BUND IS FIGHTING - '
REDS IN UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (/Pi —
Fritz Kuhn told the Dies com
mittee that his German-Ameri
can Bund is still fighting com
munism in this country, although
he wholly approves the new Rus
so-German pjict.
The perspiring leader of the
Bund organization made this de
(duration amid excited exchang
ee among witnesses, his counsel
ar. i committee members, after
asserting, in response to ques
aons, there was no sign finance
in the fact the majority of the
Bund’s 71 omits were located in
areas where 90 per cent of the
U. S. munitions’ industry is es
tablished.
Representative Starnes precip
itat ■ I n outburst when he ask
ed K n whether the Bund is
still itng communists.
“Mi1. S'.arnes, I'm surprised at
you ( d how a congressman
don’t i . w a y better than that ’
Kuhn exploded.
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GIRL SCOUTS LEND AN EAR—Three of New York's girl scouts listen attentively as
Actress Bess Johnson (right) gives a few pointers on dramatic technique. Miss Johnson claims
10 years’ interest in scout work, plans some coaching lectures. Left to right: Adcle Hardy. Viola
Hecht, Marie Urbancik, Mrs. M. L. Johnson of the Girl Scout Federation of Greater New York.
MARS SOLVES A TRAFFIC PROBLE M—London’s first day of gasoline rationing
turned Piccadilly C ircus, the English “Times_ Square," into quiet scene._Note blackout markings. _
FINLAND ALSO GETS BID TO THE KREMLIN
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Finland has taken her place in the lineup of nations “invited” to send envoys to Moscow for pact
discussions. Estonia was first, permitting Russia to establish military and naval baes which gave
the Soviets commands of the gulfs of Finland, Riga and Bothnia. Latvia was next, and again Rus
sia obtained strategic Baltic sea bases. It was expected Russia would ask for the use of the is
lands of Lanvassarri and Seiskari.
Winne Ruth Judd
Trunk Slayer
Still At L'Htc
c
PHOENIX, Oct. 20 Iff)—Invest
: igators concluded that Winnie!
i Ruth Judd, aged 34, trunk mur
I dsress, escaped through an un
locked door of the Arizona State
Hospital for the Insane.
Y. C. White, secretary to Gov
ernor Jones said that an all-night
i investiation revealed one door
| from the woman’s ward leading
! to the outside was unlocked Tues
j day and remained unlocked
I through Wednesday. He express
] ed the belief that Mrs. Judd was
, still in Phoenix.
Alsace Autonomy
Leader Condemned
Death by Military
NANCY, France, Oct, 26 (/P)—
I Dr. Karl Roos aged 60. Alsatian
i autonomist leader was condemn-1
; ed to death in a military court
1 on charges of having turned over
' French military secrets to Ger
man spies. He was arrested on
February seven, when French of
ficials accused him of being in
close touch with Nazi party of
ficials irr Berlin.
TWO BUNDERS ARE
WORKING BOEING PLANT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 </Pl—
Richard T. Forbes, University of
Washington journalism student
of Aberdeen, told the Dies com
mittee two Bund members em
l ployes of the Seattle Boeing fac!
lory, one named Harry Lechner,
: foreman, employed for nine
■ years, is the possessor of the
, most extensive anti-semetic lib
rary Forbes ever saw, and Paul
Stoll, Bund district organizer, is
employed apparently under an
other name.
Forbes said he investigated the)
men with a fellow student on en j
coura.gement from the FBI and j
Customs Service.
GOLDEN GATE FAIR
IN DEBT $1,608,000
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 26 —
Business leaders attempting to
raise $1,350,000 to assure contin
uance of the Golden Gate Expo
sition next year were undaunted
by the exposition’s $1,608,000 de
ficit.
A federal court order restrain!
m ; creditors from proceeding
against the fair for the present.
The principle crtditors are six,
banks, and Pacific Gas and El
ectric Company and the Stand
ard Oil Company of California.
NEW FORM OF
GERMAN TORPEDO
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 24 — A
' Danish military expert, Colonel
Forslev said that the Germans;
are using a new type of marine
torpedo which does not explode
unlil it has penetrated the hull
of a ship.
Colonel Forslev called atten-!
tion to the report of officers of
the British warship, Royal Oak,'
who said that the blast of the
first torpedo which hit the ship
was believed to have been an ex
plosion of inflamable material in
the ship.
Colonel Forslev also cited the i
case of a Danish ship which was!
blown apart by a torpedo. The I
nature of the damage indicated j
that the torpedo had exploded;
inside the ship.
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BIG INCREASE ALASKA
PARK VISITORS, 1939
—
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 —The!
National Park Service said more I
than 15,500,00 sightseers had vis J
ited parks, battlefields and na- i
tional monuments in the past
season.
Shenandoah National Park led
with 911,612 visitors.
Others included Mount McKin
ley National Park, 2,261 compar
ed with 1,487 last season. The
Sitka National Monument drew'
I 5,000.
MOTHER IN IRON LUNG” HAS BABY
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Mrs. Gertrude Epstein, 22, infantile paralysis victim (hnvi ) is
shown hack in an “iron lung" after giving birth to a (i1 _• pound
daughter in Chicago, while wearing Fred Suite’s portable re .pirator
HE'S BEEN AROUND A HORSE
Most bow-legged cowboy, John McPherson with 4*i in. spread