Show t '7TS Tlie WeatHer Local Metal Marketi Gold Utah — Fair Tuesday Idaho — Unsettled Lead Lead J7 1 10 No - 7111c (domestic) 34 Silver (foreign) Copper electrolytic delivered 12 Connecticut valley Wyoming — Generally fair Nevada — Unsettled Vol $35 00 Silver- 66 Salt Iakc City Ulalt Tuesday Morning 50c 5 50 0 5 55c I oral (Settlement Prlie 5 bUc Copper (cathode) 21 Dcrrmher 19 1939 75c I’ages — Five Cents Director Denies Crew’s Fate entina 9 Spee Weighs He Tried to Kill NLRB Story British Sub Raid Sinks Nazi Warship Probers Question Regional Aid On Report Citing Attempt To Hush Anti-BoarArtiele Graf Spee Bums In Watery Grave German Seamen Face Internment if Given Status of Belligerents d i f WASHINGTON Dec 18 (AP) — Summoning a regional director of the national labor relations board to the stand a house investigating committee questioned him closely Monday on one report in which he said a friendly city editor killed a story derogatory to the board and on another in which he quoted the C I O as saying it had an “obligation to communists” The witness Philip G Phillips had reported that the story was killed by the city editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer “a swell guy and a dear friend of mane” Tonight W F Wiley publisher of the Enquirer issued a statement at Cincinnati saying the Phillips testimony was full of "innuendo and bald misstatements of truth and fact ’’ Met Him Once u (t i Declaring that Phillips apparently had made his report to rthe purwith his Washpose of a "build-up- " ington superiors to whom the report was sent Wiley said that the city editor L L Evans had stated that he was not a dear friend of that he had met him Phillips "but once in his life and that there had been no discussion of any character on that occasion " The other Phillips report dealt with a labor board case against the Cincinnati Milling Machine company charging maintenance of a company union and the discharge of employes for union activity A poiit had been reached at which the company was willing to disestablish Its union if the board would drop the charge of discriminatory dismissals “CIO unwilling to do so” Phillips wired the board here in a telegram timed 3 06 a m "claiming obligation to communists such that they must proceed Please advise realizing that trial will receive much publicity dup to prominence of firm Will proceed with such evidence as cannot possibly raise issue until I hear from you” Witness Flushed Phillips flushed and obviously Irritated yet never disconcerted repeatedly explained that it had been discovered that one of the men involved in the dismissals was closely associated with the The CIO leader at communists Paul Fuller he said Cincinnati had told him the dismissal case could not be dropped because the union’s obligations to protect Its members were unaffected by the comfact that the latter munists or Republicans or anything else In the face of the plain language of the telegram committee members were frankly skeptical Representatives Healey (D) Massachusetts and Routzohn (R) Ohio In this attitude they In particular e were joined by Edmund M Toland the committee counsel Used ‘Bad English "Why did you say that in the telegram?” Toland demanded "I seem to use bad English” Phillips answered "Is that the best answer you can give to that question?" The answer was lost in a resumption of questions by committee members Documents were introduced in addition which led committee members to ask whether Phillips had suppressed or attempted to suppress the publication of news stories concerning the board The witness vigorously denied it saying that it would have been beyond his power and a misuse of his office to have done so Dear Friend’ Mentioned One of the documents was a letter Phillips sent to board headquarters here saying thnj a newspaper city editor "a dear friend of mine" killed a story which was to the board and unfavorable whnh had been "proposed” for publication in the Cincinnati EnPhilquirer Under questioning was lips declared that the story ” "vicious and full of lies At another point Phillips was asked about a recent decision of the federal circuit court of appeals at Cincinnati which was adverse The decision dealto he board ing with a case Involving the Empire Furniture company of Johnson City Tenn was published in Cincinnati Phillips said but not elsewhere Immediately His own Investigation had shown he said that the Associated Press bureau there had simply overlooked It There was a "local election" on the day the Emplie decision was released he anid and "the wire chief instead of being on the job Just neglected to send the story" Phillips asserted that the "wire chief” "has admitted his error " The circuit comt of appeals ic leases H s decisions to the news papers duect he said and it would have been Impossible for him to Pc m Four) (CufUlmiM 4 Coin mo ThrM) Flood Control Ruling Nears In High Court London Also Claims Two Ollier German Cruisers Were Ilit in North Sea LONDON Dec 18 (AP) — Great Britain Monday night claimed resounding North sea naval victories over Germany with a British submarine sinking a 6000-to- n German cruiser and reported a bitter air battle over Helgoland — “the biggest air engagement of the war” A British public long impatient for rcpoits of action was given lengthy details indicating Warfare has developed that German-Britis- h speedily on the North sea both on the surface and in the air In addition to sinking the one German cruis- Cleared for Decision on Oklahoma Case AtFay Dec 18 UP) — WASHINGTON The supreme court took action Monday that may bring an early decision in a controversy involving the constitutionality of the gov- ernment’s Officers May Be Allowed Freedom on Condition They Cease Part in War By Harold K Mills MONTEVIDEO Dec 18 (AP)— The twisted smoking wteckage of the nazi pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee lay half submerged in 25 feet of water outside Montevideo harbor Mon- day night while the Argentine naval ministry extended her 1039 officers and men “provisional hospitality” The hungry and unshaven German sea fighters were quartered in the Argentine naval arsenal at Buenos Aires after an voyage in two tugboats and a barge from the spot where their commander Captain Hans Langsdorff exploded and sank the raider late Sunday Rather than intern the battle- all-nig- ht program It called for oral arguments er the British reported they had struck anJanuary 29 on the right of Okla6000-to- n cruiser and also a heavy cruiser smoke suiand flame Radio just after a picture shows the hull from bow to other homa to proceed in the supreme Gushing submarine with cide tore Montetorpedoes blast her hull Secredid near tower the much it control as to before court in an effort looking enjoin apart air ministry announced that video Uruguay harbor entrance the German the explosions Sunday when the crew dc- - 12The tary of War Woodring from conGerman Messerschmidt fighting tinuing with construction of the pocket battleship Graf Spee Monday was half strojed the ship rather than fight British planes were shot down and seven $54000000 Denison Texas dam eruisers waiting in the open sea British bombers "unaccounted for" submerged in the shallow Rio de la Plata The state contended that 100000 in "fierce fighting" over the Helgoacres of rich land would be flooded land bight area in the North sea and that the construction would about 20 miles off Germany’s violate state rights northwest coast Lawyers said that the court One British air authority demight pass on the merits of the scribed the battle as "the biggest case when It decides whether to the HELSINKI Dec 18 UPl- -In air engagement of the war” permit the complaint to be filed air since first real early activity (German sources In Berlin said but there was no assurance that that 44 British planes had been at- this month Russian war planes this would be done tacked over Helgoland and that Monday bombed two suburbs of Hits Corporations While the west and most other sections of the nation faced the 34 were shot down Germany offiBUENO'S AIRES Argentina Viipurl and air raid warnings were cially denied the British claim of The court also delivered a blow consequences of one of the worst winter drouths in history state Dec 18 UP)— Hans Lnngs-dorsounded In towns all along the Captain a German cruiser) at personal corporations formed to and federal experts met in the Utah told the Associated Press sinking capitol Monday to discuss with this bitter air and Finnish gulf Along reduce federal income taxes SpeMonday that the raider Graf Spee naval One plane was shot down outmeans of conserving diminishing supplies of water fighting the British reported cifically it sustained a deficiency while prejing on allied merchant side of Viipuri but the extent of of discussed and merchant fishing W projects suffering 1933 'Ijpes tax for against George once disguised herself as losses in the North sea under at- damage— if any— near that Finnish ranged all the way from the huge shipping Griffiths of Chicago who said he battle cruiser Renown tack the British Colorado River German Great bombers listing center was not determined proposed formed an investment corporation On this occasion the Gorman two by A squadron of 20 soviet planes Basin project costing many miland a small trawlers fishing upon the advice of his attorney to lions to small earth reservoirs commander said the pocket battle- coasting steampr as sunk and an- - mostly bombers flew over the limit and postpone taxation on ship went to the length of adding Viipuri suburbs most of the day (Continued on Pace Seven) costing a few thousands profit realized from the sale of Column Two) an artificial stack and changing U The S of vast the apparently on reconnoltering organization securities her superstructure up the most — flights of bureau reclamation greatest Government attorneys said that obvious details to resemble the There were three air raid warnbuilder of dams in the world— is 32000-tothe decision outlawed the use of British warship' in Viipuri proper but no ings to of and task the geared studying personal corporations to effect cerplanes attacked there but there Majbe Joke’s on Nazis building projects large tain "installment sales" It was SAN FRANCISCO Dec 18 (UP) Meanwhile the Finnish 'high apparently is no centralized agency explained however that congress — “At that maybe the joke was command announced desultory atThe federal government’s prepared to carry out a program 1933 had restricted since on us— perhaps we fooled nobody” greatly tacks by Russian troops were the use of personal corporations lengthy investigation into building of small reservoir construction said the d who captain during the day in eastern over cannot The bureau take the to ease taxes construction costs emerged Monday chose to explode and Sunday only Finland and on the Karelicentral because does work have not it the sink the Graf The justice department conwith a sweeping grand jury inSpee outside Monte' an isthmus tended that the Griffiths case "predictment charging northern Cali- funds for the mass of detail work video harbor rather than have (Reports to Stockholm newssents an attempt artificially to conBERLIN' Dec 18 UP)— Speedy fornia electrical companies and which would be necessary her interned or shot to pieces by stated the Finns routed Utah’s State Engineer T H papers vert a cash sale into an Installment labor unions with conspiring British cruisers nazi fighting planes shot down 34 17000 Russians on the shore of out that pointed sale by Introducing a dummy cor- against the Sherman antitrust act Humpherys many "You realize of course that of 44 attacking British bombing Lake Kiantajarvl east of Suomus-salm- i Accused of conspiring to dictate small projects cannot be built be- these things are really ruses imporation as an intermediary all costs cause planes Monday Germans declared of even excessive for the purpose of tax avoidance" and control bids of small contractposed by war” the captain said in a (In Bergen Norway the annisky battle off the naval 10 San Francisco Ala- though they are sorely needed in ors were course in "Of these wanderings base giant Unanimous Decision of Helgoland hilation of 300 Russians who were It we were meda and Contra Costa counties’ certain agricultural sections disguised a bit” also lured into a Finnish trap was re- German scouting Justice Frankfurter who deliv- companies and contractors’ organi- was finally decided that a comHe explained that camouflage were said 1o have sunkplanes (Continu'd on Pur Six) four Britered the unanimous decision said zations two unions in that area mittee should be appointed to in(Column Five) was used to make the ish steamers and frequently three damaged and buildmeans of vestigate wajs the corporation was formed to re- and 36 Individuals battleship’s enemies mispocket bomb and a British in ecosmall on warships an reservoirs ing ceive $100000 from Robert D Lay take her for one of his sister ships machine-gu- n raid on a convoy nomic basis in exchange for stock and that the First Indictment the Deutschland or the Admiral Sunday The of studios this may group was first indictment money was to be paid to Griffiths the It Scheer (British spokesmen in London in annual installments for 40 since Attorney General result in a recommendation that admitted the loss of four ships in Confusion Caused the federal government through years Murphy sent his investigators into the North sea to nazi bombers but Frankfurter observed that If the various parts of the nation to in- one of its agencies take over this Confusion over the Graf Spec’s made no mention of damage to said job It was pointed out that small identity hnd caused her to be mismoney had been paid “without any quire into building costs Late Monday the But-ts- h Norwegian-Finms- h SVANVIK conduit it would have indisputably James Hayes assistant attorney rcservons already are proving to taken for the Admiral Scheer wnrships announced 12 Ger- Frontier Dec 18 (UP)— The Rusbe the deciding factor between sue- air ministry been Income” when she appeared in Montevideo man Messerschmidt general (Continu'd on Pc Two) fighters were sian red army Monday completed Since January 1938 the indictharbor (Column Three) shot down and seven British bomb- its ment alleged the defendants had conquest of Finland s narrow "One time we changed our name ers "unaccounted for" In an air corridor to the Arctic ocean with and actually passed for the Ad- battle over Helgoland conspired to establish arbitrary bight ) a furious drive supported by bombcollusive and noncompetitive bids miral Scheer" the captain exThe huge air battle extending to eliminate "electrical contractors ing planes and big guns which plained over 20 miles of sea between the ‘he Finnish lines 11 miles who refused to participate In the Regarding the destruction of the coast and Helgoland took place smashed scheme” Graf Spee Captain Langsdorff said within 20 miles of the mouth of the south of Saimajaervi Finns falling back before tersely: “That was the only thing River Kibe where the British as- theThe heaviest blows unleashed thus HYDE PARK Dec' 18 UP) — Charges Labor Balt to do” serted one of their subpiarines sank far by the Russian forces above the President Roosevelt Monday night The bill charged that the Elec- By Associated Press naval a 6000-toThe slim German cruiser Thurs- arctic cinle retreated to a new scheduled for Tuesday in Washing- trical Industry Depository of CaliAn "while" Christ- officer said that when the Graf German official sources de- lino day ton a special cabinet meeting at fornia Inc was formed arid all mas hasn’t been sighted stretching eastward from the but jet Spee steamed Into Montevideo harthp British report town of Ivalo on the southern side which he is expected to obtain the contractors were told to file bids colder and more appropriate bor last Wednesday night after a nied of Announcement nazi successes of Lake Inarl about 115 miles beviews of his subordinates regard- with the corporation or else be de- weather for the Yuletide season running fight wilh thiee (Continu'd on Pte Htvtn) low the an tic coast is moving Into the middle west ing the scuttling of the Graf Spee prived of the use of union labor (Column FUf) British vruisers the pocket battleand the earlier battle between the Unions named In the Indictment Midwestern weather stations ship did not lack fuel German ship and British eruisers were San Franc iseo local No 6 and forecast lower temperatures on the "I really had enough to reach the The engagement occurred within Oakland local 595 of (he Internaheels of a alea mov- coast of Spain" he said the "security zone" outlined by tional Brotherhood of Electrical ing slowly aiross the northwestern Tells of Scuttling Ameriean republics and it pre- Workers and among the individuseition of the country Colder weather ts forecast for sumably could draw a protest from als was D W Tracy of WashingCaptain Langsdorff who in dethis government ton president of the union Tuesday in Missouri Kansas Okla- stroying the Graf Spec gave up homa Nebraska Colorado Wyo- command of one of the three swift By Associated Press ming and Montana Snow flurries pocket battleships which have been LONDON— Britain claims North ca victories over German) 12 are expected in eastern Montana preying on shipping since the outGerman planes seven British bomber casualties In biggest air and northeastern Wyoming break of war explained thnt he A light intermittent fight of war admiralty sajs submarine sank German cruiser snow fell had deliberately blown up hw vesn Winston ( hurrblll admiralty eliief announces arrival first ( sel rather than accept one of the Monday night at Valentine Neb expeditionary force the Kansas City weather bureau other alternatives said He said he hnd chosen Argentina BFRLIN — Germans assert SI British planes shot down in air NEWARK N J Dec 18 UP) It will be cloudy In Missouri and rather than Uruguay to land with or collectively without reservabattle deny cruiser sunk predh t fresh attai ks by fleet against ” — Paul V Kansas McNutt federal Rain is forecast for southtion members of his the England administrator conferred His only comment on Viee eastern Missouri crew because:11 A dust storm was with insurance executives and President Garners “I still object to the Uruguajan enndidacy IIFLSINKI — Russian planes bomb Viipuri suburbs no damage reported In friends Monday at a luncheon was “Mr Garner is a very good noilhw extern Kansas In the vicinilimitation to our eommand reports Russian attacks repulsed SO tanks destroyed high governments which ha said hnd ”no political friend of mine " An army bomher stay in Montevideo harbor to 72 ty of Hill City BMtGEN — l’elsamo dtspatelirs claim S00 Russians killed In Of Secretary Ickes’ remnils was forced down mar there late hours for a repair task which significance " 1 innlsh mine Interviewed later McNutt exthat McNutt was not acceptable Monday and members of the crow required at least 15 days” trap to Democratic liberals McNutt who "hailed out Xmd dust wn4 so pressed the opinion the DemoRegarding the finish of the Giaf EMBED—-Gra- f MONT as ArSpee wreckage saidcratic paity would win in 1910 thu k they ( ould not see eai h other Spec the (Rptnln said he decided gentine naval mlnlstrj gives her rrew “provisional liospitalitj” ’Ickes eveicisrd the tight of as thej floated to the gtound One to sink her In 25 feet of w iter “regardless of who runs" because "I see no signs of strength everv Ameiuan citizen in slatmember of the rrw was killed Her diaft then was 21 feet more TARIS— report "sharp engagement" by patrols in when his paraihute failed to open than not mat among Republicans Individually ing his views” Vosges mountains flood-contr- ol :wmpHO to Soviet Planes Raid Suburbs Experts Study Drouth Crisis iu Great Basin Spec’s Captain Of Finn City Tells of Ship’s Disguise ff U S Indicts California Firms Unions ( Nazis Down 34 n good-nature- British Planes Berlin Reports Rctls Cut Finns’ Path to Arctic Cabinet to Sift Spec Affair Cold Wave Dae In Midwest ol ' n Digest of News Dispatches From Zones of Conflict high-piessu- McNutt Secs Bourbon Victory 'Regardless of Who Runs’ ana-dla- able-bodie- d ’ - g r jypfcrtyOW — V damaged Graf Spee In the neutral port of Montevideo or go out to meet again the guns of British cruisers concentrated in superior numbers Captain Langsdorff deliberately destroyed his ship Sunday night The commander and crew of the Graf Spee spent Monday night at the Argentine naval arsenal still uncertain whether they would be Interned or not The Argentine foreign office designated its international law consultant Isidoro Ruiz Moreno to draw up an opinion on the legal angles of the visit of the 1039 “refugees” from the deliberately destroyed battleship Moreno told the Associated Press Monday night he would not finish his study before Tuesday afternoon adding that the case was without precedent Meantime the German tanker Tacoma which supplied fuel to the Graf Spee and stood by to pick up officers and crew when the battleship was sunk outside the harbor faced the possibility of internment by Uruguajan authorities here Its commander was under technical arrest for violation of port regulations because he permitted naval seamen of a belligerent nation to work upon her Some naval experts said that this violated Uruguayan as well as international law At a late hour Monday night however the point was not cleared up Shattered Hulk Monday the shattered hulk of the ship was shaken by new explosions which sent columns of water skyward It was apparent the blasts were caused by gas formonce-prou- d ing in confined spaces from burning fuel oil Observers looking down from planes on the gravejard of the battleship said the floating oil from the battleship formed roughly into a swastika In full view of the crowds lining the Montevideo waterfront the ship was blown up at sundown Sunday in a “suicide maneuver” which her command said Monday must have surprised the enemy Apparently satisfied with the work of his crew Sunday night Captain Langsdorff and his men settled down smilingly today at the naval arsenal for a sojourn of in- determinate length Assembled Explosives Langsdorff himself had deliberately assembled the explosives and directed the filling of the fuel tanks for the last great blast that was to "destrnj all" on orders of Adolf Hitler '1 ho captain earned the cable which detonated the charges that sank the ship Behind two sand banks off Montevideo Monday lay the British cruisers Ajax Cumberland and Achilles which had kept up their vigil lest the Graf Spee venture to sea Monday night the question of w hether the captain and his officers and men would be interned by Argentina remained to be settled It was apparent they went there lit' the hope they would be treated as shipwrecked sailors rather than belligerents One high official said the crew would be Interned but the German offliers might be granted thnr freedom if they would pledge personally not to participate further in the war The German ambassador to Ar (Co to nM oh Pa Btx) (Column Ft') |