Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 October 1938 — Page 3

Council Sidetracks Police Probe Plea From Churchmen

Morrissey Says He Will

‘Welcome’ Investigation;

Rev. L. N. Trotter Promises Expose Of ‘Wide Open’ Vice.

An expose of alleged vice and gambling which are purported to be running “wide open” in the City Was promised today by the Rev. L. N. Trotter, whose demand for an immediate investigation of ;the Police Despartment was referred to committee last night by the City Council.

The Rev. Mr. Trotter, presiding and self-styled State manager of

elder of the Church of the Brethren the Christian Crusaders, said he

“would name names and give addresses of vice dens operating in the City without Police molestation” at a public meeting next Sunday at

the Beech Grove Baptist Church. Chief Morrissey, who was an interested observer at the meeting, today said he would “welcome an investigation into my office at any time.” “Rev. Trotter has given me no information nor any complaint: in connection with his charges of gambling and vice. If he does, the proper investigation will be made and the proper action taken.”

Water Study Delayed

The entire meeting was taken up by the organization’s demand, and the question of investigation by Council of the possibility of purchase of the Indianapolis Water Co., scheduled to be brought up, was put over until the next meeting.

The only scheduled business taken up by Council was the appropriation of $1300 for the Gamewell Department for traffic signals. As spokesman for nearly 300 members of the Crusaders who crowded the main floor and galleries of the Council chamber, the ~ Rev. Mr. Trotter denounced Chief Morrissey - as a “dictator who has hob-nailed his police force and has allowed Indianapolis to become the largest center of vice and corruption for a city of its size in the country.” The address followed a reading by the Council secretary of a resolution - demanding an immediate investigation of the Police Department and of Chief Morrissey which the Rev. Mr. Trotter sought to have adopted by Council under suspension of the rules. The resolution was attacked on the floor by Andrew Jacobs, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic County Prosecutor nomination in the primary, who accused the Rev. Mr. Trotter of “political motives” in bringing the demand to the Council “on the eve of election.” Mr. Jacob's speech was interrupted constantly by boos_and hisses from the gallery and Council President Edward M. Raub’s repeated threats to “clear the chamber unless we can have some order.” “Im Not Quitting” Following Mr. Jacobs on the floor was Eugene Fife Jr., radio spokesman for the Republican County Committee; who assailed Mr. Jacobs as “one of Sheriff Otto Ray’s wouldbe racket busters.” Final spokesman for the Crusaders on the Council floor was the Rev. Verdi Allen, pastor of the Beech Grove Baptist Church and superintendent of the Glad Tidings Mission. Rev, Mr, Allen repeated the oh Mr. Trotttr s promise to “name mes and give addresses” at a public meeting to be held in the church next Sunday night. As a motion to adjourn followed passage of the appropriation, the ' Rev. Mr. Trotter jumped to his feet and addressed the crowd: “I'm not quitting this fight we've started,” he said. “We came here and asked Council to do a job. They ave seen fit not to do it. Well, we will do it cirselves. Come to the _ineeting net Sunday, and we’ll Sed ne the ews far and wide.”

* JOINS WIFE IN DEATH JUSTAS HE WISHED

DAYTON, O., Oct. 18 (U. P). — - Death granted the wish of E. W. Ambrose, 65, that he should not be separated from his wife. Mrs. Birdie Ambrose, 68, died, and Mr. Ambrose told a friend that “if I could only have a heart attack, I could go with her.” ' Three hours later he had a heart attack and died on the 38th anniversary of their wedding. Double funeral services were held

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Accidents .... 10 Drunken

MEETINGS TODAY Rotary Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,

oon. National Association of

ii af jualists, cofivention. Claypool Hotel,

Safety EE | sem- i

inar. Claypool Hotel, 211 day “Knights of Columbus,

AY ncheon. Hotel loon. hs Delta Kappa, Hotel Wath 0 Actuarial club. ‘dinner, Hotel Washington

dir anole Retail Meat and Groeers’ Association, meeting, Hotel Washington,

a toloia,, Omega, Hotel Washin : v ML. Be = a Fal meeting, Hotel Washt 7:30 p ing gion. Tau” Omern. luncheon, Board of oa,

Gyre Ciab. no Mercator Jlub, luncheon, Columbia Club,

Wathinmen ma luncheon,

meeting,

luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,

Cniversal Club, luncheon. Columbia Club,

Diversity of Michizan Club, luncheon,

Board of Trade. no Lutheran Service Club, luncheon, Canary

Cottage, noon.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indiana Osteopathic Association, convention, Hotel Severin, all day. National Association of Spiritualists, convention, Clay Hotel, all day. C. T. Safety Fou sunflation;. safety seminar, cla ool Hotel, all day. Kiwanis Club. luncheon, Columbia Club,

Lions Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington,

Beta Pht Sigma luncheon, Hotel Washington, no Beverage Credit Group, Warren, noon yong Men’s Disoussion Club, dinner, -Y.

6 m. Purdue Alumni Rssociation, luncheon, Hotel

: erin, z 1258" District American Legion, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon Biptia Aliph: Epsilon, luncheon, Board of a Delta “Thela” Tau, luncheon, Seville Tavern,

noo Co Ontrative Club of Indianapolis, luncheon, Columbia Club.

state

luncheon, Hotel

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URGES ENDTO WORKS OUTLAY

Clapp Recommends That All Relief Be Put on Direct Basis.

Substitution of direct relief for the present work relief K program would effect savings that would permit a “true public works program,” Raymond F. Clapp, Community Fund manager, told Indianapolis Rotarians today. Mr. Clapp spoke at the club's luncheon at the Claypool Hotel. “If relief were limited to cases in need of relief, only during the time they need it and only in the amount actually needed,” he said, “the cost could be cut.” “If funds were available for an adequate locally administered direct relief program, the money saved from the present work relief system would permit a true public works program.” He said the present relief program in the United States may defeat its own purpose. “Government funds can last only so long,” he declared. “Somewhere between the present-day heavy spending and the old-time relief program is the correct medium.”

‘Attitude Has Changed’

Mr. Clapp maintained the public attitude has changed toward acceptance of relief. “In other years life on relief was meager and to accept it a confession of failure abhorent to at least 99 per cent of our population,” he said. - - “The deluge of the depression years has changed all that. The present program represents a swing of the pendulum se far in the oppsoite direction that it may defeat its own end.” Hecited the combination of relief and public works as part of the difficulty. The Federal Government controls the bulk of available funds,” he said. “For the Federal Government to limit its relief funds to a works program makes it in reality a relief program, several. time as costly as a straight relief program needs be.”

POLICE FEARFUL OF ANTI-NEGRO RIOTS

SMYRNA, Ga. Oct. 18 (U. P.).— Nearly 50 State and County policemen patroled this vicinity todsv to prevent recurrence of anti-Negro demonstrations which followed a Negro’s confession that he beat to death a farmer and his daughter. At least 15 Negroes were stoned or beaten and a Negro school was burned last nigt by approximately 500 farmers and mill hands. few women were in the mob, which stopped the Atlanta-Marietta trolley and flailed Negro passengers with sticks. The mob threatened to march to Atlanta, 12 miles away, where the alleged killer, Willie Russell, 31, was lodged in the County Jail.

STAMPS TO BE AUCTIONED A stamp auction will be conducted at a meeting of the Indiana Stamp Club Friday night at the Hotel Antlers, according to Fred S. Smith,

secretary.

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pened,” Mrs. Duil said.

pressed anxiety over their safety.

Boy, 11, Struck by Car; Taxi Passenger Hurt In Crash.

Three persons were injured in 10 overnight traffic accidents here, police said today. Twenty-six persons were charged with violating traflic laws. Bruce Regadanz, 11, of 3623 E. Vermont St., received head cuts when struck by an auto driven by George Howard, 58, of Philadelphia, Ind., at Sherman Drive and New York St., yesterday, police said. He was treated in City Hospital. Police arrested Mr. Howard on a charge of running a red light. Grover C. Martin, 1202 N. Capitol Ave. Apt. 1, was injured when the taxi he was riding collided with an auto at North and Alabama Sts. last night, police said. He was treated by a physician. Sheriff’s deputies reported five persons ~narrowly- escaped injury when the auto in which they were riding plunged over a steep embankment on Bottom Road a mile north of Sunshine Gardens last night. Luther Woodward, 65, of 1905 S. State Ave. suffered head cuts when struck by an auto at Madison Ave. and McCarty St., yesterday, police said. They had a report of a motorist who backed his car 10 times into an auto behind him at Illinois and Washington Sts., last night, then drove through a red light, struck a trackless trolley car and drove away.

LEAPS 24 FLOORS TO DEATH IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (U. P.)— Milton Kaback, 23-year-old furrier office boy, leaped to his death from a 24th floor window because “the least bit of labor fatigues me.” A note in his pocket said: “My {friends are all swell and I hope they will adjust themselves well in life. Kindly give one of my friends the job I just gave up. The

least bit of labor fatigues me. So how can I ever be anything?”

INDIANAPOLIS

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times. therefore, is not responsible for errors in names or addresses.)

La Verne L. Ash. 22, of 1135 W. 3ist St.: Sinus; "Ann Buffington, 17, of 1145 W

St Ernest L. Bereman, 61- Danville; Alma M. Summers, 57. Bridgeport y Jr.. 23. of 4555 N.

I=zland C. Huey an St.: Elizabeth Deupree. 24, of 943 E. 53d St.

Wilbur Baker. 21. of 1441 S. Meridian St.: Phyllis Daugherty, 20. Indianapolis. Rot J. Hueber, of 2 in nesota St.: Mary Eila Jones. 21. of 1745 Nelson St. Clarence H. Gimbel, 22, of 537 Cottage Ave.; ‘Ella E. Newman, 21, of R. R. 1, Indianapolis. esse E. Tansy, 22. of 2363 N. Gale gt Denise Parmentier, 25. of 2958 N. ney

St. Charles Pierson. 21. Valley Mills, Catherine Haley, 18, Ben Davis Kenneth nh Sims. 26. of 47 W. 28th SB uth Biere, 24, of 3040 Ken700!

Harold McDermid. 21, of 764 N. Wallace igi 2ving Morton. 18. of 120 N. Wal-

'C Naiters, 18. Acton: Margaret

. Acton. . 27. of 221 W. 12th St.: Even 2 RS of 2s paris Ave.

E. 'Veney. . of 409 W. 28th ges Roberta L. i 4 ey 18, of 2830 Paris

BIRTHS

Boys Charles, Greta Wenz, at St. Francis. a 2rne Bertha Greenwell, at St. Fran-

© Cecil Rosemary Chamberlin, at St. Franci

Charies, Wanda Borchers, at St. Francis Benjamin, Lola Watson, at St. Francis.

oe Fomett. Hanna May Cox, at St. VinClarence, Lucille Peterman, 625 N. OxWalter, Alberta Bissell, 1605 E. 59th. Eldo, Grace Mohler. at Methodist. George, Rosemary Weare, at Methodist. Reese, Louise Fox. at Methodis George, Virginia Fobes, at Methodist. Girls Robert, Margaret True, ‘at St. Francis. Gerald, Anna Reddick, at St.. Francis. Elwood, Mary Wencke. at St. Francis. Richard, Mary Thruman, at Coleman Homer. "Mary Fletcher, at St. Vincent's. ‘William, Frances Ailes, at St. Vincent's. one, Frances Bruce, 275 Hendricks

William, Lilly Sanders, at Methodist.

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DEATHS

Edna May Rader, 46, at 1401 Orange, chronic Tayocarditis Norbert Eck, 20, at City, lobar-pneu-

ura Bowen, 53. at Methodist, influenza Tours Dok ar Margare; Welsh, 72, at 323 Orange,

noo Indiana Real Estate Board: E ManJfement Di Division, luncheon, nary Cot-

mia, Narcisus Holt, 55, at 1651 C= oscieEosis. a 51 Columbia, ar

Willard Pence, 51, at Methodist, acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Howard Which, 60, at 1226 E. 16th, at Methodist,

brancho-pneumonia ner Swearingen, 81, YE Sonnie H. Schotters, 72, at 233 Massachu:etts, cerebral hemorrhage.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

—emUnited States Weather Bureau INDIANAPOLIS- FORECAST—Increasing

1n- | cloudiness with showers tonight and to-

morrow; somewhat warmer = tonight;

cooler tomorrow. Sunrise ......5:59 | Sunset .......5:01

TEMPERATURE —Oct. 18, 1937—

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation sinc: Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Showers tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer in east and south portions tonight, cooler tomorrow. Illinois—Showers, cooler in west-central and in extreme north portions tonight; to-

{morrow partly cloudy, preceded by show-

ers in southeast and extreme south portion, much cooler. Lower Michigan — SHowers tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer in central and east portions tonight, cooler tomorro lo Parily cloudy, followed by rain in central and west portions tonight, warmer in south portion tonight; tomorrow occasional rain, coiuder in west and north portions.

Kentucky—Partly cloudy, warmer in east portion, followed by rain in west portion tonight; tomorrow occasional rain, colder in west and north portions.

WEATHER IN OTHER. CITIES AT 7 A. M. Weather, Bar. Temp. 29.96 56

Bismarck, N. SEON: ie. ce rane. «..Clear

Mrs. Fern Patricia Dull

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Oct. 18 (U., P.).—Mrs. Fern Patricia Dull, 34-year-old secretary, who is charged with shooting and killing’ her employer and suitor when she learned he had visited his wife, calmly prepared her defense today. “After he punched me in the eye, I don’t remember what hap“Every thing went blank. I still love him, though.” After obtaining an attorney, Mrs. Dull, who allegedly shot Wil-

liam Holbrook, 42, early yesterday in front of the police station, turned her attention to the fate of her goldfish and three pet kittens. She ex-

Pedestrian Deaths Studied; Three Injured by Autos

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during play hours between 3 and 6 p. m., he said. Adult fatalities are more widely dispersed in time. “The importance of intoxication in pedestrian accidents,” he said, “is not known. But the use of alcoholic beverages probably is a more important factor than has been realized heretofore.” . Methods for improving the efficiency of the human factor, weakest link in the three comprising the traffic safety program, were keynoted at the morning session. A plan to build the human factor to the level of the other two—the motor vehicle and the highway— was outlined by Prof. Amos E. Neyhart, education consultant of the American Automobile Association. Prof. Neyhart proposed that a nat®bnwide integrated program of driver education be instituted in the nation’s high schools. This program he said, would take the form of regular classroom instruction with laboratory practice consisting of eight hours of actual driving experience. “We cannot assure sound driving habits,” he told assembled newsmen, “until we can establish a unified program of instruction which will reach the beginner, who is usually of high school age.” Other speakers at the morning session were Sidney J. Williams, public safety director of the National Safety Council; Kirk A. Keegan, Safety Council statistician, and Floyd I. McMurray, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. McMurray said there was an “urgent demand” for more intensive safety instruction in the State’s high schools. He described safety education already in progress over the State and cited the three-year record of State school bus transportation in which, he said, not a single bus fatality had occurred. Opening the morning session, Mr. Williams declared that “the whole nation is watching the pioneering development that is going on in Indiana.” Citing the progress that had been made, he said, by Milwaukee, Evanston and Cleveland, he urged community organization in the promotion of a firm safety program.

Four Essentials Listed

Mr. Williams listed four essentials of safety organization which, he said, were necessary to the development ‘of a working program. They were: Interested and cooperative leadership of City, County and State officials, a sound practical program, competent executive direction of such a program and a liberal budget. The mere collection of accident records will not reduce accidents, Mr. Keegan said. “Statistical reports,” he said, “will

prevention work is needed. “Indiana’s safety structure depends upon the reliability of its ac-

is building a safety structure upon

Unification Urged

At an afternoon meeting yesterday, Dr. Miller McClintock, Street Traffic Research director at Yale University, told the newsmen and safety experts that the traffic safety problem can be solved through unification and centralization of traffic regulation and enforcement. “Despite. the dangers of bureaucracy, we are coming to depend on the State and Federal authorities’ in the solution of our traffic safety problem,” he said. “Only unification and centralization of traffic regulation and enforcement will prove effective.

“The four causes of all accidents and congestion are described in terms of friction: Medial friction between two lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions, resulting in headon collisions, sideswipes, etc.; marginal friction, which takes place along the sides of highways, such as parked cars or other obstructions; intersectional friction, at crossroads, and internal stream friction—collisions between vehicles moving in the same direction. “It is toward removal of these frictions, from an engineering view-

1S PRAISED AT

Adjustment Prevented by Surplus, AAA Regional Leader Says. HUNTINGTON, Ind. Oct. 18 (U.

P.) —Claude R. Wickard, director of the North Central region of the

| AAA, told 1000 committeemen from

20 northeastern Indiana counties today that the 1938 corn program “was an outstanding success in which every co-operating Indiana farmer can take a great amount of pride.” “Speaking conservatively,” he said, “the corn program resulted in at least a five-million acre adjustment in corn acreage this year. With the

normal acreage we would undoubtedly have had without a program, plus the 320 million bushel carryover, it seems likely that our total supply of corn this year would have surpassed the three -billion bushel mark and been the largest for any year of the last 10, with the possible exception of 1932. “Such a situation would undoubtedly have led to a carryover in the fall of 1939 of at least half a billion bushels, which would have been the largest in our history. “As a result of the 50 cent per bushel corn loan of 1937, corn prices probably have been steadier during the past year than in any other similar period in our history. That is what we may look forward to with the more balanced production and supplies under the ever-normal granary plan.” Mr. Wickard conceded that wheat and corn were imported during the “droughts of 1934 and 1936” but claimed that the situation is “exactly reversed” at present and that, in the crop year ending Oct. 1. the United States exported 130 million bushels of corn—“one of the largest crop movements on record.” He said more than 100 million bushels of wheat were exported in the crop yesr ending June 30.

Grain Prices Off Slightly in Opening

CHICAGO, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—Grain prices opened fractionally lower today on the Chicago Board of Trade, reflecting a weak Liverpool market. Wheat was off % to % cent, corn up % to off % cent, and oats, % cent lower.

COUNTY TO SELL $738,000 BONDS

Funds Are Needed for Poor Relief During Rest of 1938.

Bonds totaling $738,000 will be sold by County Auditor Charles

Grossart Monday to finance poor relief in four townships for’ the remainder of 1938. This will bring the total bonded debt for relief this year to $1,475,000. The bonds, issued for short terms, are to be paid from funds raised by special township tax levies this year. The total bonded debt of the County, excluding these poor relief issues, now is $8,000,000. The bonded debt limit for the County under the State Constitution is $12,139,949. The oldest County bonds still outstanding were issued in 1921 for $300,000 to build the Northwestern Ave. bridge. Of this debt, $60,000 still is unpaid. The next issue, for $210,000, was made in 1923 to erect the Delaware St. bridge. There is $80,000 of this still outstanding. Of the $738,000 relief bonds to be offered for sale Monday, $634,000 is for Center Township; $26,000 for Perry Township; $16,000 for Warren Township, and $60,000 for Wayne Township.

TRIO FILES PLEA OF DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Freed Once of Charge, Holdup Suspects Claim.

The right to put three men on trial on charges of auto banditry today rested on the legal question involving the second of two alleged faulty indictments. The three, Walter Delacy, Leonard Marr and James Upley, were indicted on a charge of robbing the Eaton Restaurant in 38th St. last January... At a trial on June 1, Criminal Court Judge Frank P. Baker ruled that the indictment was technically faulty and gave a finding of not guilty, but ordered the defendants remanded to the sheriff under $5000 bond each. Meanwhile, a new indictment was returned. Today, they were scheduled to go on trial, but defense attorneys filed a plea in abatement. They demanded release of the prisoners on the ground that they were being put “under jeopardy” for the second time contrary to law. Special Judge James Collins, presiding today, said he thought the new indictment also was faulty and took the defense plea under advisement. He said he would give a ruling Friday.

FT. WAYNE SLAYING CASE UP. THURSDAY

FT. WAYNE, Oct. 18 (U. P.).— The regular term of the Allen in | County Grand Jury will meet Thursday to hear chajges against Adrian Miller, 31, who police say has confessed to the slaying of Alice May Girton, 17, here Oct. 13. Dr. B. W. Rhamy and Dr, Walter E. Kruse, Allen County Coroner, are expected to present evidence of their autopsy. Prosecutor C. Byron Hayes will ask for an indictment charging murder in connection with the commission of 8 criminal as-

point, that the safety movement must ‘be directed for atest re-

| condition of

Nazis Start Demobiliza Anglo-U.S. Pact M&arly Ready;

tion;

Chiang Directs Canton Defense

British to Expand Navy; ‘Turkish President Seriously Ill.

BULLETIN . LONDON, Oct. 18 (U. P.). —Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will recommend to Parliament that it ratify the pending British-Italian friendship treaty, reliable sources revealed tonight.

— LONDON, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—Prime Minister Chamberlain intends to renew efforts to speed negotiations

for a British-American trade agreement, it was understood today, hoping that he can announce its conclusion early in the new session of Parliament which commences Nov. 8. At the same time well-informed quarters reported that British naval expansion plans for 1939 include at least one 35,000-ton battleship, several cruisers, two flotillas of destroyers and numerous motor torpedo boats in addition to a big program of naval aviation development. ‘Mr. Chamberlain prepared to return to London from his vacation in Scotland to preside at tomorrow’s important Cabinet meeting. Reports that Germany may .soon propose negotiations on armaments and colonies—in both of which categories Great Britain would he asked to make definite sacrifices— were expected to come under consideration. In addition, there were the Spanish problem, relations with Italy and the expansion and reconstruction of the Cabinet. Two Ministers must be appointed soon—a First Lord of the Admiralty and a Dominions Minister. It was reported that three new. ministries would be added to the Cabinet— National Service, Supply and Merchant Shipping.” There was talk of a plan to include Liberal and Labor Opposition leaders in key posts. It was admitted that unexpected difficulties might delay signature of the Anglo-American pact, as well as of a Canadian-American pact which is a supplement to it. According to well informed private sources, the critical point of the negotiations was reached in July when the British delegates said that unless they could obtain additional concessions for British manufactured goods there was little point in continuing discussions. These informants said that the United States delegates then offered lower tariffs on a number of British textiles.

Chiang Takes Command

Of Hankow Defense

HONGKONG, Oct. 18 (U. P.).— Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally took over command of the Chinese armies defending Hankow and Canton today, according to Japanese reports. The Generalissimo was said to have responded to the appeals of Gen. Yu Han-mou, commander-in-chief of the Canton front, and gone to Hengyang to establish headquarters from where he could direct both the armies on the Yangtze Front and in South China. Field commanders reported to Japanese headquarters in Shanghai that their forces scored three important victories: today on the Yangtze front, occupying the towns of Yangsin and Tehan and storming the outskirts of Tayeh and Tehan. They said the fall of the latter towns was imminent. The South China defenders were said to be badly in need of assistance, but Chinese reports reaching Hongkong asserted they were offering strong resistance.

WASHINGTON, ON, Oct. 18 WW. Py. —Officials were informed today that Japan has gained possession of large quantities of monetary silver in China. Although reports received here contained little detail and came through Chinese sources, it was understood that the silver which fell into Japanese hands may exceed 100 million dollars. Government officials anticipated larger shipments of silver by Japan for sale to this country within the next few months. Japanese monetary gold reserves are rapidly being depleted for war material purchases and any large quantities of Chinese silver, it was

.Junderstood, would be a welcome

windfall to the Tokyo Government. The U. S. Treasury has followed a policy of purchasing all silver offered by any foreign government at the price of 43 cents a fine ounce.

Rebel Attacks on Madrid Repulsed

HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—A brief skirmish on the outskirts of Madrid was the only action reported in the Spanish civil war today. Two Rebel attacks . near the University City were turned back, Loyalists re-

ported.

PARIS, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt was asked today by the League of the Rights of Men, an organization of Spanish Loyalist sympathizers, to use his efforts to bring the Spanish civil war to an end.

Ataturk’s lliness

Recalls Cabinet

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 18 (U. P.) —Premier Jelal Bayar and other Cabinet members returned to Istanbul from various parts of the country today because of the serious President Kemal Ataturk.

Rumania May Get Offer of Land

WARSAW, Oct. 18 (U. P)— Foreign Minister Joseph Beck is leaving for Bucharest this afternoon,

it was announced officially today. It

was learned that the chief purpose of his visit is to discuss with King Carol the Carpatho-R ussian question with particular reference to establishment of a common Polish-Hungarian frontier. It was believed Minister Beck would offer Rumania a small. part of territory in the Carpatho-

Russian region, bordering, Rumania.

Von Papen Quits

Franz von Papen

BERLIN, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—Franz von Papen, former German Chancellor and Fuehrer Hitler's “special minister” to Austria before the anschluss, has quit the diplomatic sérvice, it was learned today. Informed quarters said that Herr Von Papen henceforth will devote himself exclusively to private affairs. He was the last of the powerful non-Nazis to fade from the German political scene.

BENES TO TEACH AT CHICAGO U.

Walgreen Foundation Lectures Expected to Be on - Democracy.

CHICAGO, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—Dr. Eduard Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia, has accepted an invitation to be a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. It is expected he will leave Praha in a few weeks and come directly to Chicago. Robert M. Hutchins, university president, said details of the appointment had not been completed. It was indicated, however, that Dr. Benes will lecture on democratic institutions. “In accepting the invitation, Dr. Benes follows the path of Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk, “father of Czechoslovakia,” with whom he collaborated in establishing the republic. Dr. Masaryk was a visiting professorial lecturer at. the university from 1901 to 1903, inclusive, under the Crane Foundation. Dr. Benes remuneration will come from the $825,000 Charles R. Walgreen Foundation.

1000 BATTLE FOREST FIRE ARLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 18 (U. P.). —More than 1000 voluriteers battled fire which raged today through tinder-dry forest of Glastonbury Mountain, 10 miles southeast of

Germany and Poland Sign Agreement; Church Parades Banned.

BERLIN, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—Gere many started today to demobilize the formidable “maneuver” Army whose formation nine weeks ago marked the start of Europe’s gravest crisis since 1914. It was estimated that considere ably more than 500,000 reservists would be sent home during the next three or four weeks. ‘Germany has signad a . credit agreement with- Poland, it was ane nounced officially. The agreement provides that Gere many for a total of $22,644,000 would deliver to Poland within the nex¢ 30 months machinery, tools and othe er industrial equipment. Poland would pay the bill in time ber and agricultural produce. The Lokalanzeiger carried a front page headline today reading, “America’s ridiculous fear psychosis —increased Atlantic fleet against Germany explained in truth by lust to dominate South America.” An article hy its New York core respondent, August Halfeld, sharply attacked the United States ree armament program.

Czech Reservists

Also Sent Home PRAHA, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—Demobi« lization of Czechoslovak reservists called to the colors during the Sepe tember war crisis is proceeding rapidly. It is being hastened so that the

- | harvest, delayed by preparations for

war, can be completed quickly. While one newspaper predicted confidently that negotions leading toward a quick settlement of the Czechoslovak - Hungarian territorial dispute would be resumed soon, trou ble was reported in the Hungariane

populated areas. Frantisek Chalkovsky, Foreign Affairs Minister, made a confidential report of his trip to Germany to a parliamentary committee and prepared to resume negotiations with the Hungarians. The German lane guage newspaper Abend Zeitung said that the new negotiations probably “would be of private character aimed at settling the dispute quickly.” .

Catholic Processions

Banned in Vienna VIENNA, Oct. 18 (U. P.).-—All Roman Catholic services in Vienna which involve street processions, and most special church services, have been banned indefinitely by Nazi authorities, it was reported toe day. It was said in usually reliable quarters that. six Catholic priests had been arrested in Vienna during

the last week. Belief was expressed’ that a large number had been

here.

arrested elsewhere in Austria.

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