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In Light of Things to Come—

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Tonight’s the night it’s going to be hard to tell which witch is which. For advance information on ~ this maiter, Buddy Harbaugh and Jeanne Ring. consulta the glowing pumpkin Tace

CHOKING BABY

Dislodge Piece” of Apple in Child’s Throat; One Gets Bitten.

Two women were credited by police today with saving the life of 1§-month-old Dorothy May Ipock. ‘Dorothy May was eating an apple her home, 525 Chadwick St., -when a piece of the apple-lodged in her throat. James, 3, her brother, called their mother, Mrs. Lilly Ipock, who picked up Dorothy May and ran outdoors screaming. About the same time that another neighbor called police, Mrs. Laura Collins, 73, of 528 Chadwick St., ran to the young mother and “ook the child, already li from her arms: Mrs. Anna Busfl, 61, who lives a half block away at 417 W. Henry St., heard the screams al hurried to the scene. “When I got there,” "Mrs. Bush said, “Mrs. Collins was trying to. get the child's jaws open and her finger down her throat. The baby bit her once. “I helped, and got my finger down the child's throat. When I found tha couldn't bring the piece of apple up, I just poked it on down. It wasn't any more than any one would have done for a person.” By the time police arrived, Dorothy May: had revived, but was still

crying.

WILLIAM WATZ, RAIL "SMOKE EXPERT, DIES

1 . William Watz, for more than a year superviser for the Railroad Smoke Control Board, died today at his home, 1722 W. Morris St,

Mr. Watz was 57 and a life-long resident of Indianapolis. He had been a railroad man since 1903 when He was employed by the Belt Railroad Co. In 1906 he was promoted to be a locomotive engineer and in September, 1938, he was made smoke supervisor. J. J. Liddy, board chairman, today commended: Mr. Watz as “an excellent workman and a fine smoke supervisor.” Mr. Watz is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Watz; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Gluesenkamp, Indianapolis; Mrs. Charles McCammon, Edinburg, and Mrs. John Bone, Byhalia, O., and a brother, Frank Watz, Indianapolis.

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The Weather Bureau predicted

lights on as late as 7:30 a.m. Most of the Circle celebrators tonight will be dressed in outlandish costumes—something, like as not,

‘that they. have thought up out of

their own heads: Uglier the Better

Most of them, too, will wear masks and the uglier the better. These people, bent on an annual nightmare convention, will mill around the Circle until, theoretically, everyone has: seen everyone else and been frightened by the varied assortment of hobgobblins, pixies, gnomes and whatnot. Then people will go home. All over the neighborhoods, small editions of this party_ will be held. Homes will be turned over to young people who have a one-night case of planned jitters. Some park shelter houses will be used for community celebrations. In general, party games will consist of ducking for apples, and other time-honored rustic games which are peculiar to the Halloween celebration. There will, presumably, be all manner of noisemaking devices in constant use. Windows. will be tick-tacked, and horns will be tooted.

Police to Keep Watch

Thus will Indianapolis, again celebrate Halloween, an ancient observance that once had ‘a religious significance. For the most part the celebration will be harmless and hilarious. But some persons, police records show, allow their enthusiasm to get (Continued on Page Three)

STOCKS DROP PRIOR TO MOLOTOV. SPEECH

. BY UNITED PRESS

Stocks dropped fractions to*2 points today. Traders’ dumped shares before the Molotov speech in the belief that the Soviet Premier might make avertures- for. European peace. The Italian” Cabinet shakeup also was a factdr’ in the selling on the theory 'peace might be attempted through a group of Balkan states and Italy. rioniied States Steel was at 74, off : Bethlehem, 893, off 1'2; Chryly 89%, off 1%; Montgomery Ward, 54, off 2; Union Carbide, 87, off 2; Union Pacific, 101, off 13%, and General Electric, 393%, off 1%.

WESTVILLE COACH

LA PORTE, Ind., 2, Ind, Oct. 31 (U.P).— Roy Hollenbaugh, 35, coach of the high | school basketball team at Westville near here, died in his classroom today after a heart attack. A week ago Jack Steward, La Porte’s basketball ‘coach, died of a

heart attack. Mr. Holl dakaugh leaves

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (U. P).—|

DIES IN CLASSROOM staking anywhere from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 lives on a

gamble which, if it failed, would doom Germany to certain

Witches Go onAir Oper: Ghost-to-Ghost Network

You Can Hobnob With Hobgoblins Tonight at Circle (By Their - Costumes You Will -Gnome).

A tres segment of the population of Indianapolis will flock to the Circle tonight and shout “Boo” at each other.

the possibility of light rains early

tonight, but said tomorrow will be fair with slightly lower temperatures. In keeping with the day, the weather produced a ghost-like fog over the city this morning. It caused motorists on the North Side to drive with

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am! ....35 1la.m ....44 7am. ....33 12 (noen) .. 46 8a.m.....33 lpm. .... 46 9a. m. .... 738 2p.m. .... 46 10a. m. .... 43

PASTOR TERRORIZED HOURS BY MRS. JUDD

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Describes Night Visit at Home, Knife in Hand.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 31 (U. P.) — The story of how Winnie Ruth Judd terrorized a minister and his wife and, forced them to give her refuge at the point of a knife was disclosed today. ; Mrs. Judd, mad murderess who returned last night after six days of freedom from the insane asylum, went - to the home of a pastor in Tempe, nine miles from here, last

|Sunday, according to Sheriff Lon

Jordan. The Sheriff would not disclose the name of the clergyman. “Brandishing-a knife,” the pastor reported to Sheriff Jordan, “this woman came to our door and demanded that we help her flee. “She gave us the worst night of our life.

“I tried to get away from her and’

phone the Sheriff's office. but she wouldn't let either my wife or myself save the room.

sleep, either. “She just sat there and glared at (Continued on Page Five)

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1939

BOOK HEARDBY

JURY PROBING | RELIEF SETUP

C. of C. Official Considers Appointment to Aid in Revamping System.

The Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Council of Women today Slopied a resolution conhe operations of the Center Township Trustee's office.

William H. Book, Chamber of Commerce executive vice president, was a witness before the Marion County Grand Jury today in‘ its probe of Center Township poor relief practices. . It was believed Mr. Book told the jurors of irregularities disclosed in a survey of relief conducted by the Chamber several weeks ago. Some of the results of the private investigation were disclosed by the Chamber executive at the Tax Adjustment Board session last month. Meanwhile, Mr. Book had under advisement his appointment by Center Township Trustee Thomas M. Quinn on a committee of five to revamp the entire Center Township relief system to put it on a busi-ness-like basis and eliminate the practices which resulted in the present Grand Jury probe.

Four Accept Jobs

The other four committee mem- | bers named by Mr. Quinn have ac- | cepted. They are Harry Miesse, In-

utive secretary; Charles M. Dawson, Washington Township trustee and an official of the Indiana Trustees’ Association; John R. McNutt, attorney who served on the Tax Adjustment - Board, and Oscar Tr Barry, head of a plumbing supply firm. At the same time, Prosecutor David M. Lewis said his deputy prosecutors and investigators had intensified their field checking of relief claims for milk and groceries. He indicated there might be an important development soon. Besides Mr. Book, the six witnesses heard during the morning included a chemist, believed to have

|been called to report on chemical

analyses of milk distributed to relief clients.

Appointment Studied

‘Mr. Book, when informed of the committee appointment, requested Leo X. Smith, attorney for the trustee, to prepare a statement of what was expected of the committee and to what extent its recommendations would be followed. : Mr. Smith was to submit to, the Chamber executive this afternoon. a

“| written statement promising full co-

operation with the committee on the part of township officials, and full consideration of its proposals. At the Adjustment Board hearing, Mr. Book charged that many persons receiving township poor relief here are not in need. He said he had found 28 per cent of the relief clients were not ‘talling for their surplus conmmodity supplies.

checked in Center Township, he told the Board, it was found that one man had been dead a year; two were away from home on vacation; four were employed; 18 did not live at the addresses given on the trustee’s records; three were on WPA, and two had asked to be taken off relief but continued to receive food orders for five weeks.

More Testimony Scheduled

Mr. Book’s charges followed the appearance before the Board of Louis Markun, businessman and Republican leader, who told the Board that Center Township pays 20 per cent more for relief food than is paid by Washington Township. The Grand Jury, which is’ in the third week of its investigation, was to hear several additional witnesses

this afternoon

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

- Times’ Foreign Editor

‘major factors. First, the opposition of

and early defeat.

W asHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Adolf Hitler's threatened drive against the Maginot Line,- according to reports from military observers in Europe, has been held up by four

the German General Staff to

- Second; the i imminence of winter. Even if the Maginot Line were broken, final victory would depend upon a blitzkrieg finish—somethirg like the campaign in Poland,

And mud d stops a mechanized arm Ty !

‘dominated the Européan diplomatic struggle today with a sensationalia

diana Taxpayers’ Association exec- |

Out of the first 10Q relief cases

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HOICOW Piomier Molotov calls present war “senseless.”

ROME—Premier Mussolini shakes up Cabinet, Army and Fascist Party. . :

LONDON — Premier Chamberlain moves: to recognize Albania as Italian.

BERLIN — Germans charge only Jews in Great Britain want war.

TOWNS BEHIND LINES SHELLED

Thrusts on Fighting Front Continue Secondary as Diplomats Maneuver.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Soviet Russia and Fascist Italy

foreign policy speech in Moscow and a sensational Cabinet shakeup -in

Rome. On the fighting front, there was a

new flurry of activity ‘but operations continued to be isolated thrusts rather than any general offensive on land or sea or in the air.

‘Inside Germany,’ second of a series, on Page Nine.

French and German ‘artillery duelled at long range, dropping shrapnel in towns miles behind th Maginot and: Westwall, and the Nazis revealed that an isolated raiding party had successfully penetrated Prench soil two days ago and seized war materials. But it was the diplomatic front that still dominated the European conflict. In Moscow, Premier-Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov "denounced Great Britain as an aggressor and told the Supreme Soviet that continuation of the war by the Allies on the grounds of restoration of Poland is senseless.

Chamberlain. Woos Italy

In Rome, Premijer Benito Mussolini shook up governmental, military and party | leadership in a move that Fascists said strengthened Italian neutrality but which London interpreted as removing pro-Nazi elements from the Cabinet. At any event, it appeared to have done nothing »- strengthen the Rome-Berlin axis. There was no indication whether the changes were significant in connection with the departure yesterday of Nazi Ambassador Hans von Hackensen for (Continued on Page Three)

PERUVIANS LOST ON LONG FLIGHT SOUGHT

New York to Lima. Fliers’ Gasoline Exhausted.

LIMA, Peru, Oct. 31 (U. P.).—An international search by ships and airplanes started at dawn today for

two Peruvian brothers long overdue on. a projected 4100zmile non-stop flight from New York to Lima. Commander Humberto Gallino and Capt. Victor Gal'lino, on the longest non-stop flight ever attempted between North and South

here some time yesterday afternoon. They had only enough gasoline to last until 5 p. m. (Indianapolis

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““nstalls ‘Brain Trusts’ of |S

Ciano’s Friends but Keeps Grandi.

(‘Inside Germany, second of a series, Page 9; Ludwell Denny, Page 3; Gallup Poll, Page 5; British publish atrocity stories from Germany, Page 18.)

ROME, Oct. 31 31_(U. P.).—Premier 7 Benito Mussolini today ordered al

drastic shakeup of governmental,

party and military leaders in what appeared to be an effort io strengthen Italian neutrality. The Premier, replaced the chiefs of staff of the Army and Air Force, six Cabinet ministers and the secretary general of the Fascist Party, but left Count Galeazo Ciano in charge of the Foreign Ministry. All of the new appointees are regarded as “strong men” in their respective fields, giving Sig. Mussolini “brain and brawn trust” such as the Fascist Government never had in the past. They are also- all close personal friends of the Premier and Count Ciano. This, it ‘was believed by observers, was designed to prepare Italy for any. eventuality in the European war, to make every phase of the Government and armed forces “more Fascist” and to continue unchanged the Premier's foreign policy. "Deny Change in Policy

In this way, it was believed, the

-| Premier had sought to pick key men

for governmental, party and military posts who could be counted on to

{guard to the limit the program—

including the maintenance of neutrality—he has laid down since the war started and, if that proved impossible, to be ready for any emergency. Authorities emphasized that there waSno change in Italian foreign policy. Count Ciano and his wife’s close friend Dino Alfieri, displaced today as Popular Culture Minister, - have been regarded as the most proGerman’ members of the Fascist Cabinet and chief authors of the Rome-Berlin Axis. Count Dino Grandi, Justice Minister who is one of four Cabinet Ministers to keep his post, is regarded as the most pro-British member of the Cabinet and a balance for the impulsive young Count ‘Ciano. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, veteran of the Libyan and Ethiopian campaigns and former Viceroy of Ethiopia, was named chief of staff" of the Army, replacing Gen. Alberto Pariani.

Oust Six From Cabinet Gen. Francesco Pricolo was named Air Force chief of staff, replacing Gen. Giuseppe Valle. Achille Starace, secretary general of the Fascist Party since 1932, was replaced by Gen. Ettore Muti and was named instead, chief of staff of the Fascist Militia. Sig. Alfieri, Minister of Popular Culture (Propaganda), succeeded by Deputy Alessandro Pavolini and named as Ambassador at Large. Felice ; Guarneri, Foreign Exchange Minister, succeeded by Raffaelo Riccardi, a former air undersecretary. \ Edmondo Rossoni, Agriculture Minister, succeeded by Giuseppe Tassinari, formerly the under-secretary. Antonio Benni, Communications " (Continued on Page Three)

SNOWMOBILE ON ROAD AGAIN LIMA, O, Oct. 31 (U. P.).—The Byrd snowmobile, built for travel in the Antarctic, was ready today to resume the lumbering trip from Chicago to Boston after being pulled from a creek bed near Gomer, O. The 35-ton snow cruiser went into Pine Run Saturday afternoon after

Time) last night.

his generals and advisers to

hitting a bridge.

Cog Seems to Have Slipped in Germany—

Did Generals Veto Hitler's Offensive?

Third, the weakness of certain unfinished sectors of the Westwall, or Siegfried Line. - Fourth, fear of Germany's new ally, Russia, Fuehrer Hitler's war plans, of course, are known only to himself and a few top Nazis. But that a cog has slipped somewhere is regarded as almost certain. ; The same military intelligence ‘officers who foresaw the quick doom of isolated and poorly armed Poland, predicted the Nazis would attack France as quickly as their troops were released from the Eastern Front. Herr Hitler himself publicly warned the Allies, in effect, that such were his intentions.

On Oct. 5 he called his side | in the great Berlin

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F.D. R. WINS IN EMBARGO TEST

House Votes to Send Bill To Conference With Senate.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (U. P.) .— The Administration today won the| opening engagement. of the House neutrality fight when the Chamber approved a rule to send the meas: ure to conference with the Senate.

+ The House- ordered the bill ‘sent to conference by a voice vote after

tion by Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y.) to close debate on the rule under which the measure was sent {0 conference. The ‘Administration won the vote to close debate, 237 to 177. After weeks of inactivity in the House, with most members out of town while awaiting Senate action, |: the House floor and.galleries were well filled. Speaker William B. Bankhead, said the House was considering the bill under “a very, very liberal rule.” “1.don’t believe,” ‘he said, “that there is any possible ground for legitimate criticism that the rule is

a gag. Majority a Sam Rayburn said he plamtied to ask the House to meet at 11 a. m. tomorrow—an hour earlier than usual—to. ‘give added

time for debate. He objected when (Continued on Page Three)

NOV. 23 PROCLAIMED THANKSGIVING DAY.

F. D. R. Asks U. S. to: Give Thanks for Peace.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (U, P.).— President Roosevelt today proclaimed Nov. 23 as Thanksgiving Day and called upon the people to give thanks that the United States is at peace with all countries in a world of turmoil. The . proclamation fixed: Thanksgiving for the fourth ursday ‘of November, one week earlier than the traditional last Thurgday on which the holiday had n celebrated in recent years. Mr. Roosevelt previously had announced that he also will proclaim Thanksgiving in 1940 on the third Thursday of the month. The proclamation: “I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America,~ do hereby designate Thursday, the 23d of November, 1939, as a day of general thanksgiving. “More than three centuries ago at the season of the gathering of the harvest, the Pilgrims humbly paused in their work and gave

thanks to God for the preservation

of their commumity and for the abunddht yield of the soil. A century and a half later, after the new nation had been formed, and the charter of Government, the Consituation of the Republic, had received the assent of the - states, President Washington and his successors invited the people of the (Continued on Page Five)

HIGH TENSION TOWER BLASTED AT ARCOLA

FT. WAYNE, Ind. Qct. 31 (U. P.). —Sheriff Walter A. Fleger today blamed sabotage for thé dynamiting cf an 85-foot Indiana-Michigan

| high tension line tower near Arcola.

Four separate blasts at 30 second intervals blew 18 inches of strucjural steel from the bottom of .the

an initial test of strength on a mo-|.

WAR “1BSURD. ‘SAYS MOLOTOV IN HIGH SOVIET

Declares Allies Fight Only For Empires; Chides Roosevelt.

MOSCOW, Oct. 31 (U: P.), —Premier and Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov tonight denounced Great Britain as

“|an aggressor in addressing an

extraordinary session of the supreme Soviet council. “Continuation of war on’ the grounds of the restoration of Po land is senseless,” Premier Molotov said. “Germany is striving for peace but Britain now is the Sppresser, »

he declared. Premier Molotov said that there is

“absolutely no Justification” for the present war, Commissar Molotov said that Finland has refused Russia’s terms for a mutual assistance pact: and territorial exchange. ‘The extraordinary joint session of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet Council opened in the great St. Andrews Hall at the Kremlin at 7:40 p. m. (11:40 a. m. Indianapolis Time), M. Molotov began speaking at 7:45 p. m.

1000 Cheer: Stalin

More than 1000 deputies, including: 131 from Byelo (White) Russia and’ Western Ukrainia in picturesque nae tive costumes gave a 10-minute ova< tion to Josef Stalin as he entered the. chamber, the. floodlit former throne room of the Czars.

Stalin arrived with M. Molotoy, War Commissar Klementi . .Voroshilov and President Mikhail I. Ka Former Foreign Commissar Maxim . Litvinoff was among the cheering delegates. The envoys of all Euro-

the envoys of neutral countries ate tended the extraordinary session. “Germany is in the position of. a |state which is striving for the ei liest termination of war and Af peace, while Britain and France, which but yesterday were declaim- | ing against aggression, are in favor of continuing war and are opposed to the conclusion of peace.. The

Commissar Molotov said.

‘Back to Middle Ages?’ ys “The ruling circles of- Britain: and France have been lately attempting to depict themselves as champions of the democratic rights of nations. ~[against Hitlerism and the British overnment has announced that its | aim' in the war with Germany :is nothing more or less than the ‘destruction of Hitlerism,’” the Commissar said. - “It amounts to this—that the British and with them their French supporters of war have declared something in the ' natute of an ‘ideological’ war on. Germany. . . . Is it back io the middle ages, to days of religious war, superstition and cultural deterioration that the ruling classes of Britain and France want to drag us?” He said that the ideology: of Hitlers ism cannot be destroyed by force.” “It is therefore not only senseless but criminal to wage such a war as a war for the ‘destruction of Hitlerism’ camouflaged as a fight. for ‘democracy;* Molotov said.

Calls Colonies Real Cause

The real cause for the war was imperialism—the Allies’ fear of losing their colonies and their “world supremacy” to Germany, the Soviet Foreign Commissar said. “This war,” he said, “promises nothing to the working class but bloody sacrifice and hardships.” M. Molotov gently reproachéd President Roosevelt for “interfering” in Soviet-Finnish relations. “The Philippines still have no ine dependence4while - we have recog nized Finnish sovereignty,” he said, and then referred to American ney. wrality legislation.

* Opposes Embargo Repeal

“To lift the arms embargo (of the United States) would only prolong and complicate the war,” he said. “Munitions manufacturers will make profits but this is ‘not sufficient.” Commissar Molotov said that Finland had rejected part of Rus-

‘sia’s: demands because they would

violate hér neutrality.. He did not say what terms had been accepted, but said the Finns had refused to exchange o Finnish territory near Leningrad” for similar territory farther east and had refused to lease islands in the Gulf of Tile land for naval bases.

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