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| SATURDAY, OCT. 28, 1039 _
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Predicts
House Approval of
‘Bill for
ity Program of Roose- ~ velt by 63 to 30 vote.
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Senate Tridorecs Neutral-
Arms Sale|
BLOW TO NAZIS, ALLIES SAY OF
a job as Mr. Garner himself in
expediting the bill.
The voting was in sharp contrast to last 'summer’s 12 to 11 vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee te defer consideration of neutrality changes until the January session.
Mr. Roosevelt protested the delay then, and said the Senate's action represented a gamble that there War “broke out
would be no war. _ and the special session was called.
Four Weeks of Oratory
Repeal of the embargo on shipammunition and implements of war to belligerents is the heart of the Administration’s and on this . issue alone, the Senate upheld the Chief Executive by a vote of 60 to 33. It defeated an amendment by
ments of arms,
neutrality, program,
Senator Bennett Champ Clark (D. Mo.) to retain the embargo.
The three Senators who voted both to-retain the embargo and to pass the bill repealing it were Guy Edwin C. Johnson (D. Colo.) and Clyde M.
M. Gillette (D. Iowa),
- Reed (R. Kas.). The Senate vote last night climaxed four stormy weeks of ora-
. tory. Anticipating a let-down, Sen-
ate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.) pleaded with Sen-
ators to stay in 'Washington to see the bill through conference, if this
procedure is necessary
The House wrote the. modified
embargo clause into its bill by a
vote of 214 to 173, over Administra-
tion protests last June.
In the Senate, isolationists fought
a desperate battle to the last, al-
though they knew at the outset of
debate that they had little or no chance to win. Provisions Listed
Chief provisions of the neutrality
biil, as approved by the Senate, follow: {
1,The embargg on shipments of
arms, ammunition and implements of war is repealed. 2. American ships ate forbidden to trade with belligerents, except with outlying countries far removed from the war zone, such as Australia, New Zealand, Capetown and countries or possessions in the At lantic from Bermuda southward. Such exempted trade, however, applies only to general cargoes and not to” Arms, ammunition and implets of war. No ban is placed on rail or inland waterway trade with Canada. 3. Belligerents may purchase mu-
nitions and all other materials from
this country on a “come-and-get-it” and “cash on the barrel head” basis.
“Title to all goods bought must pass
to the purchaser in advance of ship-
ment. Belligerent governments can-
not obtain credit in the purchase of any materials. Private purchasers in belligerent countries can obtain
credit on purchases on all articles
“éxcept &tms, ammunition and instruments of war. - : Travel Restricted ¢ 4. American ships are prohibited from carrying passengers to bellig-
erent ports, except those listed in American
the trade exemptions. citizens are forbidden to travel on belligerent ships.
5. The President may from time to time define combat areas, and
American citizens, vessels or -air-
craft are prohibited from entering
them. = 6. American merchantmen except with small arms and ammunition required to maintain discipline. 7. American citizens are prohibited from dealing in bonds or other
obligations of a belligerent govern-.
ment issued after application of the Neutrality Act to the government. 8. American citizens are. forbidden to solicit or receive any contributions for a belligerent, except funds for relief of human suffering.
President to Rules
9. The President is authorized to make rules governing the .use of United States ports by belligerent vessels, and to prohibit belligerent
submarines and armed merchant
ships from entering or leaving our ports or territorial waters. 10. The National Munitions Control Board, composed of the Secretaries of State, Treasury,
existence. Its duty is to regulate munitions exports through a licensing system.
11. It is declared to be unlawful for a foreign merchant vessel to fly the American flag as a ruse to avoid
attack. Any vessel found to be violating the
months. ; 12. Heavy penalties,
are prohibited from arming themselves,
Eager tq Resume Purchase Of U. S: Planes; Berlin Is Indignant.
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trality bill was a strictly internal maiter of Unit States interest. But nobody pretended not to be
pleased. Headlines were eloquent: “Good morning! Good . news! Britain will get arms from the U. S. A,’ proclaimed the Daily Herald. “Roosevelt triumphs over arms embargo,” said the Daily Mail. “Bill may, become law in a week,” said the News Chronicle. “U. 8. to sell arms to Allies; big Roosevelt victory means 300 planes may leave next week,” said the Daily Express. i. > “America will send $450,000,000 air fleet,” said the Daily Sketch—a airplane orders in the United States.
Nazis Hint Blow Before
Law Becomes Effective
BERLIN, Oct. 28 (U. P)— Germany may intensify its war preparations in an attempt to strike an immediate knock-out blow
American neutrality law can become -|effective, inspired Nazi sources intimated today. The Senate's passage of the bill
was the second blow to the Nazis during one day.. The first was the encyclical in which His Holiness Pope Pius XII spoke strongly against the Nazi-Communist type of dictatorship. Nazis said that it was unlikely there would be. any imMigediate official comment on the neutrality bill because it still had to pass the House. - : They said also that they had not been surprised by the Senate action because they had known ever since the debate opened that it was a factor on which Germany must reckon. Unofficially, however, the Nazis made no attempt to hide their displeasure at the prospect that the United States would soon be selling to the Alliessarms which, though Germany could buy also, it could not get through the British blockade. “This bill may cause us to hurry up,” said one Nazi close to the Foreign "Office, in advancing the idea that Herr Hitler might order an immediate ruthless war against Britain, hoping that by some means Germany would win a quick victory.
Interpreted in Brussels
As Roosevelt Victory BRUSSELS, Oct. 28 (U. P.).— The Newspaper La Libre Belgique said today that the U. S. Senate vote on the neutrality law ‘marks an_important success for the West-
ern democracies.” The American action, - generally was interpreted here as a personal success for President Roosevelt.
Favorable. to Allies,
SENATE VOTE
reference to thé amount of Allied]
at Great Britain before the revised |’
Open Kirshbaum Forum Tomorrow
Dr. Quincy Wright
Prof. M. C. Krueger
French Expect German Attack
PARIS, Oct. 28 (U. P.).—Heavy" aircraft movement was reported today behind the German lines on the Western Front, and intensified patrol activity continued as if the Germans were getting ready for an attack. The French repulsed three raids yesterday by detachments of about 100 Germans each, and ‘a number of smaller raids. German artillery was extremely active all yesterday afternoon, méthodically shelling road inter sections and , gn emplacements
LUDLOW SCOFFS
AT ‘END OF WPA’
Disagrees With Jennings; Cites Job Pleas From Furloughed Group.
Times Special WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. — Rep. Louis Ludlow (DB. Ind.) member of the House Appropriations and WPA Investigating Committees, disagrees with John 'K. Jennings, Indiana WPA Director, that the so-called “war boom” holds the possibility of liquidation for the Works Progress Administration. “Judging from my mail from Marion County, Mr. Jennings must have had some other place:in mind when he talked about WPA rolls being under the quota,” Rep. Ludlow declared. “For I am deluged daily with letters from persons who have been put off WPA under the law requiring 30 days. furlough and recertification of all persons having been on WPA rolls more than 18 months.
Amsterdam Paper Says
“They want me to do all that I can to get them back on just as soon
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 28 (U. P.).— The Amsterdam newspaper, Algemeen Handelsbad, said today that the American Senate's vote in favor of the repeal of the arms embargo must be considered as favorable to the Allied cause.
as their 30 days are up. They claim that this is the only means of support they have in the family and there is no chance to get a job in private industry.” On a visit here earlier this week, Mr. Jennings predicted the possible
War, Navy and Commerce, is continued in
provision will be barred from entering U. S. ports or territorial waters for a period of; three
running as
high as $50,000 fine and five years imprisonment, are provided for violators of the commerce, comb area and financial transactions wp visions. 13. The act does not apply to “any American renublic eng-ged in war against a non-American state or states, provided the American republic is not co-operating with a non-American state or states in such war.” All provisions of the act, except those dealing with. Presidential control’ of the use of portseand setting up the -munitions control board, become effective only when the President or Congress, by concurrent resolution, declare the existence of a state of war between two or more nations abroad which might endanger the peace and security of the United ‘States.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
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MEETINGS TODAY
ner. Claypool Hotel, 6:30 ry E, Rainbow Division, reunion: Hotel Washington, afternoon and evening.
MEETINGS TOMORROW ttery E, Rainbow Division, breakfast, Hotel Washingto 1.
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are ‘rom official records in the County Cou House. The Times, therefore. is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.
Byron Leach, N. Meridia Minette Shroyer, 3%. o 1% N. Meridian,
33 . 35
Cases Convic- Fines Tried {ions Paid
$50 "23 =
51 | 150 165
460 | c
rve Officers of Indiana. annual dinm.
William B. Imhler Indi Flosie Rash, or a5 We 32a. BOA yron oy, 0. aeons: oro! Ragah, 19, of 1906 S. Delaware. y H 23. of 698 E.
William Hendrick Jr.. Drive. Woodruff Place; Doris Evelyn a oh =: of 4061 Byram. ban P. Sutliff. 40, Detrote yi G. wie. 40, of 3339 N. New Jersey. BIRTHS
Girls
Arthur,’ Lois Lively, at 5 Vincent's. Robert, Helen gers, &t St. Vincent's. Harold, Barbara Brown, at Methodist. Frank, Jane ood, ay Cxsthodist, Harry, Dolores Kilmer. or ai Ralph, Wallace Green, 8 Wilkins. Cletus, Cora Ward, at abies oo a (eine. Governer.- Venus Lewis, St Pat. Bertha Hamilton, 225 oY ble” William, Helen Gauthier, 1316 English. Dill, Laura in, 2640 Churchman. Daniel, Hazel McMillan, 446 Chase Lou, Louise Masters, 524 W. Wilkins. pried, Dorothy Montgomery,
2930
Boys William, Beatrice Horwitz, at St. Vin(Charles, Catherine Allen, at St. Vine t's.
“Waliace. Jean Williams, at St. Vincent's. Eva Sener, at Coleman. Gordon,
Sharles, “ Cathryn % ose rgin ya, Fran ° L
inn ue 3 unter, JS id ‘Hanna Co nt. Alexander, Anny as, Wi 3 Cornell. Oliver, Edna Wilson, 2945 Columbia. ———
DEATHS Florence Hewson, 40, at myocarditis.
Hattie Manuel, 62, at City, carcinoma. oi 2betle Spencer, 88, at City, fractured
hi William Brummett, 768, at City, broncho-
posimopia. Jan hy. 54, at Long, peritonitis. Biaban Burks, 73, at City, lobar pRenionia, Es Thomas, Sra Hemorrhage, i Aa A as
* | De . ode: City. Kas. Mon!
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demise of WPA because industry is absorbing the WPA workers in Indiana.
GEN. BILBAO IN CHILE ARICA, Chile, Oct. 28 (U. P).— Gen. Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, com=-mander-in-chief of the Bolivian Army and candidate for president in the forthcoming election, said here today, he had been deported because of his presidential campaign. It was announced at La Paz, Bolivia, yesterday that Gen. Bilbao had been exiled for fomenting a revolution, which was to have broken out today.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
‘By U. 8S. Weather Bureau wom
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair tonight and tomorrow; heavy frost tonight; warmer tomerrew.
fii 6:10 | Sunset
. TEMPERATURE . } ==Oct Soi + on
Sunrise ......6:10 | Sunset ...... 4:48
6:30 a. m... 30.10
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a Total precipitaiton ince Jan. 1 Excess since Jan.
MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair, heavy frost, colder in extreme east portion tonight; ‘tomorrow fair and warmer. Illinois—Fair, frost light to heavy in extion and heavy to killing n north and central DOTTOnS a ght; rising temperature in northwest and westcentral portions late tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer. Lewer Michigan—Partly cloudy; colder in south-central and extreme east portions, temperature below freezing tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer. Ohio—Partly cloudy and colder with light rain or snow along eastern Lake zie tonight; tomorrow fair. entucky—Fair, colder in east portjon with light to heavy frost tonight; tomborrow fair, warmer in west port
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Walter H. C. Laves
‘The Chicago Round Table will open the 1939-40 forum of the Indianapolis Jewish Community Center Association tomorrow at 8:15 p. m. at the Kirshbaum Community Center. The three Round
Table speakers will be Prof. May-
nard . C. Krueger, professor of Economics at the University of Chicago; Dr. Quincy Wright,
- professor of International. Law
at the same university, and Walter H. C. Laves, associate professor of political science and chairman of social Science courses at Chicago University.
GERMANS DENY THEY HAVE SHIP; U, S. 1S ANGRIER
Irritation at Soviet Secrecy.
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American Government will have opportunity to present its argument that, under international law, she was not a legal prize of war.
Two parts of Mr. Steinhardt’s report stood out—a direct accusation that the Soviet Government had not only failed to co-operate in his efforts to obtain information about the City of Flint, but had withheld information from him. He said he had expressed his indignation at this treatment to Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Potemkin. The other was an implied doubt of the truth, of the German contention —which Russia accepted—that the German prize crew had been taken to the remote Arctic port because of “damage to machinery.”
“Reiterated Indignation”
Mr. Steinhardt saw M. Potemkin yesterday afternoon. His own description of the meeting follows in
| BRITISH PLANES WIN D0G-FIGHT'
Scottish Villagers Watch
Nazi Ship Forced Down On Hillside.
LONDON, Oct. 28
had been attempting a Forth.
More than 100 villagers gathered on a high piece of ground to watch the Royal Air Force fighters chase: the German plane and force it to earth. They stood spellbound as they watched the display of acro-
batics by the British fighters.
“The German plane was brought down about two miles away from one witness of the engagement “It came down on a hillside and struck a stone wall but even then the pilot did not give up the fight. He tried to get his machine into the air again and ran along the ground for about half a mile
us,” said.
before he was forced to halt.
“It was a fine sight in the air. The British planes chased the raider for many miles and the way they looped and turned and twisted i the air to prevent the German from escaping was marvelous.” 1 Announcement that the German plane had been forced down was
made officially by the Air Ministry.
Two members of the crew were killed. One wounded man and the pilot, who was not wounded, were
taken prisoner.
ONLY ONE GREETS
ASTOR IN ‘HIS TOWN’
ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 28 (U. P.).— A sleek, ornately-fitted private railway car sped south today from this fishing town founded 127 years ago by the “Bear of Astoria,” bearded, rough-hewn John Jacob Astor, fur In it was smooth-cheeked, polished, fashionably-dressed John
trader.
Jacob Astor III.
At long last he had come to look
upon the foundling of his forebear, a hustling town “I've heard of,
donated money for, but can’t im-
-|To See City of Flint
agine why for the life of me should want to visit.”
eye with him, slept, Greeted by One Citizen
Young Astor's statement of the degree of his interest in Astoria, where in the early 1800s the “first” Astor used to hold barters with the Clackamas Indians, Cannily accumulating the seeds of a financial dynasty, was made last spring when he<passed through nearby Portland. It was prompted by repeated invitations from municipal officers here urging that he pay a visit. The citizens’ reaction was not loud, but today it appeared to have been lasting. As far as could be determined, the scion of the Astor clan was greeted by one individual, the custodian of the John Jacob Astor tower toward which the visitor set his pilgrimage. Mr. Astor came in ‘the early morning of yesterday when a peasoup fog hid the city. His private car, “The Superb,” was switched to a siding. Leaving its attendants, he taxied to the tower.
Chamber Unperturbed Custodian Alexander Olsen greet-
ed him warmly, escorted him to the |
top of the 120-foot monument where they looked out on a sea of fog, not
s4[€VEn a church steeple. breaking
through. He taxied back to his car through the fog, which hid even sidewalk buildings. “He was just like an ordinary person,” said Mr. Olsen. The Chamber of Commerce heard of the visit too late, and announced that possibly it was just as well that it was unexpected as to hour. The Chamber had known that Mr. Astor was in the vicinity and contemplated the visit, a spokesman said, but had been forewarned not to prepare a welcome lest it be cancelled. All that was done, was a hurried grading of the dirt road leading up to the tower. But the visitor hardly could have seen the improvement. The fog was too thick. ,
G. 0. P. LEADER DIES DUBUQUE, Iowa, Oct. 28 (U. P.). —John T. Adams, 77, chairman of the Republican National Committee
from 1921 until 1924, died today. He |
was head of the Adams Sash & Door Manufacturing Co.
SEA MINES DRIVEN ASHORE COPENHAGEN, Oct. 28 (U. P.) —
A heavy storm off the Island of Moen drove at least 10 i mines ashore today. : 3
(U. P)~— Simple Scottish country folk in the little village of Humbie, East Lothian, witnessed the biggest real life drama of their lives today when they saw British planes force down a German airplane which reconnaisance flight over the Firth of
part: “I have just seen Assistant Commissar of Foreign Affairs Potemkin and have vigorously reitergted my indignation at the lack: of cooperation by the Soviet Government in withholding information from me while issuing communiques with respect to the City of Flint through the Smedium of th= Tass (news) agency. He replied that Tass was an official agency of the Soviet Government and that it was the custom of his Government to make announcements through it. I told him that this was no excuse for his failure to keep me’ informed, particularly in view of nry repeated
the purpose of my daily visits to him. After a lengthy discussion I formally demanded that the vessel and cargo be turned over to the American crew and be authorized to depart. Potemkin Replies
“To this he replied:
the port of Murmansk in charge of a German prize crew without any previous knowledge on the part of the Soviet Government and through no act on its part. The reason ascribed by the prize crew for the entry was damaged machinery making the ship unseaworthy. When the Soviet authorities at Murmansk judged that the vessel was again fit to put to sea, and being desirous of preserving its neutrality, the Soviet Government had ordered the vessel to leave the port of Murmansk immediately: under the same conditions as those of her entry, namely, with both the German and. American crews on board and her cargo intact. He added that the order would be enforced immediately and that the Soviet Government felt that its decision was not only in accordance with the well-recognized principles of international law and consonant with the obligations of a neutral but it was also the correct position to take as between the conflicting claims of the United States and Germany to possession of the vessel and her cargo and that by this he meant ‘to send her out in the same status as she had entered one of the ports.’ . , . “I then asked him who had veri‘fied the alleged damage to the machinery, to which he replied that he had no information on this subject, but assumed this had been done by the authorities at Murmansk. “I again inquired concerning the welfare of the American crew and the said -that it was his understanding that they had been on hoard i? ship all of the time and were we hig
requests for information on behalf |: of my Government which had been |:
“ ‘The City of Flint had come into | :
He had come and he had gone away while the citizenry, apparently seeing eye-to-
Norwegians Expect
BERGEN, Norway, Oct. 28 (U. P) —Port officials of Tromsoe and other Norwegian coastal ‘towns watched today for the American freighter City of Flint, believed making its way from Murmansk,
Russid, .to Germany, in charge of its German prize crew. It was believed at Tromsoe that the prize crew would keep thegship close to the Norwegian three-mile limit of territorial waters, ready to slip inside if British warships appeared, and then attempt to slip across the entrance to the Baltic by
Winners in the Methodist Hospital photograph contest included Randall D. Sorgius (top); Brenda Louise Barton (middle), and Paul Douglas Alan Russell.
HOOSIER SOUGHT IN ‘AERIAL ABDUCTION
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was a small cloth-bound book found stuffed between seat cushions in the rear, It was entitled: “Flash Brown, Super-scientist.” Its subtitle was, “Foiling the Kidnapers.” The story presented in it concerned a futuristic age in which a group of scientists kidnap a rocket ‘plane pilot and hold him hostage in a ‘flight calculated to’ confound an “enemy. ” Also in the car was a suitcase crammed with men’s apparel, a shotgun, a quantity of revolver bullets, and four empty gasoline tins with a total capacity of 33 gallons. Gasoline fumes were still fresh in them. Officer Updegraff, who was as certain as Chief Cassidy that Mr. Bivens had been kidnaped, said that the presence of the gasoline tins in the car left by Mr. Bivens’ guest pilot indicated to him that the man may have secreted a supply of gasoline somewhere to the southeast and have landed and refueled some time before dusk yesterday. The gaso-
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‘|line in the plane was enough to |1ast only three hours,
Pletch Disappeared From Frankfort Oct. 24
FRANKFORT, Ind., Oct. 28 (U. P.)—Ernest Pletch, airplane pilot suspected of abducting a man at Brookfield, Mo., was released from jail here on bond about two weeks ago and disappeared the night of Oct. 24 driving his sister's automobile, Sheriff John Hamilton said today Sheriff Hamilton said Pletch was at the Indianapolis airport early
this week trying to arrange for an airplane. =
Hospital-Born Babies Win Acclaim Watching ‘Birdie
Awards in Methodist Pho Contest Announced at - Parents’ Meeting.
Winners in the annual Methodist Hospital baby photograph contest were announced this afternoon during a party at the Nurses’ Home for parents of babies born at the hospital since July 1, 1938. The party and contest, in which more than 500 pictures were entered, was sponsored by the White Cross Guild. Grand prizes were awarded by Dr. John G. Benson, superintendent, to Brenda Louise Barton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Miles S. Barton, 5133 N. New Jersey St., and Randall D.
: | S@gius, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Sorgius, 2103 Jackson: St. Other Awards Made These mew prizes were offered by
. | studios of L. S. Avres & Co. and the
William H. Block Co. included: Older group, professional photos (children 6 months or older): First, Ronald Straley, 423 N. Tibbs Ave., son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Straley: second, Shirley Jean Stiles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Stiles, 933 Eugene 8t.; third, Susan Kay Stuart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stuart Jr., 4333 Cornelius Ave. and Richard Fischer, 3536 N. Meridian
St., tied. Professional photos, younger group: First, Marilyn Faye Boles, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Boles, 4246 Baltimore Ave.; second, Ronal Kent . Addison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Addison, Maywood; third, Linda Sue Pollard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pollard, 3406 S. East St. : Amateur division: First, Paul Douglas Alan Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Russell, 1116 W. 36th St., whose photograph was taken at the age of 10 weeks; second, William F. Noe, 1411 N. Holmes Ave.; third, Joan Elizabeth Miner, 232 Berkley Road.
Doctor Gives Advice
Twins: Ronald and Donald Kassen, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Kassen, 62 N. Sheridan Ave. Dr. Matthew Winters, pediatrician, told the parents about child
Other awards
| habits.
“No two babies are alike, even in one family, That is because there is only one first child and one second,” Dr. Winters said. “Good eaters are made by suggestion, not, by force. Fears are built in. A baby is born, it is said, with only two fears—that of falling and of being restrained. Once built in, a fear is difficult to tear down. Fear of the dark is a familiar instance. “A stormy parent cannot correct a tantrum. Tantrums occur in children ‘who are over-indulged. . A parent cannot expect to correct them if he indulges in tantrums while making the attempt. “The only way to cure thumbsucking is to prevent the baby from getting his thumb. As for the breath-holders, this is simply a desire for attention. If the baby sees that it works once he will try it again. Leave him alone and he will catch his breath,”
FIVE WOUNDED IN ~ POOLROOM FRACAS
Five persons were wounded when a pool player, after an argument, fired a shotgun blast into Harry (Goosey) Lee’s poolroom at 601 Edgemont Ave. last night. General Gatlin, 260 W. 26th St., wounded in the right leg, told police he was playing pool with a man he knew only as Chuck. There was an argument, he said, and the man got a shotgun and fired af-him. Also wounded the blast were Fred Webb, 52, of 934 Burdsal Parkway; Edgar Freeman, 51, of 532 W. 25th St.; John Ballard, 24, of 736 W. 24th St., and John Patum, 64, of 2541 Northwestern Ave. All were treated at Clty Hospital and released.
CONTINUE CASE OF
SHOOTING SUSPECT
The case of Grant Bowles, 42, Lawrence, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill Sergt. Norman Thompson, U. S. Army, was continued today in Municipal Court until Nov. 28. Sergt. Thompson, who "also “lives in Lawrence, was reported in a serious condition in the Pt. Harrison Army hospital with a bullet wound in the abdomen. Sheriff Al Feeney
said the shooting occurred yesterday after an argument.
night to some German port.
Norris and La Follette at Crossroads; Nebraskan Opposes War Referendum
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who have expressed the fear that sons of American mothers would be sent again to Europe. He dismissed this fear sharply as “fake” and “a bogey man.” Senators expressed similar sentiments. It all seemed to denote an acute awareness of public opinion and of the suspicidn aroused in some quarters, including Congress, of Administration foreign policy.
; Loose talk privately among some younger Administration lieuten- |
ants has been a factor. La Follette Battles in Vain
‘Most dramatic incident in the final day's debate was the futile
attempt of young Senator Bob La Follette of Wisconsin to insert an amendment which would require an advisory referendum by the American people before this country would send troops abroad. The Senator “stirred up the animals,” and harsh and bitter words jangled through the chambers. As he began his speech, he reminded his audience that he was a veteran of 14 years in the Senate, but he still looked, at 44, like a college boy in his trim doublebreasted suit.
He thought the people should be
consulted before troops were sent overseas. He did not see how any Senator could vote against his proposal. . (Actually, he is more realistic than that.) - He turned to
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history to prove that Congress never had refused a request of war from the Executive. He thought there should be some check on Congress. 1 Senator La Follette took his seat and, for two hours, his face grim, his fists clenched, as his proposal. was ridiculed by Key Pittman of Nevada, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Tom Connally of Texas, who kept the galleries chuckling, now with satirical sallies, then with breastbeating indignation over intimations that Coungess could not be trusted to represent the people.
Clark Arouses Pittman
Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois, presiding, had to intervene when Bennett Clark of Missouri, who defended the La Follette proposal, aroused Senator Pittman by .ac“cusing the Foreign Relations tine. chairman of “pettifogging.” Senator Pittman retorted in kind and Senator Lucas ordered the .two to take their seats. But the bitterest blow for the Wisconsin Senator came when the elderly George W. Norris of Nebraska arose from the next seat and condemned the La Follette proposal as impractical, | though complimenting his youthful colleague for his objective. Senator Norris voted against the war resolution in 1917. So did Bob La Follette’s father. George Norris has been almost like a father to “Young Bab.” Now there was a parting of the ways.
~The torture suffered by | Senator
Norris—and the elder La Follette —in those other war days was recalled by the Nebraskan. “Much has been said about the World War and our declaration,” Senator Norris said. “Mr. President, I approach that subject with mueh hesitancy, fear and trembling, because it is not to me one of the brightest plctures of the. country.
Dark Spot of Life, He Says
“It seems to me it is one of the darkest spots of my life. However, I then saw the reverse of what is being attempted today by this referendum statement. I can not prove my next statement, of course. It may not be true; but after going through that experience, that Hell, that ‘damnation of those terrible and agonizing and bitter days, I have reached the conclusion that if Congress had followed the dic= tates lof its. own conscience, no war would have been declared. “Mr. President, I saw men in the Senate and in the House trembling under ‘the burden that was upon them. Many of them talked | privately with men, and said, ‘I wish I dared vote against this damnabl: resolution.’ | “When I asked, ‘Why not vote against it?’ the answer invariably came, ‘My people are unanimous for this resolution.’ “1 think. my people were practically unaimous. If there had been a referendum then, in my opinion 95 per cent of the voters would have voted for the war.” The La Follette amendment was defeated, 73 to 17.
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GERMANS CLAM
"| SUCCESS AT SEA AGAINST BRITISH
Repeat Their Assertions Of Severe Damage to British Warships.
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eéd action by the House but there. was no concealing German disappointment. In some quarters it was suggested that Germany’s cue was to strike a knockout blow immediately against Britain which would nullify the benefits the Allies expect to gain. It was argued that major damage to the British fleet and merchant marine before the Amer-~ ican cash-and-carry policy could be come effective would make it diffi« cult for the Allies to transport American supplies. The British, anxious because of confirmation that the Deutschland and Admiral Scheer are on the loose and already ‘have inflicted damage to British commerce, sent destrpyers and squadrons of Royal Air Force planes to search the North Sea for these swift, heavily armed raiders. In Paris the French announced officially that they had sunk a German submarine Friday morning.
Troops - Move at Front
Southeastern Scotland had a onehour air raid alarm this morning when a ‘lone German plane made a reconnnaissance flight over the Firth of Forth, on which are located the important Rosyth naval base and the great industrial and commercial city of Edinburgh. The Air Ministry announced that the plane had been forced down. : Increased activity marked operations on the Western Front. The French in Paris disclosed continued belief that the Germans afe plans ning an offensive. Although the War Office described the night as calm, ° military dispatches said heavy aire craft movements were reported behind the German lines and tha? intensified patrol activity indicated impending operations on a larger scale than hitherto. The High Command in Berlin said that on the Western Front there had been increased artillery activity between the Moselle River and the Pfaelzer Forest and that a French attack west of the Warndt Forest had been unsuccessful.
Finns Increase Precautions
Little Finland awaited anxiously the outcome of her crisis with Russia. © The Government, cone tinuing tq guard the nature of dee mands made on Finland by* the
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creased domination of the Inner Baltic, decided. to consult the full. Cabinet before drafting the latest reply to Russian demands. It was even suggested that the Russian demands are so drastic as to necessi« tate. a session of Parliament to amend Finland’s constitution. The Finns blacked out their cape ital last night and there was ine creased military activity, especially on the Russian border.
AUTO INJURES TWO; ARGHITECT IS HELD
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hospitals for injuries received in a two-car crash at Massachusetts Ave. and New Jersey St. A 16-year-old driver. of one car, was charged ‘by police with vagrancy and. drunkenness. He was in a fair cone dition in City Hospital with a pose sible broken hip. Bernice Miles 42, Plainfield, was taken to Methodist Hospital with head injuries after a car in which she was a passenger ran into the side of a New York Central train at the Washington St. crossing, The car was driven by A. S. Miles, 46, Plainfield. Police -said ‘the flasher signals were working when the accident occured. Mrs. Anna Flack, 69, of 1121 N, Belle Vieu Place, received a broken hip and head injuries when she was struck by a car at 10th St. and Belle Vieu Place. The car driver, Edward Murphy, 1130 River Ave., told police Mrs. Flack walked into the path of the car from behind a parked car.
VETERANS’ HOSPITAL UNIT OPENS MONDAY,
The new 170-bed addition to the Veterans’ Hospital will be opened Monday to receive patients.
the hospital's bed capacity has been increased to 346 and it is hoped that all veterans now waiting for bed-space will be taken care of.
SOVIET DENIES INVASION MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (U: P.).—An . inspired newspaper statement said today that reports of a Russian invasion of the Bessarabian area of Rumania were “wild, cynical, rous tine anti-Soviet fabrications.”
SUNDAY . TOWNE
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