Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1938, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 5 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Bhowers this afternoon, followed by fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow; mod- erate northwest or north winds. Tempera- tures today--Highest, 86, at 2 p.n.; low- est, 7], at 6 a.m. Full report on page A-2. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 22 86th YEAR. No. 34,470, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON HENLEIN DEMANDS ANNEXATION; EXTENDS MART PRAGUE Fuehrer Welcomes . Premier in Rain at Retreat. By the Associated Press. BERCHTESGADEN, Germany, Sept. 15.—Prime Minister Chamber- #ain came to Adolf Hitler at his home todagy in & precedent-breaking per- sonal effort to keep Europe out of war. | In the rain Hitler welcomed at the entrance of his mountain retreat the | elderly British statesman, who dashed | from London by plane and train to speak for the British Empire on the Czechoslovak erisis. Smiling broadly, looking hearty, Mr. Chamberlain stepped down from a special train in this picturesque little Bavarian Alpine town at 4:02 p.ua. %10:02 am, E. S. T). His glowing, confident appearance imparted anything but a gloomy out= Inok to the tremendous task he faced | in his conference with Hitler. ‘ The rain which had fallen inter- | mittently during the day poured | down as Mr. Chamberlain moved tlowly along the station piatform. He ‘was surrounded by groups of German officials, 8. S. (Blackshirt) elite guards and police. Despite the downpour, Mr. Cham- wherlain did not bother to raise the rolled umbrella he carried over his arm, Gayly he doffed his hat as a crowd of thousands, mostly under umbrellas, “heiled” again and again. Dr. Otto Meissner, chief of the chancellery, greeted the Prime Min- ister at the station. Accompanying Mr. Chamberlain were Joachim von « Ribbentrop, German foreign minister; Sir Nevile Henderson, British Am- | bassador, and Mr. Chamberlain’s two | aides from the British foreign office, Sir Horace John Wilson and William | Strang. The party wasted no time. As the crowd cheered. Hitler's personal car whisked Mr. Chamberlain off to the Grand Hotel, where he will make nis headquarters. Then after a brief stop the party drove the remaining 8 miles ta Hitler's home, Berghof on Ober- salzberg. Originally Mr. planned to fly from Munich to| Treilassing Airfield, near Berchtes- | gaden, but inclement weather on-ced" a change in plans, and the party took a train from Munich, where Mr. Chamberlain landed by airplane from Lnndon. As Mr. Chamberlain reached Berg- hof. an honor company of Hitler’s per- gonal S. S. bodyguard presented arms. Before getting down to business, Der Fuehrer invited the prime min- | ister to have tea in the great-hall of Berghof. The entire Chamberlain and Hitler entourages participated Nazl officials gathered here were still pleased over the unexpected turn in the situation as a result of *Mr. Chamberlain’s dramatic appeal for a rsonal audience with Hitler. They were unwilling, however, even to guess ,What proposals Mr. Chamberlain might have brought to end the tense crisis. . Chamberlain had | Well Stage-Managed. i A master stage manager, Hitler left nothing undone to make Mr. Cham- berlain’s drive from the station to Berghof a mnoteworthy one. Four | Mercedes cars were placed at the dis- posal of the British party. In the first sat Mr. Chamberlain, Von Ribbentrop and Maj. Schmundt, chief military adjutant to Hitler. The gecond was occupied by Henderson and Meissner, the third by Wilson and Ernst von Weiszaecker, state secretary | for foreign affairs, and the fourth by Mr. Strang and Baron Alexander von | Doernberg, Hitler's chief of - proto- col As Mr. Chamberlain drove up the steeps super-highway to Berghof, he | was said to have praised the beautiful &cenery. He also expressed surprise at | the ease with which the cars climbed | the steep road, which rises from | Berchtesgaden's 1,500 feet to Berghof's 3300 feet. | Greets Guests Cordially. Der Fuehrer stood in Berghof's broad door as the cars approached, then he walked down the spacious steps and greeted his guests with | cordial handshakes. During tea Mr. Chamberlain ad- mired the Alpine view through a huge window of the great hall. Hitler, Mr. Chamberlain and their aides then got down to arranging the formalities of the program for the British delega- tion’s stay. | Before his train reached Berchtes- gaden Mr. Chamberlain had recovered | from ‘the effects of his flight from London, his first journey by air. Mr. Chamberlain accepted an invi- tation from Der Fuehrer to dine with him tonight. Reached-Munich at 1 P.M. Premier Chamberlain arrived at « Munich Airport at 1 pm. (6 am, E 8. T). Ending the first airplane trip of his 69 years, 610 miles from Heston Airport, London, he stepped smilingly to the ground and shook hands with Bir Nevile. 8ir Nevile introduced Von Ribben- trop and other German officials to the Prime Minister, who then introduted his companions on the trip, Sir, Horace and Mr. Strang. Hundreds of persons gave Mr. Chamberlain a cordial welcome when his plane landed at Oberwiesenfeld Airdrome, which was decorated with swastikas and Union Jacks. Atter the introductions the party went by automobile to the Munich Central Railway -Station, with Mr. Chamberlain in animated conversa- tion with Von Ribbentrop. A | to speak in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sat- CHAMBERLAIN IN GERMANY. Chamberlain (left) as he was m. Prime Minister Neville et today at Munich by Joachim von Ribbontrop: German foreign minister. The modern magic of the radio and wirephoto enables The Star to print this picture a few hours after Mr. Chamberlain arrived. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotq, 1.5, 1S WATCHING HSTORK PARLEY Secretary Hull Tells Press of Concern—Will Meet President’s Train. | } Py the Associated Press. The United States is watching the | “the ' Secretary of State Hull said at his press conference | today. Permitting direct quotations, a rare | occurrence, he declared: *“The-historic | conference today between the Prime Minister of Great Britain and the Chancellor of Germany is - naturally being observed with the -gheatest in- terest by all nations which are deeply concerned with the preservation of | peace.” S Secretary Hull said he would meet | President Roosevelt at Union Sta-| tion when the President’s trains ar- | rives from the West this evening. The Secretary will acquaint Mr. Roosevelt with the latest dispatches | on the tense European situation. greatest interes! Roosevelt Keeps Contact. ABOARD PRESIDENT ROOSE- | VELT'S TRAIN, Sept. 15 (#).—Presi- | dent Roosevelt kept in communication with the State Department soday while speeding toward Washington for a review of the European situation. | Mw, Roosevelt also received reports | from Rochester, Minn.,, regarding the condition of his son, James, who is recuperating from a stomach operation at the Mayo Clinic. The Chief Executive is scheduled | urday at a celebration of the 150th anniversary of New York's ratification of the Constitution. Should the critical European situa- tion grow worse, the President possibly would cancel the speech. There was some speculation, however, that he would take advantage of the occasion to make some statement on affairs abroad. The President, who left Rochester yesterday morning, had telephones put aboard his special car at several station stops. He received hour-by- hour reports from the State Depart- ment on the Sudeten crisis, and ar- ranged to take personal charge of foreign relations on his return to ‘Washington. Stopping at Chicago in mid-evening, Mr. Roosevelt conversed with Secretary Hull and with the Mayo Clinic. g ‘The Chief Executive.decided to leave Rochester after a conversation with the Secretary of State and a final visit to the hospital. He received assur- ances from Mayo physicians that his eldest son was recovering satisfactorily from a gastric ulcer operation. Leaving Rochester, Mr. Roosevelt told a station crowd that the serious- ness of the European situation had caused him to decide to travel directly to Washington. He had arranged earlier to return to.the summer White House at Hyde Park, N. Y. Crowds gathered at stations along the President's route homeward, but he did hot leave his car. At Dubuque, Iowa, Mr. Roosevelt waved to a group from a window of his ear and the crowd, cheering, waved back. A U088 SETS MARK AT 302 P 345.49 Record Made by Capt. Eyston. By the Associated Press. BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, | Chamberlain-Hitler conversation” with | Sept. 15.—Weaithy John R. Cobb of | 1 London usurped the world’s automobile speed ‘throne today' with a mark of 350.2 miles per hour. The doughty fur broker smashed the record of 346.49 miles per hour established” here August 27 by Capt George E. T. Eyston, Mr. Cobb, a new man at high speed racing, flashed through the meas- ured mile at 353.29 going north and 347.16 on the southward run. Capt. Eyston’s average for the north run was 34749 and for the south 34351, Capt. Zyston has announced he will run tomorrow, thereby continuing their costly and hazardous duel at speeds in the 6-miles-a-minute class. The former officer watched his record fall while flying along the course. Mr. Cobt was jubilant. His aides disclosed he would remain here with his Railton and make more runs if Capt. Eycton regains the record. “I just kept going faster and faster until it seemed the car couldn't stand more,” he said. "My vision was blurred. 1 could hardly see anything at all, Mr. Cobi said he had the car at full throttle. “She’s got more speed though. The car draggea just a little. I'd have been faster, I oelieve, if the track had been firmer.” TAL ‘WITH SUNDAY MORN | ., THURSDAY, SEP LAW {General Strike Is Called by Nazis inReichenberg. By the Associated Press. | PRAGUE, Sept. 15—Sudeten Lead- |er Konrad Henlein today demanded German annexation of Czechoslo- | vakia's Sudeten area and the govern- ment further extended martial law to meet possible new disorders arising from the demand. Two new districts, bringing the total to 12, were placed under military con- trol. Districts where martial law is in effect contain 2,000,000 of Czecho- slovakia’s 3,500,000 Sudeten Germans. (A DNB (German official news agency) dispatch said the en- tire population of the Sudeten border village of Phillipsdorf crossed the frontier into Germany, staged a demonstration and re- turned home loaded with swastixa flags to decorate their houses.) | Proclamation Issued. | Henlein's demand for annexation by Germany of the Sudeten German regions was contained in a procla- | mation addressed to Sudeten Ger- mans and Germans in the Reich, de- | | claring “it is definitely impossible for | | Sudeten Germans and Czechs to live | | in the same state.” | “The Sudeten Germans want to! return to our home in the Reich,” it | said, complaining that self-determina- tion had been denied them in 1919. “The Sudeten Germans have never renounced the right of self- determi- | nation. God bless us in our just | fight.” General Strike Called. Shortly after the proclamation was transmitted a general strike wos called at Reichenberg, fourth largest indus- trial center in the country and 6 miles from the German frontier. { Reports received in Prague said all stores were closed and all business ac- tivities halted. There were no editions of evening papers. | Thousands of Sudetens in Reichen- berg gathered in the streets after hear- ling Henlein's proclamation and | shouted demands that Sudeten terri- | tory be united with Germany. Mar- | ‘th law | Reichenberg. | The proclamation was broadcast ‘ through Germany and was transmitted to the Czechoslovak government by | Henlein. ! Issued at Eger. | It was issued at Eger, near the | German frontier, just a few hours before Great Britain's prime minister, | ILondon Fur Broker Lowers | Neville Chamberlain, was scheduled to talk with Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany on the Sudeten crisis | | It assailed methods used by the | Czechoslovak government in efforts to | crush disorders which have caused at | | least 23 deaths in Sudeten areas in | the past three days | The proclamation declared: | “My compatriots, as a man whom | you trust and conscious of my re- | sponsibility, I proclaim to the whole | world that the use of machine-guns. armored cars and tanks against de- | fenseless ~ Sudeten Germans has | (See PRAGUE, Page A-3) |JAMES ROOSEVELT | | IS STILL IMPROVING | — | Morning Bulletin Says Son of President Is Better—His i Mother May Leave. | By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, Minn,, Sept. 15.—The morning Mayo Clinic bulletin today indicated continued improvement in | the condition of James Roosevelt, son | of the President, following a gastric ulcer operation. ‘ “Mr. James Roosevelt'’s condition continues to improve,” read the 9 am. | bulletin. | | Because of the favorable conva- | lescense of her son, it was understood Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. would | leave tonight for the East. Mrs. | James Roosevelt was expected to re- ' main here for some time. Summary of Page. Amusements C-8-9 Comics . D-10-11 Editorials ___A-10 Financial ... A-21 Lost & Found D-6 Obituary __.A-14 FOREIGN. Chamberlain confers with Hitler at Berchtesgaden. Page A-1 Henlein demands annexation of Sudetens by Reich. Page A-1 Daladier credited with idea for Cham- berlain trip. Page A-2 World hope of averting war in talks today. Page A-3 French place hopes for peace in Chamberlaig. Page A-3 Czechs reported increasing war prep- arations. A-3 British Parliament called for Cham- berlain report. Page A-4 Diplomats at Geneva split over Cham- berlain trip. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Cobb sets new record of 350.2 miles per hour, Page A-1 Senptor George holding big lead for renomination, Page A-1 Secretary Hull to meet Roosevelt on arrival here. Page A-1 Martin held ready to resign as U. A. W. president, Page A-15 Brooke convicted, faces life term; ap- peal considered. Page A-19 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY, Justice Department extends scope of medical probe. Pags A-l Page. Radio . Short Story _ D-6 Society ... Sports _.__ D-1-5 Woman's Pg. C-10 / D-12 | B-3 | ‘Todéy's Star | Fire causes $50,000 damage to G street music store. Page A-1| P. W. A. funds for two new Maryland bridges face snag. Page A-1 Traffic injuries fatal to woman; five in hespitals. Page B-1 Doctors told of two forms of spinal meningitis. Page B-1 A P..G. E. convention ends in a show- er of fireworks. Page B-1 | EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. | Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Letters to The Star. Page A-10 Of Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 | David Lawrence. Page A-11 | Alsop and Kintner. Page A-11 G. Gould Lincoln, Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Lemuel Parton. Page A-11 SPORTS. Bucs in dangerous spot after losing pair to Giants. Page D-1 War threat may take foreign netmen trom U. S. tourney. Page D-2 Many star golfers fall by wayside in amateur title event. Page D-3 Richmond is strong foe for Maryland in Terps’ opener. . Page D-4 Comet champion to pilot Eseargot in cup regatta here, Page D-5 MISCELLANY. Nature's Children. Vital Statistics. Cross-word Puzzle, Page D-6 Page C-1 Page D: | burned. ING EDITION TEMBER 15, 1938—SI XTY-FOUR The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. PAGES. #x%» (8ome "retur, (%) Means Associated Pross. ’s Circulation, 142,443 not yet received, THREE CENTS. CHAMBERLAIN CONFERRING WITH HITLER SIS © J}! 3 7 BACK TO WASHINGTON'! GEORGE ASSURED SENATE VICTORY INPURGE DEFEAT Holds 16 Unit Votes More Than Are Required for Renomination. TALMADGE GIVEN HEAVY POLL IN SOME COUNTIES Camp Is Decisively Defeated. Results in Representative Race Not Tabulated. By G. GOUED LINCOLN. The “purge,” latest trument of the Roosevelt New Deal, went sadly on the rocks in Georgia yesterday. Senator Walter F. Geoirge. dubbed by the President a conservative and out of step with the New Deal. has apparently won renominatior:, leading in both the popular and county unit votes over his two opponents, former Gov. Eugene Talmadge and Lawrence Camp, United States attorney. Mr. Camp. the Roosevelt candidatr, | backed personally by the President, ARSON SUSPECTE NI 00 ke G Street Store Damage Put at $50,000—Clue Reported Found. (Picture on Page B-1.) Fire of apparently incendiary ori- gin caused heavy damage to the base- ‘ment and second floors and slightly damaged the street floor of the Homer | had not been imposed in L Kitt Co. at 1330 G street N.W,|James' Park, where she usually ac- early today. Total damage was esti- mated at more than $50,000. Fire Marshal Calvin C. Lauber said preliminary investigation had turned up “a definite clue” to the person be- lieved responsible for the blazes. His investigation centered on indica- tions that the damaging fires were the culmination of persistent efforts to burn the building. Employes said three previous fires during the last few weeks had been put out with only superficial damage. They occurred aboul the same time as the dawn| blaze today. Firemen responding to the first of two alarms at 5:32 am. found the | front door of the store open. One | blaze was burning fiercely in the base- | ment, another on the second floor and a minor fire had started near the street entrance, firemen said. | Fires Start Separately. Mr. Lauber said his investigation showed the fires had started sepa- rately and had not spread from one central point. The basement blaze apparently broke out in sheet music stored under the stairs, but did not spread up the stairway. Firemen said the first-floor blaze was confined to draperies The separate origin of the fires was convincing evidence that they were set by some one, Mr. Lauber said. Homer L. Kitt, president of the firm, said it was impossible to estimate the | damage immediately, but indicated it probably would exceed $50,000. The firm was protected by insurance, he said. $15,000 Stock Destroyed. A $15,000 stock of sheet music in | the basement was destroyed. Scores of valuable radios. pianos and other instruments on the second floor were The third and fourth floors suffered smoke and water damage. The first alarm was reported turned in by an employe of an adjacent res- taurant. three truck companies to the scene, along with the fire rescue squad. Several firemen were reported al- most overcome by the smoke and heat, but none was affected seriously enough for treatment. | Mr. Kitt said the building, owned | by his company, would be repaired and remodeled as soon as possible. I had talked with an architect recently about, making some civinges,” he said, “and now it looks as if we will have Yo make a lot.” Employes hurriedly cleared away debris from the main floor and the store was opdn for business today. Music lessons were carried on in re- cital rooms and other parts of tfe building that escaped damage from the flames. e MME. LEHMANN ACTS TO BECOME CITIZEN German Diva Wants to Forget Everything About Europe, She Declares. By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Lotte Lehmann, the Metropolitan Opera soprano, took out her first papers for United States citizenship today, and said she wanted to “forget everything T knew about Europe.” “I don’t want to remember anything about Germany,” she added. “I just feel happy to become an American citizen.” ; This will be Mme. Lehmann's third homeland. She was born a German Page D-18 Page D-10 Page D-11 ¢ and became Austrian through marriage to Otto Krause, formerly an Austrian This and a second alarm | brought eight engine companies and | Chamberlairn’s Wife Joins in Peace Prayers Br the Associated Press. LONDON, Sept. 15.—Beautiful Mrs Annie Chamberlain prayed in West- minister Abbey today for success of her huband’s journey to Berchtesga- den to save the peace of the world. | The Prime Mihister's wife unob- trusively joined kneeling worshipers around the tomb of Britain's unknown | warrior—the symbol of millions of | dead in a cataclysm of which Cham- berlain was trying to prevent a repe- tition. | companies her husband on his morn- ing stroll to feed the birds. Also alone she walked to the ml-! Uesuc abbey, leaving the brilliant fall | sunshine and the roar of traffic, to | join a hundred worshippers praying like herself for her husband and peace. 2NEW MARYLAND BRIDGES HIT SNAG Ickes Says Construction Depends on Purchase of Bonds by Bankers. The application for two Maryland 24 hours before the Marvland Demo- | cratic primary last Monday, directed P. W. A. Administrator Ickes to give | “prompt attention” and a ‘right of way,” appeared today to have struck | another snag. One of the bridges would cross the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, the other would cross the Potomac at Morgantown, Md. President Roosevelt inspected the Morgantawn site on his “invasion” of Maryland. Mr. Ickes said at a press conference | on the decision of Maryland bankers to buy bonds which would be issued for their construction. The applica- tions are “just where they always were,” he commented. They have re- mained pigeon-holed in P. W. A. files since the 1934 program, until President Roosevelt intervened, because of the inability to get Maryland bankers to purchase the bonds, Mr. Ickes said today the bankers had agreed to buy the bonds if “all three bridges” are approved by the P. W. A. The third bridge, which was not requested by President Roosevelt, is one crossing the Chesapeake north- east of Batlimore. That application has received no consideration from P A “We are waiting to see if the bank- ers would be willing to buy the bonds of only two bridges instead of includ- ing the third,” Mr. Ickes explained. The estimated cost of the bridges at Havre de Grace and Morgantown is in excess of $14,000,000, of which the P. W. A. would pay 45 per cent if the projects are officially approved. At the same time Mr. Ickes is reject- " (See BRIDGE, Page A-3) Earlier she had walked alone in St. | today the bridge applications depend | MEDICAL SOCETY * PROBE EXPANDED Extra Jury May Be Called Here to Sift Charges on Nation-Wide Scale. BACKGROUND— Efforts to provide cheap medical service on group basis in many parts of Nation have encountered snags, including determined opposi- tion of American Medical Associa- tion to certain socialized medicine” experiments on grounds they tend to lower medical standards. Con- troversy assumed national im- portance with creation by. Home Owners’ Loan Corp. here of Group Health Association, Inc. Following vigorous attacks by A. M. A. and District Medical Society. Depart- ment of Justice began inquiry. By REX COLLIER. ! Drastica'ly expanding the_scope of its original inquiry into acB¥ities of the District Medical Scciety, the De- partment of Justice has decided to conduct a grand jury investigation here of an alleged Nation-wide monop- | oly in the practice of medicine by tge | American Medical Association and its members. I Department officials are considering | | the calling of an extra grand jury to give exclusive attention to the in- | quiry, which has been broadened until | it touches the Pacific Coast cities of | San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mil- | {bl‘ldges for which President Roosevelt, | waukee conditions also will be =par- | ticularly explored, it was learned re- | liably today. | Start of the anti-trust proceedings | | in the courts here necessarily will be delayed because of the wide field which | Assistant Attorney General Thurman | Armold and his “trust-busting” aides | have decided to encompass. The pres- | | entation of evidence in the unprece- | | dented case probably will begin the | | middle of next month. | Evidence Gathered. Evidence which the Government be- | lieves tends to support complaints that | the American Medical Association and | | affiliated groups of physicians have re- | sorted to “obstructionists” tactics in | restraint of medical “trade” is being | | gathered chiefly. here, in Milwaukee | | and in the two California cities. In| | all four cities the A. M. A. and local | medical societies have been accused | | of battling so-called group health | plans. Witnesses will be summoned from | these and other cities and a vast| amount of documentgry evidence will | be prepared for presentation to the | | grand jury, under present plans. For! | this reason officials have made in- | quiries at the District Courthouse as | to the possibility of convening an ad- | ditional grand jury to hear the case. Justice officials are understood to fear the regular grand jury would have little time to devote to routine cases if it were burdened with the protracted medical investigation. The Government will seek the in- dictment under the Sherman anti- trust laws of any organizations and officers thereof it believes have over- " (See MEDICAL, Page A-3) Foreign Money BY the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau disclosed to- day that the European crisis has caused the “largest flight to the dollar in history.” The Treasury head declined to es- timate the amount of foreign funds sent here for safe keeping, but fig- ures on recent Treasury gold acqui- sitions indicate several hundred mil- lion dollars of foreign cash have ar- rived here in the last few weeks. “This movement proves,” Secretary Morgenthau declared, “that the United States is the financial center of the world and can resist the kind of nervousness that people with money fear ¢ ¢ o, “There is no resson for alarm over In Record Volume During Crisis Flows to U. S. this movement. If people want to send money here for refuge, we are glad to accammodate them.” The Secretary said he was in con- stant touch by trans-Atlantic teles phone and cable with the financial authorities of England, France, Bel- gium, Switzerland and the Nether- lands for the purpose of co-operating with tHem as signatories of the 1936 tripartite monetary agreement in stabilizing international exchange. The Treasury head asserted, how- ever, that the United States was not defending any currency but the dollar and that when it helped any other currency it did so at the request of foreign government and with that ran a poor third. He was utterly submerged. There is no consolation for the New Dealers in the unexpectedly strong run made by Mr. Taimadge Mr. Talmadge has been a far more bitter critic' of the Roosevelt admin= istration than has been Senaior George. The substitution of Mr. Tale madge for Mr. George in the Senate would have been like hopping out of the frying pan and into the fire. so far as the President is concerned. Score Now 3 to 0. President's failure to bring the nomination of Mr. Camp, The about | Plus the probable victory of Senator George, makes the score 3 to 0 against the President in his attempted pere sonal purge of Democrats in the Sene ate who have disagreed with him. Hs sought to defeat Mr. Tvdings in Mary= land and Mr. Smith in South Carolina by the spoken and written word The President has urged the defeat of Representative John J. O'Connor, chairman of the House Rules Commite tee, in the Democratic primary in Nev York's sixteenth congressional district. The primary takes place next Tues- day. It is the last chance the Presi- dent has to make his purge effective in any degree. Not only did Mr. George win in Georgia, but Representative E. E. Cox, strong opponent of many of the New Deal measures, has a “comfortable” lead in the second congressional dis- trict, according to the latest Associated Press reports. Mr. Cox. like Mr. O'Connor, is a member of the House Rules Committee. He was active in the fight to defeat the President's reorganization bill, and also against the wage-hour bill Georgia, frequently called the second home State of the President, did not perform very well for him yesterday. Senator George, in a radio broad- cast from his home in Vienna today, said “The principles of true democ- racy have- triumphed and the voice of the people is a mandate to carry on the true principles of democracy in our national politics.” He said the primary would go down in history as a ‘“momentous one,” adding that “not for 3 score and 10 years has the State faced the fundamental issues” such as those invoived in the current primary The latest returns available from the Associated Press reports show Senator George leading in 78 counties with 222 urlt votes. Fifty-six of them, with 152 unit votes, were complete. In 15 of the 26 additional counties, with 46 unit votes, only une precinct was missing in each. There are a total of 410 unit votes in Georgia, 206 being recessary 10 establish a winner in this rac Talmadge Has 160 Votes, Mr. Talmadge was shead counties with 160 unit votes. Of this number, complete returns were in from 35 counties with 80 unit votes and Mr. Talmadge was leading in 19 other counties which lacked orly one precinct each of completion. These 19 counties had 42 unit votes. In the Camp column were nine counties totaling 28 unit votes. Fiva were complete and he was ahead in (See GEORGE, Page A-17) PHILADELPHIA LEFT CABLESS BY STRIKE 100 Independents Join 900 Others in Dispute Over Wages and Hours. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.—Inde- pendents joined Yellow Cab drivers in a strike today, leaving Philadelphia without taxi service. Nine hundred drivers for the Yellow Cab Co. walked out several weeks ago in a dispute over wages and working hours. Efforts to reach an agreement have been unsuccessful. ‘The hundred Public Service drivers, all members of an A. F. of L. union ta which the Yellow Cab drivers also belong, continued to operate until their contract with the owners ex- piregd today. ‘The drivers voted to strike yesterday at & meeting at which they rejected a compromise offer of a new contract based on their demands for 50 per cent commistion and a $30 weekly guarantee. “‘We agreed to the drivers’ original demands of $15 and 50 per cent, but the union backed down and made the $30 and 50 per cent demand,” said in 72 (8ee MONETARY, Page A-4.) ’ v