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FRENCH CLAIM

12 NAZI RAIDS ~ ARE REPULSED

Berlin Reports Capture of Lieutenant Colonel as Plane Is Shot Down.

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By UNITED PRESS The French High Command reported today that 12 German raids on the Western Front last night were répulsed by French artillery and machine x The raids were described as taking place northwest of Wissembourg, France, and southwest of the Saarbruecken in the Wardnt Forest and along the Blisse River. Berlin reported that a French general staff lieutenant colonel and

three others were captured wjien a :

plane was brought down by antiaircraft fire in German territory. A second French plane, it was asserted, was shot down near Godesberg. Both planes were part of a French reconnaissance group

which tried to fly over the Rhine|

near Bonn, it was said. The Ger-

man High Command added that

there was little artillery activity today on the Western Front. 2 Test French Positions

.Bad weather restricted aviation to a few reconnaissance flights, it was announced by the French. One German reconnaissance plane was reported to have lost its way and landed inside the Prench lines. The German raids were intended to test the strength of French positions. An official announcement in Paris said President Albert Lebrun and Gen. Maurice Gustave Gamelin, commander-in-chief of the defense forces, had visited Gen. Gaston Georges, Army commander in chief, and Gen. Joseph Vuillemin, Air Force commander in chief, at their headquarters. French war communique Nb. 67 said: “Reconnaissance elements are ‘active on the whole front, notably in the region southwest of Saarbjuecken.”

Report Nazi Reinforcements Germans have been counter-at-

- tacking in that region in an effort

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to keep the French from rolling big guns up within range of the main Westwall fortresses. The military expert of the newspaper Petit Parisien said that the French High Command had gained an expert knowledge of German offensive tactics from Polish Army officers arriving in Paris. Heavy reinforcements- are arriving on the German front from Poland it was reported, bolstering comparatively weak frontier guard detachments which had held the line heretofore. German activity has centered on the south bank of the Saar between Saarlouis and Saarbruecken where the French have been shelling Berus Crest, dominating Saarlouis, and have seived Warndt Forest from where they may attack Saarbruecken. The Germans have been pushed so far back into the Saar Valley that their field guns cannot reach the major Maginot line fortresses, the French claim.

HINT SABOTAGE PLOT FOUND ON U. S. SHIP

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can-owned vessel before it reaches a U. S. port. Capt. A. E. Chilton, master of the Iroquois, wirelessed the ritime Commission that a thorough search disclosed no explosives aboard the

ship.

Word that an American convoy was expected to reach the Iroquois today cheered Mr. and Mrs. Patrick B. Sweeney, 4128 Carrollton Ave, whose son is believed to be on board. He is the Rev. Fr. Cornelius P. Sweeney, former assistant pastor of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. The 26-year-old priest was sent to Rome last year by the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis, to study canon law. He was to have remained three years. With a companion, the Rev. Fr. James P. Kilfoil of Vincennes—also believed to be on the Iroquois—he was vacationing in Ireland when the war broke out, his father said. Mr. Sweeney said he received an airmail letter from his son last week stating he would return home “in a-month or two.” Mr. Sweeney believes, however, his son meant to start as soon as possible but did not wish to worry his parents by letting. them know when he was crossing

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| amines a tax duplicate, one of thousands now being distributed for | payment of the fall installment of county property taxes. The dead- | line for payment is Nov. 6, More than 3000 persons have already called

role in the axis.

an invitation to go to Berlin the Fuehrer.

ities on a large scale.

are already certain they will

themselves to the world as deliberately prolonging the war and being unwilling to listen

to any reasonable offer.

The Nazis are counting heavily on some peace move being made during the delay, which they expect to. be 10 days. or two weeks. The Nazi propaganda machine was putting out feelers for neutral intervention, even by such frequent targets of its scorn as President Roosevelt and. Pope Pius. . In Berlin there was obvious disappointment that Herr Hitler's speech had found such unsympathetic responses abroad. The official press praised the Fuehrer’s. proposals and asserted that he again had proved his qualities of leadership and desires for peace.

Little Activity Reported

Informed and responsible Nazi quarters, seeking other means of ending hostilities and preserving Germany's gains of the past two years, suggested that the Fuehrer would be willing to make peace proposals in specific form if President

Germany and the Allied governments. The German High Command reported little military activity but claimed to have captured a lieutenant colonel of the French General Staff when a French plane was shot down over the German lines on the Western Front. While the French saw no hope for peace in Herr Hitler's speech, President Albert Lebrun and Gen. Maurice Gustav Gamelin, commander in chief of French armed forces, visited Gen. Gaston Georges, Army commander in chief, and en. Joseph Vuillemin, Air Force commander, at their respective headquarters. The situation on the Western Front was'changed only by greatly intensified German patrol activity with the Reich forces apparently increasing their efforts to find weak spots in the French lines. © The French War Office communique reported that during the night French artillery and machine gun outposts repulsed no less than 12 German

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raids near Wissembourg, outside

IN INDIANAPOLIS

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Totals ....... 95 54 MEETINGS TODAY

H Washington, 9 a “ Four ational Club, reception ay Pi 6 p. m. Gideons, meeting, Hotel Washington, 9:30 p. m.

"MEETINGS TOMORROW State Elks, luncheon, Claypool Hotel, , Me. |

Alpha Omicron Alpha. convention, luncheon. Hotel Lincoln. noon. | Automatic Canteen Co., luncheon, Hotel incoln. noon. | I Rebekah Assembly,

convention. Hotel “Lincoln. ail day |

: Friday | 53 p. m.2900 Brouse, false alarm, | 7 p m., 1503 E. Tith: residence, chil301075. Alabama ‘and’ North, false

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

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

ward Prater, 30. of 305 8. Keystone: mg ivi oes; lo. ot 10 of asi Central; Naginl ‘Bugor, 28, of 3702 E. New York.

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35. of 56 S. Holmes: JesRobert R. Fohl Jr,

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Girls

Marion, Agnes Laakman, at City. Karl, Marjorie Rosenberg, at St. Vine

cent’s. jAsnes Houpt, at 8t. Vincent's. Henry, Helen Vance. at 1426 Cornell. William, Sarabelle Bledsoe, at 2015 Lud-

w. Ross, Sulvia Sheets, at 1206 N. Persh8 lar. Boys Charles, Florence Wade, at Coleman. Merle, Clara Davidson, at City. George, Nellie Kaiser, at St. Vincent's. Law Mary Helms, at Methodist.

n Russell, Thelma Young, at 1443 Lee. Margaret Hopkins, at 1015 E.

Theodore, Frances Shaw, at 1022 N. William, Eva Sanders, at 1717 Massa-

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etts. Lee, Marie Pennycoff, at 1860 Applegate. : DEATHS Branch Oliver, 24, at Long, typhoid

ver. ® feadora Kirk, 83, at 4720 BE. 12th, carcino! apoplexy. olive” M long, 28 E. Raymond, pulmonary tuberculosis. d BE John encephalitis.

ma. Alfred Washburn, 74, at City, coronary occlusion Dorman, 87, at 2030 Carrollton, coronary f . Ethel O at Raymon . McClain, 57, at 2314 N. laware, carci : Lucy Bridges, 57, at 1220 E. 23d, diabetes mellitus,

Joseph 30. at 4842 Winthrop, sis, . carcinoma. Betty Bowles, 66, at Sharp,

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Roosevelt would mediate between|

Hitler’s Balkan Threat Strains Rome-Berlin Axis

: (Continued from Page One) as his partner and relegated Benito Mussolini to a secondary

In London it was said that the German Foreign Minister had brusquely brushed aside a peace formula proposed by Sig. Mussolini and taken to Berlin by his son-in-law and Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano. The British also reported that the Hitler peace offer was made against Premier Mussolini's strong advice and that the Duce had refused

and discuss the matter with

* British newspapers scorned and ridiculed Herr Hitler's utterances, as did the newspapers in France, and both countries gave every sign of intensifying preparations for hostil-

The Allies, in “studying” Herr Hitler's terms when they

reject them, are stalling for

time, hoping that some miracle migh happen at the last minute. At the same time, they do not want to present

Saarbruecken and along the Blisse River. ‘ It was made known in London that the British had noticed increased German aerial activity over the North Sea, recalling German threats to bomb the British fleet in force if Herr Hitler's “final peace offensive” failed.” The British indicated that they were not worried by the German activity, holding that the fleet. could take care of itself and that the German Air Force was not adequate to seriously endanger shipping convoyed at sea and difficult to locate by bombers. The Italian press generally praised Herr Hitler's speech as a constructive contribution toward peace which warranted the greatest consideration but observers noted great Italian anxiety over the Balkan problem.

PIONEER WEST SIDE RESIDENT IS DEAD

&ide resident, home, 3431 W. 16th St. after an illness of a year and a half. He was 80 years old. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Mr. Lentz retired as a gardener 20

{years ago. He was a member of the

Zion Evangelical Church, the Gardener’s Organization and Sawazen Derdin, an organization of German people. Funeral services be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday from the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Matilda B. Lentz, three sons, Henry, Louis and Arthur Lentz, two daughters, Mrs. Amelia Bibbs and Mrs. Aurelia Bueke, a brother, Robert Lentz, and asister, Nancy ‘Lentz, all of Indianapolis. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

By U. S. Weather B

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—P ar t1 y cloudy and somewhat warmer tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy with occasional showers. ¥

Sunrise ...... 5:47 | Sunset ...... 5:19

P BAROMETER 6:30 a. m...29.98 \

Precipitation 24 hrs. en op Total precipitation sonal ES t n Excess since Jan. 1

Indiana—Partly cloudy, occasional showers tomorrow and in north tonight: wa er east and central cooler in north portion tomorrow.

Illinois—Mostly cloudy, occasional rain tomorrow and in north ‘and central portions tonight; cooler in northwest and extreme west-central rtions late tonight; cooler in north and central portions to-

morrow, Lower Michigan—Mostly cloudy to: t and ‘tomorrow with | Sccasional ight warmer in, east and south portions tonight; cooler tomorrow and warmer with showers tonight; tomorrow partly n southeast portion foly local showers in afternoon or at night; cooler tomorrow night.

or at night

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Weather Bar. Temp. amarillo Tex. «c.....Cloudy 29.81 61 ismarck, N. D. .....PtCldy 30. Boston .Clear ChiCBBO ..v... 000000 Cincinnati ...ce.... Cleveland .... Denver ........ Dodge City, Helena, Mont, ...,. Jacksonville, . Kansas City, Mo. . Little Rock, Ark. ... Los Angeles ...... ‘so 0 « PH Mliami M Mobil New York Oklaho Omaha N b.

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HITLER, HOPG AXIS SPLITS UP

| Mussolini Wanted Economic)

Conference, Report Allied Sources.

Hitler's “final peace offer” not only faces rejection by the Allied powers but it may widen dn apparent gap understood today. Scorn and derision

spéech in quarters representative of British national opinion. But nobody here, taking the Government and the people as a whole, had had the slightest idea that the speech

t, it was understood that Herr Hitler made his “peace” offer against the strong advice of Premier Benito Mussolini, and that Joachim von Ribbentrop,

More important

LONDON, Oct. 7 (U. P.).—Adolf| |

between Germany and Italy, it was

were heaped A upon the Nazi Fuehrer’s Reichstag]

Miss Lela E. Taylor today resigned as vice president of the United Christian Missionary Society and executive secretary for Latin America in the division of foreign missions. She gave ill health as her reason. Her resig nation becomes effective Dec. 31. She is a member of the executive committee on Women’s Work of

German Foreign Minister, had brusquely brushed aside a program offered by Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, in the name of his father-in-law, the Duce. Wanted Guarantee by All

Well-informed Embassy quarte reported ‘that when Count Cian went to Berlin Oct. 1 at the invita

of restricted size, its integrity to hy guaranteed by all the great powers of Europe instead of by and Russia alone. Premier Mussolini also was ported to have suggested that a other problems, ranging from disarmament to colonies and an nomic new deal, should be cussed at a five-power conferenc: including . Britain, France, I Germany and Russia. Count Ciano, in presenting t plan to the, Nazi chieftains, was said to have urged that it would extremely difficult for Britain France to refuse such an offer. Baron von Ribbentrop, however, turned it down, informants assert

British, French Trade Views |

The British Government is exchanging views with France and the Dominions regarding the Fuehre) ’S peace proposals, it was understood authoritatively today. | The period of deliberation before Britain answers the Hitler s ch, it was said, may be protracted. The reply may include a detailed statement of British war aims. The new Polish Foreign Minister, August Zaleski, it was learned, 1 come to London next week to co er with Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax, possibly on the declaration of war aims, The Daily Mail reported a; that Prime Minister Neville Bd berlain might make a speech in [the House of Commons Monday, re lying to Herr Hitler. In any e nt, Mr. Chamberlain had annou before the Hitler speech that he proposed to make a statement on the progress of the war on Wednesay. . | Desire “Real Peace” | The desire was to make it plain, in rejecting peace on terms wie

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by Herr Hitler after the conqu st of Poland, that the British and Governments were eager peace. There was no indication that the British-French idea of a real Jeace differed from the idea of day before yesterday: The end of Hitlerism and rule by force in Europe, the restoration of Poland and freedom for the zechs. : | British newspapers in their comments today on Herr Hitler's speech, after a thorough study of all its implications were contemptuous. “Terms of a conqueror”—*“Sickening hypocrisy”—*“No. basis for peace here”—“For all his boasting Hitler is afraid—“Hitler’s defiant tone was mingled with a sort of wheedling”— “Impossible as a foundation for an honorable and lasting peace” and Just plain “No!” in big black headlines, were the words used by representative newspapers. |

NAZI FLIERS ATTAC TWO BRITISH SHIPS

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LONDON, Oct. 7 (U. P.). British minesweepers were at today by German flying ts in the North Sea, the Admiral ¥ announced. There were no on either side. Considerable German air has been noted over the Ni it was reported in aviation Nazi | to bomb the British fleet unless ‘Adolf Hitler's peace were accepted. | Reports that Germany had of long distance bombing | planes able to attack Atlantic merchant

In Admusity circles. onvoys are arriving reg British ports, it was said, w

The ‘Admiralty has organiz hunt for the German fajde sank the British merchantms ment off the Brazilian Coat It Was said today that | miralty was not completely fied that it was the A al Scheer.

Neutrality

REMICH, Luxembourg, Oct. 7 (U. P.).—This little duchy was concerned today over Adolf Hitler's failure to mention it in his Reichstag speech yesterday along : other = neutral countries against

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designs. Lin Some of the most persiste ing of the Franco-Germ has been in the Moselle Valley, just beyond Luxembourg’s border. Throughout Herr Hitler's German anti-aircraft batteries pounding away there at Allied planes taking photographs.

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the Foreign Missions Conference of North America and is a member of the Board of Founders of Ginling College, Cliina, and of Colegio Ward, Buenos Aires, Ar:gentina.’ :

NAZIS HINT AT 2 Ul S. MEDIATION

Pope Also Talked as Possi-

ible Leader in Peace Drive.

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His Holiness Pope Pius XII and Generalissimo Francisco, Franco, Spanish - Nationalist leader, would be essayed. ! The Italian-Vatican-Spanish peace move really was “imminent,” the Nazis hinted;. but the President would have time to act if he did so quickly, and would really be best qualified as head of a leading neutral nation far removed from Eu-

It was plain that high Nazi quarters were surprised and disappointed at the immediately un{friendly reaction to yesterday's speech. : “Hitler did not merely want the door to peace opened, he flung it open himself,” said a high Nazi informant. “He was as moderate as the head of a state at war could possibly be in déaling with enemies. Now peace or war depends entirely on the answer of Britain and France.” It was indicated that several days would elapse before there was any further German move. It was held that it would take some time for the Allied Governments, and leading neutral ones, to really digest Herr Hitler’s speech and appreciate its full value, a But in the near future, perhaps within a week or so, lay the Geran retort to rejection of the “peace” speech—a destructive war in which, as a first move, the German Air Force would attack the British Navy and perhaps dockyards, navy yards, arsenals and

leading commercial ports—possibly

industrial cities.

JOAN ROBINSON WED IN QUIET GEREMONY

Miss Joan Robinson, daughter of President Daniel S. Robinson of Butler University and Mrs. Robinson, became the bride of Charles Richard Clark, Philadelphia, in a quiet ceremony today. at the Robinson home, 520 Hampton Drive. Dr. Frederick D. Kershner, dean

of the Butler College of Religion, |

officiated at the single-ring ceremony before members of the Robinson family and a few close friends. Mr. Clark is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Clark, Nevada, Mo. An informal dinner was served following the service and the couple left on a short trip. They will live in Wyndmoor, Pa. The bride and bridegroom met at the United States House in Paris, France, where Miss Robinson held the Woolley Music Scholarship for two years. Mr. Clark was doing graduate work in physics at the Sorbonne. Mr. Clark holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri and is a member of Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Chi Sigma, honorary organizations. The bride was awarded laureate honors from the Paris Conservatory and studied music under Prof. Ernest Hoffzimmer at Indiana University. She is a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary organizations. .

BLACKOUT ORDERED FOR PANAMA CANAL

BALBOA, C. Z, Oct. 7 (U. P)— The Army today ered a blackout of the Panama Canal Zone for “some time Tuesday night next.” No reason was given here for the order but officials in Washington said that the order was part of a series of maneuvers designed to test efficiency of the recently reinforced

Canal garrison.

Tiny Duc, y Puts Hope for

in Red Cross

ed by neutral bowers suggesting that. this be made Son quarters for the International Red Cross_during the war. If was reported that the American Red Cross backed the suggestion and offered a substantial sum of money. Should it be adopted, the arrangement, it was believed, would be

t | worth more than a

Germany in Safeguarding ding ios Irom from bourg’é unarmed neutrality, As onserved from the border. there in. the German lines along th

It ‘was announced that ik

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| Crosetti, First Yankee ] Up,

Takes a Walk Off Young Thompson.

(Continued from Page One) catches during the Yankee infield practice. : ei : A play-by-play description folows: : : First Inning , : YANKEES — Crosetti = walked. Rolfe rolled to McCormick, unassisted, Crosetti moving to second. Keller hit a home run into the right field stands, scoring Crosetti

ahead of him. = DiMaggio was, called out on strikes. Dickey

walked. Thompson uncorked a wild] -

pitch and Dickey went to third while Lombardi was retrieving the ball from jin front of the stands. Selkirk grounded out, Werber to McCormick. TWO ‘RUNS. ONE HIT. NO ERRORS.

REDS — Werber grounded out,

Gordon to Dahlgren. ‘Gordon made|-

a great play on the ball back of

half a step. Frey raised a high Aly to DiMaggio. Goodman beat out a high bounder in front of the plate for an infield single. McCormick singled to right, sending Goodman to third. Lombardi: singled to center, scoring Goodman and sending McCormick to second. Craft fanned, swinging. ONE RUN, THREE HITS, NO ERRORS. is 5 Second Inning ‘ YANKEES—Bump Hadley, a right hander, started warming up in the Yankee bullpen. Gordon fouled to Lombardi, who made a nice catch up ‘against the screen behind the plate. Dahlgren popped to Frey back on the grass. Gomez fanned swinging. NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS. Second Inning ; REDS—After Gomez fanned, McCarthy took him out, and Hadley came in to pitch for the. Yanks. Berger was called out on strikes. Myers .singled to left. Thompson singled over Crosetti’s head into left, Myers stopping at second. Werber singled to center, scoring Myers and sending Thompson to third. Coach Art Fletcher of the Yanks signalled for Steve Sundra, a right-hander, to start warming up. Frey forced Thompson at the plate, Dahlgren to Dickey, Werber moving to second. Goodman lined a single to right, scoring Werber and sending Frey to third. McCormick popped to Gordon in short right. TWO RUNS, FOUR HITS, NO ERRORS.

ROOSEVELT SHIES AT HINTS OF PEACE ROLE

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record as opposing the Polish partion.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 WU. P)— Chairman Key Pittman (D. Nev.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed belief today that President Roosevelt would again offer his services for peace in Europe but would delay until a “spirit of adjustment” is apparent. The Senate began a week-end recess of its debate on neutrality. Mr. Pittman predicted today that the Administration’s bill will be approved by the Senate by next Saturday. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D. 0lo.) has proposed that the United States join with other neutral nations in promoting an immediate armistice to be followed by a final peace. His resolution was referred to Mr. Pittman’s committee. Early action was considered unlikely. The. Senate took a week-end holiday when it became extremely doubtful that a quorum-—49 Senators —could be obtained for the session originally planned for today. Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) aligned himself formally with foes of embargo repeal and Senator Josiah W. Bailey (D. N. C.) joined Administration forces during the last 24 hours, The Senate is to vote Monday on a motion by Senator Charles W. Tobey, (R. N. H.) to separate the arms embargo repeal section from other provisions of the Administration’s new neutrality program, and vote on all except the arms embargo repeal section immediately. : Ray Kelly, American Legion national commander, will speak on the radio at 7 p. m. today on the neutrality question. ' The address will be broadcast by MBS. Senator Sherman Minton . speak at 7 p. m. tomorrow, also over MBS.

U. S. TO TRAIN ARMY FOR GOMBAT AFIELD

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. P.).— Disclosing that 18,000 men joined the Army in September, War. Secretary Harry H. Woodring today announced an unprecedented peacetime field training program for 67,500 regular: troops. - ; Secretary Woodring indicated that the increase in Army strength of 17,000 men authorized by President Roosevelt will not encounter difficulty. Ranks of the National Guard were swollen by -8000 enlistments in September, he said. The Secretary said that with the formation of a corps utilizing the newly created streamlined infantry divisions, the War Department is planning to establish a second corps and four more divisions of regulars providing it is authorized to raise the present strength of 227,000 men to full peace-time strength of The new plan for field training, calling for concentration of five “streamlined” infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions and special corps troops in “Southern and Western points, is aimed at giving the nation an effective combat force immediately available for national defense. ‘ Logo

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Fliers Refuel ‘Blind’ 4 Times

MUNCIE, Ind. Oct. 7 (U. P.).—ifter four “blind” refueling contacts yesterday, Kelvin Baxter of Richmond and Robert McDaniels of Muncie were stil laloft today in their attempt to set a new endurance flying record for light planes. While the d was . covered with mist and ‘with only 10 minutes’ gas supply left, the pilots ‘contacted their ground crew four

| times to bring’ up new loads of

DUCE HOLDS OFF

|" ONPEACE MOVE

Fear of Nazi-Soviet Hegemony. in‘Balkans Felt in Some Quarters.

‘ROME, Oct: 7 (U. P.) —Political quarters said today that Adolf Hitler’s Reichstag speech. had created a generally favorable impression. They called it substantial and constructive and waited reaction from it of the Western powers because, they said, of the possibilities it. offered for an end of the war. There was no sign that Premier Benito Mussolini would seek to make the speech a basis for any Italian initiative, such as had been suggested in Berlin. t

Balkan Issue Stressed

pressed at the implication of Herr Hitler's speech that Germany and Russia would settle Balkan problems, as Italy considers the Balkans in its sphere. Unofficial but well-informed Italian circles said they saw seven fa-

1. There were no direct threats and there was no time limit for acceptance of Herr Hitler's “peace” offer. 2. Fuehrer Hitler suggested a Polish state of some sort. , : 3. Herr Hitler's idea of a new order in Europe was not based on the Versailles Treaty. 4. He asked redistribution of raw materials. 5. He made friendly references to Italy. ; 6. He guaranteed the frontiers of Hungary and Jugoslavia, which Italy regards as in its sphere of influence. ; : 7. He made peace overtures which made it possible for other countries to act without the necessity for Italy to take any further peace initiative,

Gayda Lists 3 Problems

Virginio Gaydag who. is close to the Foreign Office and who has acted as Premier Mussolini’s mouthpiece, in an editorial in the Giornale D’Italia today called upon European governments and peoples to confront three major problems which, if solved, he said, will give Europe enduring peace. The problems presented by Sig. Gayda were: - 1, Justice and recognition of the rights of peoples. : : 2. Establish order in national economics to aid exchanges between nations. : 3. Reasonable disarmament, freeing the populations from terror of deadly arms. :

FIRE LOSS IN STATE TOTALS $75,000

VEVAY, Ind, Oct. 7 (U. P.)—A four-story brick warehouse owned by Carl and Clyde Culbertson of Vevay was destroyed yesterday by fire with loss estimated at $50,000. Cause of the blaze was not determined.

ELLWOOD, Ind. Oct. 7 (U. P.).— Loss caused by a fire which destroyed the Wann Canning Co. near here yesterday was estimated today at $20,000. The plant was operated by Orla. Wann, former Elwood mayor. E

ROCHESTER, Ind. Oct. 7 (U. P.). --Investigators today investigated a $5500 fire which destroyed the summer home of William Rentz of Peru at nearby Lake Manitou yesterday. The blaze was the sixth in the Rochester area in the last six months. Origin of the fire was undetermined.

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ADMIRAL STERLING TALKS HERE OCT. 18

Rear Admiral Yates Sterling will speak at’the Riviera Club Oct. 18 at the second of a series of forums sponsored by the John H. Holliday Post 186, American Legion. Admiral Yates, recently retired, is ‘considered oneesof the nation’s outstanding naval authorities. He will discuss the mysterious disappearance of the German liner Bremen and other aspects of the European war. . Princess Alexandra Kropotkin, of Russian nobility, will discuss women’s part in the war at a November forum. ol ey

In some quarters anxiety was ex-|.

vorable points in the speech: 1

‘LONE MAY PUT |

I, S. INTO WAR

Panama Declaration<Draws’ Hostile Response From Even British.

By LUDWELL DENNY y Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Fear is growing here ‘that any ‘attempt to+ enforce the newly declared Pan=: American neutrality zone, running . from 300 to 700 miles off shore, might draw us into war. That fear is based partly on the’ wording of the Declaration of Pane: ama itself, and partly on the ime . mediately hostile response from , British and other European quar-" ters. But the chief reason for the+ alarm here is: the refusal of. President Roose= velt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Under=", secretary Sume'’ ~ ner Welles to in" terpret the’ meaning of the" declaration. On three points there _ seems to be gen= _ eral agreement: - 1. The policy, which stretches national sea rights from the three-" mile or 12-mile limit to a several’ hundred mile limit, is revolutionary. 2. Adequate enforcement over a ® 5,000,000-square-mile zone is impossible, even if the present American’ navies were double their size. = 3. The Declaration .is (deliberately * vague on virtually every important question raised by its sweeping gene ° eralization. : 22 ' Unanswered Questions a

Here are examples of the ques: tions which American officials cane : not or will not answer, at least not

yet: ‘Is the Declaration already in: force, and if not when does it be<# come effective? Is the United States bound by it, ‘or is it a trial balloon awaiting undetermined action by the President? = ‘All that Secretary Hull will say is that the belligerents have been i given the Declaration, that our: patrolling at first will be only for information, and that if the belligerents challenge it we will cone: sult with our American associates: on the next step.

* Study Problem Later

, In answer to the many practical questions arising—such as the alle., important definition of terms, and the status of the many German and

Ludwell Denny

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warships in American harbors or in. the vast zone—he says all that will : be studied later by a committee. - Even Undersecretary Welles and: the delegates at Panama City, who issued the Declaration, apparently are not certain what it means. Thomas L. Stokes, Scripps-Howard . correspondent there, reports: =~ “They made it clear they realize ; the uncharted and exploratory nae ture of the conference's security band venture .', , No one was will= ing to predict the nature of the.. problems which will arise under its 3 terms, nor the methods to be used = in meeting them.” iE

English Issue Warning

From England comes the warning’ of unnamed officials and the eme pire’s two most influential newse.. papers, The London Times and The a Manchester Guardian. They refuse : to accept an extension of American - sea rights beyond the three-mile® limit of international law. The Times suggests direct action to ene 3 force the Declaration would be tane’y tamount to war. . But some experts here point out that American enforcement could be used to the advantage of the. Ale lies and against Germany. In‘ the midst of all this fog, the consensus of guesses in Washington . at the moment is that the Declara= - tion covers more bluff than ene forcement. But this does not dimine'® ish the fear that even bluffing in. waters already used as a war zone by both belligerents may sink our_ neutrality. 5

3 GIVEN TERMS ON 7 MANN ACT CHARGES

Three, persons who allegedly transported 16 - year - old girls throughout ‘the Middle West in. ax “nude show carnival” today were? sentenced to prison terms in Fede eral Court. i The trio was arrested near Bra-.. zil, Ind, by Federal officers and charged with violation of the Mann Act. Judge Robert C. Baltzell sentenced Irving Lewis to five years in RG prison; his wife, Rose, to three years: 3 in the women’s prison, and John-» Thomas Norton to one year and & day in prison. All were formerly from New York. : 2%

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