Nebraska Newspapers

    MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1938.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
Congress Closes
Its Stormy and
Costly Session
EeorgruiiJ-ation Bill Left Unfinished
in Face of Strong E;t'ort to
Force Its Passage.
By JOHN R. DEAL
WASHINGTON. June 17 (UP)
When the 75th congress adjourned
Thursday it left its biggest single
i-sue government reorganization
t be argued again next session.
Senate and house leaders who were
? ulked in an attempt to give I'resi
! it Roosevelt blanket power to
thifl and realign the administrative
agencies of government, after push
ing the bill to the brink of passage,
promised to renew the fight when
congress meets again.
Other subjects sure to create con
troversy for next year's crop of leg
islators include:
1. Taxes. Although the 1938 tax
law was intended to be a more or
less permanent revision of the fed
eral revenue statutes, congress dras-
tic-ally revised new deal theories asjers in both houses denied any such
represented in the undistributed j
profits and capital gains taxes and
flatly rejected a proposal to subject
closely held corporations to a sur
tax. Mr. Roosevelt allowed the bill to
become law without his signature,
and called for revision next year.
Chairman Pat Harrison. P.. Miss., j
of the senate finance committee, in a!
dramatic senate speech, virtually i
served notice that if the shadow of
undistributed profits tax now retain
ed fails to work he will seek outright
repeal.
2. Railroad legislation. A crisis in
the financial affairs of the nation's
rail carriers led the president early
this year to hold a conference to
map a course of legislative aid. In a
special message, however, he left the
problem to congress.
The house interstate commerce
.'ommittee has under consideration
plans for a thorough reorganization
of all transportation agenc.s.
'.). Regional Planning. President
Roosevelt asked for legislation to set
up seven great regional authorities
i:i the United States patterned after
the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sen.
George AY. Norris. I.. Neb., introduced
a bill to establish a power authority
in each of the seven areas; Chairman
Joseph J. Mansfield. IV. Tex., of the
house rivers and harbors committee,
'.ponsored another bill creating plan
ning authorities. Neither was pass
ed. 4. Monopoly. President Roosevelt
said in his message to the special ses
sion last November that revision of
anti-trust legislation was necessary,
but sent no further detailed sugges
tions until toward the end of the!
regular session. He then recommend
ed a comprehensive study of the
subject dining the recess. As a re
sult Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney. IV.
Wyo., sponsored a resolution cre
ating a joint legislative-executive
committee instructed to report by
Jan. M, when the new session orens.
5. Farm Legislation. The present
law, originally intended to be a per
manent substitute for the invalidated
agricultural adjustment act which
fell before the supreme court because
of its processing taxes, became a
patchwork measure when two basi
cally different bids were put togeth
er in conference. Congressional lead
ers believe a new attack must be
made on the problem next year.
6. The St. Lawrence Waterway
Treaty. Secretary of State Cordell
Hull recently announced a draft
treaty that v. ill be used as a bask:
for negotiations with Canada. A
previous treaty governing power de
velopment on the international wa
,erway was rejected by the senate in
19154. It was President Roosevelt's
first serious defeat by congress. Any
new treaty on the subject is likely
t" cause extended debate in the sen
ate. Executive reoi ganization was pro
posed to congress by President Roose
velt in January, 1937. He asked pow-
er to shift functions and departments pof"e local areas anu mccieraici
and adsorb independent agencies in-l heavy in several others. Much of the
to 1 2 cabinet de partments, including wheat, however, will mature before
a department of welfare and a de-! revere damage occurs and the ag
partinent of public works. j grigate loss is not expected to be large
A few days later Mr. Roosevelt an-I
nouncfd his plan for reorganizing
the supreme court, and the fight that
e nsued overshadow eel the executive
reorganization measure. A joint com
mitter was created to study the sub
ject, but eventually split. The sen
ate group introduced a bill to carry
out the program in a general way.
i he house group introduced foun
bills, designed lo enact most of the
program piecemeal.
The house passed two of its bills
during the 1937 session.
The senate called up its own broad
er i eoi'r;t nidation bill last- Feb. 15.
Immediately it provided a new battle
ground for the new deal and anti-
new deal democrats who had split
over the court issue. The opposition
saw in the measure a grant of power
so great they believed the president
could become a dictator.
For six weeks the battle raged, in
tensified toward its conclusion by a
tremendous barrage of telegrams and
messages from the public. Neverthe
less administration forces defeated
amendments designed to curb the
president's proposed powe rand pass
ed the bill March 2S by a four-vote
margin. A technicality prevented the
senate from sending it to confer
ence with the house and the measure
went back to the lower chamber,
which substituted its own four bills
including Hie two it had passed
and the battle was renewed. At its
height President RooseveU, vacation
ing at Warm Springs. Ga., made pub
lic a letter to an unidentified friend
asserting that he had no desire to be
a dictator.
On the night of April S the house j
unexpectedly recommitted the
to the committee, 204 to 196.
A subsequent Florida primary
which Sen. Claude A. Pepper.
bill
IX, I
Fla., was renominated, interpreted asjthat it would
a new deal victory, led to reports ! sible task for
that the bill would be revived. Lead-j
intention, but because the possibil
ity of revival seemed to threaten a 'local difficulties will clear cotisider
filibuster against the vital lending-' ablv in the near future, and that in
spending bill, they finally issued a J January we will be able to devote
formal statement pledging not to at- ' ourselves to this problem,
tempt to bring it up this session. "Every member of our committee
They coupled that pledge with alhas left here with the understand
promise that they would press for en-ing that he will conduct a personal
actinent next week a promise that
was met by opponents with renewed j
defiance
DOORMAN ONCE DROVE FOR KING
LONDON (l'1'l
former chauffeur
George Lad brook,
of the Duke of
illUoUl aitu lilt ilia u i iv.r v v.
Wallis Warfield across France be
fore the abdication, now earns his
living by opening doors of cars and
taxis at a Mayfair restaurant.
In better days Ladbrook lived with
his wife and four children in a six-
roomed flat on the first floor of one
iof the quietest parts of Buckingham i
I Palace, but now they live in a small
flat in the suburb of Kennington.
Lad brook's present wage is 62
cents a week, less 09 cents for health
and unemployment insurance, leav
ing a total of 22 cents a week. But
li mates morp than S 1 : a week 111 :
tips, and the Treasury pays him ajvision) in its broader aspects in th
pension of $10 a week for his ser- light of the practical experience
vices to the duke. I gained during the past two or three
"I was with the duke for IS j years, rather than to rew rite it
years." he said. "When I left him j piecemeal in relation to a particular
after the abdication you would have 'situation."
thought it would have been easy In the closing hours of the last
enough for me to get another job. I !session. the senate approved a reso
had about the best reference anybody j lution by Pittman recording its "un
could have, but not a bit of it. ; qualified condemnation of the in
"Last summer I went abroad withihuman bombing of civilian popula-
Romp Americans, driving them round
'he continent.
After being with the
duke I naturally know the continent
well. The job lasted 11 weeks and
that's the only driving job I've had
since December. 193G.
"I suppose I could have got a
! chauffeur's job if I
;about $1 j a week. I
had accepted
have my high
ideas, but that's not enough for me,
with all my experience.
"So when I was offered this job
as a doorman I accepted it. I earn
more that way than I should as a
chauffeur, although I should like to
get back to driving again with some
nice people.
"The Duke of Windsor is god
father to three of my boys. He
used to have many a chat with them
in the old days,
changed, though
bling."
But things have
it's no use grum-
C0NDITI0NS FAVOR RUST
WASHINGTON, June IS (UTl
The bureau of entomology and plant
quarantine reported today that "injas they leave the French government
most of the wheat growing- reir-on j w ill give authorization to 19 more
west of the Mississippi river condi
tions have been unusually favorable
for the development of rust."
The Texas crop, the bureau report
eel, was not damaged greatly while
Oklohoma is "spotted". Stem rust,
the report said is rather heavy in
i i j. i
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUMPED
WASHINGTON. June 16 (UP)
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the G-men,
suffered a slight back injury today
received in a minor automobile acci
dent. The accident occurred in down
town Washington shortly after Hoo
ver had arrived from New York by
plane. The car in which he was
riding was bumped by a truck. He
declined medical treatment.
Rubber Stamps, prompt Celiv
cry, lowest prices. All sizes at the
Journal office.
Next Congress
to Investigate
Foreign Policy
Senator Pittman,
Senate Chairman
Says Re-Examination of Policy
Will Be Undertaken.
By ALLAN L. FLETCHER
WASHINGTON. June IS (UP)
riiairman Kev Piftman l Xev.. 1
of the senate foreign relations com
mittee, predicted today that the next
congress would
examination of
make a broad re
the United States'
foreign policy.
Intensifying world antagonisms
and international developments since
enactment of the neutrality act in
January, 1937. he said, necessitate
a "careful study and re-evaluation
of the United States' position in
world affairs."
"Beause of the limited time and
mithe complicated nature of the prob-
lem facing us.
he said, "it is obvious
have been an impos
congress to perform
at this
past session, especially in
view of the serious local situation.
j "I am confident, however, that our
study of the world situation during
the recess, and be ready to give our
policy a sweeping re-examinat ion
early in the next session."
The committee will ca'-l in officials
of the state department, diplomatic
representatives, and other author
ities on world affairs in t is effort to
review the world situation "compre
hensively." Pittman's prediction of action
early next session was supported by
a letter from Secretary of State
Cordell Hull to the foreign relations
committee at the time it was consid
ering a proposal by Sen. Gerald P.
Nye.
R.. N. IV. to amend the neu
trality act to remove the embargo
against the Spanish government.
The letter, dated May 12, 193S.
opposed revision of the neutrality
act "in the closing days of congress."
but suggested that "it would be
more us:ftll to reconsider It tie-
it ions." The measure was aimed at
Japan and nationalist Spain, both of
which frequently have bombed un
fortified cities as "military objec
tives." While it was not considered prob
able that the United States would
j participate in an international corn-
mittee to investigate the bombing of
civilians, as suggested by Great
Britain. Secretary Hull, in a recent
'speech, urged joint international ac
tion to
world."
"re-store sanity'
to
the
TO RETURN MEN HOME
PARIS. June 15 (UP I The Unit
ed States department of state today
j ;uU jlp,.izea ,
e Ame-rican embassy
here to ipsue certificates of identi
fication to 19 wounded American
members of the Spanish loyalist in
ternational brigade now in French
hospitals.
The 19 men embark aboard the
liner President Harding, leaving for
the United States June 23. As soon
Americans to enter this country from
Spain. At present there are GO
wounded Americans among 300 in
ternational brigade members await
ing permission to enter France.
HAS APPLE 64 YEARS OLD
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., June
(UP) C. W. Raskins, a resident
16
of
North Platte for many years, be -
lieves he owns the
oldest fruit in
the state an apple.
The apple was given to Miss Rose
Ranck. who later became Mrs. Bas-
jkins. by her pupils in a country
school near White Deer. Pennsylvania
i about 1874. The fruit was preserved
by covering it with cloves. The Ras
kins later moved to North Platte
where Mrs. Bask ins died in 1934.
PINK VENNEE FILES
LINCOLN, June
F. Yenner, Lincoln
If. (UP) Pink
grocer and for -
mer resident of Otoe and Cass coun
ties filed as a candidate for Lancas
ter county assessor on the democratic
ticket yesterday.
BATTLE OVER SEX INSTRUCTION
ROCHESTER, N. Y.. June 16 (VP)
Heated controversy over a proposal
i to give sex instruction in Sunday
'school classes was indicated today
las a social welfare committee re
vamped its report for presentation
!to the United Lutheran Synod of
New i ork. in convent. on here.
The original recommendation, con
tained in a five-point report of the
committee, had been scheduled for an
acceptance vote by delegates yester
clay. 1 lie conimiuee. nowever
day. the commuiee. nowever. an-
nounced that after reconsideration
it would re-word the proposals.
Maryland River
Gives Up Body of
Murdered iadyj;;
Authorities Seek Slajer of Woman
Whose Body was Found Weight-
ed Down with Plow Blades.
SALISBURY, Mil.. June IS (UPi
The body of an unidentified woman
heavily weighted v. i;h steel plov
blades, was dragged from the Nanti
coke riser near here today by t
Charles H. Truitt who said h
convinced the victim had been niiir
dered.
She was live months pregnant, ac-
cording to physicians w ho examined I
the body at Peninsula General hos
pital here. They said death was not
caused by drowning.
Examining physician:-, said the
woman was about 30 years old. Sh
was dressed i:i a red and white
flowered dress and tennis shoes, she
weue no underwear.
Sheriff Truitt was culled to a spot
along the Nantkoke between here
and Vienna, Md.. by two boys who '
were fishing from a boat. The water
v:i! c enr ;i n i coin l ;i 1:1 1 1 ve v s :a -
low. enabling them to see the body! "both under international law and
anchored to the bottom. j under equity" to assume responsibil-
It was recovered by the sheriff j ':iv f' tnt former Austrian govty-n-with
difficulty because of th U!i-j ment's debt.
usual weights about
steel plow blades.
The plow blades.
pounds of
P
us the fact
to the wom
long lengths
suggested a
that they were fastened
an's neck and wrists by
of farm binding ti;ie
rural tragedy.
"There's no finest km
mind
in nr.
but that the girl was niurdeied."
Sheriff Truitt said "The medical
examination indicaT"s she was dead
before she was put k.i the water.
"The plow points used as weights
make it look like a farmer might
have clone it but we aren't over-
looking the possibility that it -.night
have been a blacksmith or someone
who picked up the blades in a junk
yard.
BURIAL SERVICE CALLED PAGAN
1IINGIIAM. Mass (UP!-A new
proceedure for funerals is advocated
by the Rev. J. Harry Helper, min-
lnsier of histe ru Old Mni) church i
(First Parish, Unitarian I, in an ed
itorial in "The Christain Register,"
official Unitarian publication.
The minister contends that "trad
itional funeral r ractice seems ... to
be a false show, pagan rather than
Christian in nature, glorifying the
physical bodv lather than the human
sou!. From this point of view there
ir, much that i- distasteful; the body
placed o-i displav in the home, the
open casket at the funeral and its
subsequent inspection, the procession
with the body to the grave or crema
tory." The new proceedure would provide
for immediate removal of the body
to the "undertaking rooms, thence as
soon as legally possible to the crema
torv. Xn casket . . . would be urcd
Soon after the ashes were ready, they
would be placed in a simple cardboard
container and then scattered beneath
the sod in a cemetery lot, or ... in
some" beautiful woodland glade.
-fin tb: o..c:t:-ion there would be
a brief service conducted by the mir. -
riful of those
most'dcenlv loved. The service would
express the thought that here we leave
the mortal part of the one we love
and from here we go on to celebrate
the indestructible. Part the human
j soul
"Immediately following- the .scat
tering of ashes, there would be held in
the family church a public memorial
service. -Somewhere in the ser
vice this thought would be indicated:
'We commemorate this day, not the
end of the physical body, but the pass
ing of a human soul. The body has
'-ervtu its purpose and has been laid
aside. The soul, we dare believe, goer
on to furhher life.' Our memorial
of the dead (thus) would end with
thought of an expanding spiritual
i hfc."
I
! See the goods you fcuy. Catalog j mother, not having seen the babies,
! descriptions are alluring enough, jwr. ;:ot told of William's death. It
i but how about the coeds when'was expected that she would sec
J you Ct them? itne other ba-bies tomorrow.
U. S. Watches
Jewish Purge
in Germany
Action of Hit'er Government Causes
Watchfulness for American
Jews in the Reich.
By HOBART C. MO NT EE
WASHINGTON, June IS (UP)
Adniiniti-tinn offieini ctn.iii re
,im-t r.f n- rcct, nf i r.r-
many today with indications that
the breach between the two govern
ments is steadily widening.
While maintaining silence in ac
cord with thi government's policy
of strict non-interference in the in
ternal affairs of other countries, oi
ls let it be known that they feel
the present "purge" of Jews
i violates all humanitarian principles
land must add to the friction be-
'tween the people of Germany and the
United states.
This friction has been growing
for many months and is considered
now by some authorities to have
reached serious proportions. The
iatest oTicial contribution to that
u.rjff i f rict ion from here was a sharp note
wa.sjIr"m Secretary of State Cordell Hull
to the German foreign office in
forming Berlin that this government
'A ould no: countenance attempts by
Germany to repudiate responsibility
for the debts of Austria which Ger
many absorbed in April.
This note was delivered to the
foreign office on June 9 by Am
bassador Hugh R. Wilson after Ger
many had failed to pay a monthly
installment of approximately $150.
OOti due on June 1 as interest on the
?2.000.00n share of the Austrian
loan of 1930. largely held by private
American citizens.
Hull said that the American gov-
i uniu'iii coiiMuei s vjei ui.c u miunu
j Previously, on April 6. Hull for
Inially had notified Germany that the
j United States expected her to assume
full responsibility for all Austrian
t obligations.
I Contributing to the tone of sharp
tn ess in Hull's note was the fact that
i Germany also has failed to reply to
representations made by the state
department several weks ago con-
whether living in Germany or abroad.
mid whether of German or foreign
nationality, to register all property
' held in Germany valued at more than
S.oo marks. The decree stipulated
that such Jewish-owned property
might be "utilized" by the German
government
for the
good of the
state."
Other outstanding
developments in the
friction between the
have been-
1. The suggestion
incidents and
long-growing
two countries
of M
y o r
Uiorello II. La Guarelia of New York
that an effigy of Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler be put in a "chamber of
horrors" at the forthcoming New
York World's Fair, and the German
embassy's formal protest to the state
! department over these remarks.
2. The recent refusal by Secretary
of the Interior Haro'd L. Ickes to
sanction the sale and export of
helium gas to Germany for use in
its new giant dirigible, sistea- ship
of the ill-fated Kindenburg.
o. Espionage plots uncovered in
this country, some directly involving
German citizens.
4. Congressional attacks on alleged
un-American activities in this coun
try, including the operation of nazi
training camps here.
5. This government's reluctant
j recognition of German's absorption
e.f Austria.
f. Official speeches of members of
President Roosevelt's cabinet de
nouncing nazi idea's and activities,
and warnings against the spread of
i nazi and
fascist doctrines in this
1 country.
I 7. President
Roosevelt's initiative
I in suggesting the organization of an
liiiernaiionai commuiee in iacnnaie
the emigration of political refugees
from Germany and Austria.
S. Continuous newspaper and
magazine denunciation of the Ger
man government, and particularly
of Hitler and his chief aides, and
unflatter-iiig caricatures in the press
of this country.
ONE OF QUADRUPLETS DIES
LIVERPOOL. England, June 16
(UP) William Taylor, one of the
three-day-old quadruplets born to
Mrs. Esther Taylor Tuesday, died
today. Another, Bryan, was in criti
cal condition.
Mrs. Taylor, wife of a teamster.
land the other quadruplets, both girls.
were progressing satisfactorily. The
RAZE ROCKEFELLER HOME
NEW YORK, June 16 (UP) The
brown stone house in which the late
John D. Rockefeller lived for more
than 50 years was being razed to
day. Much of the furnishings and pan
eling and some of the stained glass j
windows of the S0-year-old land
mark "4 West 54th" have been
placed in the museum of the City of
New York. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
owner of the property, contracted to
have the residence wrecked.
Los Angeles
Policeman Fights
His Conviction
Earle E. Kynette Wil1 Carry Case
to the U. S. Supreme Court
If Necessary.
LOS ANGELES. June 17 (UP)
Capt. Earle E. Kynette. convicted
with a subordinate police offker of
bombing a private detective, assert
ed today that he would "fight
through to the supreme court" if
necessary in seeking to gain a re
versal. He charged that it was a "tra
vesty on justice" for the jury to con
vict two of the defendants and to
acquit one. Lieut. Rciy J. Allen, the
second man convicted, said that he
also was prepared to carry the case
to the nation's high court.
Kynette and Allen headed the pow
erful police intelligence squad. The
jury found them guilty of planting
a bomb in the automobile of Harry
Raymond, former San Diego police
chief. Raymond almost was blown
through the garage roof last Jan.
14 when he pressed the starter of his j
automobile. Wounded in 150 places,
he lay near death for several days.
Kynette and Allen were found
guilty of malicious use of explo
sives. Kynette. an explosives ' expe rt
and accused by the prosecution of
being the man who actually planted
the bomb, was convicted additionally
of attempted murder and deadly as
sault. Both were acquit ted of murder
conspiracy, the only count in the
indictment that might have carried
a deatht penalty.
Fred A. Browne, another subor
dinate of Kynette. was exonerated
of all charges and released.
Unless the decision is reversed,
Kvnette will be sent to nrison for a
, , . ,. n-.
term of from two years to life. Alien s
conviction permits a sentence of from
one year to life. They plan to ap
peal when they are returned to court
Tuesday for sentencing.
MILK EXTOLLED AS OLD AGE FOE
AMES. Ia. (UP) If Ponce de Leon
and his men had kept a couple of
dairy cows, their search for the illu
sive fountain of youth need not have
been so urgent, according to Annette
Peterson, extension nutritionist at J
Iowa State College.
Milk, richer in calcium than any j
other food, w ould have prolonged j
the youth of the explorers by build
ing bone strength and rigidity. Miss
Peterson said. I
The same applies to Johnny and ,
Mary. When they fail to get their 1
share of calcium, bone growth is!
stunted and sound and even teeth j
fail to develop. j
For a while an adult can survive j
despite a defic iency in calc ium, his i
body drawing em the reserves stored;
in his bones. But constant drain on
these sources soon affects bone
strength and rigidity. Miss Peter
son said.
The nutritionist recommended a
quart of mi'k a day for children
and a pint for adults. If an adult
lias been drinking less than a daily
pint oi mim tor any icngtn oi tune.
nowever. consumption mignt wen ie .
increased to a quart, she said.
Some fruits and vegetables con
tain calc ium, but in such small cjuan
tities that uncomfortably large1
amounts would have to be consumed
to meet the day's calcium require
ment. Besides. Miss Peterson said, cal
cium found in milk is better util
ized by the body than vegetable and
fruit calcium.
The entiie day's supply of "milk
need not be taken in liquid form.
She suggested serving milk dishes
such as creamed vegetables, souffles,
cream soups and custards.
GARLIC CROP WEAKER
SAN JOSE. Cal. (UP) Califor
nia's "strongest" crop is to be weak
ened some this year. Owing to poor
prices realized last year aa a result
of over-production, the state will re
duce its garlic acreage this year by
200.
Your couriesy in ohonlng r.aws
to No. 6 is appreciated.
Schmelling
Louis Fight a
Great Card
Throwback to the Golden Days cf
Sports Since Dempsey-Tun-
ney Fight in 182 i.
By STUART CAMERON
United Pi ess Sports Editor
NEW YORK. June 17 (UP The
tight Joe Louis against Max Schmel
ing for the world's heavyweight
championship was shaping up today
as the first throwback to the golden
decade of sports since the second
Ikmpsey-Tunney fight in 1927.
Deinpsey and Tunney at Chicago
. . ringside seals which went 1 r
?2"J and upwards
the pair . . .
I headlines from Syracuse to Si:ig;' -
1
pore. ... A fifth consecutive box
ling gate past the million-dollar mark
... and a v; world waiting f r
the outcome . . .
Later, they said it would never
'happen again: that such a fistic- ex
itravaganza wouid never be dupli
cated, now that that golden decade
192' to 1930 was passed.
Eleven years have passed since
that million-dollar fight. (Actually
the gate was $2.i58.fifi(u. The heavy
weigh: title has chaimecl bands six
times since then but ne ver under the
fabulous conditions that prevailed at
Chicago.
But today, at long last, the spec
tacle of a former champie'U trying
to regain the title from the man lie
knocked out two years ago seemed
certain to bring the golden decade
bac k to life.
Joe Louis vs. Max Schnie-ling ic
seems that there's hardly a man.
woman or child old enough to read
v. ho are not waiting to find out w ho
will be the better man on the night
of next Wednesday. June 22. 193S.
The fight has all the angles of any
great heavyweight fight in the past
land still has angles to spare. There
just isn't any beginning or ending
of them. For one. there's that swe-k,
old boxing bromide of a white man
trying to re-establish the supremacy
of his race. Then, we have a former
champion trying to regain bis crown,
a feat attempted by four old-timo
t itlcholders and ac-. ompl ished by
none.
Probably no angle can match the
fine surrounding speculations n
Schmeling's future if he should lose
Remember. Schmeling came to New
York in 193(1 to be a chopping bio. k
for the almightv Joe Louis, the tan
i -
tornado with living death in either
hand. The press of bis native Ger
many all but ignored the fact that
ho v.-as to fight. The press of the
United States speculated solely upon
how short a time it would take Louis
to flatten the German.
But Schmeling won; won by one
of boxing's most amazing knockouts.
iStill not the champion of the world.
Schmeling was rated No. 1 among
!the heavies. So he went back to Ger-
(
Mnanv. Received c ut nusiasticaiiy ny
Fuehrer Hitler, he became Germany's
one great sporting figure, an example
of nazi culture and supremacy.
What if Schmeiing loses now?
What would the Reich think of him?
What would become of Her Max and
his gorgeous wife, Film Ac tress Anny
Oudra?
Now, a Louis tingle: He- went into
a decline after that Sdimeling kayo,
and only a superlative showing
against Natie Mann in New Yoi k
(last February restored some of hi-?
i old-time prestige. And it was thk;
showing which keeps Louis the favor
lite in t!. advance betting,
j This betting, by the way. is soni''
iwh.a surprising in the face of Louis'
'less than brilliant training camp
; showings. Schmeling has trained
I splendidly.
On Louis' side are youth and
i Fneod
on Schmeling's. experience.
t( tll0 toll lliat at,(l tak,.s
o the angles, thes- and many
And they make Lui.s-S hme '-
more.
ing the biggest talking fight of a
decade. There's some-thing like
! $000100 in the coffers of Promote r
Mike Jacobs right now and fresli
thousands arc- tumbling in every day.
If this is another million-dollar fight
it would bo the third in New York
history. The first was Iempsey-Firp'
in 1923 whic h drew $! ,1 SK, (',(::, and
the second was Dcmpsey-Sha rke-y in
1927, which drew $l,ns:',.5;:.
FINLAND GOOD DEBTOR
HELS1NGFORS, Finland. June 15
(UP) Risto Ryti. governor of the
Finnish State bank, told today why
Finland paid her $101,935.50 debt
installment to the United States.
Finland pays the debt, he said, be
cause she agreed to pay, is able t
pay and therefore fulfills an obli
gation.. In the second place, he add
ed, the debt was not contracted be
c 'u c of the World war. but for food
stuffs brought from the United States
during Finland's grave shortage.