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Show THE ' WEATHER IncreasPartly cloudy and. warmer tonight; Friday ing cloudiness becoming unsettled. . TEMPERATURES 45 Maximum Wednesday 10 a.m, Thursday 30 12 noon Thursday Minimum Wednesday 2 p.m. Thursday Minimum Thursday . 32 3 p.m. Thursday 6 a.m. Thursday . . 35 Sunset Thursday at 6:26; rise Friday at C;51 -- ' Difference , Price: King Carol Pledges All To Defense F Rumania Stands Firm Upon Neutrality Moscow Peace Terms Submitted Says Stockholm Report STOCKHOLM, March 7. (AP) Sweden is seeking to arwar, usually reliable range an armistice in the Russian-Finnlssources said today, adding thatRussian had been presented to Finland The exact nature of the terms is still the subject of speculation, but there were unconfirmed reports that Russia demanded surrender of the Karelian Isthmus, Vnpuri, Lake Ladoga and part of the far northern Pet samo area. An armistice, it was said, would be followed by further a settleefforts to arrange peace ment. Heads Big Army Defeat Seen For Politics Ban Measure Senator Hatch , Admits Little Hope. 7 March WASHINGTON, (AP) Senator Hatch (D. N. M.) author of legislation to broaden s law which bears the his name, conceded today that there is a good chance the expansion bill might be pigeonholed for th? session. Opponents of the broadening proposal, by which Hatch would extend to state employes drawing some federal pay the prohibitions against political activity on federal emnow imposed ployes, claimed that they had a chance of returning it to for the elections committee anti-politic- 50-5- 0 -- further study. Such a maneuver, if successful, in would "tie up the legislation committee for the rest of the ses- sion. Before considering this crucial motion, however, the Senate reconsidered and by a recordits standing vote of- yesr terday on an amepdment by Danaher (R. Conn.) to give employes accused of illegal political activity the right of direct appeal to the federal of courts. The vote in favor granting this right was 48 to 36. amendment The Danaher would not affect the Hatch anti-- ' politics law already on the books but would modify the broadenvote-reverse- - Serf-ato- state-feder- ing legislation. Proponents of the Danaher amendment demanded a record vote be taken today after the rejection was effected yesterday by a standing vote. Senator Norris (Ind. Neb.) told his colleagues that appeals would involve endless delay in administration of the law and cost thousands of dot- would I1 1,"' ' ' He argued also that if they were to be granted to workers, then they should also be granted to all federal emstate-feder- ployes. Senator Downey (D. Calif.) said he thought that the appeal proposal would serve as a strong a proposal would serve as strong check - against arbitrary decisions by the Civil Service Commission, administrative body for the Hatch act, California law, Downey said, tl provided for appeals to courts from decisions from the from decisions of the State Civil Service Commission. He said that in handling many such aphad peals as an attorney he never observed any of the difficulties Norris outlined. Pres. Grant Makes Gains Leader May Soon Leave Hospital LOS ANGELES, March 7. (AP) President Heber J. Grant is expected within a few days to .leave the hospital where he hag been under treatment, but he likely will remain on the Pacific Coast for some time. This word was given today by President W. Aird McDonald of 'the California Mission. He said President Grant was very greatly Improved. King Carol of Rumania makes declaration all resources will be used to retain independence. ernment. . One theory was that negotiations thus far had proceeded through the Russian minister to Sweden, Madame Alexandra the Finnish minister American Investigator Confers On Peace Requirements Finland Fears Reds Have Far Reaching Aims ident Albert Lebrun on btfhalf of a France avowedly determined to crush the present German regime received Sumner Welles at the HELSINKI, March 7. (AP) official Finnish press bureau tonight declared it believed Russia planned presentation of more far territorial' demands reaching in character" than those rejected by Finland prior to the present war, A statement to that effect was issued by the bureau as Stockholm reports said that Sweden was making a new effort to halt the war with an armistice. Reliable sources in the Swedish capital said Russias demands already had been made known to Finnish officials. PARIS, March . cials. Hope For Mediation MOSCOW, March 7. (AP) Nothing could be learned in Moscow today concerning Stockholm reports of a Swedish move to halt the Finnish-Russiawar with an armistice, but informed observers discounted the possibility of such a step meeting success. The Kremlin soon after the war started gave formal recognition to a Finnish peoples government set up at Terijokl just across the frontier. n The LadyIs Reckless- Starts Tomorrow In Tlie Deseret News Pres- long-rang- company of the Republican guard stood smartly to attention as the automobile bearing Roosevelts emissary rolled into - the courtyard. Welles immediately entered Lebrun's office for a ceremonial visit before gomg to the war ministry to see Premier Daladier. Newspapers emphasized Frances war intentions by recallIn the "mistake nation's ing thinking Germany was a nation of poets and philosophers despite the terrible proof of the World War and the rise of Nausm. Aftey an hour and 22 minutes with the president, Welles, accompanied by Robert D. Murphy, United States charge daftairs, went to the war ministry for an interview with Daladier. Later he was to visit August de Champetler de Ribes, French undersecretary for foreign affairs. Welles is believed to have brought from Berlin a clear picture of Adolf Hitlers price for peace and of German determination to fight to the finish to attain the fuehrers alma. Hitler is reputed to bave told Welles last Saturday that Germany would fight until she had. political primarily,, unchallenged influence over Bohemia-MoraviSlovakia. Poland and Hungary, return of her colonies and release from what Germans called British strangle-hol- d control of the s Moscow Sees Little (AP) A here, Eljas Erkko, who- - is former Finnish foreign minister, and the Swedish foreign office. Significance also was seen in reports that Dr. Juho Paasiki-vi- , Finnish diplomat, is in Stock- holm. He headed the - Finnish delegation in unsuccessful prewar negotiations at Moscow on Russian territorial demands which Finland found a threat to her independence. If peace negotiations actually are under way, Scandinavian political quarters assume that Berlin also-iinterested. There are - unconfirmed - reGerman ports even that the minister to Finland, Dr. Wipert Von Bluecher,. has conferred in Helsinki with a representative of the Finnish generalissimo, Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerhetm, and Finnish government offi- be-rea- 7. Elysee Palace today. The reAccording to the current ports, Stalm has called for surrender of the Karelian Isthmus to Russia, along with the City of Viipuri, all of Lake Ladoga, and some territory in the Petsa-Di- o district on the Arctic Coast. Sweden's interest in any peace negotiations is believed to have been prompted by the Increasingly difficult position of this country in view of her stated policy as regards passage of foreign aid to Finland and new reports that Finland is considering an appeal directly to the western powers for military assistance. As for Germany, it has become the popular view that the dy Reich would to inter vene as soon as Russia gained some outstanding military success in Finland. materially increased to bear the cost of keeping 1,600,000 men under arms, the monaren said: I am sure my people will accept such sacrifices for the sake of the country and peace." Strict neutrality, ne declared, will be continued even in the in fields of foreign commerce order to assure the essential flow of supplies to our army and our people. Carols statement was approved in a long session of the crown council last night amid signs of an even sharper struggle between Germany and the British-Frencallies for Rumania's favor m exports of raw materials. APPEARS IN UNIFORM Carol appeared in the uniform of the royal guard with Crown Prince Mihai at hts side in the garb of an infantry lieutenant The monarch told parliament that the government is assured of the stability and continuity e necessary to execute a program "which will include intensification of production in all lines. In a declaration- - that relations between Rumania and other nations are good, the king specifically mentioned only Italy and Welles Pays President Of France Visit Official Swedish circles, said they could neither deny nor confirm reports that Sweden had submitted peace terms from Joseph Stalin to the Helsinki gov- - . Viroel Meanwhile, Tilea, Ru- manian minister to London, was reported on his way home to deliver a British proposal that Great Britain be accorded equal treatment with Germany on Romanian exports, including oil, the most coveted product. On the other hand it was reported that German pressure on . Rumania now included a demand for the country entire 1940 wool crop. 1 he native yarn industry would be ruined If such a demand were fulfilled, economic experts 'said, and if Great Britain and Germany were to share alike In Rumanian oil only 800,000 tons of the 1940 maximum production, estimated at 4,000,00o tons would remain for other disposition. This remainder would not suffice to maintain Rumanian trade with the Balkans, Italy and other countries trade 4n which Rumania receives Gther products in exchange for her oil aside from supplying Rumania's own military needs. over The economic Rumanias products was seen by diplomats to be pushing King Carols government closer than ever to the necessity of dropping neutrality and picking a side in the European war. More pointed perhaps than Rumania's promises of oil Is the question of delivering it. Bucharest experts predict that 0 Germany will be more than tons behind scnedule on oil receipts by the time traffic Js or-- , ganized on the Danube this spring, probably as late as tug-of-w- During his three dav stay here he was expected to find' French opinion equally as unyielding and based on one idea; beat Germany first. Thg French position was reaffirmed in the1 officially controlled press on the eve cf Welles 400,-00- coming. $10,,000 Plot Nipped By U.S. Shenandoah 1. April Dummy Mail Package Brings Arrest . " KANSAS CITY, March 7. (AP) Anattempt to extort $15,000 from A. A. Kramer, president of the Columbian Steel Tank Company, was disclosed today by Postal inspectors following the arrest of a man at Iving, Kan. He gave his name as John K. Hawkes, 52, and said he owned a gold mine near Kaycee, Wyo. The federal' agents followed a dummy package through several postoffices in their search for the writer of six extortion letters to Kramer. - The first letter .was rereceived last February 6 and the others followed in a few days. The first demanded that $10,000 be sent by mail to "A. M. Krane, Later the deGoodland, Kan. mand was increased to $15,000. The letter writer threatened to expose" Kramer to the government for of income taxes. Kramer promptly turned the letters over to Emmett O. Hallock, chief postal inspector here. Inspectors L. P. Love and O. D. Middleton mailed a dummy package to Goodland and started following It. At Goodland, they found the man had asked a waitress to have the postoffice send liia mail to Horton, Kan. At Hor-to- n another waitress had been asked to place a forwarding address to Seneca, Kan. At Seneca the same thing had happened with his forwarding e address Beatrice, Neb. At another waitress had been , used to have Kranes mail forwarded to Irving, Kan. At Irving there was no forwarding kddress for Krane," and the Inspectors waited. Eventually a man called for Krane . piall. Bea-tric- -- . .vised In TJ anor Committee Proposes 17 Amendments Utahn Opposes Suggested Revision WASHINGTON, .March 7. (AP) Prompt creation of a new j SHENANDOAH, Pa, March 7. (AP) Pupils returned to classes today as life In Shenandoah neared normalcy after three days ' of turmoil. . But beneath the calm in which were to repairs madq properties damaged .by Mondays caveins, ran feeling high. The threat of further subsidence added fuel to demands of townsfolk that prompt and positive action be taken by the state and coal companies to alleviate conditions. Another British Queen Of Sea Finds SafeBerth Britains new liner, Queen Elizabeth, 85,003 tons, nosed Info New York harbor to' day to join other allied marine queens in their refuge from Nazis. She Is expected to occupy berth marked with arrow. Left to right are the lie de France, Normandie, Queen Mary, Aquitania and Rex. (AP Wirephoto.) 8300-a-da- Finns Battle With Russians On Frozen Bay Reds Suffer Heavy Losses In Drive To Advanct (AP) HELSINKI, March'7. Russian troops (API Soviet seeking to drive across the ice of the Bay of Viipuri to tighten a ring of steel on the seaport of Viipuri suffered heavy losses under the fire of the Finns, the Finnish high command reported today. JMore.than 30 Russian ' tanks were destroyed on the ice, ths high command said in a communique which stated the in all vaders attacked fiercely day yesterday on the northwest of the bay. The battle for possession of capes at the mouth of the bay and islands off its northwestern shore continues, Tt said. Elsewhere on the strategic Karelian Isthmus front attacks were repulsed, the army reported, but on the eastern front, it acknowledged a Russian success in the a seizure of "a few islands short distance off shore of the northeastern part of Lake La- doga. NEW CLASS CALLED . - Finland meanwhile sought to strengthen her army by calling tly up the clas- s- of youths of 19 and' all men of other classes scheduled for reexamination this year or In succeeding years. Troops on land, the Finnish air force, the navy and coastal defenses all were used in actions against Russians attempting to cross the ice not only In the Bay of Viipuri but to the west in the Gulf of Finland. AIRFORCE BUSY One such attempt the Finns repulsed, the communique said, took place off Haapasaari Islands, more than 60 miles southwest of Viipuri. Russians meanwhile were active in adjacent areas and in northern Finland. One Russian bomber was shot down during the day, the army announced. which y y activity at home and abroad toair day shot down a German raider off Scotland, announced the succesful scouting of strategic Gewnan bases and cities during the night and went to the House of Commons for more money. How much money is to be spent is a war secret hidden behind a 100 pound ($400) token appropriation but Sir Kingsley wood,- the air minister, said it in volved the greatest expenditure of this kind in British history. He said the. Royal Air Force had carried out more than a thousand sorties Into German-territoin the by day and night of conflict In surveying 'the air war to date he said 44 German aircraft had been brought down around British coasts without a single loss on our side and many more had been forced down in neutral - ry labor . sion. Smith, said his amendments represented Imperative things that need immediate attention." Aligned with him were repreand ) sentatives Halleck Routzohn The minority, Representatives and Murdock Healey protested . against the amendments as emasculatory" and threatening to "the princi- pies, purposes and objectives of the act. " N UTAHN DISAGREES Healey and Murdock said the changes "propose to sacrifice vital rights of labor." , In proposing to separate judicial and prosecuting functions, the majority suggested that an be to administrator, appointed by the president and to have no connection with the board, should prosecute complaint against em- Largest Ship Afloat Arrives In New York territory or upon the sea. , In asking for funds for developing the R. A. F Sir Kingsley said the air force was preparing for a great expansion of strength which we know will be required. Where last year the total strength of the air force approached 100,000 men, that is the strength today of one command alone of a force which Is divided into coastal, flghtennd British expeditionary, force commands. Prime Minister Chamberlain announced army estimates would be presented in tho House next - . Tuesday. The air minister In his address said that British fliers had sighted: German submarines on more than 100 occasions and had delivered more than 60 attacks and successfully escorted more than 700 convoys. Sir Kingsley reported that the fighting strength- of the air force had been doubled in 12 month . - (R-Ind- s) British Liner Queen Elizabeth Secretly . Dashes Across $ea F or Safety . ' NEW YORK, March 7. ( AP) Britains new 85, liner Queen Elizabeth, completing one of the strangest maiden gauntlet, voyages in maritime history after running the dropped anchor In the safety of New York harbor today with no visible gun marks on deck but protected by a mysterious new 000-to- n cable. anti-min- e Liners Flight Amuses Nazis BERLIN, March 7. (AP) In jocular mood concerning the voyage to NewYork of the new British -- Liner Queen- - Elizabeth, authorized German sources today commented: "The stealthy trip into a United States harbor does not speak well for British confidence in vic, tory. They said, first the British took gold over there, then apparently other treasures, and forgot to brtng back certain historical documents. (Apparently a reference to a copy ' of Englands magna charta, deposited In Washington.) Now" they must pay $1,000 a day docking charges. Why dont they leave the snip in British har? bors if they are confident of 1 vie-tory- - For that matter, they' asked, what is the Queen Elizabeth, anyway? It is hot even finished. In fact, it is half a skeleton. Now, the Bremen that was something! (They referred to the German liner Bremen's dash last fall from New York to Murmansk, Russia, run and home subsequent through the British blockade.) Americans Ordained RQME-Marc- h 7. (AP) Sixstudents were or- teen American a dained as Ipriests today In ceremony at the North American College with the rector, the Most Re. Ralph L. Hayes, officiating. manys. Resumption of the North Atlantic Air Service, stopped last summer after a number of ex on perimental flightsWill ofdepend the military situation, he said. He announced, however, that New Zealand would be Joined to the empire airroutfr of Australia with a tyeekly service across the Tasman- Sea. The air minister said that the top speed of the Spitfire fighting over 300 miles per hour, Elane, been increased by 10 per centr - He declared that British planes were superior In quality to the German and added that "I would much rather havea hundred- Wellingtons (bombers) or a hundred Spitfires or Hurricanes (fighters) than a much larger number of their German counteby-wa- .. .J . - e Am ember' of the crew added to the mystery, when, asked If he -- had. been afraid, of . subma- rinesTie-shout- ed back with a newsmen to in a tugboat laugh alongside: No, they keep away from us!" The British tar who acted as a long distance spokesman fot Here Are Comparative Figures On Big Ships NEW YORK, March 7 (AP) The statistical comparison of the three greatest ocean liners taking refuge in New York harbor: Queen Elizabeth 85,000 tons; 1,030 feet long; 118 feet wide; cost $28,750,000; still Incomplete. ' Normandie 83,423 tons; 981 feet long; 117 feet wide; cost $80e 000,000; completed 1933. Queen Mary 81,235 tons; 973 feet long; 118 feet wide; cost $23c 000,000; completed t . ployers. This amendment apparently that in was based on charges gome eases the board had acted as ludge, jury and prosecutor.--Dnamendment would forbid understand 1936. the dozen odd erew members visible on deck or at open portholes said It had been a very nice trip lovely." . . HAS ONLY SKELETON CREW John Barlow, assistant marine superintendent of the Cunard-WhitStar Lines in New York, one of the three persons permitted to board the . Queen the payroll relnstatment of any wil employe who had engaged to ful violence during a labor disturbance. . Smith-sa- id, Thr suggested changes. are not Intended to affect the fundamental principle of collective bargaining to the Wagner Act, but, he said, would define the work of the new administrative body more clearly and eliminate cause of some of the dissatisfaction expressed about the present board. Board members now are Chair W.n J. Warren Madden, Edwin S.vSmith and William M. Lelser have soft. Madden and Smith beerf the particular targets of of the critirWm In the course Smith committees hearings since last Sent ember. AMENDMENTS LISTED The committees .amendments would: 1. Abolish the present board and create a new one of three members, with not more than .two belonging to the same politi: cal party.- - 2. Separate the prosecuting and judicial functions of the board and create a new office of admin-ne istrator to handle many of boards present functions. 3. Permit the board to function only as a Judge, with the exto ception that it would continue have the power to order a collective bargaining election. 4. Make mandatory the Issuance of subpoenas for- appearances at hearings upon request - See LABOR BOARD on Page 3. finished-- " and said the Allied output of aircraft now was greater titan Ger- rpart." were at a loss to how tile cable It surrounded the ship high above the water with Into the no apparent drop-ne- t water for a 'sweep effect. Observers- Elizabeth at Quarantine, said the liner brought only a skeleton crew of between 300 and 400 men and that it was very nearly Royal Airforce Asks More Funds LONDON, March 7. (AP The Royal Air Force In a day of brisk n (D-V- 192(H-mos- Resumes Normalcy After Sinking , board to act merely aa-w judge In collective topped av bargaining disputes list of 17 amendments . to the Wagner" Act recommended by a special House committee. Freedom also for an employer "to discuss labor situations with . his workers within limitations was included to the changes proposed by Chiirman. Smith committee. of an investigating The committee majority advocated that the present board, headMadden, be ed by J. Warren 'tossed out of office at this sesthree-ma- Bui-gar- seas. ' Qian Vol. 357. No. 58. 90th Year BUCHAREST, March 7. (AP) King Carol II opened parliajment today with a declaration that all resources of Rumania" would be thrown behind' her army as a supreme guarantee of .our- - independence and of the integrity of our borders." Disclosing that taxes would be peace-terms-rece- D ' Salt Lake Gty, Utah, Thursday, March 7, 1 940. Five Cent Sweden Proposes Mediation To End Russo-- iiinislr War V in time zones bring late news from capitals for todays Deseret Net! Some of the furnishings, he said, remained to be installed, hut the panelwork was completed and the shlotf elevator were Operating. Although apparently without guns, the Queen Elizabeth mount- , ed two pill box!; housings, about five feet high, which may have been used as observation posts to keep a watch against submarines. A United States naval Jntelll-gencofficer who' went down the bay on a government cutter to. meet the Queen Elizabeth was among thpse refused permission- to board.Cunard-WhitHarold Borer, Star general passenger manager, and a single customs officer were the only men allowed to go on besides Barlow, Painted a drab gray, the 85,000-toliner passed Ambrose lightship shortly after 9 a.m. . and headed toward the narrows, past See LINER on Fag 3. . Oath Taken By American Kermit Roosevelt Not ' In Finn Army - e e n LONDON, March 7. (AP) Kermit Roosevelt, commander of an international volunteer contingent to help Finland, today took a volunteers oath before the Finnish minister to Lon- don. Ck With Bible In hand, Roosevelt stood between the British Union Jack and the banner of the Fin- nish republic and repeated: I, Kermit Roosevelt, swear by I will be 'almighty' God faithful to the terms Of my engagement and honestly and faithfully defend the cause of Finland against all enemies and will observe and obey all orders by my military superiors." Roosevelt said later that th oath did not deprive him of his . United States citizenship. . |