Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1939 — Page 3

SPEEDY ALLIED

SHIPS REPORTED HUNTING RAIDER

French May Join British in Search for DedfSchland And Admiral Scheer.

LONDON, Nov. 17 (U. P.).—There was a broad hint today that the biggest and fastest Allied warships battleships, Deutschland and Admiral Scheer, The Information Ministry, commenting on the co-operation of French and British navies in huntwere hunting for the German pocket ing U-boats and convoying merchant ships, said: “That two German pocket battleships which are at large have done little damage must be ascribed to their reluctance to risk action with French or British naval units.” The statement followed , several days of rumors that a hunt for the pocket battleships was under way. It was considered significant that at about the same time the French Information Ministry in Paris was announcing that “there is reason to believe that the French Navy's contribution to the Allied war effort may be increased still’ further—not ~ in order to reduce the burden of the British Navy, but to make even more _ effective the Allied command of the seas.”

Secrecy Desired

Officially, that was all that was said of the subject, but it was taken for granted that the Allied navies would do their hunting as secretly

and Admiral Scheer are so fast and so heavily armed that only three British and ~ two French warships are matches for them—the British battle cruisers Hood, Repulse and Renown, and the French battleships Dunkerque and Strasbourg. The 10,000-ton pocket battleships mount six 11-inch guns each and have speeds of 26 knots. But they would be completely outclassed in a fight with the 42,100-ton Hood, largest warship afloat, with eight 15-inch guns and 32-knot speed; the Renown and Repulse which have eight 15-inch guns and speeds of 28 knots; or the new French battleships mounting eight 13-inch guns and were credited with 31.5 knots in their trial runs.

Tanker Reported Sunk

The hunt was expected to be intensified by the report from Capetown, South Africa, that a German raider had sunk the British tanker Africa Shell in the Indian Ocean, off the Inhambane district of Mozambique, between Portuguese East Africa and Madagascar. Members of the crew of the tanker believed that the raider was either the Deutschland or Admiral Scheer. They said the ship was sunk by shells, two and a half miles from the coast, in Portuguese waters. They escaped in lifeboats, but their captain was taken aboard the “German cruiser,” they said. Well-informed sources here believed that either the Deutschland or an armed merchantman was operating in the Indian Ocean. The fact that a tanker was attacked was considered significant. It was said that it would have been possible for the Deutschland, after capturing the City of Flint, to have gone to the Indian Ocean where it would have run short of fuel, therefore it might have singled out the Africa Shell.

Scheer Believed in Pacific

It was believed here that the Admiral Scheer was in the Pacific, because it was known that German supply ships recently left Pacific ports in unusual numbers. The fact that the Africa Shell was attacked in Portuguese territorial waters, close to land where the attackers could be identified, caused observers here to believe that the Deutschland would not have taken that chance unless desperately in need of fuel. It was said, however, that the Deutschland might have been in the Indian Ocean waiting for the German tanker Emmy Friederich, which left Tampico, Mexico, Oct. 20 and was scuttled in the Caribbean to prevent capture by a British war-

ship.

CATHOLICS CELEBRATE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (U. P.) ~— The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore and Washington, celebrates a pontifizal mass at Catholic University here today opening - observances of the 150th "anniversary of the. Roman Catholic hierarehy in the United States.

BALKANS WATCH HITLER, STALIN

Believe Salvation May Lie In. Distrust Two Show For Each Other.

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tom planes” over Lapland (northern Sweden and Finland), and the region of the Norwegian fiords. Nor did Russian maneuvers in Karelia, near the Finnish border, startle them. Today, however, all these activities are falling into a pattern. But the picture they form is believed to he

less great than in Helsingfors, Stockholm and Oslo. For while Hitler is believed to have consented to the partition of Poland, it is strongly suspected that Stalin's virtual seizure of Lithuania, Latvia: and Estonia, his threat against Finland, and his increasing hold on the Baltic, were not part of the BerlinMoscow bargain.

Phantom Planes Real

Hitler is suspected of fearing that total war with Britain and France would provide his partner, Stalin, with just the chance he may be seeking to push on into Finland,

Scandinavia dnd southeastern Europe. For the “phantom planes” were not phantoms. They were very real. That much the general staffs of Finland, Norway ‘and Sweden made sure of at the time. They confirmed it in several ways, including the interception of secret radio signals sent out for the planes’ guidance.

Rome Paper Warns Russia

Of Finnish Resistance

ROME, Nov. 17 (U. P.).—The Fascist party newspaper, Regima Fascista of Cremona, warned Russia editorially today that Finland would offer serious resistance in event of a Soviet-Finnish dispute. The newspaper expressed sympathy with Finland in its controversy with the Soviet Union.

ECUADOR PRESIDENT DIES IN QUITO AT 56

QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 17 (UG. P.). —President Aurello Mosquera Narvaez died today affer a lengthy ill-

ness. Funeral servcices will be held tomorrow. The Government ordered eight days of national mourning. After this period, the Government decreed, the presidential office will be vacant and elections will be held within two months. Mosquera was leader of the Liberal Radical Party. He was elected president Dec. 2, 1938, after a series of political crises which had lasted for three years. A physician, Mosquera was 56 years old.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County City 1938 stents sisi 100 1939 Cant aEt ast senses 87 Nov. 16— Dead .......... 0lAccidents THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations Tried tions Paid : $ 95(n 21 w

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MEETINGS TODAY

ie Club, Election meetnh Po ntacturers’ Building, te Fair

Canners’ Association, meetings. Clavnool Hotel. Pall day. tional Mi Mun pal e tional “opigies, BR Club, iol Severin. Hotel Severin, nog stimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, =i Officers’ Association, luncheon. Sales Executive Cou ail, © os b, . luncheon, Hotel WashSymohon Orelhast a, concert. Murat is, Syme 45 ©. MEETINGS TOMORROW

h War Veterans, dinner,

. Mm. jymphen hesira, - er he ny Dre esira, ron rs Associa Ron, ‘dance, Hotel

67 cis.

Girls

Clinton, Mildred Stogsdill, at oity. | Glenn, Lillian Barnard, at Col Joseph W., Lucille Lauer, at Bt Fran

Leo, Mildred Mcginty. = St. Francis. Walter, Laura Whit t St. Francis. ’ (jAmnold, Jeanette Humston, at St. Fran-

oN Tazence, Alice Luke, at St. Vincent's. Stanley, Helen Duncan, at Methodist. odie, Romayne Montgomery, at Meth-

DEATHS Elma Jennings, 64, at Methodist, cere-

bral hemorrhage. nha Combs, 67, at Methodist, carci-

Charles Williams, 82, at 1512 N. Dela

ware, apoplex Alonzo aD Trecse 64, at 2301 N. Pennsylvi rigsclerosis ley, 45, 2 Methodist, cerebral hemorr ha ge. Christian Hohnsen, §1. 2 5868 E. Washn, Coro oeel sio ary Gross. City, Iractured femur.

14th, pulMORAY tubercul P Henty berculosis ‘84. at City, myocardi-

Cecil Coats, 31, at Long, septicaemia.

FIRES Thursday 3:21 P. M. — LaSalle and 25th, sparks from grass fire. . ML. . 19th, tause unknown,

Tacks P. M.—112 N. Noble, cigaret, loss

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible ror errors «» names and addresses.

Wednesday

Irw F. Hankins, 23, of Martinsville. Ind.; Beuiah 8. Socks “16, of 606 Collier 27 W. 24th; aze

1 a of 2210 N.

SO! Thursday Jack W. Donewald Jr., ‘21 4809 N. Illinois; Alleene Muriel Darrell, %, of 2258 (Om

William H Macy. 2. oh gen N, allinois;

Halstead. 22. Robert 2X he haga, P per. 28, ot Saat 5 hy a JN

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FOREIGN PLANE OVER BASLE IS REPORTED

ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 17 (U. P.).—A general staff communique announced today that a foreign air-|, plane had flown over Basle at 8:45 a. m. (1:45 a. m. Indianapolis Time) scattering anti-British leaflets printed in French, and that shortly after 10 a. m. a plane, apparently the

canton of Zug. Earlier, it had been announced that foreign airplanes flew over Basle twice yesterday. The first time, one unidentified plane appeared from the southwest and continued northeast. Later, a German plane was sighted over Basle flying southwest. It was about 10,000 feet high.

MEYER FUNERAL IS AT 2 SUNDAY

Former President of Bank Dies at Miami Beach; Came’ Here in 1888.

Funeral services for Sol Meyer, former president of the defunct Meyer-Kiser Bank and Meyer-Kiser Corp. here, who died yesterday at Miami Beach, will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Aaron Ruben Funeral Home. Mr. Meyer was 73. He formerly lived at 4122 N. Meridian St. He was born-at Ft. Recovery, O., and became a telegrapher for the old Lake Erie & Western Railroad when 14. Became Accountant He came to Indianapolis in 1888 and became an accountant in the engineering department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He later became chief accountant in the superintendent’s office, remaining in that position until resigning in 1895. A year later Mr. Meyer became associated with Sol S. Kiser and entered the brokerage, real estate and insurance business. He was president of the Indianapolis Baseball Club in 1912 and 1913, and was a director of the Capital National Bank from 1907 to 1912, and was named director of the Indiana National Bank when it consolidated with the Capital in 1912. He served in this position until 1930. : Active at Miami Beach The Meyer-Kiser Bank with its affiliated companies was active from 1923 to 1627 in the development of Miami Beach, Miami and Hollywood, Fla. The company financed apartment buildings, hotels and private homes. Mr. Meyer formerly was a member of the Columbia Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Broadmoor Country Club, the old Indianapolis Bond Men’s Club and the Indianapolis Stock Exchange. He also was a member of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, the B’nai Brith and the Elks. . He is survived by three sons, Ferd S., Sol Jr., and Edward, all of Miami Beach, and a brother, Leslie, also of Miami Beach.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

By U. 8. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness tonight and mostly cloudy tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight. : Sunrise....:..6:33 | Sunset....... 4.27 TEMPERATURE —November 17, 1938—

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 sa. Total precipitation since Jan. hii Excess since Jan.

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Generally fair in north, increasing cloudiness in south portion tonight and tomorrow; tomorrow rain in southwest; slightly warmer in southeast tonight, somewhat colder tomorrow in extreme northwest portion.

Hlinois—Generally fair in north, mostly cloudy in south” portion, probably with rain tonight or by tomorrow; colder tomorrow in extreme north portion,

Lower Michigan—Fair tonight and tomorrow, except some cloudiness; not quite s0 :cool tonight, except in extreme souths east portion; somewhat cooler tomorrow in west and north portions,

Ohio — Increasing cloudiness, slightly warmer in south Porson tonight; tomorrow cloudy ad slightly colder; Tain tomorrow night and in south portioa tomorrow afternoon,

Kentucky ~— Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, followed by. rain in extreme west portions tonight, in west and central tomorrow and in. extreme east Doriions beginning tomorrow: afternoon or

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES 5:3 30 A. M. Station Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck, e Dh Boston Chicago ..,... Cincinnati’ Cleveland Denver Dodge City, Kas. Helena, Mont. Jacksonville: Fla.

same one, scattered leaflets over the|

Times-Acme Telephoto.

Among the first pictures reaching the United States from Germany of Nazis in territory regained from the French is this from Movietone News. It shows the Germans re-entering a shell-scarred German village.

REICH PAPERS WARN BELGIUM

Neutral Nation Is Advised

To Resist Blockade By Britain.

- BERLIN, Nov. 17 (U. P.).—The Nazi press warned Belgium today against co-operating with the British blockade and announced that German warships were going to put

an end to secret shipments of timber to Great Britain from certain Baltic states. Voelkischer Beobachter, the Nazi organ, said Germany henceforth must convince herself that neutral cargoes were not destined for Britain and that “this goes primarily for timber cargoes which in recent weeks have, in a striking manner and in great quantities, been going from the Baltic to neutral countries where they have never gone before.” “If these sudden new trade routes are suspicious, there are also other grounds for suspicion,” the newspaper said.

Determined to Act

“The German Government has watched these goings on for several weeks, It is determined now, however, to put an end to them.” In the case of Belgium, Voelkischer Beobachter, of which Adolf Hitler once was editor, referred to a recent request made to Belgium by the British Ambassador at Brussels, urging that the country help speed up Britain’s contraband control. “The British Ambassador thus ad-

1mits that Belgium's co-operation

in British easures would include support of the British economic war against Germany,” the newspaper

said, Belgium Still Worried

In Belgium, the fear of a German invasion of that country or Holland still is. not dissipated and a dispatch from Brussels reported some speculation on the idea that by invading Holland, weaker of the two, Germany could virtually cut off all Belgian access to the sea. The Belgium ports of Ostend, Ghent, Zeebrugge and Antwerp either have outlets on rivers passing through Holland, or make use of Dutch territorial waters. It was also mentioned that with ships unable to reach Belgium, she would be deprived of about 80 per cent of her imported raw materials, corn and other foods. Voelkischer Beobachter and all others today redoubled their angry threats of a “war to knock out England.” \ .

Lambasts Britain

The Boersen’ Zeitung said: “Britain in the last few days frequently

has made clear to us what her war They are destructive,

aims are. criminal, treacherous. The German answer will be meted out with the incomparable power of German armaments and the German peoples’ realization of the British determination to destroy us.” ; On the same subject, Voelkischer Beobachter said: “Germany knows it confronts an unscrupulous foe

{who would give heaven and hell to

destroy our power of existence, root and branch, forever. There is only one answer to this. “This present day England . , . .

has become the Reich’s mortal ene-|

my and must be smitten down by all the powers of Germany's 84 million people.”

Unusual Activity Noted

The Zwoelfuhrblatt said: “At the end of this war there will be no ridiculous reconciliation which will again insure England’s domination

.+3.07|of the continent, but a new Europe

which will be erected on the ruins of the British Empire.” : Unusual activity was noticed yesterday around Government headquarters. Representatives of the Army, Navy and Air Force were in and out of the Chancellory all day conferring with Herr Hitler or members of his staff.

FOUR BOYS AND GIRL FACE ELECTRIC CHAIR

DEDHAM, Mass., Nov. 17 (U. P.). —Four boys and a girl none over 18, face trial in Norfolk and Plymouth Counties on charges of first degree/| murder for slayings over a debt and

lin holdups that totaled only $10.48.

Death in the electric chair is the | penalty. Helen E. Hayes, 17, of Ogunquit, (Me, and her companion, Harrison C. |Howes Jr., 18, of New Bedford are

‘accused of slaying a dump caretaker

in Stoughton after robbing him of 48 cents. _ Anether indictment charges Walter L. Teachman, 17, of Wareham with the murder of a WPA worker

6! 62 [for a $10 debt.

The other two held for trial are Arthur 8. Cray Jr., 18, and Irwin R. Nelson Jr., 18, both of Quincy. They

|allegediy kill lled a hospital watchman Sand i lduring a series \

Town Seized by French/GERMANY AND

ENGLAND PUSH |

"HATE CAMPAIGN,

German Flier Draws Fire as He Crosses Heart of Great Britain.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor Nazis warned little neutral nations again today to keep clear of the European conflict in which both Germany and Great Britain now have declared their chief aim to be destruction of the other, lgium, the German press hinted, is in a suspicious position because of the possibility that cargoes for England are being transshipped through Belgian ports and there are “certain Baltic states” in the same position. In this war the only aim that Germany can have in mind is “the merciless destruction of England,” the Zwoelfurblatt declared in a statement reminiscent of the recent declaration of British Foreign Sécretary Lord Halifax that Britain's chief war aim is the defeat of Nazi Germany. Old Epithets Return

Thus, on both sides of the fighting front, some of the judicial restraint that marked the opening phases of the conflict has been

abandoned. The third month of the war has swerved away from the loudly-proclaimed phrases such as “living space” and “security against aggression” and toward a more realistic hate campaign between Germany and England such as might stir ‘up greater determinations | among the peoples for the prosecu‘tion of the war. The old familiar epithets are taking the place of protestations of peace. The result may—when and if bitterness increases sufficiently—mean an early intensification of military operations. The British and French already have hinted that their crack warships, for instance, are searching the high seas in an effort to engage the Nazi sea raiders, the pocket battleships Deutschland and Admiral Scheer. Nazi Flier Over England Aerial reconnaissance continued on both sides—resulting in anti-air-craft fire in Lancashire this morning—with every indication that preparations were being. made for bom-

bardment. The German plane at which the fire was directed penetrated South Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales in the most daring reconnaissance Nazi flight attempted since the war started. The pilot crossed the heart of England. An announcement issued by the Air Ministry and the Home Security Ministry said: “An air raid warning in South Lancashire, Cheshire and North] Wales was given shortly after 11

parently a Heinkel reconnaissance plane, “was detected by the Royal Air Force observer corps. “Antiaircraft guns were in action near Manchester and Merseyside, where British fighters went up and drove the enemy aircraft away. No bombs were dropped. The ‘raiders past’ signal was given after a few minutes. Enemy aircraft also were reported near the Shetland Islands today. ” Fronts Fairly Calm

Except for patrol clashes, the actual fighting fronts remained comparatively quiet and the ‘prospects ZDpeatel best for a much longer pefiod of économic struggle until hunger or! privation or propaganda can stir the bitterness of the combatants to far greater extremes or until the fear of failure drives some Government to desperation. The idea of “a United States of Europe” is being hinted more and more, coupled with knowing references to what was wrong with the dream of a League of Nations that boomed the hopes of millions of Europeans after the World War. In London there have been suggestions that Britain and France, now knitting their economy into one ‘solid unit, are envisaging their wartime co-operation as the basis for a future European system. Even the

ernment,, Gen. Wiladislaw' Sikorski, possibility yesterday. references to the possibility of a

European federation—after England has been “knocked out.”

KEEP U.S, OUT OF WAR, FARMERS ASK

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collected by the State should be distributed equally over the State, so that one school town should not get larger payments per ‘Seacher than .another. Mr. Brandon closed yesterday's

tiers of ,Tomorrow.” He declared that Indiana farmers must protect

the richest staies in the union and that they should support the present Government agricultural pro-

spent $321 for food. Of that amount the farmer got $130 and - the distributer got $191,” he. declared. “Something must be done about that,” he asserted. Thirty-seven township Farm Bureau . organizations were awarded

for outstanding work done during the past year. They were Owen, Jackson, Washington, Hamilton and Driftwood in County; Silver Creek, Jeffersonville, Utica and Bethlehem in Olask ‘County; Madison and Johnson in Clinton County; Ceasor Creek in ‘Dearbormr

ren, Richland and Troy tain County; C eter

jon in Jasper County; Madison,

Creek, South Un

a. m. when an enemy aircraft, ap-

Premier of the refugee Polish Gov-| made public reference to such al.

In Berlin, Nazis in high positions|. have recalled Adolf Hitler's vague!

session with an address on “Fron-.

the fertility of the soil of one of| ~

gram. “In 1938 the average city worker|

certificates. at yesterday's meeting |

County; Cain, Mill Creek, Van Bu-| ‘in Foun-

Wayne, Scott, North Vernon, Coal|

HYDE PARK, N. Y. Nov. 17 (U. P,) ~President Roosevelt said . today with a merry laugh that he deliberately led reporters off on a tangent last Wednesday on speculation on the possibilities that he might seek a third term. ,

that he deliberately inserted a sentence in the speech he delivered at the cornerstone laying of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington for the effect it would have on newspapermen covering. the ' ceremony. 5 ; The effect of the sentence, he said, was terrific—and it was as funny as ‘a crutch, At the beginning of his speech]. Wednesday, Mr. Roosevelt departed from his text and said: “This is the second occasion on which I have had the privilege of coming to this site and I hope that by January, 1941, I shall be able to come to the dedication of the memorial itself.” * Since Mr. Roosevelt's second term does not expire until Jan. 20, 1941, he could attend the dedication as President without seeking a third term. Several columnists and newspapers, however, speculated that the reference may have had some sig-

Fooled Press, F. D.R. Says|

At a press conference he said]

nificance on the President’s intentions regarding the 1940 election. “Turning to other matters, Mr. Roosevelt said that: 1. Certain flaws were found in newly constructed naval: vessels, but they now have been corrected. 2..New commissions will have to be signed for 15 Federal officials for whom he has issued recess nominations since the adjournment of the regular session of Congress last August because their legal tenure of office has been marred by his

failure to send the nominations to the Senate for confirmation 'during the special neutrality session. Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that he is convinced that faults found in some new naval vessels have been corrected. : ‘Senator ‘Burton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) and Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. (R. Mich.) had charged that several fighting ships built in the naval expansion program have developed serious flaws—top heaviness and a tendency to “shimmy” to an extent that detracted from their maneuverability. Acting Secretary of Navy Charles Edison admitted faults had been found, but

tary

wi and Attorney General Frank Murphy.

head of the s been discussed.

‘Already Have Job,’ Declares

Purdue Head, Replying To Governor Reports.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17—Dr, Ed-

ward C. Elliott, Purdue University president, declared here. today that he is stories that Indiana Democrats may draft him as their Gubernatorial nominee next year.

“not taking seriously” the

“Why should I run for Governor when I already have the best job in

Indiana?” Dr, Elliott asked.

Nevertheless, the possibility of his

being put on the ticket, particularly if Paul V. McNutt is the Presidential nominee, here.

still is discussed Dr, Elliott and his wife were

guests of Mr. and Mys. McNutt at a dinner last night in the Federal Sec Nib Administrator's ' apart men

Others guests included War Secre= Woodring and Mrs. Wood=

Both Dr. Elliott and Mr, McNutt

denied today that the matter of putting the Purdue president at the te ticket in 1940 had :

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