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Diplomat George
E{ i In l%ulgaria
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German Hurls Bottle
When American
Requests British Song
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SOFIA, Bulgaria—(AP) —
United States M inister
George H. Earle related to
day his version of a restau
rant argument ea:r.ly yester
day over the British world
war marching song “Tip
perary” in which he suffe}'-
ed an arm bruise and said
he struck back at a man he
identified as a German,
sppplementing an earlier press
press conference account of the
incident, Barle gave the Associat
od Press the following signed
statement:
“tWhile T was in a Sofia restau
rant with two American newspa
nermen, I asked the orchestra te
play ‘Tipperary, a song I always
have liked very much. The orches
tra did sO. Many people joinfd ir
«inging the song.
“A German at a table not far
from mine protested very furious
ly and in a very animated way to
the restaurant proprieter. 1
“Apout that time I had to go to,
the washroom. As I passed this
Germans table’ he suddenly growl
ed at me: |
“What do you mean by order
ing the orchestra to play thaflj
tune? Don't you realize it i
aganist Germany?” 1
“His face was livid with rage.|
[ tried to hold my temper. I re
plied as courteously as 1 could
that I liked the tune, that Bulgaria
was a neutral country, that I in-'
tended to do and say what ]
pleased. ‘
Hurls Bottle |
“His face became contorted with
anger. Then he reached for an‘
empty wine bottle bottle on his‘
table. T quikly stepped back and
threw up my hands to protect my-!
self, T was not afradi of being hit
hut I have always, in polo acci-l
dents and plane crackups, had «
fear of losing my evesight, - A
“The hottle, which the German|
threw at close range, struck me orl
the forearm. A bruige which later
i][:pnm‘nd was more than six lnchesl
long.
“This sudden, vicious. unprovok
ed attack irritated me cons!dem-|
bly. 1T also faced the necessity of |
defending myself against further
vicious attacks, so I smashed him
in the face, knocking him down
and causing his face to bleed.
“My friends at this point sud
denly grabbed me and pushed me
into a small adjoining room. Al
Bulgarians present also rallied to
my side and helped protéct me.
The German was joined by a greatl
many other Germans in civilian
clothes, who rushed to his side
from various parts of the res
taurant, They made many at
tempts to charge through the wal
of Bulgarans standing in front of
me, but each time without success
Order Established
‘lt was one hour later that or
der finally was re-established
(Continued on Page Two)
Funeral Services For
Mother Of Athenian
Held This Afternoon
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Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon from the Hopewell
Baptist church for Mrs., Lucinda
Porter Martin, who died Sunday
it her home near Gainesville.
Mrs. Martin was well known in
Athens where she had frequently
visited relatives.
Among her survivors are three
laughtaers: Mrs, B. H. Moore,
Gainesville; Mrs. G. W. Smith,
Athens; Mrs, Lena Kite, Clipatria,
Cal.; four sons: ®. B. Martin,
Shelsea, Okla.; E. C. Martin, Daw
“onville; Ray Martin, Nowata,
Okla.; and W, G. Martin, of Gain
esville,
Mrs, Martin was the grandmother
ot Mark Smith, a member of the
Banner-Herald’s composing room
Law-Makers Are At It Again;
Season Off To Good Start
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and snow pr rain in north
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slightly warmer in south and
€ast portions tonight. |
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Picture of domeslic blis this
—film actress Nancy Kelly and
Edmond O’'Brien after marriage
Army Officials A
Encouraging 0
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A four-man committes which |
spent the past week-end in
Montgomery, Ala. discussing
ol .vgrqm air. base for Ath« ¢
ens, returned here last night -
more optimistic than ever over
chances of securing the pro-
Ject, |
The committee which visited
Maxwell Field and talked with 'ot-;
ficials there, was composedq of
Mayor Bob McWhorter, County
Commissioners J. K. Hubert and
Joel Wier, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Dr. S. V. Sanford, who was
named on the committee at a ma,ss‘
meeting of merchants last week,i
could not make the ' trip due to
another engagement.
Mayor McWhorter said that the
committee of Athenians discussed
the proposed project with Mayor
L.. S, Smith, directoy of training
at Maxwell Field in the absence
of Commanding General Weaver,
who is ill.
Major Smity,. wag particularly
impressed, the delegation said with
preliminary work that has been
done and complimented the dele
gation on the way citizens have
exerted themselves in an effort to
secure the training school.
The Maxwell Field majorasked
that master maps of the areag uns
der consideration be sent him.
These will be studied, he said, and
a plane will be sent from Max
well Field to take photos of the
areas.
As soon ag this is done, Major
Smith told the Athenians, he will
come here to thoroughly inspect
the areas by plane and als, to
walk over them.
Major Smity pointed out the
date for his visit depends entire=-
lv upon what kind of weather pre
vails in the interval, Poor visi
bility will necessitate a delay in
photos from the air and this, nat
urally, would delay his inspection
visit. However, he said, if the
weather remains clear and he re
ceives the master maps quickly, he
expects to make his visit of in
spection probably next Monday.
CHICAGO —(AP)— It is barely‘
possible that you won’t be allowed
to blow an automobile horn at
any living object in Connecticut
this year. |
Actors and athletes may have
to use their right names in Mary
land, and the dogs of Colorado are
in danger of losing their first free
bite.
Yes sir, the law-makers are at
it again. These are just a few of
the peculiar measures that have
turned up in legislative chambers
to date. :
Rep. Gus Kasch, who is the
champion introducer of bills in
Ohio—although he hasn’t had one
enacted yet—is trying again &thls
S 8 GO L b g
Again For North
Georgia Tonight
North Dakota Town
Has Lowest Mark
Of 10 Below Zero
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow whitened the cen
tral portion of the nation
today from Montana and
Idaho at the north south
westward across the north
ern sections of Arkansas
and Oklahoma to the Texas
panhandle.
The weatherman, seemingly in
tent of coaxing snow into Georgia
today. Fresh shifting winds, oc.
the north portion tonight or Tues
day, and rain fop the south por
tion of the state.
Small craft warnings were or
dered displayed on the Texas and
Louisiana, coasts and entended
eastward on the Mississippi, Alaba.
ma and Florida coasts to St. Mark’s
Fla.
The U. 8. weather Bureau warn
ing predicted:
“Fresh to occasionally strong
northerly winds on the Texas coast
today Fresh shifting winds, oc
casionally gstrong in local squalls,
on the Louisiang coast, becoming
northerly tonight, ana fresh to
strong easternly winds east of New
Orleans tp St. Mark’s this after
noon and early tonight becoming
northerly tomorrow.”
Rain On Coast -
Rain extending from Texas along
the gulf coast as far east as Mo.
bile exceeded an inch in some parts
Texas Corpus Christi reported
1.61 inches.
Beside the coastal area, rain was
general in Louisiana and western
Arkansas,
Cloudy skies outsi@e the rain
area extended into South Carolina
on the east and the pacific coast on
the west.
Clear weather prevailed in the
north from Michigan into New
England states,
‘The far west was generally
cloudy. ‘
The nation’s coldest spot was
Bemidji, N. D., with minus 11 De-
One of this section’s best known
‘minus 10 and Havre, Mont., had
cluded: Beston 23; New York 25;‘
Whashington 25; Atlanta 28; Jack.
sonville 33; Miami 55; Tallahassee
45; New Orleans 48; Memphis
43; Memphis 32 Cincinnati 20;
Cleveland 4; Chicago 20; Buffalo
10; Denver 28; San Francisco 51.‘
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Aid Bill Squabble
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Is Playing To
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Record Audiences
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BY D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The‘
biggest attraction in the nation’s
capital in years —the senate de~{
bate on the British aid bill — is |
“playing” to record-breaking au-‘
diences. |
“Biggest crowd in years,”’ says
John R. Perry, veteran chief door
« For sustained attendance, it's go't
the court fight, neutrality fight,
and arms embargo repeal crowds
‘beat a mile.
l “They come from every state.
And this crowd seems more de-
Itermined. They beg to get in and
when they get in they stay long
er.”
Between 1,500 and 2,000 persons
file in and out of the galleries
each day — all determined for at
least a fleeting glimpse of his
tory-in-the-making 'in the “great
est deliberative body in the world.”
Some take up position in _line
'as early as 9 a. m. —the senate
l s
(Continued on Page Two)
Mrs. Ruby Hartman
Formally Enters
.
Race Fer Ordinary
st
Mrs. Ruby Hartman today for
mally announced her candidacy to
serve the unexpired term of the.
late Judge R C. Orr as Clarke
County Ordinary, and Superior |
Court Clerk E. J. Crawford issued
an order setting the date for the
election on March 14.
Mr. Crawford said all candidates
seeking the post would have to
notify him at least fifteen days
bhefore the election date.
L.. Dennis Penny Saturday for
mally announced he will-be a can
didate in the special election forl
ordinary.
. William T. Ray, local attorney,
announced Saturday he is definite
ly in the race and will make a
formal announcement later.
Mr. Penny is a past commander
of the local American Legion post
and served as City Court Solicitor
under the late Judge J. D. Brad
well, For the past two years he
served as purchasing agent for
the University of Georgila. .
Mrs. Hartman is well known
to the public, having been con
nected with public office work for
the past twenty-eight years, the
last twelve of which have been
‘spent as assistant to Judge Orr.
Mr. Ray has been & well known
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Clad in the new battle dress of the 501st Parachute Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga,, are (left to right)
Sergeants Edgar F. Dedd, Lemuel T. Pitts, Robert L. May and William N. King. These new jump
| suits, as the army cails them, "are made in one piece of heavy, snag-proof olive-drab material,
with plenty of zipper-closed pockets, and are worn with new specially designed jumping boots which
| have an inner sole of sponge rubber, The army hasissued suits and boots to 120 of tthe 450 men of the
| battalion for testing purposes.
3 B R Li e R
Stephen C. Upson Appointed To
Western Circuit Judgeship
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Five In Return
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Engagements
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!
i Five contestants will be
| playing return engagements
| when they compete in the
Pandsra’s annual Beauty Revue
Tuesday night at 7:46 in the
Physical Education Building,
Heading the group of experienced
entrants will be Marjorie Dekle,
Cordele, sponsor for Sigma Chi,
who last year won the title of
Beauty Queen.
Rdith Ann Teasley, Toccoa,
sponsor for Phi Epsilon Pi, was
third last year and seventh in
1939. Harriet Etheridge, Albany,
Isp(msor for Sigmg Nu, will be
making her fourth appearance, She
placed sixth in 1938 and ranked
the same in 1939.
Janice Hatcher, Macon, Delta
Tau Delta’s representative, has
been in the revue twice before. Sue
| Hill, Collins, Lambda Chi Alpha
sponsor, also was in last year’s
’competition. All these entrants are
‘given top chances to place by
e e
(Continued on Page Two)
Banks County Man
To Reach 100
Year Mark Thursday
Sl ‘
BY CONNIE N. WATTS ;
BALDWIN, Ga. — John W. Eng
lish, last surviving Confederate
veteran in Banks county, will
celebrate his 100th birthday on
February 27. Mr. English lives
seven miles south of here.
Born and reared in Banks coun
ty, Mr. English has been a prom
inent figure in the upbuilding of
this county and section.
He married Miss Martha Rags
dale and from this union there
were thirteen children, eight boys
and five girls, all of whom lived
to maturity. The living children
are Amanda Ochran, Miami, Fla.,
Miss Alice English, Azle, Texas,
Oscar English, Fort Worth, Texas,
Arthur English, Bloomberg, Texas,
Floyd English, Little Rock, Arkan
sas, and Noah English, Homer,
Ga., Route 1.
Mr. English enlisted in the Con
federate army at Clarkesville, Ga.,
and soon was made a sergeant,
serving in that capacity under
General Hood and Captain J. O.
Galey. He was a member of the
43rd Georgia Regiment, Company
A, and was in several major bat
tles, among them being Missionary
Ridge, Lookout Mountain, the
seige of Vicksburg, Bakers Creek,
Black Creek, and ,a part of the
Battle of Atlanta. At New Hope
church. just north of Atlanta, he
‘'was wounded and was captured by
;Federal troops and sent to Rock
Island, spending the remainder of
the war there.
Wounded 4 Times
Mr. English served four years
and was wounded four times, once
each in the foot, knee, hana and
mouth.
He has been one of Banks coun
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Former City Court Solicitor, Law
Teacher, Succeeds Blanton Fortson
Stephen C. Upson', well known Athens attorney,
Jormer city court solicitor and former state repre
sentative to the general assembly from Clarke coun
ty, today was appointed by GCovernor Eugene Ta'-
madge as judge of Western Circuit Superior Court.
Judge Upson was sworn in this morning in Atlanta.
Judge Upson was appointed to
complete the unexpired term of:
former Judgze Blanton Fortson, who
resigned to become president- |
treasurer of the Southern Mutual |
Insurance Company. The term ex- |
pires January 1, 1£43. i
Judge Upson is a graduate of|
the University of Georgia in the
class of 1890, receiving the A. B.
degree. i
One of this section’s pest known!
attorneys, for a number of years
he was on the faculty of Lump-;
kin Law School at the University |
and before then had served as a|
representative from this county in |
the general assembly. l
For many years Judge Upson
was among this section’s best
known bankruptcy court lawyers,
and served for four years as City
Court solicitor during the previous
terms of Governor Talmadge. 1
For a number of years he di
rected The Southern Law School, a
‘number of the graduates of his
school making their marks in the
legal world. |
\ By long training in both the
itheory of the law ana from active
‘ “‘Continued on Page Two) I
.
lCom Receptacles
For Greek Fund
-. ‘ |
Distributed Here
\
i Tony Galis, local chairman of the
| Greek War Reltef Committee, an.
| nounces that Greek Relief Fund
'glass coin receptacles have been
| placed in about fifteen Athens
'stores, and that approximately that
many more will be distributed
within the next few days.
i Poster, bearing the inscription:
{“Help Greece Now; Give Today
! To the Greek War Relief Associa.
| tion”, are being put in store win
dows and shops.
l The money received will be used
ito buy medicme and medical sup
iplies to be sent to Greece monthly,
!(:ha.imm.n Galis says,
| State headquarters are in Atlan.
| ta, with main headquarters in New
| York City.
' Athenians why are in sympathy
| with the fight being put up by the
!gallant little country, a fight that
Iha.s helped the Britisp in staving off
i Nazi invasion, are requested to
tcontflbute to the financial aid of
the Greek nation by dropping coins
in the coin receptacles.
ngeutenants Hogan
'And Smith Pay
. - .
Flying Visit Here
i Lieutenants Harvey Hogan, for
merly of Athens, and J. R. Smith,
]both assigned t, the attack squad
|ron at Lawson Field, Fort Ben
{ ning, paid a flying visit here this
| morning.
| They were flying two-motored
‘,\-18 attack ships and a large
crowd of Athenians gathered at the
airport to inspect them while the
aviators were here.
‘B’nai B’rith N
‘b'nai B'rith Names
! -
‘Two Athenians l
i . * P
‘To Official Posts ,
Milton A. Lesser was named.
'treasurer, and A, Brooks a mems
ber of the eXecutive committee at
|a meeting in ' Atlanta yesterday
{of the B'naj Birith Association of
| Georgia, in which officers were the
l’ensuing yvear were elected, |
| Judge Emmanuel JLewis, Sa.
, vannah, was re-elected president;
| Maurice Steinberg, Augusta, vice
- president; Herbert Waller, Colum.
| bus, vice-president; Mr. Lesser,
treasurer, and Bery Rittenhaum,
| Atlanta, sevretary.,
i In addition to Mr. Brooks, mem.
ibers of the executive committee
elected were louis B, Abrams,
; Fitzgerald; Vietor Kiralfy, Colum
‘bus; Ben Lubel, Macon; Harry
Willensky, Augusta; Julian Boelm
Atlanta; Nathan Frielander, Val.
dosta, and Rabbi Jermoe Labovitz,
{ Savannah,
! ‘The meeting was neld at the
Mayfair Club ana followlng the
lelection, was aadressed by Sidney
IKusworn, Dayton, Ohio, interna
{ tional treasurer of the organiza.
tion, who urged Jewish youth of
America, to enlist in the United
| States Army and Navy and take
advantage of the technical train
| ing offered youth by the govern.
! ment, %, u
| The speaker alsp outlined how
i the association is aiding aliens to
| become Ameriean citizens, and
abou th work the association will
do in the military training camps
,during the next year.
Four Former Georgia 1
Students Receive
Marine Commissions '
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Four former University of Geor-i
gia students, graduates oy recent
years, received eommissions as
Second Licutenants jn the United
Stateg Marineg Corps Quantico, Va.,
last Friday, and were visitors here
over the week-end,
The four are Lt. Claude David
son, jr., Athens; Lt. Claude Grif
fin, jr., LaGrange; Lt. William D.
Hammack, jr., Cuthbert, and Lt.
Harry S. Popper, jr., Macon.
Lt. Davidson formerly was con
nected with the Division of Pub
lications at the Unlversity. Lt.
Griffin is the son of Dr. Claude
Griffin well known Atlanty phy
sician., Lt., Hammack, following
graduation here worked on The
Savannah Morning News. Lt. Pop
per was 5 law student while at
the University.
The four will return so Quantico
for three months study before he
ing assigned posts of duty.
A.B.C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢c Sunday
Hitler Warns Axis Ready
Submarines 0 Bmt' h s
i ) e ‘
- United States Must Realize Reich b
1 Power In World Economics, He Says * |
| MUNICH— (AP Via Radio) —Adolf Hitler warn=
| ed his enemies today that a joint German-Italian sub=
marine campaign would be loosed upon them next
month and almost in the same breath announced
that an already expanded U-boat campaign had sunk:
90,000 tons of enemy warships within the last two
days. : 4
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Britain, Turkey
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Take Stern View
lflf Twin Crises !
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Turks Warn Germany
Threat To “‘Security”
Will Bring New War
| — .
By The Associated Press
Britain and Turkey, her
neutral ally, took a stiffer
attitude in the twin crises
of the Balkans and the Far
East today.
Authoritative diplomatic
quarters in London said Brit
ain has served notice on
,Japan that Japanese expan-
Ision southward ‘“enhanced
| dangers” in the Pacific. i
| Militarily allied to Britain, Tur-|
'key declared througp her foreign |
".\llnister Sukru Saracoglu that shes
| would find it impossible “to re- |
| main- indifferent to foreign activi-!
ties which migh¢ occur in her so'l
| curity zone.” i
| This was an_evident reference.
'to Hitler's reported intention to .
send Nazi troops through Bulgaria
for an attack on Greece. Turkey |
has long regarded Bulgaria as part ;
{ of her security zone, '
i “Turkey will oppose with force !
|uny and all aggression which might |
be directed against her territorial |
lintegrity or her independence,”
Saracoglu warned.
‘ Some observers said they be
| lieved the statement was prompted
| by Bulgaria’s seeming inclination
| to interpret her week-old non-ag- :
| gression accord with Turkey as an‘
indication that Turkey was lndif—‘
ferent to German troop movements
across Bulgaria, so long as Tur
key's borderg were not violated. 1
i Already In Sofia |
Q@German officers already are es
tablished in Sofia, Bulgaria's cap
| ital, and Bulgarian police halted
'all automobile traffic yesterday in
the Sofia district without explana
tion as police began a nation-wide
hunt for Bulgarians spreading anti
| German leaflets.
{ Premier Mussolini, in an unher
! (Continusd an Pace Two)
| e A s
Four-Year-Old Takes
Spin In The Air,
And Wants To Stay Up
l “Turn it back on daddy,”’ said
ifour-year-old Johnny Braswell to
his father, Jack C. Braswell, as
!the two started back to earth Sun
day afternoon after a trip up from
| the local airport.
' Air-minded Johnny didn’'t want
!to come down, but Pilot:Daddy
Braswell thought bhest to do so,
and so it was.
{ The two were alone in the
plane, Johnny being strapped in
I the passenger’s seat with his father
‘at the controls.
| So far as could be ascertained
| today, it was the first time a four
| vear-old thas gone up from the
local airport just as any other
lpawssengen and not held in some
-3 body’s lap.
Duce’s Speech Tries To Shift
Blame To Marshal Graziani
{ BY DeWITT MacKENZIE
Associated Press Writer
Signor Mussolini’'s detailed ad
mission of Italy’s overwhelming
| defeat in Africa is likely to be
| widely interpreted as a tacit warn
ing to his people that the Fascists
forces cannot be rescued, pending
‘the ultimate Axis victory which he
: predicted.
; 11 Duce’s sbeech was a justifica
tion of his own military policy be
fore his people, and a strong plea
for their confidence, It ig difficult
| to escapPe the feeling that in mak
ing this effort he has dumped the
respongibility for the Libyan deba
!cle onto the already burdened
. shoulders of the sgreat Marshal
‘Gmhni.
| The world all along has been led
H2XE]
He said the destroyed naval
craft had been convoying supply
ships which also were sunk, b f‘
ing the total destruction of the
sortie at sea to 315,000 toms. =
~ The new underwater thrust
starting next month will employ
“new types of submarines, '“v’,fi'
declared, adding: g
“One thing is sure: where Brit=
ish ships will appear, and where.
Britain will fight us, we will fight
them and destroy them.” i
The “strongest cooperation™
Ibinds Germany and Italy, he said,
a combination that should E
ridiculed by the enemy,
“They will know shortly, whe
our new types of submarines are
going to be brought into the ex
| panded warfare,” he said, * Chey
| will find out in March and Aprl
| what German-Italian submarine
zcm)peratlon will mean to them.”
| “Spring In Air”
| Hitler, giving thanks that he
| was hale and hearty and able to
(lead the fight, remarked that M
felt “that spring is in the a i
He spoke for nearly an hour ang
a half, progressing from a recital
of achievements of the Natior
Socialist party to an oratord
outburst capitulating future ¥
plans, L
“Our battles at sea can only bk
gin now. The reason was that we
wanted to school the new U-hoat
crews for the battle to come”
The Reich leader, ‘ speaks Ng
the 21st anniversary of the sous
eof The Naftanal Suslstit L
ty, said that within the lagt
days the German U-boat and a
force campaign had destroyed 21
000 tons of ememy shipping. =
(His address was picked up in
the United States by NBC and
CBS short wave monitors, but wi
not rebroadeast in full.) _W
“Just a few hours ago,” Hitl
said, “I received a notice from
our high command that our naval
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Russian Inventor
bFor -
U.S. Found Dead
NEW YORK — (AP) — With &
bullet wound in the head, the body
of Michael Borislavsky, 855-years
old former colonel in the Russiam
Imperial Army and inventor of &
bomb which a friend said had beem
submitted to the U. 8. War Dé
partment, was found outside a
convent in upper Manhattan last:
night. LA
Assistant Medical Examiner
Raymond B. Miles listed the death
as a homicide when no gun was
found at the scene.
Detective Lieutenant John Ho=
gan learned from. the slain Rus=
sian’s wife that although he h u@
been suffering with a heart ails
ment for seven years, he had ‘:.
fected several military inventions,
which she said were worth “be=
tween $600,000 and $700,000” and
were being patented in Washin
ton, e
Mrs. Borislavsky sad she knew
of no enemies her husband might™
have had, nor any reason he might
have killed himself. e
Colonel Peter Zouboff, a d
of the slain man, said Borislavsky
was a graduate of the Russian
Military Academy and had bew
eolonel in the engineering corps '_’f
{he Russian army before coming
to this country in 1921, <Ay o
to believe that Graziani was sufs
sering from lack of essential sup
plies of all kinds and for want of
reinforcements, because of the
British blockade which virtually
him off from home. It thel
comes as a smashing surprise to
hear from Mussolini that the Mar=
shal had 396,000 troops and
000 officers—more than double the
British force, in addition to moum=
tainous supplies. -
Jumped The Gun
The trouble was, 1l Duce ex=
plains, that the British jumped thé
gun “five to ten days” before the
Italians wera ready to start their
own drive. Then “an entire army.
corps—the tenth—was almost com=
e e