Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona • Page 28

Eight Arizona Republic, PKoenix, Thursday Morning, October 5,1930 Special Vote Decision Set Whether a special election will be held to place before the electorate suggested changes in the city, charter that have been considered by the city commission for come time will be determined After briefly conferring with other commission members on the special election issue in an informal cession Tuesday night following the commission's October business meeting, Mayor Walter i. Thatheimei announced that action has been deferred until 5 p. m. Monday, when the commission will decide "once and for all" whether it will call the long- contemplated vote. Several proposed charter changes previously had been discussed by the commission, and it had endorsed a number of them for submission to the electorate.

divided opinion on certain points, however, has made it doubtful lately that the election will be called. Charter changes earlier the commission included advancing the city primary date to January, providing for the election ef all five commissioners at one time and for two-year terms each holding elections every two years Instead of yearly, allowing the selection of a city manager from out- tide the city or state, and other alterations. Sex Crime Gain Shown In Report WASHINGTON, Oct. A seven per cent increase in violent sex offenses during the first eight months of 1939, compared with the same period of 1938, was reported today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While such offenses as rape, burglary and larceny increased, homicide, robbery, assault and automobile theft declined, J.

Edgar Hoover director, said. Figures from 326 to 329 cities of Biore than 25,000 inhabitants showed murder and nonnegligent manslaughter declined from 1,720 to manslaughter by negligence from 1,439 to robbery from 20,503 to aggravated assault from 14,392 to 14.170: auto tliefl from 54,372 to 51.577. Rape cases increased from 2.835 to 3.038; burglary from 94.286 to 95,029. and larceny from 228,409 to 240,235. Plane Is Saved By Speed Pilot BURBANK, Oct.

A 10.000-foot power dive by Max Constant, speed pilot, today saver Jacqueline Cocbran's plane when i1 burst into flames while he was test- tag a new engine. Confronted with the choice of parachuting to safety or risking his life in an effort to save the woman speed flier's plane, Constant nosed Into a dive. As he had hoped, the rushing ind extinguished the flames from escaping gas and oil instead of spreading them, and he landed safely, with only slight damage to the engine from the fire. Two Fliers Exceed 129 Hours In Air LOS ANGELES, Oct. Clyde Schleipper and Wcs Carroll droning above Rosamond dry lake In a light plane equipped with pontoons, tonight passed 129 hours in the air.

They are trying 1o surpass the record of 343 hours. 46 minutes Newspapers tossed from the cabin the plane caught on the tail control wires today and almost pul an end to the flight. Ground crcv members pulled them off with i long-handled hook. Vandenberg, Connally Argue Embargo Ouster WASHINGTON, Oct. Both Michigan's Arthur H.

Vandenberg, isolationist, and Tex'as' Tom Connally, strong administration supporter, followed the general line of argument fixed by spokesmen for the opposing forces in yesterday's, continuance of debate in the senate on the neutrality issue. They conceded that repeal of the arms embargo is the crux of the fight. "I do not speak of peace at any price," said Vandenberg, attacking the repeal proposal as unneutral. "I reject that doctrines as wholly un-American. I do not say that repeal precipitates us into the war, but in the long view, I do not believe we can become an arsenal for one belligerent without becoming a target for another.

Connally argued that the embargo aids Hitler, Mussolini and and all others "who.live by the He defined the doctrine of the embargo act as saying to the aggressor, "We will let you arm to the teeth with American weapons and when you go to war we will give you assurance that your victims cannot get arms from us." Condemnation of. the practices of dictators ran through both speeches and both men joined in a general "hands off warning to all powers in relation to the Western Hemisphere. Connally said: "We want no war with you. We want no quarrel with you. But if you do provoke us into a quarrel, if you assail us, if you attack us, we are going to protect ourselves with all the means which we have at our command." Vandenberg said: "If we ever find one of the belligerents invading: essential democracy in the United States or in this Western world, then let us not be content merely to edge our way toward war in the disguise of a neutral, but let us RO all the way in with everything we have.

But God forbid the arrival of such a zero hour." These expressions coincide with the position taken by most senators, regardless of politics. The isolationists condemn dictatorial methods, but contend that it is not the business of the United States to intervene in Europe's game of power politics. Proponents of neutrality revision agree to both points, but-contend that the embargo is discriminating against sea powers such as Great Britain and France, by denying them the right to purchase American munitions, in favor of Germany, which can use superior geographical land considerations to obtain needed materials. To this extent, they say, the United States is unneutral. Master Of Repartee Connally, a master of repartee, spoke for more than two hours, and repeatedly drew laughter as he tiffed with opponents who sought to embarrass him.

Connally's argument throughout was that if the United States was within its rights in enacting its neutrality law in could repeal that law now without appearing to take sides with any of the belligerents. He pointed out that European nations which remained neutral during the World War sold munitions and other supplies to belligerents without being regarded as unneutral. "Credit-And-Carry" Defended The United States, he contended, can do the same. He defended the proposed "credit-and-carry" provision, arguing that Germany attacked many American ships carrying 'no arms or munitions during the World War and will "not hesitat doing it again." "We were dragged into the World War by the unrestricted war by submarines on neutral com merce of every character and the unjustified killing of American citi zens in the pursuit of their norma occupations in violation of interna law," he said. "That war 'are has again begun and is raging.

"The pending resolution removes such a danger, if it can be removed by legislation. No other course is open to us unless we bottle up ourselves and sell nothing to any foreign land. To voluntarily renounce and basely give up the rights of our citizens to sell our products of the factory, and the field would be set down by future historians as a cowardly and spineless surrender of our fundamental rights which would bring upon our people economic ruin and business dislocation with tremendous and tragic losses and consequences." He demanded a strong nationa defense and a navy capable of de fending the Atlantic and Pacifi coasts. While Connally appeared to in vite interruptions by his colleagues Vandenberg i appealed to them no to question him on his views unt he had concluded, explaining tha he didn't want to be drawn int 'unpremeditated observations" a "desperately, vital subject world-wide importance." He denounced repeal of the em bargo as "the road that may lead to war, and I will not voluntaril take it." Other contentions of Vandenber included: The administration can add th "credit-and-carry" provision to th pending law without disturbing th arms embargo. He promised to sup port such action.

The doctrine that the United States can do a lot of "unneu- tral things" short of war to help "our favorites" abroad is "persuasive but treacherous." (President Roosevelt said in his famous Chicago quarantine speech that this country could take action "short of war" to combat aggressors). Repudiation and ruinous currenc inflation inevitably would folio America's entry into the war. Repeal of the arms embargo "dangerous and grossly unwise." Congress and the country decide in passing the neutrality act of that the United States could longer depend upon the principle of international law to remain ou of foreign strife. There is no middle ground upo which a neutral America may safe ly take its stand. Repeal of the embargo will he interpreted abroad as an attempt hy the United States to aid Great Britain and France.

While some American citizen want war trade and oppose the em bargo, much or most of our indus trial leadership is opposed to "th wrenching dislocations and distor ed values created by war booms." Refugee Nazi Ship Changes Anchoragt MEXICO, D. Oct. Reports from Veracruz i said the German passenger line Columbus, which took refuge i Mexican waters at the outbreak the European war, was changin its anchorage from Veracruz Boca del Rio, seven miles to th southwest. It was indicated the change wa made to move the ship from th path of high winds experienced i Veracruz at this time of the year Forest Service Prepares Logs Of Arizona Journeys Phoenix winter visitors, expected to arrive this year in unprecedented numbers, will be guided in tours of the state by a series of detailed tnotor trips now in preparation by the United States Forest Service. H.

S. Palmer, assistant range exuiiner of the Tonto National Forest, issued yesterday the first in the scenic tour series, outlining a I trip from Phoenix which will include the Seven Sprines, Itronro Canyon forest cainn and Cave C'reek recreation areas well as an Itinerary among some ot the most beautiful spots in the part of the state. motor trips are logged to five exact mileasc 1o certain points and carefully £ive street directions lor the winter tourist leaving Phoenix on a jaunt. The trip is lopsed in three divitions: miles, road details and general description. i Route Is Outlined Leaving at Central avenue and i Fillmore street, a winter tourist! will travel north to McDowell road i turn right to Seventh street, then i turn north and travel toward the i desert.

Under road details of the begin- Bing trip are pointed out such sights as Emerson School, the Phoenix Country dun. Phoenix Indian School, the Grand Canal. Arizona Canal and Sunny Slope. Exact ttileage to each of these points is given under miles. The distance from Central avenue and Fillmore to the Arizona canal is 7.6 miles.

Under general description Mr. has written statements as this: "Phoenix Indian School is (he amrpert in the United Stales." "Entering; the desert near Sonny Slope one can nee what water put to use can do, as this Maniple of what the Irrigated area was before it was reclaimed." The tourist then will enter Para- tfse valley. The mileage is 11.1 and general description reads: "Paradise valley was settled homesteaded with the idea it would sometime be an Irritated district ax well In of sufficient moisture thb valley is a virtual flower gwrden and carries hundreds of bead of stock for short periods of time." When the speedometer reads 2S.9 miles, the tourist turns right toward the Tonto National Forest. At 323, miles, the tourist may turn light toward Fort McDowell and at 37.4 miles he mav choose to -fflaJce a 17-mile side trip to the Bartlett Dam. Route Continues -But the original.route continues Jteefcuuef emit, cunp Creek summer home area.

Bronco Canyon forest camp, Cartwright ranch, Ashdale ranger station and enrts at the Cave Creek picnic area. Mileage at the end the trip reads 50.1. exclusive of side trips, and should have required IVi hours of. moderate driving. Sir.

I'almer plans to issue itinerary plans which will outline trips to the Kofa Mountain Game Kefuge, ilie Apache Trail, Pleasant valley and many other easily readied scenic sections. A plan of distribution of the motor logs has yet to be worked out. Since Arizona road conditions are generally excellent in winter, it is expected winter tourists will employ the paper guides to make more enjoyable their slay here, he said. Chief's Seminole Baffles Newsmen WEST PAI-M BEACH, Oct. Packwood, police captain, answered an emergency call to a suburban home early today, shuffled around a hit, returned and made this entry on the call book: "2:25 a.

hie- pus ojus." Reporters wanted to know how come and the captain insisted that told the whole story. He finally enlightened the baffled newsmen by disclosing "al- lapattah hicpus ojus" is Seminole Indian for "alligator go away plenty fast." Supreme Oil Co. Frank Whlltli-ld FUEL OIL Ph. 4-2158 3200 Grand Ave. Cooler Weather Calls For PORTER'S COATS He who hesitates or goes without a coat gets cold so select your leather coat NOW from over 55 different styles priced from to $45.00.

Our wide selection jn- cludes snappy styles, superb tailoring, Leather coats for rough out-door wear or snappy sportswear and includes sires for children 2 to 16 for ladies to 40 for men 34 to 50 Now thawing a fine selection of wool sport jackets for men and women. $5.75 Men's Suede Jacket A genuine suede jacket in cossack style with zipper front and yoke back. Button- less cuff. Cocoa brown in all sizes. PORTER'S 215 N.

Central Coughlin Declines Comment On Ruling DETROIT, Oct omment was forthcoming today rom the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin jn the ruling of the code commit- ee of the National Association of Broadcasters which affects discus- ion of "controversial One of the priest's secretaries aid: "It is too premature to make any statement yet regarding the matter. Father Coughlin wishes to earn all the facts first." Victim's Widow Seeks $17,500 Francesca Martinez, widow of the late Brigido Martinez, 60 years old, Chandler, yesterday asked Maricopa County Superior Court to award her $17,500 damages against the Southern Pacific railroad because of the death of her lusband in an automobile-train col- ision. Mr.

Martinez and his eight-year- old daughter, Rose Marie, were tilled when their car and the Golden State Limited collided last December 17 at a little-used cross- ng miles southeast of Chandler. Mrs. Martinez charges that the engineer, B. T. Cheek, also a defendant in the suit, was three hours schedule and was operating he train at 75 miles an hour.

She also charges he failed to ring a bell or blow a whistle until within a few yards of the crossing. The railroad was negligent in permitting trees, brush and shrubbery to obscure the crossing to motorists and the engineer, the complaint alleges. Montana Ranch Acreage Sinks TERRY, Oct. Fifteen of Ed ranch mynteriouiily hM dropped 40 feet and the ground to link at from' one to three feet Mystified by his discovery of the vast "xink," Bright now when It's going to The linking area, located seven miles east of here in Prairie county, extends along a tributary of Fallon creek. It is several thousand feet long and about 350 feet wide.

Terry. Is in Eastern Montana, about SO miles northeast of Miles City. The sunken tract Is gashed with many crevices, some 10 feet across and 20 feet deep. Several good-sized ash and box elder trees have been virtually uprooted' but some trees dropped without any disturbance to their Bright reported he observed several coal veins on the creek bank across -from the sinking area. He and other observers theorized that a buried coal deposit might have burned, creating a huge cavern.

Seepage from heavier than usual autumn rains may have caused the ronf of this cavern to collapse, taking the surface soil 40 feet down in a straight drop. Mis sin Chinese Junk Sighted Off Vancouver SEATTLE, Oct. U. S. Coast Guard tonight reported the Chinese junk Tai Ping, 105 days out of Shanghai and given up for lost, had been sighted off 'Cape Cook, Vancouver Island.

The five men and one woman aboard the junk were without food anil water, the coa.it Kcoditic survey boat Discoverer radioed. One of the passengers was suffering from scabies, the report said. An attempt to tow the junk into Puget sound failed when the ship heeled over and took on water. The mast was ripping from the hull and the boat was shipping water badly, the Discoverer said. The Discoverer sighted the nearly foundered junk at noon today, making for Puget sound, with a distress flag waving feebly from the mast.

After the attempted tow, the junk's master, Capt. John Anderson, said he could make harbor without help, and the government boat left after transferring fresh water, food and to- aacco. Left April 2 The Tai Ping left Shanghai April 2 with six persons aboard. With Captain Anderson, an American, were his wife, a Russian girl whom he married in China, a German seaman and three Norwegian seamen. The tiny vessel put in at Yoko- lama in June for water and supplies and left for the Pacific coast on the great northern circle route June 11.

The next heard of it was July- 13, when the- American President Lines' President Coolidge met the junk about 700 miles east ol Yokohama. Capt. W. O. Kohlmeister of the President Coolidge turned from his course to meet the Tai Ping, which was flying white strips of cloth from the mast to attract attention.

To the master's question as to whether the junk was in trouble, Anderson replied he was not in serious difficulty but could use some fresh water, fresh meat and food. The President Coolidge's 500 passengers also -added cigarettes and the liner itself sent down vegetables, fruit, spare canvas, a rope fijr a riding anchor and some other ment. Kohlmeister recognized Anderson as a man who had served on a crew he commanded on the Dollar Lines 10 years ago. That was the last word of the junk until the coast guard's report it had been sighted off Cape Cook. Anderson, a native of New York, for many years had been a pilot of river boats in the Yangtze river.

He purchased the Tai Ping when he decided to retire and return to the United States to live. It was apparent Anderson had succeeded in crossing the Pacific in the Chinese-type craft where Richard Halliburton, author-adventurer, failed. Halliburton, last reported seen in the vicinity of Midway island early in the summer, has been given up for lost. I Disease Report Shows New cases of communlcaht cases reported in Arizona week ended September re an incr of the 178 cases reported week, Dr. Coit I.

superintendent of saifl yesterday. Chicken pox, 1- dysentery, 29; gonorrhea, 16; influer laria, Malta fever. 11; mumps, pneumonia omyelitls, relapsing scarlet fever, syphilis, choma, tuberculosis, fever, 5, and whoopinz Dr. M. S.

Hawkij CREDIT DENTISTRY PRUNE 4-2744 18 and 20 E. Washington (Over Darling Drew Sftog, SHERWIN-WILLIAMS HOCSK PAI.NT Inferior, fnr (oori v.ml.h for mrj pniione. Jarrett's rtwnt Mm K. Adan SHOWING OF ON DISPLAY TOMORROW BREAKING every precedent in modern automobile history, the brand-new Mercury 8 in less than three months won itself a position among the ten established sales leaders! The 1940 Mercury 8 is a brilliant sue- cessor to that record-breaking car. It offers many refinements that make it an even more desirable car to own.

With every advantage that you'll find in any car of this big-car has something more: ECONOMY that would be good in any car! Distinctive new streamlines should again earn the Mercury the title of Style Leader in its class. Attractive new interiors enhance the pleasure of riding or driving. Finger- Tip Gearshift is now mounted on the steering column. New seat construction and softer front springs add to the unique comfort of the Mercury Ride. For 1940, nearly a score of other improvements are added to the Mercury's safety, comfort, quiet and performance.

We invite you to look at this greater Mercury 8. Feel the way it rides and drives. Any Lincoln-Zephyr, Mercury, or Ford dealer will give you full opportunity to get acquainted with this new car. SS New Mercury 8 Touin-Sedan MERCURY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 194O Finger-Tip Gearshift mounted on the steering column New Controlled Ventilation for all-weather comfort 95-hp V-type, 8-cylmder engine for performance plus economy (owners report up to 20 miles per Big hydraulic brakes New Sealed-Beam Headlamps for greater safety New beauty and Wide, roomy bodies White sidewall tires are extra. Tnt most lalktd-obout car in th.

low-medium prict fitld THOUSAND OWNERS onsolidated Motors Inc VANJUMN rt FIUST.