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10 THE NASIOTDLE OR STT XH TENKESSEAN Aisteisteel Press UeHe. Frees letwietl News Service mviirtm AMD TKAIM HOME DELIVERED SUBSCRIPTIONS 25. A WEEK CsMral Pre NASHVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1941 VOL. 32 No. 1678 (AT) Wires WAR AID, 60-31 senate; 0UIGKLY H0HSE PASSES i SET TO CO ROOSEVELT EXPECTED HARMONY MOVE MADE IN SMOKE LAW EFFORTS Mayor Says Ordinances TO SIGN BILL ON OR TOLL IS HEAVY AS NAZI BLITZ SEARS LONDON BEFORE WEDNESDAY Isolationists Collapse In Lease-Lend Fighters Bury the Hatchet Shelbyville Air Corps Private Dies in Crash; Mother Lives Here I if, WW i i ts i ft Lf I ai fHfAU SB TaU.I.laM AlKssi Wlrwhoto lions ef their chief "opponent, Sen.

Burton K. (D, whan the measure W. Berkley, left (D, and right (O, who shepherded through the aensts, received the Eight Dead as Worst Blizzard Since '88 Lashes Eastern Coast 'Chute Fails to Open; Pilot, Another Flier Jump Safely NEW ORLEANS, March l-tflP) A soldier identified as Pvt. Winston Gant, 21, of Shelbyville, Tenn, waa killed today when he and two army fliers balled out of an arm; bomber which crashed in decollate swampland 40 miles south of here. His mother, Mrs.

Ethel Williams Gant, widow of a former state representative from Bedford County, Uvea at 2218 Belmont Boulevard, Nashville, Tenn. TWO ARE SAVED Second Lieut. Donald W. Lang, 27, a native of Nebraska, and Wilson Moore, 24, whoee family lives at Fort Worth, Tea, were rescued by Ken Oliver, of Houma, who took them aboard an amphibian plane and flew them to New Orleans. BODY BY PLANE Oliver and other rescue pilots said the body of Gant lay behind the wreckage of the bomber beside hie partly opened parachute.

The three left the army air base at Orlando, this morning tor San Antonio, by way of New Orleans. All were attached to the 64th Bombardment Squadron. A Guard patrol boat set up a guard about the burned wreckage, preparatory to removal of the body. Lieutenant Lang, pilot of the plane, radioed the New Orleana air- HITLER HOLDS MZI HORDES Greece Asks Stand Of Turks; Yugoslavs On Pact Verge By MARIE POPOLIEVA SOFIA, March 8 INS)-Chvan-cellor Adolf Hitler held more than 190,000 German troops In temporary leash on the Greek frontier tonight, pending outcome of an intensive diplomatic drive to impose upon Greece an Axis-dictated peace with Italy. As German armored ears and tank! crowded Bulgaria roads loarilnv to Greece and Turkev and the motors of Luftwaffe planes purred In warmup workouts, Sofia quarters heard that the Reich is about to preaent a 24-hour "surrender or perish" ultimatum to Athens.

Every detail was completed in nronaratlon for Nazi blits Invasion of Greece's Thraclan and Macedo nian provinces to seize Salonika and there were reports Hitler migm unluih the nnsh tomorrow. if Greece does not submit at tha Last (Continued on Page 10, Column 5) FLIER KILLED Texan Plummets to Death When 'Chute Fails to Open BORGKR. March -lNS P. Ruttman. 40, Fritch, Tel, aviator, plummeted to his death to day when hia parachute failed to open after he had balled out of his spinning airplane while participating in the Borger birthday air carnival.

Only Cure; Blackard Lauded by Forum HYSTERIA ATTACKED Organization ting Monday By Citizen's Committee By RANDOLPH TUCKER Efforts for harmony In study of smoks abatement ordinances were started yesterday after a week's unproductive argument over three proposed measures Introduced in City Council last Tuesday night. Strife reached lta highest point Friday night as City Council con ducted an open hearing yesterday, after everyone had aired hia views, the program appeared to have started on a new tack featur ing a study of tha results of strict laws ahould they be passed here. 1. Mayor Thomas I Cummings denied previous reports that he had washed his hands of the matter end issued a statement saying ha felt the ordinances are the only cure for the smoke evil he has been able to find. He said he hsd put the matter up to City Council for its study, with the outcome de pendent on what the people want.

2. The Women's Civlo Affaira Forum and Its Citizens" Committee, through Mrs, Will R. Manler, congratulated Asst. City Atty. Charles G.

Blacksrd on the preparation ef the three ordinances. 8. Leaders of the group organis ing the Citizens' Committee an nounced plans to consult with city officials and councilman la the selection- of ommitteecnea from every section of tha city and from every walk of Ufa In a study of the ordinances and passage of meas ures that will eliminate smoke without undue burden to anyone. Pralae ot Blackard's work was apparently Intended to put an end (Continued en Page Column 1) MAYOR TO SEEK STREET FUNDS Will Start Action For Further TPA Aid On Monday Mayor Thomas L. Cummings said yesterday that on Monday he would start action to obtain further WPA aid for construction of new streets in Nashville and that ha would ask for a decision from the atate on the repaving of West End from the city limits to me rivar.

The mayor said that he received assurance that It would he possible to get more WPA aid which will require a matching of funds by the city. Mayor Cummings said he could not yet estimate the extent of the program or what slis bond issue will be necessary by the city. 17 MILES BUILT Under the WPA program just concluded, 17 miles of streets wsre built. Meanwhile the mayor released n. resort showing street Im provements In addition to tha WPA program auring me ian uecau year.

Durinar the perioa. io.uwj yaras of crushed stone was placed on streets covering about seven miles and 31,860 yards went on alleys for a total of 70 miles. The street department during the same year oiled five miles of street and four and one-half miles of alleys. Orirlnallv it was announced that the atate would rebuild West End Avenue. The mayor said he is now uncertain as to what will be done, since the state wants the city to acquire new rlghta of way which (Continued en Pago 5, Column 5) Nazi War Cost Set 72 Per Cent Of All Income WASHINGTON, March t-UP Germany's war effort Is costing 72 per cent of the national Income, the commerce department estimated today.

H. Arnold Qulrln. of the finance division, discussing Nail expenditures lp the foreign commerce weekly, said that more than half of the war coiVwas Toeing financed through" tionowlngr, with the known national debt standing at 79.000.000,000 rsichmarks at the end of 1940, an Increase of 19.0OO.-000.000 -xelchmarks in six months. (The official rate for computing the mark Is 40 cents, which would put the disclosed debt at $31,600,. Direct Hit Scored On Crowded Night Club; Raid Is Heaviest In Weeks MANY ARE TRAPPED Snectacular Antiaircraft Fire Greets Waves Of Raiders; February Deaths Fewer LONDON, Sunday, March tP Many Londoner! were killed, wounded or trapped In pile of debris lut night and early today in the first heavy night Luftwaffe raid on the British capital in weeks.

Attacking with a fury remlnls-MffTt of the blits ralda of lait fall, tfa Germans scored a direct hit on night club crowded with dtneera; killed snd Injured a number of pedestrians on a London roadway; and caused other casualties when two bombs exploding at the enda of block cavad la a cafe where many were dining. INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT Then waa a brief lull In the raid shortly before) midnight and then the Luftwaffe itepped up the bombi, Then suddenly, not long after midnight, tha raiders broke aff the attack md tha-all dear founded. It tu beUaved a large number of civilians, and perhaps service men enjoying a leave, were trapped in the wrecked night club. The leader of tha band playing eat the night club, some of his xnusiclsns and a number of gueats, atom Of them beautifully gowned women, wera killed when the Nasi lxmb craahed through the roof and lait the dance) floor. CHAOS WROUGHT Llghti in tha club remained on, revealing tha chaos where seconds before there had been laughter amd the light-hearted gayety of Xondon night life in full swing.

Civil defense workers quickly restored order and began rescue work. Soldiers, sailors and Royal Air force nun on leave Joined air raid workers in rescue work Immedi-aately after the bomb fell, although other bombs were coming down in 't-he sector. Crowds which gathered around tha club wreckage quickly scattered as more bomba fell. SKY ILLUMINATED The fury of the Luftwaffe was met by Intense and spectacular antiaircraft fire. The crash of Keavy bomba mingled numerous Xondon districts with the roar of (Continued on Page 10, Column S) Axis Will Use "Threat? of U.

S. On Yugoslavia ROME, March 8 W-Itallan editorial spokesmen indicated today that Axia charges that President Roosevelt had tried "to intimidate Yugoslavia would be used to push that neutral Balkan nation Into closer affiliation with Germany and Italy. (United States Department officials said when the allegation waa first made last night that they never head of it" Stephen Early, press secretary of President Roosevelt, added today that the report coincided with Nazi infiltrations in "Yugoilavia and were of the same Kind that came out of Poland after Germany's occupation (Official Tugoslav circles in Bel-arrad said the "whole businesa is too ridiculous" to bother about denying.) Virginia Gayda, writing in Gl-esrnals dltalla, declared the United States President's actions tended -to compromise" Yugoslavia and to create ambiguities'' in her relations with tha Axis. -The Belgrade government will not lack the occasion to fix its attitude beyond any present and future uncertainty. he asserted.

The Fascist Weekly Mldltarraneo also suggested that England may sret a "dlplomatio surprise'' in a -lightning shift ef Turkey from Star British alliance. FAIR, WARMER wirTwr snttran rotecAsr tMwsrsi an a kkntvckI'i ie us Honda MmSM. aUWi Flr wllh rtl tteseratsre Iilr uS hmi. M4enw artha Hntraxr anoar.i if BMaisae ie ILK. "1 ii 2 m.

a-ii-j-- a -e SB Complete Rout as All Amendments Are Blasted Down ENDS 18-DAY FIGHT Roosevelt Empower To Send Planes anci lVal.Vllw lilt By Aggression LeaM-La4 Bill Teil rasa M-A By RICHARD TURNER WASHINGTON, March 8 (AP) Worn down by three weeks of oratory and dispute, the senate tonight finally passed the lease- lend bill authorizinif Presi dent Roosevelt to mobilize industrial America and throw its products into England's battle against Germany. Then it sent the measure to the house with a request that the latter concur in the series of administration-approved amendments which had been added. All indications were that the house would agree to do so on Tuesday, or by Wednesday at the latest, with the bill going to the 4 White House immediately thereafter for President Roosevelt's signature. 1 The vote on final pas sage, 60 to 31, found the senate in easy-going good humor, despite many days of frazzled tempers and personal animadversions. OPPOSITION WORN OUT The opposition, clinging obdurately to Its view that tha bill means war, was simply worn out by repeated demonstrations of tha administration's numerical superiority.

For all practical purposes It utterly collapsed last night, and today's session consisted of a routine of throwing out remaining oppoaition amendments as rapidly as they were offered, and then capping (he debate with the passage of the bill. In the course of this process, the senate summarily rejected an amendment by Chairman Walsh Mass.) of the naval committee, to guard the navy and air force against depletion in the help-to-Britain program, and a substitute bill by Senator Taft (R, (Continued on Page 1 Column 1) Today's Tennessean Ernest Lindley, on Page 3-B, explains the program Knudsen has worked out' to eliminate waste in migration of workers which is slowing up production. SECTION ONE General News 12 Pages Death Notices 8 SECTION TWO Editorials, Features 8 Pages Albert Hlnes 2 Amusements Answers to Questions 8 Book Review 8 Croas Word Puzzle 8 Damon Runyon -Pags Editorials 3 Ernest Lindley 3 Frank R. Kent r.Pags 8 Hold Everything 4. Page 8 Lstters to Tennessean 3 Mary Lyles Wilson Paul Malloa 3 Radio Religion in Life 3 3ideahow of the News 4 Tom Little Cartoon Pags 3 Walter WincheU 3 Westbrook Pegler Page 3 SECTION THREE Merkets 12 Pages Don't Quote Ms 2 Dr.

BraUlar 8 SECTION FOUR Sports, Classified "ages Raymond Johnson 1 Statistical Record i'HRe rri.rage Weather SECTION FIVE American Weekly 28 Pages Comics Pages Walter George, the tease-lend bill quick congratula Travel, Communications Disrupted; Letup Seen Today By The Assoclatsd Press Wind-borne anow approaching In depth the blizzard of 1888 whipped the Eastern Seaboard yesterday and appeared inclined to lash it spasmodically until late today. Enveloping the coastal areaa from Virginia to Maine and extending from 100 to 200 miles inland, the storm encrusted several areas with 16 inches of anow and slet, took at least eight lives, and generally Impeded transportation and communication. Not so severe in suffering and havoc as the sjreat storm of "March 10" that caked the East with 16i4 inches S3 years ago, yesterday's storm waa, nevertheless, bad enough to prompt passengers arriving In New York by steamer from England to complain "Bitter weather colder than at home." Temperatures generally were In the twenties, buTgales and driving sleet, which at times turned to rain and ice, gave the storm a blizzard aspect. In New York City, where the fall ranged from nearly 12 Inchea (Continued on Page t. Column 5) Parachutes On Airliners Are Proposed WASHINGTON, March 8 WP Representative Kramer Calif.) said today be wai drafting legislation to require commercial airlines to provide parachutes for all passengers.

The measure is designed, he said, to "curb the recent wave of air-crash fatalitiee." Wheeler, center won final paesage. Winston Gant port at 12:35 p. m. "We are run ning out of gas and nopping oui. u.

mI that. 1 100 feet, near Lake Salvador. Lieutenant Moore thm first tn 1umo from the olane. Gant followed, ana men Lang bailed out at 400 feet Cant's Neck Broken As 'Chute Fails lo Open ill. NEW OKLJCANS, Jiarcn A tale of watching his two com- (Continued en Page 11.

Column 9) Train Blackout Given as Cause Of Auto Crash Train imnlii hlottinr out the ao- proach to a North Nashville over head pass was Diamea ror an automobile collision yesterday morning in which a 63-year-old woman was injured. Mrs. Cora Jackson Burgess of 1230 Second Avenue, South, treated at General Hospital for minor head, chest and knees injuries, was the driver of a car going west on Chestnut Street, according fb" Radio Patrolmen J. B. Black and L.

Luther. Driver of the second car, the patrolmen said, was John Ernest Suiter, 40, of Observatory Drive. Suiter told the officers that he was driving east on Chestnut, toward the overpass at Hagen Street, when smoke from a train going under the brige "blacked out" the bridge's approach, and caused the collision. U.S. AGAIN SEIZES PRINCESS STEFAME Arreste! at Apartment, Attorney Asserts He Doesn't Know Why SAN FRANCISCO, March S-flO Prlncesa Stefanie Hohenloe, already under a deportation order, was arrested again today by U.

S. Immigration officials "6n Instructions from Washington," her attorney, Joseph J. Bullock, disclosed. He said immigration officers took the Princess into custody at her Palo Alto apartment and returned her to the Immigration station in San Francisco with her mother. Baroness Szepaay.

lB-la1tura of 1941 aa wera tha so-called enacting and general wel fare clauses, a aturfv of bills written Into law by the 41-day Cooper-Crump dic tated session reveais wnai migm be termed "gubernatorial welfare to tlmea as freouentlv used as waa "general welfare, Tha variations as recited soove hiMctarlu nraetieallv avarv bill and extended the jwwer or ne governor tensjins before found in the legislative history of the state. 'WILL-OCT POWER'- labor delegation. discussing an amendment to the governors fCtntfnuetr art Paje 1tL Column S) SOLDIERS RUSH TO TULLAHOMA Must Be Back at Camp Sunday Night; Hard Work to Begin By JERRY T. BAULCH CAMP FORREST, March UP) Tullahoma a peaceful, quiet town of 4,500 until Camp Forrest brought a construction boom four months ago saw the soldiers today for the first time, even though troops have arriving all week. Only 3,000 trainees are here so far, but the first week end leave for about half of these made an apparent difference, and the townspeople had a mild Idea of what it will be like when tha full 31,000 arrive.

GATES LET DOWN Enlisted men of Tennessee's 181st and 191st Field Artillery and the 75th Brigade Headquarters battery were confined to the camp area until the gates were let down at noon. "We're letting 'em go anywhere they want, Just so they get back Sunday night," said Col. Ira Summers in announcing leave for his outfit, the 181st. Advance detachments of the 191st including all of Knoxvtlle'a unit and parts of others, were given leave since they wsre well established in (Continued en Page 10, Column 2) KNOX AT MIAMI Secretary af Navy Plan Te Fly Te Texas On Sunday MIAMI, March 8 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox arrived here today in a four-motored bomber from San Juan. Puerto Rico, where he had Inspected the navy's new base.

Knox planned to fly to Corpus Texas, tomorrow. and Art Museum ders ef Washington Porter. March 8, 1941." Following this brief appearance, the 47-year-old Porter returned Inside the luxurious home there to remain defiantly until his attorney reaches) a settlement with the Logans in a titll dispute. Commanding a small fores of oa th wianskm whHe the sghbo4 hood lay in sleep. His army con sisted ef his close friend, Robert McDonald, Dr.

Alexander de Bush-kii, preaident of th Ukranlan Academy of Sciences and former Centinwed Pag Column. 2) STRIKES TIE 25 DEFENSE FIRMS Super Mediation Unit Over Labor Seen In 10 Days By Unitsd Press Twenty-five Industrial plants holding defense orders were closed by strikes Saturday, involving 75,000 idle workmen and nearly in government contracts. Geveremea ff Isials sought -affective mediation machinery to end the disputes and avert threatened labor difficulty in the vital ateel, automotive and bituminous coal industries. FORD PLANT POSTED Strike notices were posted at three plants of tha Ford Motor where 100,000 men are producing $161,000,000 worth of defense material. A wage dispute flared in the steel plants of the nation's two greatest producers U.

S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel Corp. which holds $2,000,000,000 of government contracts. A wagea and hours discord between miners and managers threat-continued en Page 10, Column 1) Life Lines Have you any suggestions to make as to how Nashville and, Davidson County may push the Life Lines of traffic deathless dayi to new high records? If please send them to The Tennessean so that others may benefit from your safety suggestions. isned lines cesmeat reeerde la eltr ana county bluk Uses shew the Haul reoorda.1 Desthless Days Desthless Days (City) (County) 88 to 60 60 40 40 JML .20 Polit ics By Joe Hatcher Socialite's Blitzkrieg Wins Back Cooper Power Broadest Ever Given a Governor His Mansion CHICAGO, March 8-ONS) Washington Porter prominent socialite and.

former secretary of the American Embassy in Denmark, tonight was in possession of his mansion, and private art museum after strange dawn blits-krleg in which he ousted the caretaker installed by the family of weal thy Mrsv Frank Grngr to- To glvs notice of his victory and his determination to hold bis recaptured prize, he posted a notice on the door of the mansion. It resd: man's home Is his castle. No sdmittanee anyone except by osV "Upon approval of the governor. "Subject to the approval of the governor. "Under the direction of tha.

governor. "Such as the governor may deem necessary. Tor expenditure by the governor. "Under the direction and order bTThe governor. 3hall be paid on the governor's certificate.

"On order of the governor WORDS BECOME FIXTURE These words, for the first time la legislative history, seemingly became as necessary for guberna- torlaf anbvar of Trttt-passed Mrrtti reeiliMa,.