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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 185

Bridal Couple Dodges That Age- Old Jinx

30% OF FUND

GOAL REACHED

$96,840.77 Is Reported at Luncheon; Workers

Goal. .................. $683,710.00 Total raised to. date .... 203.332.23 Amount needed ..... . 480,377.67 Drive ends .......... ee...0ct. 26

Subscriptions totaliing $96,840.77 were reported by Community Fund workers at their second report meeting today at the Claypool Hotel. The new subscriptions bring the total raised to date to $203,332.33, or 30 per cent of the $683,710 goal. William P. Evans, counsel for the Public Service Co. of Indiana, was the principal speaker today, designated as “Utilities and Railroad Divisions Day.” He was introduced by Perry W. Lesh, campaign chairman. The speaker rcpeated the need to reach the goal to provide 37 agencies with funds to carry on chil care, family welfare and relief, nursing service, .recreation and character building activties. The drive will end Oct. 26. In addition to the teams and divisiors of solicitors, men’s and women’s speakers bureaus are aiding in the Fund appeal. It is estimated that they have spoken already to 50,000 persons in churches.

factories, offices, department stores}

and other places of business. Mrs. Brandt C. Downey and Lloyd D. Claycombe head the speakers bureaus. Among those working under their direction are 25 high school pupils who visited the various agencies benefitting from the Community Fund last summer to learn the nature of their services. The next and third report meet-

ing will be held Mday at the|.

Claypool.

CITY TO SCAN NEW "HOSPITAL FOOD BIDS

Albert H. Losche, City purchasing agent, said today he would open bids for the City Hospital food supply from out-of-town wholesale houses at 10 a. m. tomorrow at City Hall. Out-of-town bids were requested by Mr. Losche after City Council

which showed price increases on some foodstuffs ranging from 25 to 75 per cent. Mr. Losche said he had advertised ‘for bids at Muncie, Terre, Richmond, Lafayette, Gary, East Chicago and Chicago.

PETER M. KILEY, 80, DIES

Peter M. Kiley, Indianapolis resident more than 40 years, died today at his home in Miami Beach, Fla., where he had lived for the past 11 years. He was 80. Mr. Kiley owned the Kiley House: at 10th and Massa-

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Women Believed Car Afire; Baby Is: Uninjured.

Two young women were injured last night in a leap from a moving auto when a burning brake led them to believe the car was afire. A 3-month-old baby in the car was uninjured. Mrs. Imogene Bell, 19, of 412 W. Raymond St., was driving on Road 37 near the Belt Railroad. With her were her infant son, Ray Andrew, and Miss Dorothy Butler, 17, of the same address. Mrs. Bell said that a truck passed her and cut back so quickly she was crowded off the road. She pulled on. the. emergency brake, avhich -began smoking. Thinking the car was afire, she jumped from the 1éft door. Miss Butler grabbed the child and also jumped to the pavement. The machine, which was traveling about 15 miles an hour, was stopped by a passing motorist, who jumped aboard 300 feet up the road. . Mrs. Bell fell to her_ face and Miss Butler struck on her hip, “The baby -wasn!t even soraiched, ” Mrs. Bell said. The injured women were taken to City Hospital, where Miss Butler, whe was bruised on the head and legs, was reported in fair condition. Mrs. Bell was treated and released. (Continued on Page Three)

AUTO CRASH FATAL; SUICIDE NOTE FOUND

BRAZIL, Ind., Oct. 13 (U. P.).— Mrs. Noble Jones, 30, died in a hospital today of injuries suffered last night when her auto crashed into a concrete abutment on Highway 40 west of here. Both arms and legs were broken. Her death was the 10th traffic fatality in Clay County this year. Nurses found a note pinned to her clothing threatening suicide and leaving instructions for the care of her two children.

CLAIMS REDUCED IN AUBURN BANKRUPTCY

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 13 (U.P).

BoOkS .....,s 24|/Johnson .... 24! Broun ....... 24) Movies ... 26, 27 Clappe?f ..... 23| Mrs. Ferguson 24

—William B. Duff, special mastery |in chancery in the bankruptcy reorganization of Auburn Automobile

comics ...... 43 Obituaries .. . 20/Co, today allowed only $5101 of a Crossword ... 42| Pegler ..;... 24 state gross income tax division claim Curious World 43| Pyle .......". 23 [of $64,046 against the company. Editorials ... 24 Questions ... 23] Total claims of more than $176,000 Fashions ... 382| Radio ....... 25 were allowed by Duff and approved Financial .... 25 Mrs. Roosevelt 23 by Judge Thomas W..S8lick. -4 Flynn .,....; 24 Scherrer ... 23 A U. S. Department of Internal ‘Forum ...... 24 Serial Story... 43 Revenue claim of $27.026 was re-| Gallup Poll.. 10, Society . .'30, 33! ‘duced by approximately half. The! . Grin, Bear It 43| Sports 36, 37, 38|largest claim allowed was by the! 3,State Deaths.. 6 Columbia Axle Co. for $63,460.

LEAPING FROM AUTO!

Taking mo chances on this Friday the 13th jinz, Miss Chloris Bell, shown here with Robert R. Fohl Jr., whom She will mary tomorrow, held her bridal dinner and wedding rehearsal last might at her home, 4907 Kenwood Ave. It was to be tonight, but Miss Bell just couldn't get around that age-old superstition.

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1412, 2411, 3+10, 419 All Add Up to Friday 13th

Superstitious Persons on Guard Though Records Show Tis Day of Good Luck as Well as Bad.

By JAMES THRASHER

Hang onto your horseshoe, folks, here's that day again! day.the 12th, a calendar conjunction that has been giving the world the dark blue- jitters since ancient times. Along about the dawn of history, some Babylonian astrologers got together and decided that the combination of the numerals 1 and 3 Friday’s reputation as a day of super gloom is nearly as

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old, And, despite ensuing centuries of logic and enlightenment, a vague feeling of discomfort still persists about the whole matter. It is useless, for instance, to comfort anyone by citing the important role that the fateful day and date have played in American history.

Remember the 13 Colonies Yet there is no denying that there

were 13 original colonies; that the

White House cornerstone was laid Oct. 13, 1792, or that the Star

Spangled Banner yet waves—with |:

13 stripes. Furthermore, Columbus discovered America on Friday, the Pilgrims landed in America on Friday, and it was on a Friday that the Declaration of Independence was signed. General Pershing was born on Friday, Sept. 13, 1860. Other 13th birthdays are those of .England’s King Edward III, Pope Sixtus V and Thomas Jefferson. Friday the 13th is even a good fishing’ day, as witness the fact that the largest ‘cod ever caught off New England was landed on such a day three years ago. Yet the superstitious are bound to remember such things as the fact that Wall Street's greatest panic -began.Friday, Sept. 25, 1869, or that Lincoln was assassinated on Friday,

Accidents Are Fewer

However, figures gathered by the country's largest insurance companies indicate that there is no need of leaving the car. in the garage today, or of taking other spe-. cial precautions against accident. On Friday, May 13, 1938, the insurance company received fewer reports on accidents than any other day in that month. Annual statistics show that, last year, 11.4 per cent of the company’s policy holders were injured on Friday. But 16.8 per cent were hurt on Saturday, and 15.4 per cent on Sunday. Friday, according to insurance! statisticians, is just a lull before the storm. Speaking of insurance companies. the Indianapolis branch office of the New York Life Insurance Co. should get through this day all (Continued on Page Three)

RENAME LEMAUX TO

BOARD AT SUNNYSIDE

Irving W. Lemaux, president of the Security Trust Co. today was re-appointed by. the County Commissioners to a second four-year term on the Board of Managers of the Marion County Tuberculosis

Hospital at Sunnyside. Mr. Lemaux, ‘also prominent in County ‘Republican politics, officially will begin his second term, Nov. 1.

(TRAIN KILLS MAN HERE

The Big Four Southwestern Limited, in-bound, struck and killed a man today as he walked | along the tracks at Massachusetts Ave. east of Sherfaan Drive. Police were unable to identify the victim immediately, 4; - i Ta iby as

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Quinn Says Program of Reform Begun; Grocery Claims Studied.

By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM As Prosecutor David M. Lewis began amassing evidence for submission to the Grand Jury in its probe of Center Township relief, these rapid fire developments took place today: 1. Thomas M. Quinn, Center Township trustee, announced he had begun the program of reforms he promised Wednesday when he admitted to The Times that political and family favoritism ruled his distribution of the township's $1,000,000 a year relief business.

was not disclosed, visited the Court House today to offer evidence on the township's relief practices for the | Grand Jury’s probe, which starts Monday.

Governor Defines His Power

3. Governor Townsend said his office has no authority to take a hand in straightening out the Center Township situation. As Governor; he said, he has the power to remove a trustee, but only when it is charged that the trustee has failed to care for the poor ade-

made here. 4. Investigators began studying. grocery, milk, bread and coal claims against Center Township to learn. if any false claims—claims for commodities not actually supplied to relief clients—may have been filed. 5. Samuel E. Garrison, Grand Jury deputy prosecutor, announced that he would ask the Governor's Commission on Unemployment relief for certain reports on the handling of poor relief which it is reported to have in its possession.

Quinn Reapportions Business

Mr. Quinn said the first reform he has instituted is distribution of the township’s grocery orders on a “fairer” basis. “I have given orders to cut down on the business going to some of these groceries,” he said, “and to divide it among those recsiving only a small volume of business. “It's a job that takes time, but T promised I would do it and I have kept my word for 57 years and don’t intend to stop now.” Relief clients, except in rare instances, have no choice of the grocery from which they obtain their food. After a client is accepted on relief, he is assigned to a certain grocery. The grocer calls at the (Continued on Page Three) ,

FROSTY ‘PUNKIN’ DUE FOR MORE SHIVERS

Colder Tomorrow With Fair Skies, Bureau Says.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am, ....4 10am. ....60 7am ....45 1lla.m...., 65 8a.m. .... 52 12 (noon) .. 68 9a. m..... 56 1p.m. .... 68

Stop us if you've heard this, but the frost was on the ‘punkin’ early today and will be again early tomorrow, the Weather Bureau said today, paraphrasing James Whitcomb Riley. It will be colder tomorrow with

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Hitler, Reeling Under Polish Hangover, Realizes That Allies ‘Mean Business’

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Cable Editor

Adolf Hitler and his propaganda-

fed people woke up with a shock today to the realization that the Allies mean business.

The issue at last was clear—fight to the finish or offer acceptable terms, They tried “to laugh. off Premier Daladier’s speech, believing Neville Chamberlain would be conciliatory. To “their bitter disappointment, he made the most decisive speech of his career, calling the German hand and making it clear that Herr Hitler must come to terms or fight. The Chamberlain speech recalled the old British World War song, “When we fight, we’ll fight, fight, fight.” ‘The disappointment of the Germans was reflected in official and press reaction. Stunned, the controlled press unloosed a vituperative attack on Britain. Herr Hitler's plan of strategy seemed wrecked. He can fight, but it will be a tough fight. On his past record, there seems little doubt that he had planned to get away with the Polish grab without having to

igo to war against foes who are not

weak. Herr Hitler gambled, apparently, on the belief that rather than enter an inevitably disastrous war, the Allies would come to terms, if given

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David Lloyd George . . . Batters at British Anti-Hitler Solidarity.

a face saving out. The face saving stage seems to be past—except for Herr Hitler. The Allies have indicated that they are still willing to negotiate, but the offer must come from Herr It must be more than words. They want definite action —such, for instance, as withdrawal irom Poland, to prove his good intentions.

It is up to Herr Hitler. In a last effort to avert the fatal’ test in

! which the Allies may make good

their threat to “crush Hitlerism,” he is trying two expedients. The first is to persuade neutrals,

especially the United States, to in-|-

. tervene. Every sign from Washing fon is that President Roosevelt has

no intention of acting unless Britain and France want him to. The second Hitler move is to en-

list the active aid of Russia and perhaps Italy.

To that end, he is reported to be ready to invoke the ‘necessary measures” provision of the current German-Russian agreement. The agreement was a vague statement and much depends ‘on whether Josef Stalin is willing to go to battle for Hitler. There is also the question of whether the German people want their country overrun by Bolshevik troops. : The only rift so far in British solidarity against making terms with Herr Hitler is the “peace movement” sponsored by David

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ing the World War. The reason for Lloyd George’s attitude, in view of the general unanimity of British statesmen, has not heen explained,

LINK GARNER TO [ SHIP BAN FIGHT

Reported to Favor Easing | Restrictions to Speed Neutrality Vote.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (U. P).— Vice President John N. Garner was reported authoritatively today to be using his influence to persuade Senate Administration leaders to accept modification of rigid restrictions on American shipping imposed under President Roosevelt's proposed neutrality program. Mr. Garner was understood to have told leaders in charge of the program that acceptance of some of the modifications urged by Senators on both sides of the neutrality fight would speed up debate and aid the Sénate in reaching a final vote soon.

Senator Robert A. Taft (R. O.), a.

Republican Presidential contender, supported the Roosevelt Administration’s arms embargo repeal program with a declaration that it wduld increase U. S. neutrality and put the nation “in a stronger position ‘to resist all possible involvement in Burope.” . Asserting that the embargo now “discriminates against England and France and against any peaceful nation,” ‘Senator Taft told the Senate that “we have a greater moral obligation to remave that discrimination than we have any moral obligation. to Hitler to maintain it simply’ because it happened to exist at the beginning of a war which he began Mr. ® Tarts plea for embargo repeal came while Administration and isolation leaders were ‘reported to have reached agreement on a proposed modification of shipping re-

| strictions in the Pittman neutrality

bill, He advocated these major amendments: 1. Congress should declare a war zone, into which American ships could not go, covering all waters within 300 miles of -Europe, including Scandinavia and the Mediter-

fair skies, the Bureau said..

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct. 13. (U. P.).—The third finger on Mrs. Dave Horovitz’ right hand was an object of civic pride today despite a small bit of adhesive tape over its business end. It was caught yesterday in a meat chopper. Its owner yelled, foresightedly yanked the wall cord to stop the chopper’s electrically. controlled gear. Mrs. Horovitz’ mother ran to the rescue but both failed to extricate the finger. Mrs. Maynard Foster and her son, Bob, neighbors, were called in. They, too, failed. But young | Bob unscrewed the chopper from. its base and Mrs. Horovitz, meat chopper and rescuers sped by automobile to the nearest fire station.

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Mixture of Firemen and Physicians Unmixes Woman’s Fingers From Mixer

“Do something!” Mrs. Horo-

.vitz pleaded.

” ” ” The firemen conferred. They tested the grip of the chopper on the finger, and’ Mrs. Horovitz yelled. They decided a garageman was needed. They summoned one, and another conference was held. The garage mechanic said he could try to cut the chopper off. He went to his garage for tools. Meantime, the husband had been informed of the situation. He

“ called police.’

“My wife is in trouble, ” he said. “T need a motorcycle escort.” He got it, several motorcycle patrolmen. With screaming sirens and Mr. Horovitz in a taxicab, the rescue cavalcade sped to the fire station. Everybody joined in a discus-. sion. The husband and police de‘cided it was a hospital case. 4n ambulance was summoned,

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Youth, Ill, Stays Out: of || School, Saves Home: From Burning.

IF 38-YEAR-OLD Leonard Babbitt had been feeling better today, the fire at his parents’ home, 1033 Union St. might have been worse. But Leonard wasn’t feeling so well, ‘so he stayed home: from. Sacred Heart School. When fire broke ‘out’ in ‘the living room, his mother was out of doors, and his: father, William Babbitt, and" uncle, Leonard Stark, were asleep “upstairs. Leonard sounded the alarm and the family went to work, tearing down curtains and other inflammable material and pouring on water. The blaze was almost extinguished when firemen arrived.

RETAIL FOOD PRICES DROP 1.70 2 GENTS

Level - Off Slightly After Upturn Caused by War.

Mrs. Indianapolis’ food: bill is beginning to level off slightly from the high prices during the first and second week of the .war, local grocers reported today. Prices of many staples are down 1 to 2 certs’ and there is no general trend toward a return to pre-war levels, they indicated. Rather, the prices have stopped sharp fluctuations and have steadied on a plane a few cents under the peak reached in the last month and one-half." The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that for the nation

three-quarters of one per cent from last week. Lard prices here have declined sharply.

Mr. Horovitz, the meat chopper and his wife were rushed to Menorah Hospital where' 10 surgeons and several nurses stood, white frocked, in the emergency operating room. The surgeons studied the situation. It was one calling for ether, they decided. This was employed, on Mrs. Horovitz. She was rendered unconscious. A physician took pliers, grasped the end of the ‘chopper’ worm-gear with them, turned, turned again. Mrs. Horovitz’. finger came out.

A quarter-inch piece of tape was applied and she was rolled on a stretcher into a hospiial bedroom. Hours later she awoke to find Mr. Horovitz hovering: solicitously. She looked at the end of her finger and said: “I think you'd better go ame,

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NNS CALL ON

j Emergency Law Invoked:

‘Nazis. Cut Off Radio Talk to America.

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Oc. 13 (U." 'P.).—President - Kyosti Kallio today ‘invoked the emergency law

1for national service, requiring every

citizen to work, if necessary, for the

country’s defense and security. Included in the emergency regulations was a temporary ban on the sale of all intoxicating liquors, to be effective if any part of the nation is invaded. The action was taken shortly after officials had said that Soviet Russia’s proposals to Finland for a political and economic agreement were being studied calmly but ‘that the situation was viewed as serious. There was every indjcation in outents. that Finland was prepared to resist any threat to the national sovereignty. Germany, = meanwhile, started evacuation of Germans from the Finnish capital. . A German steamer « arrived - ‘to remove German citizens from ‘ the potential scene of conflict. The Finnish Government had already evacuated 124,000 of the 300,000 Finns in the city. The proposals made to Finland in ‘the first conversations at Moscow were such as to make possible

was stated. The second talk was arranged for this afternoon. < Three hundred thousand Finnish soldiers manned the nation’s ‘defenses and another 150,000 civilian volunteers were ready for action if necessary. - Germany had refused to relay a speech which Foreign Minister ‘J. E. Erkkot was to have broadcast to the United States last night. pledging defense against ‘any Russian threat to ils independence, but. encouraging signs . of support had

United - States, Denmark, and Sweden. - The Germans asserted that the program was canceled because the American broadcasting companies did not want a musical program to (Continued on Page Three)

URGE CHRYSLER VOTE IN STATE SET ASIDE

' WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (U. P.) — The C. I. O. United Auto. Workers Union today ‘petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to “set

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aside the results of employee polls

conducted Sept. 27 at the Chrysler Motor Corp. Evansville and Kokomo, Ind. plants. The union charged the corporation resorted to “coercion” and “intimidation” {o influence workers against the union. The Kokomo: and Evansville plants were the only ones out ‘of 13 Chrysler units which did not give the U. A. W.-C. I. O. a majority in the poll.

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INDEPENDENCE, Kas, Oct. 13 (U. P.) —Mrs, C. E. Roth, housewife and football fan, will .be out of the lineup several days. Dreaming that she was an off-tackle plunge,

Dave, and take the. Se, family ut dinner.”

‘ishe fell out of bed ‘and broke her

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HOPE OF PEACE DIM AS REICH INVOKES ‘AXIS

British Military Men Expect German Drive in Saar or Low Countries.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Europe's big and little - powers hastened preparations for the worst today as hope of peace dimmed, There was an ominous lull on the fighting fronts.” But in the war of words:

1. A high British source said that an early German offensive either ‘through the Saar Valley, Belgium or Holland was anticipated and that the Allied. armies were fully pree {pared to meet it. British precaue tions against air raids were intensie fied. 2. German officials took similar precautions against air attack and denounced the Allied rejection of Adolf Hitler's peace terms as an are rogant insult that left only the possie bility of neutral intervention to pre-. vent: a “bath of blood” in Europe, The Reich asked the Foreign Mine isters of Russia and Italy to come to Berlin for consultations “on mili tary means of ending the war,” and Herr Hitler spent all night in consultation with eral Staff, Nay and Air Force officials.

Neutral Conférence Called

3. King Gustav 6f 8weden called & conference of the rulers of Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for Oct. 18, to study measures for dee fense or maintenance of neutrality, 4. Soviet Russia resumed negotia~ 5. Soviet Russian resumed negotia~ tions—after a strange 17-day lapse—

fwith Turkey for a non-aggression

pact and it was reported that Soviet demands on Finland were comparatively moderate so far. The United States, Denmark, Norway and Swden had urged moderation on Russia. 6. Finland = vigorously pressed preparations for any eventuality presenting a stubborn determination - to defend her sovereignty. The National Service Act was invoked making all persons subject to duty to maintain the national security,

x Nazis Charge Insult

At least until the first great blow is struck, there remained hope that a last-minute change would yet prevent the war to a finish threatened by both the Allied powers and Germany, which claims the sympathy of Soviet Russia and Italy, But barring a spectacular move by some neutral power such as the United States that hope grew hourly dimmer. In Berlin, Adolf Hitler tightened air raid precautions and permitted issuance of an official statement branding the speech of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as an insult and an arrogant rejection of the Nazi peace/6ffers. While Nazi spokesmen, including Press Chief Otto Dietrich, still pressed the idea of neutral intervention and mentioned the United States as qualified to act, there was an angry surge of official German abuse against the British and accompanying threats that the great Nazi aerial armada would now be turned loose against the Allies, “Chamberlain and his clique (Continued on Page Three)

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HOOSIER WIDOW, 62, IS FOUND MURDERED

WARSAW, Ind. Oct. 13. (U. P.) .— Mrs. Florence Potter, a 62-year-old widow, was found murdered in her home here today, her head crushed. The body was discovered about 10 o'clock this morning by three neigh--bors, Mrs. Metta Milice, Mrs. Rith Harpman and Mrs. Donald Lynch. In the house authorities found two packages of old underclothing, giving rise to a theory that she may have been killed by a tramp. They |also found a blood-stained shovel and a rock with blood on it.

STOCKS MIXED ON "MEDIATION REPORT,

By UNITED PRESS Reports from abroad that a iid peace. move may be initiated b neutral country brought an irr lar ‘trend into the stock list at New York today. An early rally Which ranged to $3 was reduced in most sections. Grain trading at Chicago also was nervous and corn and wheat quota= tions , were slightly under Wednes= day's closing levels. U. S. Government and foreign bonds weakened,

BRITISH REPORT 34 DEAD

- LONDON, Oct. 13 (¥. P.).—The British “Air Ministry: today issued its fifth casualty list of the war Showing that 34 aviators Tae been killed in action or died in active service. The lis showed 18