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Among those receiving «Staft of Honor” awards last night were to right) Evans Woollen Sr., Hilton U. Brown and James W. Fesler.

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Dr. Matthias L. Haines (left) and Mr. Fesler were two of the men honored at the banquet in the Claypool Hotel.

Plane Feud Headed for Showdown; Rebels Occupy New Loyalist Capital

~ Berlin Spurns Denial of F. D. R. That Frontier

Reaches Rhine.

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their challenge and

that the whole import of the Presi-

dent’s conversation was that the United States must rally to support

{France and Britain, and that they had been our first line of defense for many years.

Mr. Pittman, who has said that the armament of France . was a

- hurryup proposition if it was to be + accomplished at all, sat near the

President at his press conference, PSE"

yesterday, and later said that it “probably was the most important” ever held by the President because he stated his foreign policy in four points. : They embraced a prohibition - of entangling alliances, maintenance of world trade for all nations, sympathy for arms limitation or reduction efforts and sympathy with the peaceful maintenance of the poliiical economic and social independ. ence of all nations.

Scouts “Road to War” Idea

“This statement,” said Mr. Pittman, “should absolutely remove any fear that our President is‘ going down the road toward war. It should definitely end insinuations that the President will engage in any entangling alliances.” The last sentence of Mr. Pittman’s statement raised a new phase of the controversy relating to a European balance of armament. He said: “The only thing in my opinion that could prevent war in Europe, and the possibility of its extension to the United States in the future, would be such an equal balancing of military power that neither side to a controversy would be willing to undertake the chance of defeat.” To some persons it appeared that the phrase “equal balancingjof military power” may accurately state the objective of Mr. Roosevelt in extending unusual Co-operation to a French air mission.

German Press Refuses To Accept Denial

BERLIN, Feb. 4 (U. P.).—Refusing to accept President Roosevelt's ‘denial that he asserted the United States frontier must, henceforth be in France, the kéy newspaper National Zeitung of Essen, personal organ of Feld K Marshal Goering— «Nazi No. 2 and. righthand man of Adolf Hitler—charged him today with political hypocrisy. ‘Morning newspapers generally did not publish comment on the President’s statement at a White House press conference. -But the National Zeitung asserted that even if he did not use the words attributed to him regarding America’s strategic frontier, it was certain that his policy rested on incitement to war. “While, Mr. Roosevelt’s antipeace statement to the Senate Military Affairs Committee was a ‘considerable’ mistake,” said the newspaper, “his defense against universal in-

committee members still disagree on what was discussed at the secret conference. One said that the President had said the United States line of defense had necessarily been moved from Great Britain fo France. But another understood it differently—

dignation is a unique curiosity in the history of political hypocrisy. It was one of the first official acts of

arrogance and reassurance were lacking. . rently he was scared: Op-

had risen against him; Germany and Italy had answered with relentless outspokenness, and it seems also that London and Paris government chiefs were less delighted with the American President’s war cry than the bloodthirsty opposition.” Most ‘newspapers based their headlines on earlier reports of the situation before the President denied the statement attributed/ to him,

Il Duce May Speed

French Demands

ROME, Feb. 4 (U. P.).—Premier Mussolini may speed up his camof demands against France e result of President Roosevelt’s policies, it was reported today as the country awaited a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council, supreme body of the Fascist heirarchy, ‘at the . dramatic hour of 10 p. m. Newspapers heaped personal abuse on the President and refused to. accept his denial that he had told a Senate committee that the frontier of the United States was in Frante. Well-informed quarters predicted that Sig. Mussolini wquld not make a statement in connection witlf tonight's meeting. It was reported, however, that Sig. Mussolini had decided to speak on foreign affairs at Turin Feb. 19. Diplomatic quarters waited to see the reaction to yesterday’s American Embassy protest against personal abuse of President Roosevelt.

Reports Whole Pages

Of Testimony Gone

BERLIN, Feb. 4 (U. P.).—August Halfeld, New York correspondent of the Nachtausgabe, declared in a dispatch to his paper today that a sensation occurred at yesterday’s sitting of the Senate Military Affairs Committee when it was discovered that whole pages of the testimony before the committee of Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau and War Secretary Woodring had been torn from the files and disappeared..

Sheppard Denies

Records Missing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (U. P.).— Chairman ‘ Sheppard .(D. Tex.) of the Senate Military Affairs Committee said reports from Berlin that committee. transcripts of the testimony of Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau Jr. and Secretary of War Woodring had disappeared ° were completely false. The committee record is complete, he said, and nothing is missing.

Paris Editor Predicts Planes Order ‘Sensation’

PARIS, Feb. 4 (U. P.).—Two Curtiss P-36 fighters out of an initial order of 100 planes being assembled at Bourges were flown to the Villacoublay experimental field today and their performances were termed highly satisfactory. Commenting on the French Government’s decision to place more and larger orders in the United States,

IN INDIANAPOLIS

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City ‘Deaths (To Date) 1939 ....

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Accidents .. Injured ..... driving .... Dead sees > Arrests ...... Others

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Spanish Defenders Fall Into Trap 34 Miles From France.

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the west which runs north from Vich, already captured. ; The Loyalists hastily evacuated Gerona during the night, retreating to Figueras. Loyalist press dispatches said that “hundreds” of bodies lay in the ruins of’ Figueras after hours of almost unceasing airplane bombardments yesterday. Press dispatches put the unofficial estimate of casual-

ties at 50 killed and 200 wounded. The bombardment of Figueras disrupted completely the hastily organized emergency government establishment and the Rebel armies gave the embattled Loyalists no time to organize a real defense. Again it was suggested that the idea of the new Loyalist stand was really to permit an orderly retreat into France and give the Loyalist government time to evacuate to central Spain and carry on the war from there. Priceless art treasures from Spain were handed over today to representatives of the London National Gallery and the Paris Louvre. They will be taken to Geneva and entrusted to the League of Nations until the war is over.

Italian Commander

Telegraphs Mussolini ,

ROME, Fel 4 (U. P.).—General Gambara, Italian commander of Fascist volunteers with the Rebel Army in Spain, telegraphed Premier Mussolini today that the Littorio division occupied the Loyalist City of Gerona today at the same

hour—10:30 a. m.—that it “broke the enemy front at Seros” on Dec. 23.

8 Jap-Russian

Clashes Reported TOKYO, Feb. 4 (U. P.)—Eight clashes have occurred between Japanese and Russian troops on the Manchukuo-Siberia frontier within the last four days, a dispatch of the authoritative Domei News Agency said today, and it was feared that another period of dangerous tension was in prospect. The Domei dispatch was from

Hsinking, capital of Manchukuo. It reported ‘that Japanese-Manchukuo troops . had repelled five Russian

|frontier attacks Tuesday, and that

according to news from Harbin, three more clashes caused by Russian attacks occurred yesterday,

as advocated by Guy La Chambre, Air Minister, the aviation editor 'of L’Intransigeant said today: “The Government adopted La Chambre’s propositions and instructions were transmitted to members of the French air mission in Washington. “When details of these new orders are published, they will create a sensation and impress the BerlinRome axis.”

OFFICIAL WEATHER

bmeieeBy U. S. Weather Bureat a INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair and slightly warmer tonight with lowest temperature 20 to 25; increasing cloudiness tomorrow with rising temperature. ! Sunrise ...... 6:51 | Sunset ...... 5:08 TEMPERATURE ,=Feb. 4, 1938—

7 a.

man. . ey 2 hrs. ending 7 a. m..

Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair and not so cold tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, rising temperature. Illinois—Fair in south, introeasing cloudiness in north portion, not so toght; tomorrow mostly cloudy with rising temperature. Lower Mielizan-_Parily cloudy, J Listing temperature in west portion t; tomorrow increasing cloudiness with rising jemiperature. probably snow in north por-

Ohio—Fair, not so sold tonight; tomorrow Cloudy and warmer.

Kentucky — Fair, slightly yarmer in central and west Portions tonight; tomorrow cloudy with rising temperature.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. ®

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Jilted, Kills

Father’s Fault, Maid Says in Shooting of - Employer’s Son.

EW CASTLE, Pa., Feb. 4 (U. P.).—A charge of murder was filed today against an attractive housemaid accused of shooting to death Her employer’s son because, she said, she learned he was “going around” with another girl after promising to marry her. ° The murder information was filed against petite brunet Ange= lina Maravello, 22, before Alderman O. H. P. Green on the fatal shooting of Michael Rich Jr. 23, at Hillsville yesterday. “It was his father’s fault,” Miss Maravello explained. “I was good enough to scrub and work for them, but I wasn’t good enough for his son, Mike.” As Rich Jr. stood at the telephone talking to his brother, Joseph, in New Castle, Miss Maravello allegedly fired several bullets into his body from a gun owned by Lis father. 2 2 8 ER dark eyes flashing, Miss Maravello claimed that the youth’ loved her at one time and had promised to marry her, but his father beat him “for. going out with me.” She said she learned that he was going around with another girl and that he disregarded her pleas of whether he loved her. “I was mad,” Miss Maravello was quoted as saying. “I went upstairs, got out the gun that belongs to Mike Rich. sr, and came back downstairs. Then I let him have it.” Joseph, the brother to whom Mike was talking when he was killed, declared that “Mike mever fooled around with the girl but she fooled around him.”

EXPLOSION ADDS TO TERROR IN LONDON

Air Parts Factory Fired; Guard Windsor.

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after shed. Within an hour urgent calls were sent for fire fighting reinforcements. Scotland Yard executives and officials of the home office, in charge of

‘police all over the country, hastened

to the factory. Reports followed that tons of ammunition, arms, explosives and other munitions had been hidden in Great Britain and that assassination attempts against police officials might be expected. Immediately afterward the houses of Parliament, normally open to the public on Saturday during the weekend recess of Parliament, were closed. Windsor Police Warned Scotland Yard then instructed Windsor police to take all precautions against bombing attempts in the state apartments of Windsor Castle and St. George’s Chapel, which are open to visitors when the royal family are not in residence. Visitors to the state apartments were required to open any large bags, brief cases and parcels for inspection before they entered the castle, and no bags, parcels or brief cases were permitted in the chapel.

Predicts Reply. From Japan Next Week .

TOKYO, Feb. 4 (U. P.)-~The Kokumin Shimbun, a small newspaper without much influence but which circulates in army circles, predicted today. that the British, French and American notes. on Japan’s course in China would be answered next week. The newspaper forecast the reply would reject proposals for an international conference.

Cabinet Resigns

{In Jugoslavia

BELGRADE, Feb. 4 (U. P.). ~The cabinet of Premier Milan Stoyadinovitch resigned today in a dispute over the Croatian minority problem. Prince Paul, as head of the regency which governs for the boy King Peter, accepted.

———————_— as 0. K’S PENDERGAST PROBE KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 4 (U. . |P.) —Grand Jury .investigation of crime in the Tom Pendergast political . stronghold -was. sanctioned today by the Missouri Supreme Court. It overruled objections ~ County Prosecutor W. W. Graves, a Pendergast figure, but permitted | = him to attend the. jury hearings.

HONEYMOONERS LEAVE. JAIL | MAPLEWOOD, N. J, Feb. 4. — Montague F. Morris, 20, and his bride, Dorothy, 19, resumed their honeymoon - today, relieved of

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W. J. MOONEY SR. ALSO HONORED

Posthumous Award Given To Leader Who Died In December.

Nine of Indianapolis’ outstanding

honors” bestowed upon them yesterday as first members of he Staff of Honor.” More than 500 persons gathered in the Claypool Hotel last night as the Chamber of Commerce and local civic clubs inaugurated the Staff, symbol of outstanding service in the community. Nine men were cited and a medal was awarded to a 10th posthumously.

' Laurels for Living

In presenting the citations, C. D. Alexander, Chamber of Commerce president, said: «All over the world there are methods for honoring those who have died for their country. While those we horfor would very freely have died for their country, if need arose, tonight they are being honored for having lived for their country over a long period of trying years. “We are gathered to show honor where honor is so manifestly due and to acknowledge to the world our debt to them.” Those given medals together with citations listing their civic achievements, were: Arthur V. Brown, Indiana National Bank and Union Trust .Co. president; Hilton U. Brown, secre-tary-treasurer of the Indianapolis News Publishing Co. William H. Coleman, businessman and philanthropist; James W. Fesler, attorney; William Fortune, chairman of the Indianapolis chapter, American Red Cross; the Rev. Matthias L. ines, pastor emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church; Josiah K. Lilly, chairman of the board, Eli Lilly & Coi; John PF. White, School Board member; and Evans Woollen Sr., chairman of the board, Fletcher Trust Co. The posthumous award was made to William J. Mooney Sr., who died last December.

Cites Enterprises

Mr. Alexander read long lists of civic enterprises supported by each of the honored men over the period of their lifetime in Indianapolis.. The medals bear a design of the Monument Circle and surrounding

streets. The design symbolizes In- |:

dianapolis as the “crossroads of America,” Mr. Alexander said. Recipients of the award, which is to become an annual event, must have lived in Indianapolis at least 10 years and must be 75 years of

age. “He must have served the City over and above the requirements of good. citizenship,” the Honor Committee stated. “This means that the individual so honored will have rendered extraordinary and unselfish service.”

BREATHING SPELL FOR GERMAN JEWS HINTED

LONDON, Feb. 4 (U. P.).—Diplomatic quarters reported today that Germany has given assurances she will take no ‘further ‘measures against Jews while negotiations by the Inter-Governmental Committee for Refugees are in progress. George .S.. Rublee, American di-

| rector of the commitee, pressed Ger-

man authorities for a guarantee that Jews .would not be molested during the negotiations. It was understood -. the Germans, while wishing to avoid a public commitment, said no further action against Jews was envisaged barring unforeseen incidents,

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Cited for outstanding civic service fo. Indianapolis were Josiah Lie (left) and John F. White.

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Arthur V. Brown (left) and William Fortune (right) are shown with Alexander Thomson, speaker of the evening.

Committee : Seeks to Learn Extent of Control by Big Firms.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The temporary National Economic Committee, investigating monopoly, begins next week to delve into the control exercised over the nation’s industrial development by the great life insurance companies. This is expected to be one of the most illuminating phases of the monopoly inquiry, since the aim is to discover what conditions, if any, are imposed by insurance -companies upon management in exchange for financial assistance. The tieups will be found, it is believed, to include corporations which exercise monopolies in their particular fields. This raises the question, to be explored at the public hearings, whether insurance capital is a party to “freezing out” new enterprises Senator .O’'Mahony (D. Wyo), committee chairman, feels that Eastern capital has kept new and smaller enterprises from entering the industrial field, as already shown by the glass industry inquiry. A detailed questionnaire was sent to the 308 legal reserve life insur-

committee investigators have been poring for weeks through the records of some of the larger com-

panies. First Since 1906

This is the first real investigation of insurance companies since the one conducted in New York State in 1906 by Charles Evans Hughes, now Chief Justice, which started him on his political career. ’ After testimony Monday by ex-

perts outlining the: general character of the insurance. investigation, the committee will take up the Metropolitan ' Life Insurance Co. One of the first witnesses will be Frederick H. Ecker, chairman of the board. Senator O'Mahoney sought to reassure policyholders who might be disturbed by the inquiry. “We are going to deal with the scope of the activities of the insurance companies, their size, the influence they have on capital markets, questions of investment and SO on. “Nothing has been presented to the committee or to the Securities and Exchange Commission which should give any policyholder the slightest concern. As a matter of fact, we feel that the assets are such

ance companies, which have total" assets of 27 billion dollars and

No Hurry

Victim of New French Executioner Delays Guillotine.

ENNES, France, Feb. 4 (U. —“Big Louis” des Fourneaux, taking the executioner’s job of the late. Henri Anatole Deibler. chopped off the head of murderer Maurice Pilorge today with the late master’s No. 2 guillotine, the collapsible job M.

Deibler used for provincial assign- -

ments. Thus, apparently, the job of official executioner passed from the Deibler family after 120 years. M. Deibler for a long time regarded.’ his . lanky son-in-law, Andre Perrier, his official heir, In recent months, it was learned, he picked instead his nephew Andre Obrecht. But M. Obrecht weakened. He found that the more executions he attended, the sicker he was made by each one.. M. Fourneaux arrived last night with the No. 2 giullotine. Pilorge, who miirdered a rich Mexican at Dinard, was imperturbable - this morning, but refused to hurry. When M. Fourneaux gave .the word that all was ready, Pilorge complained: “Where's my breakfast?” Operations were suspended while he drank a bowl of milk dosed with rum. “This isn’t prison rum—it's too good,” he commented. They started to take him éut to the prison yard, but he demanded a final cigaret. “Hurry up, you're losing time,” M. Fourneaux chided him. “Say, wise guy, if you were in my place you wouldn’t be in such “a hurry,” Pilorge retorted.

as to inclicate that policies are well based.”

Doubt Confirmation Of Roberts as Judge

. (Editorial, Page 10)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (U. P.) =~ Administration leaders in Congress conceded privately today. that “there isn’t a ghost of a chance” of the Senate confirming the nomination of Floyd H. Roberts as judge for the Western District of Virginia. They ‘also were concerned over chances of. confirming former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie, Wisconsin progressive, as an interstate commerce commissioner. Hearings on that nornination will be held by a Senate Interstate Commerce Sub-

committee Monday.

Monobaly Probers Turn to Insurance; 12 Hoosiers Against Dies Continuance

Un-American Activities to Be Probed Another Year; Vote Is 344-35.

(Editorial, Pz Page 10

Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—-Two of the, 35 votes against continuation of the Dies Committee . investigating un-American activities were cast in the House by Reps. Schulte and" Larrabee, Indiana Democrats, the record roll call disclosed today.

The committee was given a oneyear continuance by the overwhelme ing vote of 344 to 35.

Both the Hoosier Congressmen . declared they ‘had concluded. that Chairman Dies: (D. Tex.) had demonstrated that he is more interested in obtaining publicity than putting down un-Americanism, . Since the measure passed yesterday will be followed/by a $100,000 appropriation for the committee, Rep. Schulte asserted that here would be a charice to save some money. bi) Hoosier Democrats who voted for the Dies Committee were Reps. Ludlow, Boehne and Crowe. the Republicans, except Rep. Johnson, who was absent, voted to con= tinue the committee. Rep. Grant (R. Ind) explained their viewpoint as follows: “The overwhelming sentiment .to continue the Dies committee bodes well for the future of constitutional - government in the United States. Subversive forces can best be ‘com=bated when exposed to plain view.” Rep. Dies said he doesn’t have a detailed plan: for spending the $100,000, except that he will have a - man assigned to give rigid inspec-. tion to any staff personnel. “I've learned a lot,” he added.

‘Ask Our Followers,’

Dr. Townsend Says

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (U. P.).— Dr. Francis E. Townsend said today that the depression “never would be ended without a more liberal spending than we've ever seen.” The bespectacled California old age pension advocate made his: statement before testifying before the House Ways and Means Com- = mittee, which is considering pro- ° posals for the Federal ‘Social Se- : curity Act. ; In the hearing yesterday Arthur. L. Johnson, secretary of the Gen- - eral Welfare Federation, accused Dr. ‘Townsend and his followers of being insincere in advocating $200 a month pensions for the aged. “That is utterly silly,” Dr. Townsend said. “Ask .our millions of follg cere,

There is refutation enough.”

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