo
men range {rom Mann Act viola
tions to transporting and inducing
women to enter immoral lives. Sev
eral of the women arrested are be
ing held as material witnesses and
may be released following trial.
Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas
Instructed the jury at the start of
proceedings.
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PAID DEPOSITORS
Authority Sought Prom
Court By Merchants
TrusfReceiver
Depositors of the commercial and
savings departments of the closed
Merchants Trust Co., will receive
dividends totalling >232,000 within
the next few weeks. Bank Com
missioner Walter Perry, the receiver
for the bank, filed in superior court
today u motion asking permission to
pay a dividend of 10 per cent to
commercial and savings depositors.
Judge Patrick B. O’Sullivan is ex
pected to approve the motion and
sign an order authorizing the divi
dend payments at the short calen
dar session of superior court Fri
day morning.
The Merchcants Trust Co., divi
dend is one of several that will be
distributed to closed banks in the
state , providing superior court
judges grant their approval. A
14% per cent dividend for savings
depositors of the Naugatuck Bank
and Trust Co., bringing their total
to 99% per cent, and a 5 per cent
dividend for commercial depositors
at the same lnstitutoln, bringing
their total to 90 per cent, were re-,
cently authorized.
The new 10 per cent dividend
will bring dividends paid to com
mercial depositors in the Merchants
Trust Co., to 50 per cent, and di
vidends to savings depositors to 40
per cent.
The motion filed here today,
signed by Joseph A. Levy, special
assistant attorney general, says that
the bank’s commercial account has
cash on hand, as of Sept. *0, of
$110,455.68, while the savings de
partment has cash assets of $160,
115.70. In the commercial depart
ment, the dividend to be distri
buted will amount to $80,000, while
in the savings department the total
distributed will be $152,000.
Plans for the Merchants Trust
dividend were announced recently
bj Commissioner Perry, but the
motisn for permission to make the
payment was not filed until today.
The bill which made Commission
er Perry the receiver of all closed
banks in the state was introduced
at the last session of the state gen
eral assembly by Senator George T.
Culhane of this city.
AUTOS CLAIM 7
VICTIMS IN CONN.
Walerbury Figures in Fa
talities — Eighth Death
Is By Gas Poisoning
(By United Press)
Automobile accidents in Connec
ticut claimed the lives of seven per
sons over the weekend. An eighth
died from accidental gas poisoning.
Paul C. Jacques, 23, died at New
Haven after being struck by a cat
operated by Eugene P, Oviatt, West
Haven, at Orange. Jacques was sig
nalling passing motorists to borrow
a Jack to repair a wheel on his ma
chine when he was run down.
Miss Ruth C. Hadsell, 23, Burling
ton, lost her life in an automobile
collision at Bristol while Instructing
Miss Wllifred Getchell, New Britain,
how to drive. The car collided with
another driven by Mrs. Emma Char
bonneau at an intersc- Ion.
A hit and run driver was blamed
for the death of Stanley Monznlak,
22, Hartford, while he was changing
a tire at Cromwell.
At Seymour, Mrs. Ida Qilyard, 74
was injured fatally by an automo
bile operated by Richard Wanat.
Crossing the street to a candy
store, Robert B. James, 7, Water
bury, was killed by an automobile
driven by Bartley E. Hall, Stepney.
Prank Wilder, 45, Westport farm
hand, was billed by an automobile
on the Boston Post road.
Joseph J. Shea, 20, West Spring
field, Mass., returning from a world
series game, was killed at Walling
ford when his car upset to avoid
striking a truck.
Bruno B. Wehrmann, 71, died
from accidental gas poisoning at
Waterbury and his wife wa3 in crit
ical condition from the same cause
GOV. GREEN WILL
SEEK NOMINATION
Providence, R. I„ Oct. 5—(UP.)—
Governor Theodore Francis Green
today formally announced his can
didacy for the democratic nomina
tion for U. S. senator.
He Is expected to he unopposed at
the democratic state convention to
morrow. A staunch supporter of
President Roosevelt, Green an
nounced his candidacy In a letter to
Chairman William A. Shawcross of
the democratic state committee.
Green, who observed his 69th
birthday anniversary last Friday, Is
a lawyer, banka and a fellow of
Brown University. He was elected
governor four years ago and re-elect
ed In 1934.
If nominated, Green would op
pose 75-year-old U. S. Senator Jes
se H. Metcalf, republican seeking a
third term.
Lieutenant-Governor Robert E.
Quinn Is expected t obe nominated
tomorrow to succeed Green as gov
•mar.
Gehrig’s Climax Homer In Big Third Inning
The poison-soaked bat of Mr. Lou Gehrig had given the writhing New York Giants a new dose of misery
when this picture was taken, showing the Yankees’ heavy-hitting veteran striding across the home plate
after a home run that scored Rolfe ahead of him in the third inning of the fourth game of the World Series.
Note the bat boy transfixed by admiration. It was the first time during the season that a round-trip hit off
Carl Hubbel’s delivery had scored more than one run.
Strikes Beset Country
6,000 PICKETS
PATROUyNT
Largest Hosiery Mill May
Close—No Outbreaks
As Plant Opens
BY ALBERT E. STEES
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Reading, Pa., Oct. 6—(UP)—Six
thousand pickets massed around the
Berkshire Knitting Mills today in
an effort to close the world’s larg
est hosiery plant.
Approximately 1,000 workers,
about one-third of the regular
shift, had entered the plant by 7:30
a. m. There was no disorder.
Strikers and sympathizers, four
abreast, formed a line one-half mile
long, marched around the two sides
of the plant to cover all entrance
gates. Paterson and Dover, N. J.
locals sent 1500 pickets during the
night.
One hundred and twenty-five
state troopers stood in readiness to
prevent disorders.
Meanwhile, leaders of the Berk
shire employes association, a rival
union in the plant, announced that
funeral services for M. Earl Schle
gel, 35, an employe who died Sat
urday of injuries received when he
attempted to drive his automobile
through the picket lines, would be
held Wednesday.
A plant holiday was declared for
the funeral. The employes asso
ciation also posted a reward of $1,
000 for the arrest and conviction
of persons who threw bricks through
the window of Schlegel's automo
bile, injuring him fatally.
COMMUNISTS NOT
SUPPORTING F.D.R,
Earl Browder Disavows
Claim in Speech; Levels
Attack on Priest
Boston, Oct. 5.—(UP)—Earl Brow
der, communist presidential candi
date, today had reiterated his
party’s opposition to reelection of
President Roosevelt.
Reports the president was a com
munist supporter by the communist
party were called republican prop
aganda by Browder in an address
before 6,sd0 persons in Boston
Arena yesterday. Later he delivered
a 15-minute radio speech.
"We communists were the first
to criticize Roosevelt," Browder
said. “In fact, we will not cancel
a word of our criticism. We In
tensified our criticism when he re
treated before the pressure of the
reactionaries."
Browder also denied David Du
binsky, needle trades union presi
dent and a presidential elector In
New York, was a communist.
"He always was an opponent of
the left elements in his union,” he
said.
Making his first public speaking
appearance since he was arrested
and jailed In Terre Haute, Ind., last
week on a vagrancy charge, Brow
der warned that “the forces of
fascism in the United States are
becoming very bold, Indeed. They
are preparing the ground to change
the result of the November elec
tion If they don't like It.”
He then launched into an attack
on Father Coughlin and the union
party.
"Father Coughlin,” Browder said,
“talks like a foolish communist . . .
In the extreme lunatic fringe of the
communist party, we never had
anyone who talked like Father
Coughlin. Father Coughlin's vote
Is not going to affect the outcome
of the election at all. His aim will
be to make out that the party elect
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Textile Plant Put
Under Police Guard
State of Insurrection” De=
dared—Textile Work
ers, Residents Aroused
Union, S. C., Oct. 5.—CUP)—Na
tional guardsmen patrolled outside
the Monarch Textile Mills today,
awaiting an order from Gov. Olin
Johnston proclaiming the plant and
Its Immediate vicinity in a “state
of insurrection”.
Resentment among strikers and
residents was evident. The troops
comprising one company of 50 of
ficers and men, replaced 75 special
deputies armed with shot guns and
machine guns who have stood guard
at the mill gates since it reopened
last week. There was no Immediate
threat of violence.
Approximately 150 citizens attend
ed a mass meeting last nigrft In pro
test against the calling of troops. It
approved a resolution addressed to
Gov. Olin B. Johnston saying that
the troops were not needed.
The mill was closed by strike a
month ago when a union man was
discharged, allegedly for striking a
master mechanic. The plant re
opened with approximately 400 men
working. Normally It employes 800.
In Columbia, the capital, John
ston said he would declare the mills
In a state of Insurrection on the ad
vice of the staet labor department
and at the request of union citizens.
KAMINSKA BURIED
AT BEACON FALLS
Police Still Seek Slayer of
County Deputy
Sheriff
Milford, Conn., Oct. 5—(UP)—
Deputy Sheriff Peter J. Kaminski,
Jr., 33, was buried at Beacon Falls
today while police pressed a search
for a lone bandit who fatally
wounded him during a holdup of a
parked automobile at Qulf beach
Saturday.
Authorities said they were without
clues as to the identity of the slayer
who, after robbing two others in the
car, fired point blank at Kaminski
and then drove away in another
car.
machine.
With Kaminski were Lillian E.
Del Grego, whom he met Friday
after she obtained a superior court
divorce; John Miller, a court mes
senger, and Neta L- Shaw, all of
New Haven. None recognized the
bandit, according to police.
Police chief Mortimer B. Fowler
said Mrs. Del Grego’s former hus
band, Joseph, was wanted for ques
tioning but was not considered a sus
pect The slayer, according to
Kaminski’s companions, was about
35 years old and wore a cap which
shaded his eyes. His car, they said,
was a gunmetal colored sedan.
RIOTING MARKS
LETTUCE STRIKE
Groups Clash in Salinas,
Calif.—Police Patrol
All Streets
Salinas, Calif., Oct. 5—(U.P.) —
Street rioting marked the beginning
of the second month of the Salinas
lettuce workers’ strike today. Strike
breakers leaving the packing sheds
which have afforded them protec
tion for three weeks, clashed with
strikers. Clubs augmented fists as
the two groups, comprising more
than 100 men, battled in and near
an underpass in downtown Salinas
last night.
Police, who arrested 11 men. said
the trouble began when the strike
breakers who have ‘ been packing
lettuce for growers and shippers in
barricaded plants, left their shelter
in a group and marched four
abreast up and down the principal
downtown street.
Strikers appeared. Police and a
squadron of special officers assem
bled for emergency duty ordered
them to disperse. A little later the
strikers and the strike breakers
met at the underpass and the bat
tle was on.
Several of the combatants were
given hospital treatment.
Police patroled the streets
throughout the night. Last night
was one of the first times strike
breakers have been permitted to
leaves the shipping plant grounds.
Saturday night 700 were permit
ted to leave the barricades. Two
fights were reported as they went
about spending their earnings.
Salinas labor unions will meet
jointly tonight at 8 p. m. It was re
ported they planned to discuss pos
sibility of a general strike in Sa
linas.
Shots were fired last night at a
Filipino labor camp, and at the
Salinas Valley Ice Company plant.
Guards at the plant fired three
shotgun blasts at a car. They be
lieved two of them were hits.
The strikers are demanding pre
ferential hiring rules and an in
creased wage scale.
16-YEAR-OLD BOY
THWARTS WRECK
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Kittery, Me., Oct. 5—CUP)—A 16
year-old boy was credited today
with thwarting an attempt to wreck
the Boston & Maine Railroad’s Bos
ton-Bangor train, carrying a heavy
load of weekend passengers.
Don Harnham of Portsmouth, N.
H., was walking along the tracks
near Butler’s crossing early last
night when he came upon 25 rail
road ties and at least 30 tie plates
piled along the northbound track.
The ties had been taken from a
pile beside the roadbed.
The youth ran to the nearby Kit
tery drawbridge and notified Draw
tender Eugene Hayes. Removal oi
the obstruction was completed more
than, an hour before the arrival of
the Boston-Bangpr train.
“Small Town” Elections
Are Being Held Today
(By United Press)
“Small town” elections will be held
In 122 of Connecticut’s 169 towns
today, offering a preview of the
state’s political sentiment in No
vember.
Among the larger cities voting are
Middletown and Stamford, where
city as well as town officials were
to be elected. Republicans at pres
ent control Middletown, while dem
ocrats hold sway at Stamford.
Colchester casts its ballot tomor
row. The first Tuesday in October
Is the annual election date there.
Ten of the towns wlU vote on the
sale of liquor within their borders
under the local option provisions of
the state liquor control act.
Socialist tickets appeared on the
ballots In several towns. Stamford
had a communist slate.
Approximately 30 per cent of the
state’s voting population is eligible
to vote today, according to' 1034
figures.
A year ago, with ISO towns vot
ing, republicans made a net gain of
10 towns
Italian Cabinet O.K.’s
40% Devaluation Of
Lira; Import Duty Drops
SUPREME COURT
REOPENS TODAY
Important Decisions Must
Be Handed Down in
Next Nine Months
By JOHN A. REICHMANN
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Oct. 5—(UP)—The
supreme court oi the United States
meets at noon today for a session
thrt will bring before the nine Jus
tices Important federal and state
legislation.
Decisions as momentous as those
which outlawed the AAA, the NRA,
the Guffey coal act and upheld the
gold clause amendment are ex
pected before the court adjourns
nine months hence.
Questions of national control over
labor regulations, matters of power
policy, farm refinancing, social se
curity and gold and silver policies
are on the court’s docket. There are
425 other cases of state and local
Importance.
The court resumes deliberations
at the height of the presidential
campaign, but is not expected to
announce any Important decisions
before Nov. 3. Its Invalidation of
key administration measures,
which it seemed for a time might
result in proposal of a constitutional
amendment, has not been a major
issue in the campaign.
Administration and important
state acts before the court for de
cision this session are the Wagner
labor relations act, the railroad re
tirement act, TV A and PWA power
activities, and the Washington state
minimum wage law for women.
The opening session will be con
fined to the simple ceremonial of
meeting and announcing that the
court is in session and will entertain
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REPUBLICANS TO
CLASH IN15TH
Coroner Monzani, Atty
Carroll Avowed Candi
dates for Senator
Coroner John T. Monzani and
Attorney James W. Carroll today
were avowed candidates for the g.
o. p. nomination for senator in the
15th district. The district convention
will take place Wednesday night at
g. o. p. headquarters on West Main
street and a spirited contest between
the two contenders is anticipated. It
marks the first time in yeafs that
a fight over the 15th senatorial dis
trict nomination has occurred.
Up until almost two weeks ago
the senatorial nomination in the
15th was going begging. Several
were mentioned for the post. Sud
denly the Monzani and Carroll
forces drew battle lines and the
contest was on. Attorney Carroll
claims a majority of votes, but Cor
oner Monzani said today: "I’m in
the race for a certainty.”
Whether or not the senatorial
fight in the 15th will lessen the re
publican chances of victory remains
to be seen. The democrats have not
yet nominated their man but he is
most likely to be the incumbent,
Senator George T. Culhane. At the
present time there is a union party
candidate in the field, also, James
P. Overton of the Park road. A
battle in the g. o. p. ranks is likely
to injure the party’s chances of
carrying the 15th, it was said today.
Wednesday night, also, the re
publicans of the Waterbury pro
bate district will meet to nominate
their candidate for the office of
judge of probate. It is apparent that
Attorney Edward P. Sweeney will
be the man picked. The senatorial
convention will take place at 8
o’clock in the evening. The probate
convention will be called to ordei
two hours earlier. Town Chairman
J. Warren Upson will preside at
both sessions.
Thursday night the g. o. p. can
didates for the house of represen
tatives will be picked. No decision
on the nominees has yet been reach
ed but among those mentioned are
Attorney Albert Bronsky, Mortimer
Galvin, Harry Ryder and Mrs. Dor
othy Vandercook.
SECOND TRIAL OF
PALKA TO START
Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 5—(UP)—
The second trial of Prank Palka,
young Buffalo, N. Y., aviation work
ers accused of slaying two police
men during a radio store robbery
here a year ago, was scheduled to
open tomorrow before Superior
Court Judge Arthur P. Ells and
Jury.
Palka was convicted of second de
gree murder early this year and
sentenced to life Imprisonment. The
state appealed and a retrial was or
dered by the supreme court which
ruled a purported confession should
have been admitted in evidence.
The defense recently lost a motion
for a change ot venue on groitods
it would be impossible to secure a
Jury and an impartial trial in Pair
field county.
Late News
Flashes
FARMER DIES
Great Barrington, Mass.,
Oct. 5—(UP) — Attacked
by a 2400-pound bull last
week, Michael Dailey, 70
year-old Sheffield farmer,
died of his injuiies at a hos
pital here today.
WALSHPATIENT
Battle Creek, Mich., Oct.
5— (UP)—U. S. Senator
David I. Walsh (D. Mass.)
was a patient today in Bat
tle Creek sanitarium where
his general physical condi
tion will be checked.
gulhaneTobe
RENAMED OCT. 6
15th Senatorial District
Convention Decided Upon
After Confab Today
Following a conference of party
leaders at the City Hall which last
ed more than an hour a decision
was reached to call the democratic
15th senatorial district convention
for tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at
which time It is practically assured
that Senator George T. Culhane,
incumbent, will be renominated.
Held behind closed doors, It Is un
derstood on good authority that one
or two other candidates for the
nomination who had signified their
willingness to run were given con
sideration.
However, Town Chairman John
H. Crary announced, it was decided
that the best interests of the party
in the 15th would be served by re
nominating Senator Culhane. Pres
ent at the conference were Chair
man Crary, Mayor Frank Hayes,
Controller Daniel J. Leary, Health
Officer Dr. E. J. Godfrey, Corpora
tion Counsel Charles S. O’Connor,
Attomel Edward J. McDonald, Po
lice Commissioner Henry Minor and
Dennis J. Clancy, secretary of the
town committee. They are all voters
in the 15th senatorial district.
At today’s conference, also it was
voted to call the town convention
for tomorrow night, also. Both ses
sions will be held at the City Hall.
Representatives John D. Thoms
and Daniel J. Mahaney will be re
nominated. It is understood that
Representative Thoms wished to re
linquish his place on the ticket to
somebody else but that he was pre
vailed upon to run once more.
At the town convention, also,
twenty-two candidates for justices
of the peace will be named.
FATHER KILLS MAN;
DIDN’T MARRY GIRL
Her Suicide 4 Years Ago
Led to Slaying—Com
panion Wounded
Elizabethtown, Ky„ Oct. 5—(UP)
—An aging man who, officers said,
became enraged at the sight of the
man he blamed for his daughter’s
suicide four years ago was charged
with murder here today.
John W. Cunningham, 73, a Har
din County farmer, told in his jail
cell a story of how his daughter
took her own life with the pistol he
used in killing Vernon Mockbee, 29,
a linotype operator, and wounding
Pete Morgan, 24, in a cafe.
Cunningham told authorities
Mockbee "flitted out” after promis
ing to marry his daughter, Brooks
Cunningham, 24.
“It was four years ago,” Cunning
ham told officers. “Mockbee was
living at a hotel and my girl was
working there. He promised to
marry her. The first I knew of it
my girl came to me and asked for
some money, saying she was going
to be married Sunday.
“Well, Sunday came and Mockbee,
instead of marrying her, flitted out.
He got drunk and threw things at
her. My girl killed herself.”
For years, Cunningham said, he
avoided Mockbee. But Sunday they
met in the cafe.
“It was Mockbee. At least I
thought so. Still, I didn’t want to
make a mistake, so I went up to a
man and asked him.
“ ‘Why, that’s Vernon Mockbee,’
he told me.
“I boiled over. I jdkt walked back
to that table and shot him.”
Morgan, sitting with Mockbee,
was Injured by the second bullet
Cunningham fired. Morgan was In
fair condition In a Louisville hospi
tal today.
G. A. R. VET DIES
Beverly, Mass., Oct 6.—(UP)—
George Scott Bradstreet 94, one of
six surviving members of John H.
Chlpman post G. A. R., died early
today at his home. Brands tree t, a
native of Ipswich, leaves two daugh
ters, a son and a brother. Funeral
services will be laid Wednesday at
his home.
In Line With Move To
wards General World
Currency Stabilization
VICTORY LOAN IS
ALSO APPROVED
Wheat, Meats, Cattle on
List—Move Necessary,
Says Mussolini
BY STUART BROWN
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Rome, October 5. — (UP)
— The Italian cabinet today
approved an approximate 40
per cent devaluation of the
lira, reduced import duties
as a protective measure and
made a motion towards the
general movement for world
currency stabilization.
An Ethiopian “victory loan”
to which Italian estates must sub
scribe. was approved. The loan is to
be used to exploit the new empire
obtained by conquest. Estates must
subscribe 5 per cent to their total
value to it.
Premier Benito Mussolini told the
cabinet he accepted in principle—
as exemplified by tjie recent accord
of the United States, Great Britain,
and Prance on money — that eco
nomic restoration of the world is
"one of the necessary conditions for
collaboration among the people for
maintenance of peace".
‘‘It is necessary, however, to aban
don temporary settlements and en-r
ter the field of permanent adjust
men ,” he added.
Rome, October 6. — (UP) — The
cabinet has approved a plan to de
value the lira by approximately 40
per cent, It was announced officially
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POLICE LOYALTY
UNDER ATTACK
French Fascists Direct
Fire on Regulars, as WefP
as Mobile Guards
By WAVERLY LEWIS ROOT
(Copyright, 1936, by United Frea)
Paris, Oct. 6—(UP)—French fas
cists, pursuing a new line of at
tack against the left front govern
ment, are trying to undermine the
loyalty of the national police forces,
It was reported In reliable quarters
today.
As part of the campaign, they
began today a fierce attack on the
regular police forces and at the
same time appeared to be trying to
win to their cause the crack mobile
guards, corps d’elite of the national
police who constitute the shock
troops against disorderly elements.
To meet the threat that loyalty
of some of the law and order forces
may be undermined, the govern
ment, It was learned, began quietly
shifting key men In the armed
forces.
The new turn to the fascist at
tacks was accompanied by reports
that the smuggling of arms Into
France from Switzerland was di
rectly due to fascists.
Rumors that have developed
from this phase of fascist activity
caused Bishop Maurice Du Bourg,
of Marseilles, to send a circular let
ter to newspaper editors denying
that churches and convents in his
diocese were being used as fascist
arms depots In preparation for the
outbreak of civil war. Bishop Bourg
offered to open any church or con
vent for Inspection.
The fascist forces suffered a dam
aging defeat yesterday. Col. Casimlr
Francois de la Roque, chief of the
fascist Croix de Feu organization,
mobilized his men to prevent com
munists from holding a gigantic
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TREASURY BALANCE
Washington, Oct, 5.—COP).
ernment expenses and recelp
the current fiscal year to Oct
compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last
$1,710,661,022.26 21,866,331,660.02
Receipts
21,171,332,951.19 21.020,245/
Deficit
2539.328,071.07
Cash Balance
22.174,202,594.83 21.822,
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