Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1939 — Page 3
BRITAIN LOSES DESTROYER AS T STRIKES MINE
In Sea War; 33 Are Listed as Dead.
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the bows of a British cargo boat,” he said. “Great fountains of water were blown around her. All members of the crew escaped in the ship’s boats. The vessel drifted for an hour and a half before she sank.” Mr. Pocock told of acts of heroism while he was rescuing men from the destroyer.
Sailors Sing in Water
“Many sailors were singing in the
water,” he said. “I will never for
get their courage. I saw one sailor |
push a piece of wreckage into the hands of a boy and then swim
away. “Others clutched fragments of wreckage which their comrades thrust into their hands.” Survivors of the Norwegian vessel, which they identified as a.tanker, said that their ship was torpedoed without warning and broke "in two amidships. Their radio was destroyed, making it impossible to send distress signals. The crew took to two boats. Sev-
enteen members of the crew were:
in the captain's boat, which was being towed by a boat carrying the mate and 22 other men. “When night fell the weather was stormy. and the two boats became separated,” a survivor said. “We searched for hours after daylight for the captain's boat, but there was no trace of it.”
Known Deaths Now 1468
Sinking of the destroyer brought to six the known number .of British naval vessels lost thus far
in the present war. Known deaths totaled 1468. The aircraft carrier Courageous was torpedoed by a German submarine with a loss of 573 officers and men. The destroyer Kittiwake went ‘down with five men lost and the battleship Royal Oak was torpedoed in thc Scapa Flow naval base with a loss of 810. The submarine Oxley was lost by German action with a loss of 53 ‘men. The armed trawler Northern Rover, taken over by the Royal Navy, is listed &s missing and believed lost with 27 men aboard. In addition. to those lost aboard ships, 16 men were killed when German planes raided the British Naval base at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth and their bombs struck the cruisers Edinburgh and Southampton and the destroyer Mohawk.
May Seize Neutral Ships
Meanwhile there were indications today that Great Britain might soon start seizing neutral ships from operators who persist in carrying con traband destined for Germany. The British have that right under international law but have not invoked it so far on the theory that during the first few weeks of war, ship owners often did nct know the contraband list. But it was said
that henceforth there will be in-|
creasing grounds to suspect contraband shippers, and that their ships as well as their cargoes will be in danger. v Claim Nazi Plane Damaged
Following two German air raids yesterday on the Shetland Islands, in which bombs tore .craters in the ground and broke house windows but caused no serious damage, three British patrol planes were reported to have intercepted a German flying boat off the East Coast. The British gunners’ said they shot off part of the German plane's port wing just before it disappeared | in clouds. It was generally admitted that] the results of the British blockade | so far had fallen short of their ob-| jective. Many loopholes remain; through which the Germans continue to get supplies. The important loopholes are Italy, Holland, Scandinavia and Belgium.
T-to 3 on Nazis
Times Photo. Mrs. Dorothy Fuldheim ... Japan or U. S. could swing tide.
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Control of Smaller Nations To Aid Germany, Ryssia, Rotary Told.
Germany and Russia have a 70 per cent chance of winning the European -war at the present time, Mrs. Dorothy Fuldheim, Columbia University lecturer, told the Indianapolis Rotary Club today. Mrs. Fuldheim makes annual trips to Europe and once served as for-
eign correspondent for some Ohio newspapers. She said she based her estimate on two things: “Germany will take over Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, which will give Germany and Russia an adequate food supply for years to come. Russia either will take over or control the Scandinavian countries, which will give them- an adequate supply of raw iron and finished steel. “The democracies have been too polite. It's time for politeness to be thrown to the winds. No excoriation
and Stalin. “The tide of war could be turned in Europe if Japan would join the Allied side and guarfd England's East Indian possessions, or if the United States would enter the war lon the Allied side.
= ALLIES CONFIDENT
OF FINAL VICTORY
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react . against him when the final settlement comes. As to the defenses of Holland and Belgium, they are not adequate to repel a mass German invasion, but
it would not be a quick walkover, and the combined forces of the Lowlands, plus their natural defenses, should be sufficient to hold the Germans off until the Allies can swing into full action. Belgium and Holland combined probably could put not more than 1,000,000 effectives into the field, at [least not immediately. At present, the available fighting force is about 200,000 for Holland and 600.000 for | Belgium. It would take time to | whip reserves into shape. > | - In the air, the Belgians have only | about 400 planes and the Dutch not more than 300. Few of them are bombers and some are obsolete.
is bad enough for Hitler, Mussolini
HITLER 1S COOL TOPEACE OFFER OF TWO RULERS
In. Berlin; Nazis Hint Raids On Armed Mérchantmen.
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immediate explanation was forthcoming. The Nazi High Command, making claims of success on the Western
| | Front, said that French forces had
occupied an important hill southwest of Pirmasens but were driven off by a strong German artillery and infantry attack which took possession of the disputed ground and resulted in capture of many French prisoners after sharp fighting in which Allied airplanes participated.
Threaten Armed Ships
On the seas, the Nazis continued to sink British ships and threatened drastic retaliation against armed Allied merchantmen. Renewal of activities on the ‘sea on a .bigger scale aroused interest
-jagain in the possibility that Herr
Hitler's long-awaited big offensive against England would come by air and sea rather than by a land offensive on the Western Front- or
1through Belgium or Holland.
The German press warned that armed Allied merchantmen could not be considered as carrying guns merely for defense against Uand would be treated as Ge warships” and pirate vessels in the future. Fly Over British Coast
German airplanes have thorotighly surveyed .the English coast and the Scottish naval base areas and— after many oomb- less flights—the Nazi attack on the Shetland Islands yestesday may have been a comparatively harmless warm-up for renewal of big-scale raids.
that they were prepared to meet any German attacks by air or sea and, in view of failure of all peace maneuvers so far, it was believed probable there would be spectacular tests of strength in the air before winter sets in. The diplomatic front also. was comparatively quiet, with greatest interest centering in Soviet Russia’s next move. Helsingfors Tensé
Two capitals that waited that move with greatest concern were Helsingfors and Bucharest. The Finns were in the direct path of Soviet anger as a result of having broken off negotiations: on Russian demands for naval bases on the Gulf of Finland. The Soviet Press attacked Finland’s attitude and began building up charges against the little northern country in maneuvers that indicated a prolonged war of nerves rather than actual invasion. In Bucharest, fear was felt that Soviet attention would be concentrated in the Balkans as soon as the Finnish dispute was out of the way or indefinitely postponed. King Carol, one-time royal playboy who returned to-the throne as a stern and so far skillful ruler, summoned his Parliament for Nov. 25 to hear a declaration expectéd to be of importance in the Balkan struggle to form a strong neutral bloc. Rumania Vulnerable Rumania is most vulnerable to dissmemberment, with Russia, Hungary and Bulgaria claiming big sections of her territory, and it was believed that King Carol would seek to speed efforts toward forming a bloc capable of resisting the rising tide of warfare in Europe. Such ‘a bloc might best be set up at present by working under the leadership of Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and Rumania recently has indicated a favorable attitude toward such a development, especially if Turkey and the Allied powers approved. Dispatches from Rome said that efforts toward that end were being pesos up and that Sig. Mussolini and Holiness Pope Pius XII were working toward creating a wall against war in the Balkans, either by parallel efforts or in actual collaboration.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record) County Oly 100
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Nov. 13— 8/Arrests ... Ded 0|Accidents MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid
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Violations
Speedin Reckless driving 4 Failing to stop at through street 7 Disobeying traffic signal 7 Drunken driving 0 All others ..... 49
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“216 MARRIAGE LICENSES
(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore. is not responsible tor errors mn names and addresses.
_ Arthur Leo Bryson, 25, of 1918 Ludlow: Waunita Kidwell, 23, of 511 A Illinois. Harold William Wasson, of Plaz Hotel; Zoe Marie Booth, 32, of 1 Plaza Hotel. John Ward, 46, of 2318 Glen Drive; Alberta Thompson, 48, of 1935 Highland. william Joe Joyner, 25, of 811! Clevejand: Gussie, Robinson, 37, of 811 Clevean
MEETINGS TODAY a any Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,
fn States Retroleum Cotnedl, meeting, Hotel Washington, wilpha Omicron Asha, oT, Hotel
Delta Stems. Es a. .Hotel Washington, 8 p. ” ? Gyro Club, Bn Spink-Arms Hot il noon. Mersator Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, noo!
meeting,
versa) Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. Knights of Columbus, luncheon, K. of c.
clubrooms, noon theran Service Club, luncheon, Canary
redit Group, luncheon, Men's Grille the William H. Block Co.,
nos ‘Men’s Club, luncheon, Y. M. C. A. noon. l———
MEETINGS TOMORROW National Municipal League, national convention. Hote) & Severin, all day. In annual ’conven-
Bu tion Tomlinson hall, all day. Retail
Indianapolis Grocers M Dealers, meeting, Hotel Washington
eat 8
> Kiwanis Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, asth:
noon. Tan Club, luncheon, Hotel Washing-
oon. Young Men's Discussion Club, dinner, Y. .
M..C A,
$74 | per. B : . in;
Twelfth Distriet American Legion, |. Br :neon. Board of Trade. noon Co-operative Club of Indianapolis, i luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Comer¢e, luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon. Forty Plus oh or ung, jamber of Commerce, 7:3 » Electric fi Appliance Credit Group, meeting. Hotel Washington. 4:45 p, 39 American War Mothers, meeting, Ciay- |n pool Hotel, all day.
BIRTHS
Boys
Francis. Bettina Hughes, af Methodist. George and Pearl endel, at 1701 Gim-
Earl and Terry Green, at 946 N. Persh-
323 Cable. Janes and Margaret Collins, at 29 E.
Andrew ang Wilma Willoughby, at 968
W. Maryland Rrank and Leona Padgett, at 840 Buat 1218 8.
nam Roa ‘and Audrey Bolton, —— | Sheffield. Robert and Lily Parks, at 424 Leota. Phillip and Tilda Harris, at 148 8. Catherwood. “Richard and Irene Ramey, 2120 S. Meridian Paul and Evelyn Hammonds, at 2166 N. Wallace Raror nd Christina Hines, at 1418 E. a Marion and Mildred Saunders, at 1327 Alfonso and Margaret Wright, at 2150 Shriver. Girls
william Lois Martin, at Methodist. iam, Marguerite Hudson, at Meth-
: *Notman, Ruth Wampner, at Methodist. James, Geneva Walters, at Met hoa} st. Joseph, Betty Cezar, at Methodis Margaret Armstrong, at Meth odist. ca EE Alma De La Croix, at St. Vinos ouert,
Kathleen Hilton, at 8t,
nt’s. eR ay Bertha Hawkins, at City. Edward and Eunice Jackson. at 518
. 13th. Elvis and Helen Bolton, at 2834 Adams.
. DEATHS : Ly McDanidls. 78, at St. Vincent's, sis ma Ottinger, 72, at St. Vincent's, cerebral hemor hate Moo: “st. Vincent's, diabetic
ly , 56, 2 Wa iter Kercheval, 59, at 1401 E. New York, acute cardiac dilatation Arthur Andrew, 57, at 924 Woodlawn, i Suz 8 Jones, 38, at 1622 Yandes, acute cardiac. ilatatio
fenry and Jessie Bornstien, at
Vin-
Ne lie Egan. 65, at St. Vincent's cardio vascular renal dise ohn: Morrissey. oE3 ‘at 1416 E. Market, cardio vascular Jenal disease. Benie Wie a e at 3033 N. Illinois, plexy.
eith, 46. at 1133 8. Bradley, carcinom Lulu Chance. 50, at Methodist,
puieuinonia as Griffin. 67. at 1710 N. Arsenal, chronic “nephrit Rebecc Deis ‘68. at St. Vincent's, pul- |!
monary embolism. Andrea rguson. 59. at 3253 N, Pennsylyania, acute myecarditis. Bun McDaniel. 45, at City, bronchial
Charles Nauta, 57. at Keysitne and Terta oronary occlusion {lia ring. 78. &t Long. caroinoma. era’ ra” Bubbard 4, » Central Indiana,
cerebral a James
Senile Foster, 51. at 1928 Campbell, car- ops
lobar
Ww. yeisell, 64. at Long, hynoSr tion Joseph align 82, Indiana. broncho-pneumonia. Edward Phillips, 66, at Methodist, bowel obstruction. : Za Masten, 48, at City, broncho-pneu-
mo “Mabel Troutman, 50, at City,
at Central
carci-
“William Bradford. 64. at Long. hernia.
Aurella Server, 72, at 1902 N. Illinois, rheumatic heart disease.
FIRES
Monday 12:28 a. m.—Senate and St. Clair, false alarm. 1:07 m.—Bosart and E. Washington, false arm. 11:30 p. m.—546 N. Holmes, sparks from toni furnace. loss unestimated. Tuesday 27 a. m.—424 N. Illinois,
2: cause unknown, So unestimated.
OFFIGIAL WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureanl pe
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair and not sa ‘cool tonizht; lowest temperature about 35; tomorrow fair and warmer. Sunrise ...... 6:29 | Sunset ...... 4:30 ‘TEMPERATURE Nov. 14, 1938—. °
7a. .m,...
Precipitation 24 hrs. endin an, 1
Total precipitation since Exce ess. since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not so cool tonight, slightly warmer tomorrow. Hlinois—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not so cool tonight, slightly warmer. tomorrow. Lower Michigan—Generally fa - tonight and tomorrow: not quite so cool west portion tonight. somewhat i, tomorrow.
Ohio—Fair and warmer tomorrow.
ton Kentucky—Fair and ‘warmer tonight and
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Weather Bar. Tejap. Amarillo; Tex. ........ 30.37 27 Bismarck, 30.05 30.13
go ~30.35 Cincinnati : Cleveland .
Dodge. City, Sas. Helena, Mont Jacksonville, Rantas City, Mo. ttle Rock; Ark. ...
ork le Okla, os. Okla: ‘eens "Clear Omaha, Neb. or Ses Pittsburgh Portland, Ore. San Antenio. Tex.. an Sy
The British and French reported
. Mrs. Howard Passel . . . sweets for her boy.
Mrs. Howard F. Passel, 3720 N. Pennsylvania St., today packed a
Yuletide box which ‘probably will be opened Christmas Day somewhere in the Antarctic. : The box of delicacies, including the traditional fruit cake, sweets and preserves, will be taken to her son, Charles F. Passel, a geologist and glaciologist, who will’ be a member of Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South Pole. The two-foot square box bore the legend, “Do. Not Open Until Christmas.” " The explorers mother _ and father, the latter a civil engineer with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, left today for Philadelphia to bid their son farewell. : Probably two Christmas seasons will go by before they see him again, for the Byrd expedition is not. expected to return to the United States until the spring or summer of 1941.
Food-Stamp Relief Plan Sought in Marion County
Use 5 «Urged to Force Prices Down in "Center Twp.
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tion as the State Relief Commis-
sion. He urged thats an agreement be reached - whereby the trustee would accept supervision over his expenditures by an appropriating body such as the County Council. In the event the food-stamp plan is not inaugurated here, he proposed that food orders be issued directly to the relief clients, and not to the stores, in order that the relief clients could buy wherever they desired. Certain changes in the routine of handling relief orders, Mr. Boo said, would permit reductions in the trustee's clerical staff more than compensating for an increase in the investigating staff. Use of mechanicai equipment for order writing was suggested. For the food-stamp plan to be adopted here, co-operation of the trustee, merchants, banks, County officials, the Accounts Board, and others, would be necessary, Mr. Book said.
Has Little Choice
Under the plan, one of the worst features of the present Center Township relief system—political and personal favoritism—would be Jargely eliminated. Relief clients so would get the benefit of the lowest food prices available, Mr. Book said. At present, relief orders are written at the trustee’s office. The orders then are picked up by the grocers designated by the trustee, and the relief client calls at the grocery to get his food. He has virtually no choice of the store he patronizes. If the food-stamp plan were adopted, the trustee, instead of writing orders and sending them to the grocery, would issue to the relief clients books containing orangecolored stamps, each for 25 cents worth of food. e number of stamps in the books would vary, according to the number of persons in the relief client's family. These stamps would be cashed by the relief client for any food he wished at any grocery he chose. He could even buy part of his week’s supply of food at one store and part at another. The stamps would be redeemable by the grocer, at a bank or at the County Auditor's office.
Forces Accevtance
At the same time he received the orange stamps, the relief client would receive half as many blue stamps, redeemable by the Federal Government. These blue stamps t|could be used only to buy food products carried on the Govern-
ment’s list’ of surplus. commodities. |
In some cities where the plan has been tried the relief client receives 50 cents worth of blue stamps for each member of his family. This system would eliminate the present method of distributing surplus commodities at warehouses. The present system forces the re-
‘| lief client to accept surplus foods
he doesn’t like, and sometimes doesn’t use. An. advantage of the food-stamp plan, Mr. Book® explained, ‘is that, using the blue stamps the relief client could choose what he wanted from the surplus commodities list. ‘The plan definitely: would result
34 |in indigénts obtaining lower prices for regular foods, Mr. Boo
k said,
because whenever. a -grocer’s prices were too high, the store would be
boycotted by: Telit cliengs,
Packing Gift for Byrd Explorer
lof which he was president.
LETTERS FOUND ONCOAST CLUES | IN O'HARE DEATH,
One Gives Hint of Killers;
Second Puts Finger on Al Capone.
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[Juana race - track and. had- been | |O'Hare's bodyguard until recently.
The letter indicated the writer knew the identity of assassins who
|shot and killed O’Hare last Wédnes- : |day as he drove toward Chicago
from Sportsman’s: Park race track, Stod-
: |dard was held as a material witness.
Times Photo.
The farewell is to be in: the nafure of a reunion. The scientist’s. brother, Howard B., associated with a New York advertising agency, is expected to join the family at the eastern seaport. ‘Charles Passel, aboard the North Star, one of the ships to be used by the expedition, was scheduled to sail today from Boston © to Philadelphia, thence through the Panama Canal. During the past two months the geologist has been in Boston in charge of the expedition’s warehouse, checking furs and other supplies for the voyage. A graduate of Shortridge High School and Miami University, at Oxford, O., Mr. Passel recently became a member of the Polar Society of America. He also is a member of Phi Delta Theta, social fraternity; Sigma Gamma Epsilon, honorary geological organization, and Phi Sigma, honorary natural science society.
Thousands Now Shopping With Federal Orange And Blue Stickers.
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wili be increased by the food-stamp plan. Back of adoption of the plan was a long study by Perkins, and his experts, in consultation with
representatives of other agencies. This study revealed that the average food expenditures of WPA and other relief families was about a dollar per person per week. Under the food-stamp plan, worked out from this estimate, a family on cash relief—which includes WPA, old-age assistance, mothers’ pensions, aid to the blind, etc.—may buy one dollar’s worth of orange stamps a week for each member of the family. The orange stamps may Le used to purchase any kind of food at a grocery store, and such other essentials as soap, starch, matches, etc., but no wines, liquors, beer or other alcoholic beverages or tobacco. For each dollar of orange stamps
cents in blue stamps with which only surplus commodities, so designated by the F may be bought.
Food List Changes
Where relief is on a grocery-order basis—and this is usual for local relief—the orange-stamp plan does not apply. Instead, blue stamps are given free at the rate of 50 cents a ‘week for each member of the family. Foods purchasable today on the surplus list are butter, eggs, pork lard, cornmeal, dried prunes, raisins, fresh pears, fresh apples, onions (except green onions), dry edible peans, wheat flour and whole-wheat flour. The list is revised from time to time. When a product reaches 75 per cent oi the parity price as computed by the agriculture department it is taken. from the surplus list. Also, changes occur for seasonal reasons. Citrus fruits are on the list in season. The system may be illustrated by a typical case encountered.at one of the stamp-issuing stations. The man was on WPA. He had just received his semi-monthly pay check. There were five in his family.
For $10 he bought a $10 book of orange stamps, which contained in addition $5 worth of blue stamps.
Card Checked Against Files L
He presented his old book, from which all the stamps had been used. This is required. If he had lost it he would have had to produce an affidavit to this effect. He had an identification card with a number, his name, size of his family, and the certifying agency. This card was checked against a card in the files, and the new book was issued. His wife now could take the book to the store and buy where her purchase involves some odd cents in change. The custom is for the grocer to credit her with this by writing the amount in the back of her book. The grocer is supplied with cards on which to paste the stamps receives. Each card holds $5 worth. He can cash these either with the local FSCC office or at a bank (the bankers are co-operating by pro-
account. posit them at his bank. The city, in each case, must pay the treasury - for the arange stamps. But the blue stamps are paid for by
purchased, there is given free 50)
American charge d’affdires, ander Kirk, that all German naval viding this service), or he can turn vessels had been instructed to per-
them over to his wholesaler on his mit the City of Flint to return unThe latter then can de- molested to the United States. :
Maurice L. Farrell, former Governor of the New
Associates of O'Hare said they
knew no bodyguard named Stoddard. ‘| Beckman, of O'Hare, had been the sportsman’s
They said Henry (Kinky) a former St. Louis pal
nly guard for several years. Racing
Tmen said Stoddard had not raced on
any track since Jan. 1. The second letter was found
among O’Hare’s effects by Chief Deputy ° Coroner Anthony Prusinski. from Alcatraz had heard Capone, while still in" Alcatraz, make threats against O'Hare and that “the big
It said two convicts released
Dago swears he is going ‘to have
|O’Hare, or will see that some of his friends score for Eddie.” (In underworld argot “scoring” means killing.)
The letter found on Stoddard’s person ‘was mailed to him from Little Rock, Ark. Saturday from a “Fred Young,” who gave a return address of the: Paddock - Club, a tavern at Cicero, Ill. It told Stoddard “he did the right thing
|by leaving” when he -did, spoke of
a “couple of C's reward,” and concluded with a warning, “Carry little Oscar with you wherever you go and remember a guy named Eddie.” Chicago and Cicero : police had no record of a Fred Young.
Stoddard’s Letter Quoted - *Mr. Sanderson said Stoddard has been a featherweight prize fighter and had been “talking big” to
|friends at Los Angeles about his as-
sociations with O’Hare. Stoddard said he was set upon last night by two men he suspected “were sent
from Chicago to get me.” He was not injured seriously. His letter said in part: «Hello Russ: Well T guess you did the right thing about leaving when you did for if you had stayed you would probably have been with Eddie when this happened. “Don’t blame anyone, though, Russ, for couldn't be helped. He would let anyone else go with him after you left. .He said he. could take care of himself until you got back. “I found out from Frank where you went when you left Chicago and came down here.the same day but missed you by inches. Your mother told me I could reach you, you had better write her right away and tell her not to tell anyone else, as there are a few guys in Chi that would like to meet you. Be careful Russ for Carl has a few friends out there where you are and we don’t want to lose you now. . .,
Hints of “Nice Job”
“Just let me give you a warning, tho, don’t try to cross us in any way Russ, for you're not fooling around with that guy'in Dallas now. ... I have an idea the boss will have a pretty nice job for you when you get
back, you see certain people know|.
who was driving the car when they got Eddie. You know what that means, and I think you might be elected. “It'll be worth a couple of C’s. Laverne has heen running us nuts asking about you since you left but so far she’s gotten nowhere. She opened at the —— hotel two nights ago so you can get her on the radio if you get lonesome.” Officials at the hotel mentioned in the letter said they did not know of a girl named Laverne working in the hotel.
Plan to Bar Capone
If authentic, the letters—both disclosed within a few days of O’Hare’s slaying and Capone’s scheduled release next Sunday from Federal cus-
tody—presaged a new era for Chi-|’
cago. Gangland assassinations, usual occurrences during the prohibition era, had been all but forgotten since he went to prison. Meanwhile, Chicago officials were assuring the public that Capone would not be permitted to return to Chicago.
INSURANCE PARLEY T0 CLOSE TONIGHT
Indiana agents of the State Farm Insurance Companies of Bloomington, Ill, opened their second day's convention sessions at the Hotel Lincoln today. Headlining the speaking program was Morris G. Fuller, vice president of the State Farm Life Insurance Co., one of three branches of the companies. He discussed insurance problems relating to Indiana. The 1940 program was ‘outlined last night by C. J. Mecherle, pres-
ident and chairman of: the board | “Creative Ideas|.
of the companies. in Salesmanship” -was the subject
of an address by E! M. Miller, In-|". dianapolis business lecturer.
The convention will close with a banquet tonight when 27 agents will receive contss’ awards.
WAY IS CLEARED FOR
FLINT RETURN TO U.S.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Nov. 14 (U.P) .—|. The American freighter City of Flint today, for the first time in more than a month, faced only the natural perils of the. sea on her projected voyage home.
The German Government official-
he|ly cleared the way for a peaceful return voyage of the American vessel.
notified the ~ Alex-
Berlin authorities
MAURICE L. FARRELL DIES
“NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (U. P).— member
the: Government. ,
Next: Rochester's experience,
Stock Exchange, died last ng pneumonia, ‘He w
Mickey Paid $5000 Weekly ,
: “HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 14 (U. P.).—Mickey :' ‘Rooney, young. movie star, received a raise in pay under an adjustment : of * his contract today. He is reported to be earning. nearly : $3000 a week. * Previously . Metro-Goldwyn- - Mayer studio had been paying Mickey about $1000 a week gid a “bonus for every picure. - x
WOOS BELLEGETS THE GONG
Bring Her to Court, Suitor Demands in Writ; No, Says Dad.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (U. P).— The Romeo and Juliet fantasy of wealthy George Lowther III. and beautiful Eileen Herrick progressed to the dourt stage today. A judge was asked to decree that love meant more than parental authority. Mr, Lowther, 30, a broker, had a writ of habeas corpus directing the parents of his pining sweetheart to bring her to court tomorrow to tell the judge that she loves him and shares his dreams of marriage. Eileen’s father said he would go to court in response to. the writ but that his gasughter would not be there,
Daughter m, He Says Walter Herrick, former park commissioner and an attorney himself, said Fileen was too ill in a hospital to appear in court and that, anyway, she was not a prisoner,
er carried out a threat made after Mr. Herrick had made it plain he didn’t want the young man hanging around. In an accompanying affidavit Mr. Lowther declared that he loved Eileen, that Eileen loved him and that each desired greatly to become married to the other. , But, the affidavit said, Eileen was a lady in distress, “restrained against her will, imprisoned and confined” by her father,
Suitor ‘Rejected’
The signing of the writ was a routine = business which Justice Wasservogel could not very well have avoided. Tomorrow, however, Mr. Herrick will have opportunity to deny the charges in Mr. Lowther's affidavit. If He is unable to refute them, the court presumably will direct that Eileen be “released.” The signing of the writ followed by an hour or so the failure of younger Lowther to storm the Herrick’ home yesterday.
right, but they just .weren’t .anserving the bell when Mr. Lowther came calling. . Efleen’s mother said of her: “She's
sophisticated but she’s the most un{Sophisticated child in the world.”
3 3 BF de SWISS ORDER BLACKOUT ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 14 (U. P.). — A blackout ' was ordered throughout the country tonight. Only: the northern and western frontier districts were exempt.
LOST $15,
The Herricks were at home, all;
really just a baby. She thinks she’s’
000, THREE TESTIFY. AT FRAUD TRIAL
Spinster Tells U. 5. Jury She. Gave Cash, Bonds to Mrs. Ethel Donnell.
(Continued from
Page One) “I know you 2an’t do that with the. little money you have.” Both Mrs. Wilson and William’ - | Klohn, 69, of 1826 S. East St. who’ said he lost $2400, told the jury: they had invested in Mrs. Done, nell’s firm after it was recome mended to them by a local pastor and the head of an Indianapolis paint company. Both of the peresons, the witnesses stated, said the. firm was “a very wonderful come
pany. ” Government witnesses testified’ yesterday that Mrs. Donnell had “talked them out of” building and: loan stocks for which she.gave them promissory notes. When the notes: fell due, they stated, neither their money nor stocks was paid to them,*
Spinster Takes Stand ?
Miss Annie L. Hahn, a 78-year-old spinster of Eaton, O., said Mrs, Dohe nell told her that her stock—then worth 39 cents on the dollar—was going to drop to 25 cents on the: dollar. Mrs. Donnell offered to pay . the full $2000 face value for it howe’ ever, Miss Hahn testified, in the’ form of a one-year promissory note’ bearing 6 per cent interest. Miss Hahn testified she turned: over her stock to Mrs. Donnell and: “never received my stock: or the" money.” Mrs. Zaida L. Hughes, of 3713' Massachusetts Av-., said she turned over $2923 worth of stock of the Plymouth Building & Loan Asso=ciation of Indianapolis to Mrs, Donnell. She never received her stock back or got any money for
|it,- Mrs. Hughes said. In obtaining the writ Mr. Lowth-|.
The Government charged in’ opening arguments that Mrs. Don« nell “used religion to steal her way into victims’ hearts.”
Denies Intent to Defraud
On various occasions Mrs, Donnell also “changed her religion” claime ing to be the same. religious faith as the prospective investors, wite nesses said. Felix Blankenbaker of Terre Haute, counsel for Mrs.. Donnell, de~ clared in his opening statement that “she had no intention of defrauding anybody.” “The company tried to borrow $600,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corp.,” he said. *The Gove ernment issued a committment and then refused to loan the money forcing the company to the wall.”
Termed ‘Merely Bookkeeper’
James A. Ross, appointed by the Court to defend Mr. Hartenfeld, said his client had “little to do with these investors.” ‘Harold Woodard, attorney for Mr. Knapp.- said his client was ‘merely a bookkeeper who- was hired long after the company and its policies were formed.” 1 Mrs. Donnell, according” to the Government, was head of the American Terminals & Transit Co. of Henderson, Ky., which was a holde ing company for three other firms The ‘Green River Valley Coal Co, of Indianapolis; the Green River Valley Terminal Co. of Indianapolig and Evansville, and the Chicago, Ohio & Mississippi Transit Co. of
Henderson, Ky.
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