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Dclmt of World’s Fair April Arrival of Mill Adds Interest To Opening Today NEW YORK April 29 hr) — Stirred by the arrival of 28 vessels of the U S navy’s Atlantic squadron the biggest city in the nation prepared Saturday night for T — 29 Unification of the Methodist church was called an ‘'accomplished fact” Saturday by a majority of bishops of the three hitherto separate bra nidus Their opinion was announced bv Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of Omaha as the prelates prepared to act jointly in a consei ration ser the opening of the biggest exposition the nation and the world has orld s ever seen the New V oi k V Although thousands of visitors poured into town from all parts of the countrv the eltys traditional throng was not noticeably augmented but flags and hinting full hotels and a festive air presaged the debut which 'fair officials expect will draw a million people to the $160 OhO 000 international extrava- vice Sunday The ceremony will Install as bishop of the united church Dr James H Straughn of Baltimore and Dr John Calvin Broomfield of Pittsburgh elected tins week as the first bishops in the history of the Methodist Protestant ganza 111-ye- church Watching the service— more colorful than those previously held by the Methodist Episcopal church and Methodist Episcopal church South— will be the 900 delegates who this week began working out a sv trm of government for the new church The fleet dominated the activities attracting thousands to the waterfront as the vessels steamed majestuallv up the hay beginning In the early morning to anc hnr In the Hudson riverc day-befo- A JHnvor Decline "unnecessary” single c lurch plan The letter was addressed conference but Its contents not disilosed Denny was In reported life discussnlg problems itarianism During the day delegates heard a letter from the central conference of American rabbis extending “warm congratulations" communication by signed Rabbi Max C Currick Erie Pa central conference president termed the unification move ‘all the more besignificant a spirit lal victory cause it is a conspicuous example of the success of a sincere effort to achieve the religious Ideal of unity in a day when division and dissensions rule a laige part of the world ” Earlier the conference reversed a plan adopted Friday and referred the assignment of bishops to a committee conference standing named in advance bv the unification commission composed of leaders of the three branches llad Approved Committee Fridav's action had approved the establishment of a committee of lav and ministerial delegates w ho would assign bishops without giving the biahops themselves any voice The question was brought back to the floor through a proposal to give southern churches moie representation on the assignment committee That proposal was ajiprovcd vote but abolition by a 407 t of the entire committee followed by a coi int of 463 to 361 An innovation in Sunday’s consecration service wall be the wearing of doctors gowns by the new bishops and the five bishops who will act as consecrators Formal morning attue has been the traditional garb in the past Consecrators will be Bishops H H Hughes Washington Lester Smith Cincinnati and Adna Wright Leonard Pittsburgh of the north church and Bishops rtnil B Kern Nashville and John M Moore Dallas of the south church The consecration procession in which all bishops will join will be led bv the Scminai y Singers from the Boston Lmversity School of Theology Fd-Wi- n Florida Lynchers Execute Negro DAYTONA BEACH Fla An il negro taxi dmer w is of manslaughter accused killed Ratuiday bv a ginup of white men who jerked him from the automobile of a deputy slit i iff 29 (Ur) — A Lee Snell the 43 In Coal was being taken to nearby Dcland for safekeeping When the white men halted the deputy's car and shot the accused man to death Snell was arrested in connection with the death of Benny a white child who according to police was fatally Injured by the negro taxicab this morning e ‘U’ Studcrit Reechos Aid Cheek NEW YORK April 29 UP)- -A showdown that may bring either pence nr war belwecn the United Mine VS nrkers and the nal industry was expected within a few days as John L Lewis railed Saturriiv for 'this Gi'hert and Sullivan opera to cease” and operators fiamed a compromise proposal in en effort to break the deadlock in labor contract negotiations As the U M W president summoned his policy committee hack o New York ob'erv ers at the stalemated negotiations for the soft coal Industry predicted a bteak In the jam that ha tied up mote than 3000 mines and kept 318 000 miners in the Appalachian area idle since April 1 Showdown This eek ' c A showdown was expected to oomi' befote next Thursday and bud iv when the woi will extend to an additional 150 000 mineis in 14 outlying states The union has given the required 13 thus notne and unless It Is countermanded bv the policy committee representing all the union d stmts in the soft coal region the most complete stoppage of aoft coal piodmtion in the nations recent histniy will take effect May 4 or 8 For weeks the four operators and four mine union officials in the Biltmore hotel conference have been at loggerheads Sine e Ap ril 14 when the union rejected the operators’ ‘final proposal for an exclusive bargaining agreement the daily sessions have been fruitless -- hundred newspaper publishers and advertising exec utives here this week for the American Newspaper Publishers’ annual associations conclave were guests of honor at the arrival reviewing the flotilla from the dec k of the battleship Tennessee lacter Mavor LaGuardia and a delegation of fair officials boarded the battleship New oi k the sqmd-roflagship to extend the citys official welcome Then hundieds of bluejackets sw aimed ashoie for a holiday and thousands of New Yorkers sailed oit to the vessels by every type of waterfront Jitney 'the next ranking activity was extensive preparations for the visit of Pi esidcnt Roosevelt who will ojien the fair officially 3G hours after the gates swing wide The president will make a shoit speech to an expected 100 000 spec lal gin sts in the fairs ‘Court of Pence’ at 11 30 a m (M S T) Sunday ill Be Broach asl Took No thanee BOSTON Mass April 29 UP)— City Treasurer James J McCarthy and Mayor Maurice J Tobin got together Saturday for the pleasant task oNInatching two ‘conscience fund' $10 bills and a $1 bill— torn In half A snow shoveler overpaid last winter ‘sent the torn bills— one half to Tobin end the other half to rthy-explaining that he was taking no chanee on sending the whole bills as the envelope might be opened by "the wrong person ” e e It Works for Her ELMCRFFK Neb April 29 UP) - When Mis W J Spelts entered an Omaha hospital for a major operation she Insisted it be performed on a Tuesday Not that am superstitious” she explained "but I was married on Tuesday and each of our three children were born on a Tuesday The operation was a sun ess notation written across the face of the letter apparently by a postal clerk ‘‘Try Boston Maryland” Saltonstall be it known is governor of Massachusetts seven-year-ol- McCa- Mass April (rP)— Fame is fleeting' A North Adams woman reported Saturday she addiessed a letter in ‘very legible hand’ to 'Governor Sallonstall Boston Mass” It was retained she haid for "want of better addiess” with the 29 Tac Goal Chief William Connelly of coun ty detectives and Police Cautain James A Kelly of the homicide that Herman squad announced Petrillo 40 had admitted the 21 slayings eight f which previously had been known Bid to Escape Chair e Already under conviction of murder charges with a jury recommendation of death Pc’rillo made a desperate attempt to esiope the electric chair by his dramatic confession according to autnori-tie- s first-degre- Oklahoma Houses Adjourn Session e Why Not Call It Quits? ROANOKE RAPIDS ’N C Jack D April 29 UP) — Vane called up ths newspaper to ask for a correction in a story saving he broke his arm for the fifth time when he fell out of a tree while playing recently "It was the sixth time” he said e e Only the Governor NORTH ADAMS 29 UP)— d e PHILADELPHIA April 29 (UP) — Confession by a leader of Philadelphia’s fantastic ‘‘Merchants of Death” syndicate to a total of 21 killings Saturday night boosted again the aheady estimates of the number of victims detectives Said Quit Artist COLUMBUS Ind April 29 UP) A Columbus girl 16 went under three names in a single hour She was Grace Stoner McCord when she went to the Bartholomew county courthouse at 2 o’clock A half hour later she was given a divorce from Merle McCord and got back her maiden name Grace Stoner In another half hour she was married again and became Grace Stoner Thompson H B Garris 70 year-olfarmer has a new bsby at his home— his twenNineteen of the chilty eighth dren are living The eldest is 49 ‘ To 21 Policy Killings e d e This Is Something WACO N C April ‘Dealli Merchant’ Confesses Idea to take the day off and enjoy a hitch-hik- e to Madison Wis made one slight mistake The first car they thumbed was driven by Arthur Lundahl Luodahl being the assistant principal of the school the boys all went back to their classes The Roy Was Right BEAUFORT N C April 29 UP) —Kirk Dickerson’s son told his father he had seen a snake under the piano Dickerson just to prove to his son that ha was wrong reached beneath ths piano H heard a rattling sound jerked his hand away just before a rattlesnake came out He also named three other "official killers” for the OKLAHOMA CITY April 29 ring police said Names of (UP) — The i seventeenth Oklahoma the new victims and Identity of the legislature adjourned late Saturday “killers" were withheld to prevent after Investing Governor Leon C suspects from fleeing In a dozen of the murders the Phillips with powers dapper former spaghetti salesman over state departments was assisted by Mrs Carina Favato The eession ended with a record Ralph Polselh and Cesare Valenti of slashing stale expenditure near- Petrillo was quoted The three ly $5 000 000 a year but with the "killers” helped him In the other budget out of balance by at leant nine detectives said that amount Meantime a special murder trib murder-for-in-suran- Error ROCKFORD 111 April 29 (P)— Three Roc kford high school pupils who decided It would be a good April 30 1939 unal was added to the judiciary to devote the next two months to hearing homicide cases It was believed that when the Increasing number of syndicate members are brought to trial ths burden on the courts will be the greatest in Philag delphia history At Least 100 $ ictinis The court will be presided over by Judge Harry S McDevitt who sat at Tetrillos trml and later estimated the number of victims at "upwards of 100” VVith Petrillo s coqjJbn and new evidence detectives said even that figure was overly conservative and that they had only scratched the surface” Petrillo previously had confessed complicity in eight slayings police said and described purveying a 'witches' brew" of arsenic solution that sold for $J00 a pint to customers — generally women who had tired of their heaviljr-insurehus' bands d COLUMBIA Mo April 29 (UP) — chec ks McGee Saturday rereived a letter from Springfield 111 It was stamped ‘old age assistance” and contained a state check for $20 ‘It is all right with me If Illinois wants to help me through college" said McGee ' hut I d like to know if I can expect more of this A fellow has to plan ahead” 99 G The event will be puked up by television— the first time an American president has been televised — and the speech will be bioadcast throughout the world by all major networks The piesident will come from his Hde Park home by train to the Bronx and thence by car over the new Whitestone bridge to Queens for lunch at the fair grounds the owners bought Some 3500 police were detailed to the presidential route and the midtown area Secret service men took charge with an im inspection of one wing of the huge federal building on the fair 'Court of Peace" which the presidential pnrty will befoie Mr Roosevelts occupy speech The addiess will be pteceded by the dedication at noon of the "Tem” and a ple of Religion parade from e the ’Theme Cen- ter" down the fairs main avenue 'Constitution Mall” to the 'Court of Peace ” - iM $ 88 Trylon-Perispher- Hrst Inauguration Later at the huge stetue of Washington near hj will Geoige be reenacted Washingtons first inauguration the one hundred and fiftieth anniveisary of which the fair opening commemorates Members of two foreign ruling the price bf this Sedas f delivered is Detroit fasas extra) Is houses will be in New York for the opening — Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark who already have visited the fair and Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha of Norwaj guests of the Roosevelts who went to the fair Satmdav Norwegian day and will inspect West Point Sunda On the eve of the opening thousands of workmen hurried about the tw area applving final touehes for the debut Supplies Dwindle Meanwhile the reseive supplies of the industry s industrial consum-ei- s have dwindled some to the A critical situavanishing point tion has been predicted within another week and reports of distress among the unemployed miners have g row n x: j (vjj Another mm record e 4)ti ilia Hal not! otd 11 s '’i-cr-- Tics H’o - 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1 i n a reliable conference source reported a letter criticising the union movement had been re turned to Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond Va Its author and the only bishop outspoken against the Meanwhile Bishop Honored Publishers 1 Opinion While the bishops declared unlfi cation ‘accomplished” with only details left to be worked out the conference judiciary committee de dined to give a formal opinion on the subject membei terming it air I (Tribune- Brief Items From Here and Theye N Y Awaits Consecration Service To Be Today KANSAS CITY Salt £akf (Tljc t CAR '' LIBERAL TERMS it ? |