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States today is against war. But this was far more overwhelmingly the case in 1914. po Public ' feeling in this; country could be reversed much more easily i today than at the beginning of the _ World War. . Already feeling is running high against Herr Hitler and his associates. In spots it is almost at fighting . pitch, while press and pulpit, radio and rostrum, politi-
cians and even the President’s Cabi-
inet are helping to keep up a mounting drumfire against the Nazi-Fas-cist axis. Berlin, Rome and Tokyo may publicly sneer at the President’s words, and at the two-billion-dollar appropriation plan which gives| his protest teeth. But behind the snes there is increasing anxiety. They are ali aware of America’s colossal strength, once she is aroused. They know her sentimental, emotional nature. They know how quickly she responds to the cry of the underdog. They remember that Woodrow Wilson was elected in "November 1916 on the slogan, “he kept us out of war!” And that America was in the war in April, 1917. Pg ; Berlin, in particular, has cause to remember. And today the initiative for peace or war remains with Berlin, and to a less -degree with Rome and Tokyo. Thus, for good or ill, America’s increasingly aggressive mood will have considerable ‘weight when these capitals come to make their vital decision for 1939.
Democracies Add Strength
Considering present trends, Great Britain, France and the United States should be incamparably stronger in 1940 or 1941 than they are now. Financially and |economically they are the richest and sound-
est nations on earth. They own al‘most all the monetary.gold there is. They possess abundant raw materials. Their credit is the soundest. Together they ought to be unbeatable by 1942. Germany, Italy and Japan, on the other hand, probably are stronger today, comparatively speaking, than they can reasonably expect to be in the future. Financially and economically they are unsound. They are lifting themselves by their own bootstraps. They lack raw materials. They have no credit. The time for them to strike, therefore, is now—or at the earliest possible date. This is especially true if Germany wishes to expand at the expense of the Ukraine or Eastern Europe. For . not only would the democracies feel + Jess inclined to intervene there, but 'the Soviet Union probably would , still be too weak, due to her pro- ‘ longed purges, to offer prolonged . yesistance. ‘Herr Hitler may be a madman, as . many insist. But he has proved himself a genius when it comes fo - picking the right moment for his coups. Uncannily he has weighed the pros and cons of each situation, then struck when the striking was good. Such being the case, if he has any plans for further action in Eastern or Western Europe, it would not be surprising if he brought things to a head within the next few months.
President Moves For Atlantic Fleet
(Uncle Sam Chooses His Weapons, Page 17) \
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (U-F).— President Roosevelt acted today to pack up his warning to Europe's dictators by officially proclaiming e . permanent Atlantic Ocean defense
squadron of 35 warships. : Por the first time in years, the United ‘States fleet was divided into
Fach will be charged with definite areas to safeguard against any possible encroachment from abroad on the Western Hemisphere. Plans for formation of the Atlantic unit were announced by the Navy Department last month, to become automatically effective as of
_ Jan. 6. It was understood that Mr.
Roosevelt already had signed whatever order for division of the fleet was necessary. The new Atlantic squadron includes four battleships, eight first class cruisers, eight of the newest type destroyers, 15 old type destroyers and an unrevealed number of submarines and planes. High Administration officials indicated that this nucleus of a larger squadron to be
established in the Atlantic within year or so in connection with Mr. Roosevelt's decision to make this country the first sea power of
the world, - Bigger Ships Planned
The two-billion-dollar national defense program for military and semimilitary projects, submitted to Congress . by him yesterday, called | for early completion of more than - 400 new warships, now on the ways, and construction of an additional two battleships, two cruisers, eight destroyers, eight submarines, two seaplane tenders and one repair
ship.
The proposed two new battleships, . it. was reported in authoritative quarters, will be 45,000 tons each— the most powerful floating fortresses
ever launched.
‘Some of the uncompleted and pronew vessels, it was said, undoubtedly will be included in the ‘Atlantic squadron to make éffec3 ‘President’s warning to the # sworld in his annual state of the union message Wednesday that the i United States seeks to prevent any road to expand at
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from Cdlifornia and Eastern c areas to the Caribbean | and South Atlantic, via the Panama ‘Canal, for annual maneuvers next | month. Participating will be the
» newly established Atlantic squadron,
i the fleet
. about 140 surface vessels, an un-
known number of submarines, more than 600 airplanes and 53,000 officers and men. The major¥%roblem of the forth-
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CRACKS REBELS
Thrust Is Made by Loyalists In Southwest Spain on 40-Mile Front.
HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Jan. 6 (U. P.) —A surprise Loyalist offensive in Southwestern Spain, presumably intended as a diversion to relieve pressure on the Catalonion front, offered a serious threat to Rebel communications today. : Dispatches indicated Gen. Jose Hiaja, hero of the defense of Madrid, was leading the Loyalist attack in person. Reports were that the Loyalists were attacking over a front of more than 40 miles and had made unexpected progress, [breaking through Rebel lines, storming villages and strategically important hill ranges, and cutting highways and railroads in the center of the important Almaden mining area.
Second Phase of Offensive
The Loyalist drive came just when the Rebels occupying the towns of Artesa de Segre and Borjas Blancas, ended the second phase of their Catalonian offensive. It was indicated that, in their Estremadura drive, the Loyalists were driving northward and southward in coincident movements, under a strategical and tactical plan prepared by Gen. Miaja. z Within the first 24 hours, the Loyalists took the towns of Castuera, Valsequillo,] Don Benito, Cabenza del Buey, Villanueva de la Serena and Granjuela, according to reports. - The Loyalists seemed to be advancing with unexpected rapidity. There were indications that. the Rebels might have to reinforce their troops to such an extent as to interfere with the eastern drive.
JAPANESE TROOPS LAND ON WEICHOW
400 Arrive on Island Near Four Nipponese Warships.
CHUNGKING, Jan. 6 (U. P.).— Chinese military authorities said today that 400 Japanese soldiers had landed on Weichow Island, 30 miles south of Pakhoi, in the vicinity of which are four Japanese Warships, including an aircraft carrier.
CHUNGKUNG, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—The Health Bureau ordered a general offensive today on the provisional capital's two million rats. Poison will be used and an agent will be sent to Siam to bring back 100 Siamese cats.
‘The Central News Agency said that since Tuesday an artillery duel has been raging across the Yellow river 130 miles north of Fenglingtu in Southern Shansi Province. Japanese units tried unsuccessfully to cross the river, the agency said. Meanwhile, the Chinese military said six fresh Japanese
tral China for a new drive.
PATROLMAN GIVEN 6-MONTH_ LAYOFF
Patrolman Thomas Sullivan was ordered suspended for six months without pay today following his conviction by the: Safety Board on four charges. Me He was found guilty of being in toxicated while on duty, failing to make two Gamewell calls, neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer. He was to have started his 24th year of service today. He pleaded not guilty to the intoxication charge and guilty to the others. iy . Patrolman Sullivan who has had four previous suspensions, has the right to appeal the suspension to a Superior Court. He indicated he would not do so. The Board reappointed Archie Scanland as chief engineer at the City Market, and Harry F. Simon as bookkeeper-clerk at the market.
FAUVRE WILL FILED WITH PROBATE COURT
The will of Frank M. Fauvre, Indianapolis businessman who died in Florida last week, was filed in Probate Court today. The estate, which includes several downtown business properties, was set up in trust, the income from which is to go to his wife, Mrs. Lillian Fauvre. Trustees are Julian M. and Irving Fauvre. :
$40,000 AWAITS QUINS (IF ANY) IN SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 6 (U.P). ~The San Di Sun today offered a $40,000 prize to the parents of the first quintuplets born in San Diego in 1939. The quintuplets must live here at least one year to be eligible for the prize. J
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the western “hump” of Africa. That trans-Atlantic distance is negotiable by airplane in little over a half day and is nearly three times as short as the distance between the United States and Brazil. United States officials privately have expressed a concern over the possibility that Great Britain and France might meet Fuehrer Hitller’s demands for return of German colonies in Western Africa. Establishment of naval ‘and air bases in section by Germany would add ¥ [Tn |
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U.S. Lines With Democracies “And May Test Berlin-Rome Axis; | r Weaning Away
Nazi Press Is Critical of Frankfurter Appointment to Supreme Court.
BERLIN, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—Fuehrer Adolf Hitler was reported by Nazi sources today to have successfully started weaning Poland away from a program of close cc-operation with Soviet Russia. Well-informed Nazis, commenting
{on Hitler's three-hour telk yester-
day at Berchtesgaden with Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck, argued that the Fuehrer had reassured Warsaw in regard to Germany's intentions toward Eastern Europe. . They said the conference results included: 1. A favorable attitude by Mr. Beck toward Nazi plans jor a Ger-man-controlled highway across the Polish corridor in order 50 connect the Reich with East Prussia.
Denies Aiming at Poland
9. An indication by Herr Hitlers that no quick developm:snts were expected in connection with the campaign for creation of an independent Ukrainian state, which would take territory from Poland, Rumania and Russia. It was said that - progress of the “Ukrainian
| problem” now appears to depend
upon internal developments in Russia. wo 3. Reassurance by. Hitler that Nazi aims in ern Europe were not directed against Polish interests. These developments—if : officially confirmed—were consicered of greatest importance becaase of recent threats of a new crisis over the Ukrainian problem. Ii was understood that fear the Nagis would sponsor a Ukrainian uprising was chiefly responsible for Pcland’s recent swing toward better relations with Soviet Russia. . Nazis, criticizing the appointment of Felix Frankfurter to the United States Supreme Court as ont in accord with the wishes of the American people, alleged today that President Roosevelt had shown that he was reconciled to leaving office in 1940. The official news agercy, Deutsches Nachrichten Bureall, sounded the keynote for Nazi denunciation of the Frankfurter appointment. Continuing the apparent effort by Nazis to isolate the Presicent; in his antidictatorship stand, from the American people as a whale, the official news agency joined the appointments of Frank Murhy as Attorney General and Harry L. Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce with the appointment of Prof. Frankfurter and said all were rade in defiance of popular will.
Say Roosevelt Ill Advised
“Roosevelt again has been ill advised or else he is determined to put everything on one card and surround himself during his last two years of office with as many New Dealers as possible. ~~ “This possibility was indicated when he appointed two supporters of his policy as Secretar} of Commerce and Attorney General. «All these appointments are in crass opposition to popular sentiment in the United States as proved in the November elections.
Duce Refuses to Open Ethiopia to Jews
LONDON, Jan. 6 (U.P. ~Premier Benito Mussolini has rejected a plea of President Roosevelt to open Ethiopia to Jewish reftigees, an authoritative source disclosed today. However, Sig. Mussolini agreed to use his good offices ‘with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler to get for Jews the right to take a reasonakle amount of their wealth out of Germany. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax will confer with French Government officials in Paris on their way to Rome next week, their official itinerary revealed today.
Chamberlain Seeks To Clear Pact Way
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LONDON, Jan. 6 (U. ?.).—Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain intends, when he visits Benito Mussolini’ at Rome next week, to clear the way for a general Mediterranean Treaty which for years has been a goal of British foreign pclicy, it was reported today. It appears certain that as the result of diplomatic exchanges with Paris, Premier Chamberlsin will not be in position to negotiate any concessions on the part of France to Italy's expansionist ambi:ions. There was a growing impression that, if Sig. Mussolini raised the questions of concessions, Mr. Chamberlain would have to szy that the only way for him to get any concessions was to put himself in position to name some of his own—in other words, to figure out what he himself might offer as part of a general Mediterranean agreement. If there ‘was an eveniual Mediterranean pact it might include Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain. a > : Premier Chamberlain in a formal statement welcomed President Roosevelt's address to the U. S. Congress as an indication “of the vital role of American democracy
the ideal of ordered human progress.” . “Great Britain shares with the United States its devotion to freedom and peace,” the Frime Minister’s statement said.
WASHING MACHINE INVENTOR IS DEAD
DAVENPORT, Iowa, Jan. 6 (U. P.) —Funeral services will be held tomorrow for William H. Voss, known as the inventor of the first washing machine, who «lied yesterday from injuries suffercc in a fall. He was 82. Hi ;
DALADIER MAKES -
ALGIERS, Jan. 6 (U. P.)—Pre-
mier {Edouard Daladier arrived today for a brief ieria, con.
Poland
in world affairs and its devotion to
ALGIERIA VISIT]
Mrs. Irene Willets, who has been in the “iron lung” at appears to be recovering from a
hospital for more than six weeks
disease that left her paralyzed from
YOUNG MOTHER 1S PARALYZED
Fall at Home Causes Spinal Injuries; Respirator Used 6 Weeks.
For more than six weeks Mrs. Irene Willets, 23, of Rensselaer, has been kept alive in the mechanical respirator at Riley Hospital, paralyzed from the chin down by a disease called transverse myelitis. The disease is rare and attacks the spinal cord, according to Dr. Winfield Scott of the Riley Hospital staff. He said that in the last few days attending doctors have been greatly encouraged over her condition and that she has been able on two occasions recently to breathe for 10 minutes without the aid of the respirator. Once during the time she has been in the respirator, the electrical machinery failed and the machine was operated by man power until repairs could be made. LE Mrs. Willet, whose Husband is a farm laborer and who is the mother of a 6-months-old child, fell at her home while she was hanging clothes in the yard. : She told doctors that she seemed not to recover the use of her legs. Gradually her body became numbed
and then paralyzed. She arrived Nov. 12 at Robert Long Hospital in |: an ambulahce and in a few hours} afterward the paralysis reached her |
lungs. She then was transferred to the respirator, or “iron lung,” at Riley Hospital. Doctors were unanimous in praise of her fine co-operation with their efforts to cure her.
ISLAMIC SUPPORT ‘PLEDGED FRANCE
Promise Is Given Daladier By Tribal Leaders.
ALGIERS, Jan. 6 (U. P.)—Algerians and Moslems, through their chiefs, pledged Islamic support to France today in defense of the French North African Empire. ~The pledge was given at a luncheon to Premier Edouard Daladier, who has been inspecting North African defenses. Sariah Abdul’ Kadar, on behalf of the Arab Abd Kabyle tribes, told the Premier: . “Native Moslems declare they are as ready as all French to assume patriotically all’ obligations and sacrifices which events might make necessary.
COLORADO GOVERNOR - FACES LIFE DECISION
DENVER, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—Govermor Ammons decides today if feeble-minded Joe Arpidy, 22, will die in the gas chamber tonight for a sex slaying. : Psychiatrists said Arridy had the mentality of a child of six, but the state Supreme Court has held he
could distinguish right from wrong. |§
Yesterday, at the Canon City Penitentiary where Arridy had a lucid interval. ; Best, who for more than a year has tried to make him realize that death was near, Arridy gave instructions for disposition of his toys. An electric train, which Mr. Best gave him for Christmas, he gave to Angelo Agnes, another condemned man. ; bo hE
DEMOCRATS PRESS = STATE AIDS OUSTER
Democratic officials, who reportedly are seeking the removal of the superintendents of three State institutions, today were planning to oppose any efforts by the Legislature to thwart their plan by extension of the merit system. The superintendents said to be slated for removal are Dr. Max A. Bahr of Central State Hospital, Dr. James W. Milligan of Madison State Hospital and Dr. W. C. VanNuys of the Indiana Village for Epileptics at New Castle. : It was expected that no efforts would be made to remove them
until after the Legislature closes|
March 6. : ;
TAXICAB STRIKE SETTLED NEW YORK, Jan, 6 (U. P).—Al}l
taxicab strike involving 28 companies and 13,000 workers was
settled at 2 a. m. today by a lective = bargaining election
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i Accident Occurs at Sey- | mour; Two of Five Hurt
Here in Hospital.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Jan. 6 (U.P.).— Two persons were killed last night when their stalled automobile was struck by another car. The victims were Herman Hillebrand, 44-year-old farmer, and his son, Ralph, 11. Also injured in the crash were Arthur Foster, member of the City
of the other car.
] Father and Son
In City Hospital A 5-year-old boy and his father were in City Hospital today following a traffic accident last night. They were two of five persons ‘injured ‘in 12 accidents during the last 24 hours. a John Williams, 30, Lafayette, was sitting with his son, Robert, in their
| |car parked on U. S. 52, two miles
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the chin down. Mrs. Doris Price,
‘Inorth of Flackville, when a machine driven by William Slayton, 58, of 523 Kentucky Ave. crashed into it, State police said. Mr. Slayton, who was traveling south, told State police that he was blinded by the lights of another car and swerved into the Williams auto, they said. ;
Library Aid Out-Sleuths
~ Liocal Police
Calling all cars! : Mrs. Essie Burke of the Indiana State Library has discovered unofficial records of the date of the construction of the Police Headquarters building, about which there seems to be no official record. According to library docu- ° ments, the first headquarters building was constructed ° in 1866 and the present headquarters building was completed in 1897 and occupied in 1898. : . / Now you can go back to ‘work. :
Mr. Williams suffered a possible fractured skull and his son a fractured jaw, according to the hospital. Mr. Slayton was reported slightly injured. Mrs. Alice Rosen, 33, of 2944 Washington Blvd. was reported slightly hurt when she was struck by the rear end of a trackless: trolley as it was turning the corner at Washington and Illinois Sts. She was taken to Methodist Hospital and treated for lacerations. Operator of the trolley was Frank Anderson, 31, of 1119 S. Denny St. Police arrested 38 persons yesterday for traffic violations. Five were charged with speeding and five for allegedly running red lights. The remainder, 28, were arrested on other charges. ‘Twenty-four persons paid $141 in fines and costs for traffic violations in Municipal Court. Costs and fines amounting to $175 were suspended.
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Motorcycle Victim Taken to Lafayette
SERVICES SET TODAY
Wednesday.
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FOR SALLIE STEKETTE
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. 6 (U. P.).—~Funeral services were to be held here today for Mrs. Sallie Hall Stekette, Indiana artist who died at her home here of heart disease Mrs. Stekette was born in Brazil, Ind., and attended May Wright Sewell’s' school in Indianapolis and De-
She won two Hoosier Art Salon
WABASH, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—The body of Helen Garrison, 22, was taken to Lafayette, Ind., today for funeral services. Miss Garrison was the second victim of a motorcycle accident near here Monday. "Her companion, Miss Deborah Ward, Indianapelis, was killed outright when the motorcycle figured in a collision with an auto. ;
ANTHROPOLOGIST IS DEAD “ BOSTON, Jan. ‘6 (U. P.).—Dr. Warren King Moorehead, 72, nation-ally-known anthropologist, died at a hospital last night after a short illness. ‘ i
Council, and Roy Mayfield, driver|
‘Thomas D. Sheerin
SHEERIN BEGINS UTILITY DUTIES
Named to Board Controlling Citizens Gas and Coke Concern.
Thomas D. Sheerin, 4330 Central Ave., an investment broker, today began his duties as a trustee of the Indianapolis = Utilities / District. He was elected to the position yesterday by other board members. The election was approved by Mayor Sullivan. Mr. Sheerin was named to fill the vacancy created by the death of Albert M. Glossbrenner. Mr, Sheerin’s term is for three years. A. D. Eitz, board vice president, was named acting president to suc-
ceed the late William J. Mooney Sr.,
but no successor to the vacancy created by Mr. Mooney’s death will be named for several days, trustees said. / . Mr. Sheerin formerly served as head of the Community Fund. Other members of the Board .are Charles S. Rauh and Edward W. Harris. The
‘Trustees Board names the Board of ‘Directors which has direct supervi-
sion of the management of the Citizens Gas and Coke Utility, owned by ihe city. !
1000 PLANES DUE AT MIAMI ‘MANEUVERS
MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 6 (U. P)—A fleet of 1000 airplanes, most of them privately owned, was arriving today for the 11th annual All-American air maneuvers. The show starts officially with the arrival of 500 “flivver planes,” flying en masse from West Palm Beach. These light craft, many home-macle, had been congregated at Orlando from every part of the country and were flown yesterday fo West Palm Beach where they could take off with some semblance of for-
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! Note From ‘X* Says Clev | land Killer Is Now Active
in California.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 6 (U. P.) .—Police hunted through a gulley
| near their pistol range today, seek
ing a human head which a letters writer said he had buried. :
The letter, sent to the Cleveland, O., police, presumably was from
‘man who has murdered more t
a dozen persons at Cleveland. He said he had come to “sunny Cali= fornia” for the winter. rs : ' The writer signed ¢“X” to the let= ter, mailed from Los Angeles Deo, 22, and said that the Cleveland mur ders had been for the “advancemen of science.” The head of one victim he wrote, had been buried in th
gulley, MRS. LINDBERGH'S BOOK IS REJECTED
NEW HYDE PARK, N. Y,, Jan. (U. P).—Mrs. Charles A. Lind= bergh's new book “Listen, Wind” was rejected from the pure chase list of the New Hyde Park Library Club because of “the recen publicity” she and her husband hav received. J. Edwin Russell, spokesman for the club, said today: “I object to the purchase of this book and, as: an American citizen, refuse to be a partner to any operation that means royalty or profit to Mr. and Mrs. Lindbergh.” * Mr. Russell, commander of the American Legion post here, presi dent of the School Board and secre=tary of “the Republican Club, declined to amplify his remarks.
LEIBOWITZ LOSES TO CHAIR FOR 1ST TIME
OSSINING, N. Y., Jan. 6 (U. PJ), —Samuel Leibowitz, famous New York criminal attorney, lost his first client to the electric chair last night when Salvatore Gati, 29, and two other murderers were executed. Mr. Leibowitz, who has saved
|more than 100 killers from death
at the Stafe’s hands, had defended Gati, a parolee who killed Police= man John Wilson during a holdup in New York City Sept. 23, 1937, The others electrocuted were Charles Sherma, 28, Gati’s partner in the Wilson slaying, and David Lucas, 29, who killed Isadore Silbergeld in a Niagara County holdup in 1937, .
OIL MAPS STOLEN Two maps of the Teapot Dome oil fields in Wyoming were stolen from the automobile of Paul O. Brennan, Evansville, while it was parked in front of 1530 W. Vermont St., Mr. Brennan reported to police
today. He said the maps were val- | uable. y an
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