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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 238.

TRAFF IC DIFFIC T A SLEET COVERS

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'Y, STATE ROADS

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One’ Ts Hots Seriously Zz ’-As Two Trucks, ? Collide.

No RESPITE SEEN Little Change in

Temperature Is Prediction.

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CITY—Icy streets add to driving peril; thermometer to stay below freezing, Weather Bureau says. STATE — Perry

close, Bevajke slippery traffic vansville tied up by or NATION—Snew, rain and sleet cover three-fourths of country.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Indianapolis str streets, except those treated with salt, got dangerously slippery - today as sleet slanted on them intermittently, The Accident issued

new storm warnings fo

drivers. .

The Weather Bureau saw no respite from the climatic: conditions that created the hazard, predicting the conditions would continue practically as they are through tomorrow. Meanwhile, one serio trafhe aceparted _ ‘Marion

The therm has been consistently below freezing today and 26 was predicied as the low tonight. Moreover, Bureau said thers wou hot a a change in temng the next 36 hours. aes are about eight delow normal. an was injured and two

One man ‘was ififured and_two

Road 52 a mile and a half east of Arlington Ave. ‘Chester J.- Cecil, 53, of 537 N. Rural St, Indianapolis Power & Light Co. employee, was taken to City Hospital in a serious condition with head and body injuries.

Driver Is Uninjured

Carl Modesitt, 34, of 856 W. 29th St., also Power Co. employee, and driver. of the company truck, was uninjured, as was Robert Truitt, 20,

‘Morristown, whose coal truck went

into an eight-foot, ditch. The Street Department worked throughout the night spreading salt and sand after a number of complaints wére received, mostly from the northeast séction of the city, it was reported. Municipal Airport officials said they planned to resume plane service today. A Chicago-bound plane departed last night. Streetcars, busses and trains were reported running on schedules. The Highway Commission report ed Road 40 west of ron. covered with ice. : Roads in the vicinity of Vincennes and Seymour also were said ta be in dangerous conditions.

Perry Cony 3 ty Schools

Closed by Roads TELL CITY, Dec. 14 (U. P)— were closed

today when school ‘were ‘un-

able to make their scheduled trips! Forum

because of ice on the roads. Pupils at one school appeared for classes but the teacher was unable to reach the school.

“High schools at Troy and Bristow | |

were closed and those at Tell City and Cannelton had only a 60 per cent attendance. Mail arriving here was three hours late. At Ferdinand, 30 persons were

under a covered bridge] when their automobiles were unable]

to climb up the hill south of town. rescued

sumped. shes on: the hill.

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Evansville Streets Covered by Ice’

JANSVILLE, Dec. 14 (U. P)—

I u 1. P). r year-olg | phys-

this morning | State Highway truck |

Irhree -Fourths of U.S. Affected by Conditions.

MERCURY RISES

Business ‘in Louisville Crippled; Building Is Destroyed.

By, United Press Snow, rain and sleet, mov-

ing eastward from the Rockies, covered three-quar-ters of the country with an icy coating today, made drivhazardous and in scattered cities paralyzed business and

transportation. « '» . Rising temperatures accompanied the storm in the North Central states and, although bringing respite from a bitter cold wave, transformed snow into slush inches deep. U. S. Forecaster C. A. Donnel said snow and rain fell over most of the country except on the Atlantic slope and locally in the Great Lakes region. Heavy snows were reported in the North Cential states. In the ‘central Midwest, subfreezing temperatures and rain left a Haze of ice on highways, Louisville Hard Hit

- Business was crippled seriously in Louisville. | All public schools were closed, highway travel was at

fa standstill and public transporta-

tion systems were hours behind schedule. A $50,000 fire destroyed the Premier Paper Co. building and dam‘aged two nearby buildings in the Louisville downtown section late

18st night.

‘| see thal someone else does. .

Firing See My Dogs Are Fed! Chief Obliges|

Police . Chief* Morrissey opened his mail today and found this letter post-merked Chicago: . “I hope I'm not asking too much of ‘you, but I live at —— Parker Ave,, Indianapolis. I came to Chicago Saturday morning. I left three clogs in. my house and left them food and water to do until Sunday raornings. I meant to be back then, but my car broke down and I can’t get baclt until Tuesday morning. “I just hope you'll be kind enough to give them something to eat or . The little yellow and white ene will fuss tut he won’t bite. Please be kind enough ‘to give them some. bones. « «+ A skeleton key will get you in.” An . investigation at the Parker Ave. address showed no one yet at home tphday. . : Chief Morrissey. said he would send a humane officer to the home

| to feed and water the dogs.

CHURCHMEN RAP PAROLE SETUPS

Criticism, Made in Criminal Court by Officials of - Federation. Parole systems in the United

States were criticized in Criminal Court today by Indianapolis Church

‘Ifederafion officials who sought to

rehabilitate a man’ once a prisoner in the famous Alcatraz Prison. Eugene Foster, Church Federation president, appeared in court and asked that Ernest Carr, 30, be given # chance to rehabilitate himself. Carr was arrested in a railroad yards here recently on ‘a charge cof carrying a gun and was bound over to the Grand Jury pending investigation of his record. Retford showed he first wak ar tes at the age of 18 and served at a boys’ school in Ohio for {ruaney.

“THat .made a criminal out of Aim,” pemarked Mr. Foster. The prisoner also served a term for burglary in Honolulu and in 1929 was committed So. Alcatraz on

At St. Louis, 54 petsens were iv & pet Q) Salis on 1 s ne |:

attributed to an Ry Eh Z -—e of other auto. Bei

and. Hiinols.. Air flights were can-

celed and bus services were behind schedule. Chicago traffic was impeded by a heavy fall of wet, sticky snow.’ The lemperature, however, held close

_ Porecaster Donnel said the rain and snow would continue throughout the North Central states tonight but that temperatures will change little.

SLAIN POLICEMAN'S WIDOW BEARS BABY

LAFAYETTE, Dec. 14 (U. P). —MTrs. Margaret Minneman, widow of State Policeman Paul Minneman,

who was shot to death last May by |

the Al Brady gang while fleeing from a Goodland bank robbery, laic yesterday gave birth to a daughter at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, it was learned today.

Both mother and baby were re- |

ported to be doing ‘well. Two ‘weeks ago Mrs. Minneman testified for, the Federal Govern-

ment at Hammond in the trial of

James Dalhover, Brady gang “triggerman” who had pleaded guilty to Minneman’s murder and will be sentenced to death next Saturday by U..8. Judge Thomas W. Slick.

TIMES FEATURES ' ON INSIDE PAGES

Books das ode 15 Broun ....... 16 Comics ...... (31 Crossword .

Merry-Go-R'd 16 | Movies 19 Mrs. Ferguson 15 Mrs. Roosevelt 15 Curious World, 2% Music ..... oe 20 Editorials ... 16 | Obituaries .. 17 Fashions . 13 | Pyle Financial ... . 18| Questions ive Fishbein .... Radio Flynn seven e 18

Jane Jordan. 15° Johnson .... 16

“His arrest here: was mergly an unfortiinate circumstance because he had no job,” he said. Criminal Court Judge Frank’ P. Baker said “Ohio authorities should take care of their own people.” “They should not send parolees: to other states where they will be forced to continue careers of crime.”

OFFICE HOLDERS BAN ANSWERS AIKEN PLEA

G. 0. P. hots as | as It Meets to Pick Program Group.

(Early Details, Page 11)

: mnt : ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14 (U. P).—A resolution barring officeholders from membership on the Republican program committee was adopted today by the executive committee of the Republican National Committee meeting here to select a 100-man group: to prepare a new declaration of party principles. { . The committee’s action was interprited as an answer to a demand by Governor Aiken of Vermont for

4a purge of reactionary elements

within the party. Governor Aiken, considered a possible committee memirer, was barred by the action. A message that the Vermont Republican State Committee had

. votec. unanimous approval of Ciov-

ernor’: Aiken’s proposed purge was read ‘to the meeting when. it convened to continue discussions on membership ‘of the program committee, Executive Chairman John D. M. Hamilton told of 4 conference in Washington Thursday with Governor Aiken regarding younger men in the G. O. P. and the Southern situs tion. Mr. Hamilton said he was in gccord with Governor Aiken's sentiments regarding encouragemeni of youth and an affirmative Program.

“TUBSDAY, DECEMBER 1 14, Bw

GROUP TO SEEK “NEW ERA’ FOR

CHILD'S COURT

Desire for Improvement in Conditions Widespread, “Harold West Says.

PUBLIC SUPPORT ASKED|

Committee to Conduct Sur |

vey of Candidates and Make Indorsements.

Pledged to bring “a new era” in the operation of Marion County's

Juvenile Court, the Juvenile Court Committee will go into executive session next Monday night. Representatives of more than a score of civic, patriotic, social and public welfare groups are represented on the committee, organized last night. Kenneth Ogle, executive committee member, said a survey of available candidates for Juvenile Court

| judige will be ‘started Monday. When : | it is finished, the committee prob-

ably will announce its support of one candidate from each major political party, Membership of ~the executive committee, chosen last night, includes: : Mrs. Louis B. Bruck, Mrs. John A. Cejnar, Roscoe Conkle, the Rev. Garry Cook, Joseph J. Daniels, Eugene Foster, Mrs. J. A. Goodman, Mrs. Calvin F. Hamilton, Mrs. George Home, Ralph Husted, Mrs. W. D. Keenan, John Kirch, Hugh McK Landon, Mrs. El Lilly, Mrs, Carl J. W. Manthei, the Rev,

Francis M. Mellon; Mrs. Clarence

Merrell, Mrs. James Murray, George S. Olive, Miss Emma C, Puschner, F. B. Ransom, Dr. Louis Segar, Mrs. Thomas B. Sheerin, Mrs. Nathan Swaim, Albert Stump, Mrs. John

A. Towns. John F, White, Dr. F. 8S.

C. Wicks. Herman Wolff, Karl Wolfe, Evans Woollen Jr., Mrs. Perry Lesh, Mrs. Austin Clifford, Miss Gertrude Toggart, Mr. Ogle and Harold

"Nearly 100 at Meeting Nearly ‘100 men and women ot at the Y. SN A. to organize the

| RESCUED PASSENGERS|Z™

EN ROUTE TO TO MANILA

MANILA, P. 1, oT. Der. 14 (U. Ply The 485 passengers: rescued from the 8. 8. President Hoover after she

ran aground on a reef near the

Japanese Island of Haishoto were en route here today aboard the ‘Dollar Line’s President McKinley,

a sister ship. The McKinley was:

due in Manila tomorrow ‘noon. The President Pierce, another Dollar Line ship, was approaching Haishoto to take on some of the 330 members of the crew. A skeleton force remained aboard the Hoover during salvage operations. Latest reports from the island said that the Hover was in no immediate danger of breaking up.

STATE PRISONER DIES

MICHIGAN CITY, Dec. 14 (U.P). The death of Clarence Boldt, 55, at the Indiana State Prison after suf-

fering an attack of pneumonia, was

the fifth at the institution within a week, prison officials announced today. Boldt, serving a one-to-10-year term for obtaining money under

false pretenses, was sentenced from.

South Bend last Jan. 23. He had no living relatives. VALPO BANK PAYS DIVIDEND ;

VALPARAISO, Dec. 14 (U. P).— Depositors at the First Trust Co.

here, which closed in 1932, will re-'

ceive a 25 per cent dividend tomorrow amounting to $40,000. A similap dividend was paid two years ago.

RM rr I A HOPKINS TO TAKE REST

Minn., Dec. 14 (U.

ROCHESTER P.).—Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Relief Administrator under obsérvation

by Mayo Clinic physicians, is “com- |

pletely fagged out” and must rest foe 60 to 90 days, his brother said y.

Fresh Air Pupil Asks Clothe-A- Child

For Snow

(list of Dons, Page Three.)

Letters ‘tumble ou out of the mail bag at The Indianapolis Times’ 'Clothe-a-Child headquarters every day like so many sighs. Scores of ‘them; some written laboriously by children, some painfully by adults. They are mostly on ruled paper and in pencil. Such & one was this: *1 ge to Fresh Air School. ‘T arn 8 years old. I have a good daddy, but ‘he: cannot find work. Will you

give me a snow suit and a pair of

snow shoes so I can be out-of-doors | more?” Today this one came, written in hand:

Suit to Allow

additional, stabbing tragedy that has taken from thos who have not. Such as this: I “We are two boys. ... lke to have ck for. we a. an : have no aer, er er purse stolen which contained this month's persion from the Family Welfare. rian el oo hace ‘| Hepndquarters and they will have a record of it.”

‘Mot only in letters do the pleas’ endlessly come. 206 W. Maryland St, want mes

At headquarters,

to cdll in person. Through ti

snow and sleet of yesterday trudged of boys and girls | tes

sum- | y

in 'the- persons | Whose shoes let the winter in i ‘came Without &

+ We would | for Christmas

can: do, Ye fund is nok eng to take care of those needing said. Only school children are eligible to be clothed. And even so there Now are many more requests on file than were clothed: during. the last campaign. You can help, not only with your contributions to the Mile-of-Dimes,

Clothe-a-Child - “Here are the ways:

1. If you wish to fon = with a

West was named A

1J. Hall Paxton,

Outdoor Play

of L. S. Ayres’ -& Co. and Kresge’s, |

Ships to ‘Remain China; Admiral Declares.

RESCUE SPEEDED

Unknown N dniber of Americans Still Missing.

(Editorial, Page 16)

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE (Copy ight, 1937. ty Uniten Press

SHANGHAI, Dec, 14.— Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, commanding the United States Fleet in China, declared ‘emphatically today

that the United States would |

ignore any suggestion that it remove its ships for safety, and that the Navy would stay %s long as necessary to protect American life and property. A Japanese Navy spokesman had said previously that thé Urnited

- President.

certain.

vent future incidents,

AT A GLANCE -

WASHINGTON—U. 8. sends third and stronger former protest to Tokyo; officials indicate only apology from Emperor Hirohito wil satisfy

SHANGHAIU. 8. rejects Japanese suggestion to withdraw ships from ‘'Yangtse; suggestion is withdrawn; two Americans and one Italian on ‘bombed ships now definitely known dead; other casualty: lists un-

TOKYO~Japan delivers preliminary pote to U. S. ambassador, apologizing, promising indemnity, punishment of offenders and steps: to pre.

Ir. D. R. Insisting A Reply Directly * From Emperor.

ATTITUDE IS FIRM Third Note Reve

CASUALTIES

Confusion continued today in {he compiling of lists of casualties and of persons missing in the bombing of the U. S. gunboat Panay and three American merchant ships. ‘Two Americans and an Italian were known dead. Six Americans were listed as wounded. Fotir other Americans and several foreigners were listed definitely as missing. ‘Whether there were others unaccounted for-—and how many—had not .yet been ascertained. "Rescue work and compilation. of an authentic report proved extremely difficult because the survivors, including wounded, were

widely scattered. (Sd sasualty ais, bottom of Page 1.)

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States and Britain had been warned | : i;

it would be advisable to, withdraw #

for the nese walars ot United. States = nationals as. long as such necessity |

exists.

“The U. 8. 8. Oahu was directed |

to bring survivors of the U. 8, .8. Panay to Shanghai, as no other vessel is available. her station in the Yangtse in the course of time.”

Report Survivors Contacted

A statement was issued from the Pulley Admiral Yarnell’s flagship, saying that the Oahu, the British gunboat Bee, the Japanese gunboat Hodzu and two Japanese destroyers had contacted the Panay survivors at Hanshan and expected to begin taking them aboard immediately. The British gunboat Ladybird will absorb the overflow from the Oahu, and the Hodzu and minesweepers will convoy. the ships to Shanghai. The statement said: |

“The purpose of the Oahu’s trip |

is to evacuate wounded survivors

of the American ships bombed on

Sunday to the hospital at Shanghai and possibly Manila, and for no other reason. She will return to her station upriver in due course.” “As near as can. be ascertained,

the Panay was bombed about 1:30 |

Pp. m. (Sunday) and sank about 2:30 p. mm,” the statement said. “Nothing is now showing.” The last meant that the ship was completely sub-

mers Japs Stay Out of Rescue 3

Reliable advices = received here said: that while a British-American rescue party. went up the creek| toward Hohsien from the Yangtse,

‘with the Oahu and Bee lying off the

mouth of the creek, Japanese troops landed up the creek and kept up a

. | lively exchange of fire with armed

Chinese on the banks The Bee sent a sampan asking the Japanese to desist and enable the rescuers to proceed without danger. | The Japanese refrained from taking active part in the rescue work, as requested by the British and

Americans, who feared that it would |

do more harm than good, because | ‘of the Chinese hatred for the Japanese. - Admiral Yarnell also reported that second secretary of the U. S. Embassy at Nanking, was wounded by shrapnel in the destruction of the Panay. ‘Mr. Paxton had Sr listed trom | : um od Page Three)

as hy : ior

but also in thee Ways through the Er : forts tao

"She will return to | sinking

losses.

megits similarly were on: the job. a 2

3 The Exbcutive Offices at ‘the White “ust early evening on: but lights blaze from: the big windows above long “after midnight as the wires hum with reports of the U. S. S. Panay ng by Japanese bombers nesr Nanking. Stale and: Navy Sega.

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Determination on: | Settling Issue. 3

BY HOBART C. MONTEE United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.The United States, awaiting a.reply to President Roose velt’s direct protest to En peror Hirohito of Japan, day lodged a third fo representation with the Jai J nese Government over the cl struction of the U. 8: 3

‘| Panay. .|. Reciting .. facts sufiounding

bombing of the gunboat, the

: profiest demanded a formal apol 08

“complete and comprehensive demnifications,” and adequat ! surance against similar attacks

“| the future on American natiol

and their interests in China by ght re lita. ph C. Grew A Tr JOSE Te was instructed to present new protest while the State partment awaited receipt of Ja

“| repiy to Mr. Rbosevelt’s direct v8)

resentations to the Emperor. Administration officials indi that the President would be

Eo fied only with an apology from

val are dark from

Tokyo Extends Apology;

Britain Weighs Ac Action

Pledges Indemnification for - American Losses in Note to Grew.

~ By H, 0. THOMPSON ‘United Press Staff Corresponcent TOKYO, Dec, 14—Japan preserit-. ed a ‘four-point note of apology fo the United States today for the attack on an American gunboat and three American merchant ships. The note was delivered to the

American . Embassy Just as Ame _bassador Joseph (C. Grew received @ note of protest from Washington.

Ambassador Grew was seeking an |

appointment with Foreign Minister Koki Hirota, to deliver his note; when Japan's apology was received. The Japanese Government, in the nate offered: 1. Repeated “informal apologies for Rope sinking of the oe Panay and the attack on three Standard Oil ships. 2. Promised indemnification for 3 ‘Gave assurance that the Japanese aviators responsible for the at‘tack’ would be punished. 4. Promised steps to safeguard a recurrence of the attack.

‘The dispatch with which the Giovx Jam to Fage Three) }

‘England's Ministers: Seek fo .Appease Public Feeling. On Attacks. .

LONDON, Dec. 14 (U. P.).—British Cabinet Ministers met in emergency session today to consider action in protest against Japanese attacks on British men of. war. The half dozen key men delegated

_| Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to

make a new Statement of policy in the House of Commons this afternoon in an effort to appease angry public seniiment. Secretary Eden, after a morning of study of dispatches from the Far East, conferred separately with Prime Minister: Neville Chamberlain. It. was understood: that 'a strong British note to Japan- would be completed tonight and submitted to the entire Cabinet at ivs regular

meeting tomorrow.

The Government continued to maintain closest possible co-opera-tion with the United States Government in an effort to assure parallel action on Japanese attacks against American and British warships

‘There were Srequent, telephone calls

UU. S. Tie With Britain, France and Russia Is Seen

mad ’ course “of Japan; and Gemany and the Shien)

pia sna the United States, Great |E | Bnttaln, Prance and the Soviet |

dios sok mean an. ‘alliAnce 1a e,’ “tor - formal ~coalition against the {1a : ( Such a thing is not

| Yolved. in. the Western Pacific, Where the United States also is concerned,

| Japan's activities tend to create a

Dawes ‘community’ of interests ere. With the epansse- German: Tal

rsonally. President in Close Contact, resides was keeping in

+1 just. soning the:

1 |'to date on the situation.” sa sal

Hull. | fone new representations. rased in’ stiff, formal : lang De this Government's tience and anger over the re

{| incidents involving ‘neutrals in

war area. Mr. Hull announced that he structed Mr. Grew by cable to, sent the following note: “The Government and people the United States have been de ~ ly shocked by ‘the facts of’ bombardment and ‘sinking of TU. S. 8S. Panay and the sinking “burning of the American s 1 Meiping, Meian and Meisian Japanese aircraft.

| “Flying the American Flag”

“The essential facts are these American vessels were in ‘Yangtse by uncontested an contestable right; that they flying the American flag; that’ viere engaged in their legit and appropriate business; ] they were at the moment conve ing American official and pri personnel away from points wk clanger, had developed; that had several times changed position, ‘moving up river, in to avoid danger; and that were attacked by Japanese b ing planes. fp “With regard to the attack, a sponsible Japanese naval oftl Shanghai has informed. the mander-in-chief of the Am ‘ Asiatic Fleet that the four v were g up river; {i Japanese plane endeavored certain . their nationality, flying an altitude of 300 meters, bu unable to distinguish thé that three Japanese &

all

the American steamers, and sinking of the U. S. S. Panay. the other two steamers.

“Violated Rights of U, 8;

“Since the beginning of the ‘ent unfortunate hostilities bet

the purpose of the Japanese ernment and the Japanese &@ forces to respect fully the r and interests of other po “On several occasions, howe “acts of Japanese armed forces hi violated the rights of the Uni States, have seriously end