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~ Mobilization Held Guarantee
~ Of Neutrality; Border Tension Eases.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 13 (U.P.).— The Netherlands is fully prepared for all eventualities and her mobilization stands as a guarantee to all belligerents that her neutrality will be maintained, Premier Dirk J. De Geer said in a speech broadcast to the nation and its colonies today. “Our mobilization offered mutual protection to all,” De Geer said. His statement was regarded as an answer to German officig) and press criticism that the Netherlands and Belgium were endangering their neutrality by submitting to the
- British blockade.
‘He said that there was “not the least ground for the wild rumors that have been circulating the past few days about an acute, threatening danger to our country.”
U. S. Envoy Sees Queen
United State€ Minister George A. Gordon conferred with Queen Wilhelmina last night but suggestions that the conference indicated an interest by President Roosevelt in the Belgian - Dutch peace proposals Jacked confirmation. In Berlin the official German news agency said that German political circles believe that the British and French replies to the Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold peace appeal “sabotaged” the mediation offer. “The Government has not the slightest reliable hand which could shake its belief in assurances received from both warring powers,” De Geer said.
Denies Acute Danger
“There is no more acute danger than during the first days of September.” . : He said that Dutch mobilization “must adjust itself to the intensity of the pressure which occurs near our frontiers.” : “The Dutch Government believes in the sincerity of the word of the warring powers and this provides another stimulant to strict neytrality,” De Geer said. : He said he hoped that his broadcast would “help those many of you who have lost their balance somewhat during the last few days to restore their peace of mind and calmness.” De Geer said that if the peace appeal of Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold fails “they and the governments of other states might take similar steps in the same direction in the future.” The speech followed a meeting last night of Foreign Minister .E. N. Van Kleffens and Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak at the border town of Breda.
Tension Eases
Tt was said that the foreign minIsters had discussed Belgian-Dutch co-operation. in case of an emergency. 3 s The tension in Holland and Belgium had eased considerably in the last two days, mainly because nothing had happened to aggravate it. The American. legation informed Americans seeking advice that the situation was viewed more reassuringly and that it was up to individuals to decide whether they wanted to leave the country, but it was added that the previous advice to leave Holland unless they had important business here, still stood.
Churchill Speech Seen
As Blow to Peace Hope
LONDON. Nov. 13 (U. P.).—The fighting speech of Winston Chuchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, calling Adolf Hitler a “gornered maniac,”
. was believed today to have removed
any remaining hope for the DutchBelgian peace mediation effort. The speech was considered the most violent uttered by a high British official since the war started. “We are now at war and we are going to make “war and persevere in making war until the other side has had enough of it,” he said. “You may take it absolutely for certain that either all that Britain and France stand for in the modern world -—-ill go down .or that Hitler and the Nazi regime and the recurring German or Prussian menace
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DOUBT HITLER T0 STRIKE YET
‘Allies Believe He Will Not
information at
"Invade Holland Against Heavy Odds.
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opments occurred in the Baltic and in the Balkans, Finland has stubbornly refused to yield to Russia's demands for strategic bases in Finland which
the latter feels would endanger her independence and free commerce on the seas. The negotiations in Mos-
Fihnish delegation home. What the definite break came on was not disclosed, but there were at least three demands which the Finns would find it hard to take. One is Russian fortification of the Finnish port and peninsula of Hango, dominating the exit from the Gulf of Finland into the Baltic. Another is withdrawal of Finnish fortifications from the Karelian Peninsula between the Gulf of: Finland and Lake Ladoga. The Finnish fortifications are too close to Leningrad for Russian comfort, but the Finns feel that if they are yielded, their country will be open to easy invasion. :
Russia Has Another Problem
A third Russian demand is for possession of the Petsamo area of Finland on the Arctic Ocean, which contains. - Finland's only ice-free port on the north. It is of great importance, because it is connected by a 330-mile motor highway, open all year, to the Finnish state railways in the south. Since Russia seems disinclined to impose her demands by force, the argument may be long drawn out. Russia being preoccupied for the moment with Finland and consolidating her position in Eastern Poland, and Germany preoccupied with the situation in the west, the Balkan countries are digging in on their own account. An earnest effort is being made by the small southeastern powers, to bury their traditional squabbles for a while and get together to protect themselves against either a communist, pan-Slavic drive or a Germanic push towards the Black ea. ; Italy and Turkey Closer
Italy and Turkey are promoting such a union. Turkey would be an active member, and Italy merely a silent, friendly partner. Italy's drift from Germany towards sudden new friendship with Turkey raises the possibility that |Jugoslavia and Bulgaria, hitherto loosely tied to the mori-
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to Europe will be broken and destroyed.” ;
bund Rome-Berlin axis, may be included in the coalition.
cow definitely broke down and thes
Adolf Hitler (left o1 -enter), salutes the flag-draped casket of one of the victims killed by tended for him, at funeral services in Munich. In background are the ruins of the Buergerbrau beer hall, Photo passed by German censors. :
Panda Has Big Movie Moment
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 13 (U. P.). —A baby giant panda was being screen tested today for a part in a movie with Dorothy Lamour. . The panda, owned by the Chicago zoological park, probably never will be come a star, however, because its keepers said that regardless of the success of the screen test, the panda goes to Chicago. Paramount Studio plans to use its pictures in scenes of the movie. When the animal was taken out of the fashionable Ambassador Hotel, the management heaved a sigh lof relief. The panda nearly wrecked its luxurious suite yesterday by turning on the water in the bathroom and attempting to chew up the furmiture.
FINNISH-SOVIET TALKS HALTED
Helsingfors Delegation Goes Home Without Meeting Russian Demands.
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mate limit” in making concessions to Russia and could not keep sending missions back and forth to negotiate. The negotiators already have made. three trips to Moscow. At Moscow, the “Red Fleet,” organ of the Russian Navy, made four demands which it said were necessary to defend Russia and Finland from “enemies.” They were: 1. A Russian naval base on Hango peninsula, southwest Finland, which would close the Gulf of Finland to all but Russian ships; 2. A system of coastal fortifications at Bjoerko and Humalioki Islands in the eastern part of the gulf to protect the Russian naval base at Kronstadt; 3. Fortifications at Hogland, Seskar, Lavassan and Tuntters in the
f; 4. Revision of the northern Fin-nish-Soviet frontier, presumably granting Russia Ribachi and Sredni
Petsamo, shutting Finland off from the Arctic.
REPORT POLK MILK ACCORD IS REACHED
Polk Sanitary Milk Co. officials and representatives of the Teamsters Union, Local 135, were expected to sign today a contract to end the strike that began Sept. 1. Attorneys for both groups said a tentative agreement was reached
this morning but that final terms were “not quite completed.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record County City 1938 As srr "seen 65 * ===Nov, 11-12 esee...13|Arrests 3/Accidents .... SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid $15
Violations Speeding 2 2 Reckless driving 0 0 Failing to step at through street 0 0 Disobeying triffic signal 1 1 Drunken driving 0 0 All others ..0.. 10 %
Totals ....... 13
MEETINGS TODAY
Indianapolis Dental Society, meeting, Indianapolis Athletic Club, 8 p. m. Purdue Dads’ and Mothers’ Association, dinner, American United Lif> Insurance Co. auditorium, 6:30 p. m. National Association of Women, dinner, Hotel Washington, 6 p. m. Scientech Ciub, Board of Trade, noon. Service Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln,
meeting, Washington St., 8 p. m.- ig Side Realtors, Canary Cottage, a University Club, luncheon, CoTr Union, meeting, Plumbjnion Council, meeting, Amal8pm .
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al Labor prs’ hall, 8 Industrial gamated MEETINGS TOMORROW Retary Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel, Central States Petroleum Council, . . Hotel Washington, 8 ®. neh meth Omisten Ti uncheon, Hotel s ‘Sigma Kappa, meeting, Hotel ashington, 8 m. Vere Club, chson, Spink-Arms Hotel, e Mercato Club, "luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, . Universal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, ights of Columbus, luncheon, K. of C.
Knigh clubrooms, noon. Lutheran Serviee Club, luncheon, Canary
noon. “ Fine P Credit G , _luncheon, n's Grille, the William H. Block Co.
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BIRTHS _ Boys : ar, Velma Peters, at Methodist. ard, Sarah Parker, at Methodist. Robert, Lucille Newland, at Methodist. Paul, Mary Frances Ankney, at Methodist.
John, Evelyn Logan, at Methodsit. Robert, Ruth Daily, at St. Vincent's. i s Ellis, at St. Vincent's. Herman, Goldie Kelly, at St. Vincent's. John, Jozn Glackman, at St. Vincent's. John, Neva Combs, at St. Vincent's. John, Edna Newsome, at St. Vincent's, , Dorothy Wall, at Coleman. dred Michael, at Coleman. , Virginia Whitman, at City, Chester, Beatrice Mann, at City. Joseph, Mary Bagley, at* City. Jerry, Viola Dukes, at City. Lawrence, Nelle Johantgen, at St. Francis. Carl, Berniece Bechtel, at St. Francis. 4 Violet Westerfield, at St s :
Charles, Thelma Printz, at St. Francis. Albert, Jessie Stephenson, at 36 N. La Salle St. Girls
soar, Thelma Campbell, at St. VinPaul, Dorothy Fields, at St. Vincent's. Francis, Dorothy. Cunningham, at St. Vincent's. y Edward, Charlene Hank. at St. Vincent's. ames, Morine Ducker, at €oleman. Walford, Lois Ellis. at Coleman. Thomas, Carson Toole, at Methodist. Edward, Dorothy Underwood. at Meth-
ist. Edgar. Lilly Carter, at 1873 S. East. PR Margaret Collins, at 1130 St.
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DEATHS
Thomas J. Johnson," 50, at Veterans’, brenchopneumonia. Blanche Rahm, 55, at 422 N. Wallace, C2 ohn Colvin 22, at Central Indiana, pul L , 22, ana, - mon tuberculosis. B Wi C. Oldridge, 91, of 2719 N. Olney,
- : d Ringer. 1, at Riley, pneumococcic rman Bolinger. 36, at Central Indi-
ana, 1 paralysis. Milan, 81, at 2700 N. Capitol,
arte: lerosis. Eire I homas. 59, at St. Vincent's, car- | Bis
Sue Brown, 2. at City. measles .2 a y. i Roy Wakefield, 66, at 126 S. chronic Wyoeatds Sarah ader, cirrhosis of liver, Samuel Wells, 86, lerosis,
uenas Purdue, 35, at City, peritonitis. Ruth Carlson, 65, at 637 N. Davidson, carcinoma. . Chris Burton, 62, at Methodist, uremia. Ly LL Demaree, 69, at City, coronary Christina Wenning, 61, at City, chronic
m os. Rois Galyean, 55, at 722 N. Highland,
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Chi od Illinois, 76, at 2441 E. Michigan, Pav r at 4831 Kenwood, | Helena. Mon arteriosc hv - A Clara Johnson, 68, at 3441 N. Capitol, |; Lit
h Lane, 83, at 735 Shelby, arterio- |S An
Cora Styles. 51, at 2810 Martindale, gastro enteritis. - da McPherson, 45, at 3062 Cottage, inm-
fluen: orma Smith. 12, at 1138 S. Keystone, chronic eridocarditis. y John Stephens, 53. at 2342 N. Pennsylvania, bronchopneumonia.
FIRES
Sunday 6:45 a. m.; 1437-1439 E. 11th, unknown cause, loss unestimated. :45 a. m., 2154 E. Raymond, overheated stove, loss $5.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair and not so cool tonight: lowest temperature about 35: tomorrow. fair and warmer. Sunrise ...... 6:28 | Sunset TEMPERATURE
6:30 a. m...30.51
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER ° Indiana—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not so cool tonight, warmer tomorrow. Nlinois—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not so cool tonight, except-in extreme south; warmer tomorrow. : i Lower Michigan—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; not so cool in west and south portions tonight, warmer tomorrow. Ohio—PFair and warmer tonight and tomorrow.
Kentucky—Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow.
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DENIES POLITICS IN WAYNE RELIEF
Of ‘Higher Prices, Less Food.”
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O. T. Martin: Horace G. Casady and Thomas M. Fitzgerald. ; Witnesses heard today . included officials of several milk firms,
Doctors Open Inquiry
Meanwhile, a committee of six physicians to investigate present practices in providing medical care for indigents was named at a meeting of the Indiana State Medical Association executive committee, with representatives of the Indiana Township Trustees’ Association. The committee, which will make its findings available to the Trustees’ Association, includes Dr. John S. Leffel, Connersville, chairman; Dr. Eugene F. Boggs, Indianapolis; Dr. A. E. Stinson, Rochester; Dr. S. P. Hoffman, Ft. Wayne; Dr. J. T. Oliphant, Farmerspurg, and Dr. R. S. Smallwood, Bedford. In his letter, Mr. Markun said that Mr. McClelland’s “new policy to reduce the amounts of food and milk for indigents is ill-advised.
CERMAN PLANES
{FLY OVER PARIS,
DUCK FOR HOME
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Fire ‘Disperses Group; Western > Front Is Calm.
PARIS, Nov. 13 (U. P.).—French anti-aircraft guns today drove. oft German reconnaisance planes which had reached the Paris area. The Nazi squadrons were dispersed, and flew home over Belgium and the North Sea. 0 French guns began firing at 4:20 a. m, When an air alarm signal sounded. The all clear signal was
were fired at 3:20 p. m. But there was no alarm. The guns ceased fire at 3:25 p. m, but fired nine more salvos up to 4 p. m. ; ; : Western Front Is Calm It was announced that the German flight over North France Saturday was to get information on. French railway ‘movement, which are easily detectable from high altitudes at night. . : . No land fighting was reported
yesterday. Despite the week-end lull, French
massing of German troops on the borders of Holland and Belgium. Both those countries were regarded here as in danger of German invasion, despite German denials. The newspaper Intransigeant also speculated on a new theory—that the German concentrations near Holland and Belgium might be a trick to divert attention from an attack on Hungary and Jugoslavia. “It may well be the case that once the Fuehrer draws international at-
_|tention to the North Sea region he
is in fact secretly preparing an operation. in Central and Bastern Europe,” the newspaper said.
French Fail to Gain New Hold, Berlin Says
BERLIN, Nov. 13 (U. P.).—French efforts to gain new footholds in the Western front sector southwest of Pirmasens have failed, the German Army High Command announced
today. “New attempts by strong detachments of enemy reconnaisance troops to. gain a foothold on the heights on both sides of Liederschiedt, nine miles southwest of Pirmasens, remained without success, the communique said. .
head of the Federal Surplus Com-
“It is apparent that if certain abuses in the administration of poor relief are corrected, the funds will be sufficient to care for the needy. :
Asks Business Basis for Relief
“Certainly, the taxpayers who are footing the bill have a right to demand a business administration of poor relief, and those unfortunates on relief have a right to expect a sufficient amount of food and milk of good quality purchased at prevailing prices. . . .” Daniel B. Dunham, president of the Mt. Jackson Fuel Co., who also was president of the “McClelland-for-Trustee Club,” said he had nothing to say in reply to. Mr. Markun’s comments about his relations with the Wayne trustee. : Mr. Dunham is the father-in-law of Charles R. Ettinger, Marion County clerk. : September claims on file in the County Auditor's office reveal that the Wayne Township relief grocery business, toetaling $7583, was divided among 37 groceries.
Five Provide Milk -
Among the. larger claims were the following: Jesse Burnett, $790.35; Burnett Brothers, $290.16; Lee J.
$518.47; W. F. Roth, $550.00; ‘R. C. Cunningham, $309.95; Carl H. Irrgang, $391.90; Ella Reynolds, $301.50; M. B. Elliott, $299.25; H. J. Boston, $271.35; T. R. Brown, $250.40, and Sam Rabin, $267.40. : fo The milk business was divided among five milk firms, with Northwestern Milk Co. a ‘West Side dairy, receiving $282.60, or 54 per cent of the total—$517.40. Very little fuel was purchased in September, but the coal claims last January were as follows: Apex Coal Corp., $2850; T. O. Bush & Son, $754.75; E. F. Monn, $251.75; Mt. Jackson ‘Fuel Co., $963.00, and West Side Coal Co., $969.00. Mr. McClelland said relief clients in Wayne Township were given their choice of groceries, “except where one firm was getting too big a share of the business.” He added that in most cases, the client's order went to the nearest: relief groceries. “aA few stores in the area inhabited by the bulk of the relief clients naturally get more of the
Drake, $676.35; -E. H. Montgomery, |
modities Corp. : His plan is a major experiment. vet it has created comparatively
little excitement. This is because it is not a subject of coneroversy. It is accepted. Everybody seems to like it. Its supporters range from the bankers to the Workers Alliance, the left-wing organization of WPA workers. It is well buttressed against political attack. Farmers like it. - It has opened a wider market for some of their surpluses. Grocers like it because they profit by it. Bankers and businessmen like it because it brings more money into their towns. People on relief like it for various reasons, including the fact that they ' can now -buy 50 ‘per cent more food
1 have found general acceptance of the plan, and - in some cases
| exuberantly enthusiastic acceptance,
in a survey of three. of ‘the cities
Y., Springfield, Ill, and Des Moines, Iowa. : : : : Gradually Extended Republican relief officials administer the plan in these cities. They like it. s Fig The stamp plan is being gradually extended. It was first put into operation last may in Rochester. Today there are 17 cities where it is now, or soon will be, in effect—Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa.; Birmingham, Ala.; Dayton, O.; Springfield, Ill; Madison, Wis.; Shawnee, Okla.: Des Moines, Iowa; St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.; Bismark, N. D.: Manden, S. D.; Salt Lake City, Denver, Seattle, Rochester and Providence, R. I. : - It will spread gradually to other cities. The goal is 25 by Christmas, and between.75 and 100 by next June 30. Altogether 300 cities have applications ‘on file. The eventual aim is a nation-wide food stamp plan, but Mr. Perkins will move gradually. He does not confemplate national use for two or three years. Congress has authorized extension of the plan to include stamps for purchase of cotton goods through drygoods stores, as a means of helping the cotton surplus problem; but as yet a plan has not been perfected
business than some of the outlying: stores,” he said.
water and cupped his hands to his mouth. . . “Be careful now,” he shouted at the French lines. “We Austrians are going away. The Germans are moving in TOW.” ! Since that day there
have been peace speeches, - ™ The river is going down, but th swift: current | still - would prevent either Army from building a pontoon bridge. As I traveled along the river, 1 counted an average of one German fortification every 250 yards. Those along the river edge are squat concrete block houses, whose sides* drop ‘directly into the water without camouflage. The block houses have tiny slots plenty of avenues for
for this extension. If presents numerous difficulties. However, it prob-
Nazis in Line Sullen Now With Fingers on Triggers
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the Westwall forts which are so defenses and trenches between. Three or four Westwall fortresses could be seen for every one in the French = Maginot Line but the French fortresses are much more powerfully built and armed. On both sides the river lowlands are flooded for a considerable disstance. From the French end of a dynamited bridge, I could see across the river without glasses to
marooned Westwall fortress at: the edge of the river. : : They were within easy range of
given an hour later. The guns also
observers: were concerned about the
War Only as
‘WASHINGTON, Nov. bolt and win or
the first World War. Specifically, they cite the lessons of the failure. of Britain's costly offensives in this region in 1917, Mud beat the British that summer and fall—beat them so badly that when Gen. Sir Julian Byng finally broke through the Hindenburg Line opposite Cambrai in November, he had to stop for sheer lack of fresh troops to push on. : Field Marshal von Hindenburg ‘afterwards related in his ‘memoirs that he could not understand Why Gen. Byng failed to exploit) his unquestioned victory. Had he pressed on, the old Marshal admitted, the war might have ended that ‘year. .
There Were No Reserves
men and machines had been wasted in the Flemish bog that Gen. Byng had just enough troops, tanks and munitions for the break-through with no reserves left to continue his advance. © I was with’ the British Army at the time and saw the tragedy unfold. The Germans were in possession of practically all Belgium. They. held Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ostend and the entire Belgian— coast—save a tiny corner between Ypres and Nieuport—and they used it as a U-boat nest, base of attack on allied shipping and constant threat to Anglo-French communications. So the Allies decided to do something about it. Accordingly, on April 9, 1917, Sir Douglas Haig commenced a big offensive at Arras. Within a fortnight, however, this had come to a standstill. So, in May, he attacked further north. His immediate objective was to straighten his lines between Ypres and Lens by driving the Germans from their commanding positions atop the Messines-Wytschaete ridge thence to press on and force the surrender of the U-boat bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge.
4-Month Tug-of-War
From July to November the tug-of-war went on. Practically every unit in the British Expeditionary Force, including tanks, artillery and planes, was fed into the hopper. But
through the bonus stamps they get.|
where it is operating—Rochester, N.|
close that they form a thick belt of | barbed wire
Food Stamp Plan Popular; Rapid Expansion Planned
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ably will be ready to start the first of the year. : Likewise, Congress authorized experimentation in extension of the plan to. low-income groups not on relief. This is being tried on a county-wide basis in Pottawatomie County, Okla., where Shawnee is situated. Mr. Perkins says he will study this experiment very carefully before deciding whether to extend it elsewhere. The manifold problems are obvious.
Problems Obvious .
Experls and economists are closely studying the stamp plan operation for the FSCC director. He hopes to learn something about surpluses, the whys, whens, hows and wherefores, as a guide to future agricultural policy, and also to learn something about other problems of our economy. - The use of private business for distribution accounts for the ready acceptance of the plan and also points to the possibilities of utilizing regular business channels in attempts to readjust our economy in other directions. Mr. Perkins put it aptly in a recent speech to grocers: “The fact that you grocers will make a nickel out of this program’ is only another way of saying that you are worthy of your hire for the services you render. We believe in that practical sort of cement to insure continued co-oper-ation.” All Co-operated The FSCC director worked out the stamp plan co-operatively with grocers, farmers, relief officials. He told them of his general idea and asked for their help. As a result, everybody involved was satisfied be-
| fore the plan was put into opera-
tion. His tactics differed from those of some New Deal officials. He sees the stamp. plan as one means of meeting a part of the distribution problem. “The No. 1 job of our generation,” he said, “is to get the plentiful supply of gocds which we have learned to produce into the hands of those who ask only the chance to work for them. That will take time, and there will he difficulties to overcome on many fronts as we move toward full employment. ; “Meanwhile, however, so far as food is concerned, the country apparently has made up its mind to give the underfed a chance to eat the surplus.”
Tomorrow—ABC’s of food stamp plan.
TEACH VALUE OF TOIL,
ADVICE TO SCHOOLS|
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individually they are taking advantage of every break. “But they want and are entitled toa chance to live an in the American way, and that means to make their living in competitive fields. ; “The problem of absorbing them fundamentally belongs to private industry, and 1 think nothing should be done to take it out of its lap. “But the schools must prepare them, because it's out of unemployed youth, trained for leadership “with
8 | othing to lead, that political gang- | sterism comes, such as we have in :
Germany and Italy today.”
Mr. Williams and Robert Richey,
Indiana: administrator, made a tour |
of NYA projects here and then left
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Hitler to Chance Winter
Simms Says, Citing 1917 ;
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editer . : ! 13.—Only the direst necessity to shoot his lose the war within the next few months could force Herr Hitler to undertake so desperate a chance as a winter campaign against France across Holland and Belgium. : That is the view of military observers both here and abroad—especially those who witnessed the fighting in Artois and Flanders during
The answer was simple. So many:
Last Resort,
into the mud. Planes were blinded by poor visibility. . Torrential downpours turned the flat country into a loblolly. The Germans, driven from waterlogged shellhole to shellhole, took to concrete affairs which the Tommies christened “pillboxes.” And a hew type of warfare was born. : After five desperate attacks the British won to the slopes of Passchendaele Ridge—high ground by comparison only —but Zeebrugge,
Ostend and the submarine bases re-
mained in German hands. The entire campaign, to all intents, was a dismal failure, ,
Byng Given His Chance
Meanwhile, further south, General Byng was begging for a chance at
the Germans. Given anything like] -
the number of tanks, men and artillery that were being wasted in Flanders, he contended, he could break through. So, now that the battle of Flanders had bogged down, they told him to go ahead. : And go ahead he did on Nov. 20. Behind trail-blazing tanks, the British won their. entire first-day objectives with almost no losses. And on they went the next day and the next—along the Bapaume-Cam-brai road. Village after village was captured—villages considered so secure that their French populations were still there. : : But in the outskirts of hastily evacuated Cambrai, the British came to a halt. By this time von Hindenburg had brought up reinforcements. Gen. Byng, on the other hand, had none to bring up. So when the German counter-attack came; Gen. Byng had:to fall back.
A Lesson for Hitler
this experts see a lesson for Herr Hitler. If he tries to smash thrgugh Holland and Belgium he court the fate of Field Marshal in the mud of the same region in _1917. Even should he break through the Maginot Line—as Gen. Byng did the Hindenburg Line—he probably would find himself where Gen, Byng found himself—with his troops too badly battered to push on. Whereupon, a Franco-British count-
in vain. Men and tanks alike sank er attack would seal his doom.
SOUTH BEND MAN, 59, DIES IN GARAGE FIRE
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 13 (U.]
P.).—BEdward Ludwiczak, 59, was burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed the garage in which he lived. The blaze was believed to have started from an oil stove Mr. Ludwiczak used for heating and coking. Two cars in the garage were destroyed. #
Strauss Says:
IDIEHERE,5IN STATE TRAFFIC OVER WEEK-END
She Leaves Trolley; Man, ~ 62, Hit-Run Victim.
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Rushville home when struck by a ‘truck. a) : HERBERT G. THOMAS, 40, . Ft. Wayne, who died of injuries . received when his car struck ane other. near ‘South Bend. At Detroit, Mrs. Charlotte Rob-. bins, 83, hen, Ind., was killed and ‘two companions were injured last night when their automobile -
and a truck collided. : bi The injured were Mrs. Charles R. Yoder, 54, hart, Ind, and Miss Mabel Yoder, 48, Goshen. - - Mrs. Ervin, who came to Indian apolis 35 years ago from North Ver non, Ind., and who has lived in the Newman St. ever since, had attend=. ed the movie th a friend. = She died at City Hospital. The cab driver was held on a charge of vagrancy under a $2500 bond. 2A Neighbor Gives Tragic News A neighbor carried news of the accident to Mrs. Ervin's son, Ale bers; her sister, Miss Carrie Schubert, and her half-sister, Miss Anna Weber, with whom _she lived. 2 Another son, William Ervin, 4803 Carrollton Ave., also survives. Mrs. Ervin’s husband, who was manager: of the Indian Refining Co., died 17. years ago. a A car which witnesses said ‘was driven by a woman and ran a red light, struck Mr. Corbett and cone | tinued without stopping. Mr. Core. bett died at City Hospital. ol The accident occurred soon after. he had left the Western Fuel Co. 452 N. Belmont Ave., where he had. been visiting with friends. His son, Charles Corbett, who works there, asked him to ride home with.him, but he replied: y : “No thanks, I'd rather walk.” ~~ Struck on Way Home of Mr. Corbett stopped at a grocary to buy his week-end’s supply of tobacco. On the way home from the grocery he was struck. Te He was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., and came to Indianapolis 27
years ago. He was formerly a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church in Tennessee, and was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is survived by his wife, Mrs, Leola Corbett; sons Charles and. Marshall Corbett; four daughters, Mrs. Ila Young, Mis. Minnie James, Mrs. Marie Dean, and Miss Jean | Corbett, and 17 grandchildren, all of Indianapolis. *° = Funeral services will be at 2 p.m, tomorrow at the Conkle Funeral | Home, 1934 W. Michigan St. and purial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. : The driver of the car in which Mr,
Ervin was killed was held unter a
$3000 bond un a charge of vagrancy,: He received a broken collar bone and is at City Hospital. He is { Sharon, N. D,, and a visitor in Indie anapolis. : 3 i
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Now that Thanksgiving is coming (both of them)—and Christmas
is only a few
numbers away
on the calendar—
And with winter and its various accompaniments about to descend as
per schedule . . ,
A man wants clothes and accessories to meet the demands of the elements and the urge for the niceties of living . . . which seems like a long way: to get to the point—and the point.
is this so
A STRAUSS CHARGE . ACCOUNT—is a help , ,
(1) The customary 30-day accounts in accord with general practice.
(2) The JUNIOR CHARGE ACCOUNTS that provide moderate weekly payments.
(3) Accounts taflored to special needs.
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The least amount of red tape. . . And no carrying charges.
The New Accounts Desk is on the balcony. A request for a charge
consideration,
account will be given courteous