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Coughlin Sees War
In Europe by 1940;
Urges U.S. Keep Aloof
Democracy Need Not Be
Sacrificed for Security,
Radio Priest Says
Bj the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Jan. 2.—The Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin, predicting a
European war by 1940, urgeu in a
radio broadcast yesterday that the
United States "stand aloof.”
“On every hand nations are either
at war.” the Royal Oak (Mich.)
priest asserted, “or are busy arming
against the inevitable day when
Communism and Nazlism meet in
a combat unto death * * •.
“Spokesmen, both official and un
official, in our owrn country are
intimating that we must prepare to
take sides ip this impending strug
gle * • •. Propagandists in other
neutral nations are bending every
effort to have their governments
commit themselves to one side or
the other • * *.
“Possibly—yes, probably—Europe
will be in war by 1940. The forces
of Naziism and Communism will
clash in mortal combat. America
must stand aloof!
War Not Solution in U. S.
“At home there are still 12.000.000
men out of work. We will not
liquidate them by teaching them
how to manufacture poison gas or
shrapnel or by dressing them up as
targets for enemy machine guns.
Rather, we will turn our minds to
solving the industrial and agricul
tural problems which confront us.”
Father Coughlin said that “un
fortunately, many of our citizens
entertain the opinion that American
democracy must be sacrificed in
order to gain economic security,”
and added:
“No true American can entertain
favor for either Communism or
Nazzi-Ism; no true American can re
train from forcefully condemning
both these excesses, cost what it
may; and no intelligent American
can conclude that, to obtain eco
nomic redxess, we must sacrifice our
democracy.”
The priest declared that “1939 and
the years immediately following will
witness the completion of the pres
ent cycle in which we are living—
a cycle which will culminate only
with victory for Communism, or
Naziism, or in the supremacy of
Christian democracy over both.”
Asks Stand on Liberty.
He said that the American Civil
War. was fought “to preserve the
unity of this Nation." and asked:
“How many Americans are there
this New Year Day who are will
ing to engage in a more important
civil conflict, if necessary, to pre
serve the democratic liberties of
this country?” ,
The priest said “1939 will wit
ness a very definite and determined
effort on the part of a certain group
in America to pervert our democ
racy into a dictatorship”; said the
new year was “ushered into Amer
ica with a fanfare of militarism,”
and continued:
“AH this propaganda for military
preparedness and war expenditures
originates with those powerful in
ternationalists who are determined
to line us up with the Communists
in the impending European war.”
Father Coughlin said Congress
soon will receive several measures
“for the purpose of centralizing all
power, all industry, all commerce
and all American activity in the
hands of a small group of unelected
men at Washington • * • to super
vise the so-called military prepared
ness.”
Such bills, he commented, “are
preparedv to destroy democracy, to
hurl us into a hell of war on the
side of Communism and to estab
lish a dictatorial government to be
arrived at through the hysteria of a
war scare.”
Cardinal O Connell Hits
'Lustful‘ Dictators
BOSTON, Jan. 2 <*>).—William
Cardinal O'Connell, denouncing
"lustful'’ tyrants and dictators, yes
terday asserted the "poisoned am
bition that is in the heads and
hearts of The rulers today is really
at the bottom of all the trouble In
the world.”
"Until the rulers of the world
begin to understand that their duty
is first of all toward others it is
futile to look for any solution," he
said.
The cardinal, dean of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy in America, ad
dressed 2.500 members of the Holy
Name Society of Boston at the Holy
Cross Cathedral. He did not name
the "rulers” to whom he referred.
"When rulers defy the law of
God, when they are filled with pride
and lust, power and ambition; when,
in a word, the humility which
Christ came to teach mankind is
forgotten, then there is nothing left
but futility, despair and brute
force,” hf said.
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Conquest of Longs Peak Hailed
As Greatest of U. S. Climbs
By the Associated Press.
DENVER, Jan. 2.—Muscle sore but
elated, 23-year-old Edwin Watson
said today he “guessed he was a
little lucky” in being the first person
to scale in winter the sheer east face
of 14,255-foot Long’s Peak—de
scribed as “the most remarkable
feat of solo climbing in the coun
try’s history.”
Mr. Watson battled his way
cannily through deep snowdrifts
shrouding crevices and precipices,
crawled over glaciers and clung
desperately to infrequent rocky
fingers in his ascent yesterday to
the wind-whipped summit of the
peak in Rocky Mountain National
Park, approximately 80 miles north
west of Denver.
Charles E. Hewes, veteran Estes
Park innkeeper who has seen
spectacular climbs for the past 30
years, attributed Mr. Watson’s suc
cessful ascent to careful preparation
and familiarity with the peak.
“It was by far the most remarkable
ascent in the history of mountain
climbing In North America,” said
Mr. Hewes.
“I’ll admit I don’t feel so hot, but
I’m glad I made it,” said Mr. Watson
after he returned to his home here.
“I did it because I had heard so
often about parties of climbers at
tempting It in winter and never
reaching the top. So I Just thought
I’d give it a try.”
Mr. Watson waited for weeks until
the weather was calm enough for
the ascent. He began the climb
Saturday, encamped a little above
timberline that night, and resumed
the laborious trek early yesterday
morning. Along the route he left
red flags at three places to com
memorate his feat.
The youth gave much credit for
his successful climb to the home
made grampons—spikes—he wore on
his shoes. Without them, he said,
he might have slipped to his death
in one of the many crevices he
encountered.
. “And then,” he said, “I wouldn’t
have been a live hero—I’d have
been a dead fool.”
Seven in Family Die
As Auto Plunges
Into Creek
Only Driver Escapes
When Car Swerves
From Bridge
By the Associated Press.
GREENVILLE, Ala.. Jan. 2—Au
thorities today studied the cause of
an accident which brought death
to seven members of the William
Sexton family when their automo
bile plunged Into Little Pigeon
Creek near here while they were
en route to have New Year Day din
ner with relatives.
Only one of the occupants of the
automobile escaped when it swerved
off a narrow, unrailed bridge 9 miles
east of here yesterday and plum
meted 20 feet, end over end, into
22 feet of w'ater.
He was Kendrick Thomas. 27, em
ploye of a Greenville lumber firm,
who was driving the family to Hon
oraville for what was to have been
a happy reunion of three genera
tions of the Sexton family.
The dead:
William Sexton, 55.
Mrs. William Sexton, 54.
Mrs. Kendrick Thomas, 25, their
daughter.
Emmett Ray Sexton, 15, a son.
Miss Gussie Sexton, 23, a daugh
ter.
Sarah Davison, 13, a granddaugh
ter.
Bruce Crews, 4, a grandson.
Mr. Thomas was quoted by State
Highway Patrol Sergt. Tom Car
lisle as saying he applied the brakes
as he approach the narrow plank
bridge, which spans the deep creek
at the foot of an incline.
“Something went wrong with the
i left wheel," Sergt. Carlisle said
Boy, 6, Is Killed
When Two Try
To Raise Piano
B? the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2—Two
Bronx boys playing in an alley
saw a discarded piano upside
down yesterday and decided to
play it.
They tugged and pushed, try
ing to right it. Two hours
later, passersby discovered the
crushed body of 6-year-old Jerry
Medeiman. A doctor said he
had died instantly when the
piano fell on him.
Jerry’s frightened companion
had fled.
the grief-stricken man told him.
I "Before I could straighten out we
were going off the bridge.’’
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C. U. Priest Predicts
i Fall of Dictatorships
The Very Rev. Ignatius Smith,
O.P., predicted yesterday ’that the
i "godless dictatorships" would fall like
i the great but godless nations which
once occupied Northern Africa,
much of which is now a desert land.
The Catholic University priest
spoke on the Catholic Radio Hour,
broadcast over Station WOL from
the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Eighth and N streets N.W.
"The rights of God and His peo
ple, the real owners of nations,”
Msgr. Smith said, "cannot be ig
nored.”
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19 of 20 Miners Saved
In Indiana Mine Fire,
Recovering in Homes
100 Rescuers Reach Men
After 14 Hours; Gas
Brings Death to One
Bjr th* Associated Press.
CLINTON, Ind., Jan. 2.—Smoke
curled lazily skyward today from
the shaft of the Clinton Coal Co.
Crown Hill coal mine No. 6, near
here, a grim reminder of a fire
which brought death to one miner
and forced 19 others to spend New
Year eve huddled together for 14
nerve-shattering-hours 168 feet un
derground.
The 19 survivors, gaunt but
thankful, were recuperating in,
their homes from the effects of
after-damp, dreaded mine gas,
Which entered their lungs as they
waited in a remote comer of the
mine for more than 100 frantic res
cuers, working in relays, to bring
freedom. -
Jesse Hayes, 35, father of three
children, was believed to have wan
dered away from his fellow workers
and encountered a pocket of gas
which caused his death.
Mine fire fighters began today to
battle the blaze which miners be
lieve was started by a fallen electric
wire in a section of the tunnel be
tween the men and the exit shaft.
Rescuers, early yesterday, waded
waist-deep through another tunnel,
abandoned for 20 years, broke down
a barrier and reached the men from
behind.
The rescued men were Frank
Stewart. 53, section boss; Lewis
Reed, 50; Tom Rayce. Floris Simp
son. 38; John Vearo, 37; Albert Co
lombo, 32; Clarence Carty, 35;
Homer Hollingsworth, 30; Roy Ty
ler, 36; Howard Wright, 41; Harve
Newport, 71; Natalie Mussarelli, 55;
Si Mattiodo, 29; Lloyd Beard. 38;
Roy Hollingsworth, 32; George Mer
ritt, 35; John H. Rivnak, 48: Jim
Graves. 42, and Steve Yeager, 50.
Mr. Stewart, the section boss, said
some of the men fainted when their
rescuers arrived. But 73-year-old
Mr. Newport, a miner all his life,
called for a cigarette as he reached
the surface.
“The mules are gone. But I’m
not,” Mr. Newport shouted. "I’m a
little rooster, and here I am.” He
was talking of three mules, trapped
with the men, which were killed to
conserve oxygen.
Nearly 150 men were working in
the mine when the fire was dis
covered as a worker started for the
exit, but all escaped with the ex
ception of the 20.
Cheers from nearly 3,000 persons
greeted the miners as. one by one,
they reached the surface, until it
was learned Mr. Hayes had been
found dead.
Nevada Miner Rescued.
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., Jan. 2 UP).
—Fellow workers yesterday rescued
George Peterson, 35, after 12 hours
of digging through caved-in earth
which entombed the miner between
the 300 and 400 foot levels of the
old South Comstock silver mine. Mr.
Peterson was suffering only from
shock.
The cave-in caught Mr. Peterson
in a stope and put about 60 feet
of earth between him and the only
available means of escape. Rescu
ers soon opened a small hole
through which they were able to
communicate with him.
4 Boys Burn to Death
ROANOKE, Ala., Jan. 2 HP).—Four
high school youths were burned to
death near here last Saturday night
following a collision of a school
bus and an automobile.
The bus caught fire Immediately
after the impact and the boys were
unable to extricate themselves from
the wreckage. The victims were
Millard Benefield. 18; Junior Swann,
16; James Caldwell, 16, and Britt
Caldwell, 14.
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