Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1939 — Page 1
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Bons “omen VOLUME 51—NUMBER 217
NLRBISUPHELD IN OVERRULING § AFL AT MUNCIE
Voiding of Serrick Closed Shop May Bring Congres- . sional Reverberations.
Dr. Brown Dies
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U. P).— The U. S. Court of Appeals today upheld the National Labor Relations Board in an important challenge of Board powers which may have a bearing on the Congressional drive to amend the Wagner Act. The court sustained, in a 2-1 decision, a Board. order invalidating a closed shop contract between the International Association of Machinists, A. F. of L., and the Serrick Corp. of Muncie, Ind., which covered the company’s tool room employees. A. F. of L. officials indicated they would appeal the case to the Supreme Court, since it has been cited by them as an example of. alleged board bias in favor of the rival C.I. O. and of alleged “arbitrary” action by the NLRB:
. Case Cited in Congress
The Serrick case often was mentioned in Senate and House Labor Committee hearings when the A. F. - of L. sought major changes in the labor law. NLRB officials said they believed the decision might have an important bearing on a dozen other cases in ‘which the Board has set aside closed shop contracts between employers and the A. F..of L. on grounds that the employer illegally aided the Federation to head off a C. 1. O. organizing campaign. Judge Wiley B. Rutlédge Jr, President Roosevelt's latest ap- - pointee to the Appeals Court and mentioned for a Supreme Court vacancy, wrote the majority ruling which said that “the evidence fully sustains the findings of the board that the employer unlawfully assisted I. A. M. to organize the tool room and secure the closed shop contracts.” . He was joined by Judge Justin Miller. Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner dissented. The Court's: decision was made on an appeal by the I. A. M,, an A. PF. of L. affiliate, which contended that the NLRB acted arbiteatily 4n invalidating its contract. “It may be permissible for an employer merely to express a preference between two unions otherwise contending freely for position as bargaining representative, although this has obvious dangers and limitations and the final authority has not so held,” the majority decision said. “But he cannot go further and lend a hand, openly or covertly, to one of the contestants. The basic policy of the act is ‘hands off’ so far as he is concerned. “The statute, we think purposely, does not define the particular| methods or agents by which the employer may intermeddie unlawfully. So. to confine representation of him would open easy escape from " the act’s vision. Nothing in it requires t such representation be limited to officials having any particular kind or degree of authority, such as ‘hiring and firing,’ ‘disciplinary . power’ or even “supervisory capacity.”
WIFE OF SPECIALIST DIES OF SPECIALTY
_ CAMDEN, N. J, Nov. 20 (U. P.).— Dr. I. Goldstein wept today at the bier of his wife who died of a disease which fell within his specialty but which he had been, unable to cure or even arrest. Dr. Goldstein is a blood specialist. In his youth he studied in Vienna and other centers of medical learning. - One of the objects of his study and research was the blood disease, leukemia, which prevents the blood manufacturing red corpuscles. Nine weeks ago his wife, Dorothy, 40, became ill of leukemia. When his own science appeared inadequate, Dr. Goldstein called in specialists. In all, she received 15 blood transfusions. Last night she died.
GERMANY EXPELS 'HOOSIER’S HUSBAND
- ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Word was received here yesterday that Beach Conger, foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, had reached Amstérdam safely after his expulsion from Germahy.
- Mr. Conger’s v..fe notified her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. m of Evansville, Ind, that she and Mr. Conger had arved in Holland. Mr. Conger was ordered to leave Jlesr- than a month after his arrival in Berlin as bureau manger there for his newspaper. Members: of his family live here.
Dr. Lewis Brown . . . long prominent in chorch, Masonic and social service work in Indiana.
RETIRED RECTOR HERE 35 YEARS
Episcopalian Was Active in Masonic Affairs; Rites Wednesday.
W. Vermont St. He was 84. For 35 years Dr. Brown was rec-
American Revolution. Both chureh and Masonie funeral services will ne held here Wednesday. Cemetery, Cincinnati, O.
Home. -
Templar. Services to Be at 9 A. M.
Holy Communion and burial serv-
Rev. William Burrows, rector, officiating. The body then ‘will be taken to ‘the Rite Cathedral auditorium for Masonic service, conducted by 33d degree Masons. Active pallbearers will be 33d degree Masons. Honorary pallbearers will be officers and past officers of the Indianapolis Chapter... Rose Croix, Raper Commandery, 33d Degree, and the vestrymen of St. Paul's Church. A second Episcopal service will be conducted by the Rev. M. Burrows in Cincinnati Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Brown had made his funeral arrangements some time ago, specifying details. .
“His survivors include Mrs. Lucy B Bridge, Mrs. Janet Latis and Mrs. Morgan, all of Tacoma Park, Md. Dr. Brown had never married. Dr. Brown was known to hundreds of persons throughout Indianapolis and Indiana from his church, lodge and social service work. For 34 years he was the orator of the Indianapolis Chapter of Rose Croix, Scottish Rite, and for many years he was chaplain of the Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolu(Continued on Page Three)
YOUTH AGGIDENTALLY ‘SHOT IS NEAR DEATH
Wounded When Brother's New. Gun Discharges.
Twelve-year-old Stanley Underhill fought for his life at City Hospital today after he was accidentally shot by his 16-year-old brother, Edwin, who was demonstrating his new shotgun, As Stanley lay near death with severe wounds in the groin, his mother, Mrs. Florence Underhill, who gave him a blood transfusion, kept vigil at:his bedside.
the family. . Edwin, who had sobbed his story of the accident to deputy sheriffs, and two other brothers, Robert, 10, and Norman, 9, went to Flackville school as usual. Benjamin F., the unemployed father, continued his search for a job. The shooting occurred yesterday in the yard at the Underhill’s small home at 2055 Exeter Ave. Edwin’ bought the gun Saturday and Stanley invited boys of the neighborhood to come over and watch him shoot it. “We were shooting at a tincan on a post,” Edwin said. “I missed the first time and was. getting ready to. shoot again: when the hammer slipped and the gun went off just as Stanley walked in front of me.”
PLEA GOES WRONG; YOUTH GOES TO JAIL
In this case, appaIeRily: it was. the worst laid plans of an 18-year-old youth that went awry. Officers Michael. Smiley and Ed- = ward Griffin -in a police cruiser noticed a coupe parked on the wrong side of the 700 block N. Tibbs Ave. They stopped to inquire and ‘the youth asked them for a push. The
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Dr. Lewis Brown, rector emeritus of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and
a citizen of Indianapolis since 1900, died yesterday at his apartment, 36
tor of St. Paul's, and for many years was active in the Masonic Lodge and the Indiana Society, Sons of the
Burial will be in Spring Grove
The body will lie in state. from 5 p. m. today to 10:30 a. m. tomorrow at the Shirley’ Brothers Funeral From 11 a. m. throughout. the day it will lie in state in the lobby of the Scottish Rite Cathedral with an honor guard of Knights
ice of his church will be at 9 a. m. Wednesday in St. Paul’s with the
Orator of Rose Croix Chapter 1:
A second blood transfusion was given this morning by Miss Bernice Ellis, 1701 Exeter Ave., a friend of
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SELL AMERICA | TOAMERICANS, KELLY ADVISES
Legion Chief and C. of C. Agree That U. S. Avoid War.
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A fourfold American Legion program—to keep the U. S. out of promote national defense, strengthen faith in American insti-
erans protection—was outlined by National Commander Raymond J. Kelly today. : Mr. Kelly spoke at the annual appreciation luncheon given by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile state commanders and adjutant met at Legion Headquarters. Mr. Kelly said that the Legion, since it established its headquarters here, has brought $25,000,000 to Indianapolis banks and paid out half a million dollars a year to nearly 200 employees resident here.
‘Sell America to Americans’
Other speakers at the luncheon were Mrs. William H. Corwith, Legion Auxiliary national president, and C. D. Alexander, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce president. All three speakers agreed that in the midst of a new war, “there is nothing more important than to sell America to Americans,” as Mr. Kelly declared. “We need to keep clear heads and calm minds if we steer clear of the chaos,” Mr. Alexander said. “In this we look to the Legion for leadership. We look upon you &s our first line of defense from our country’s enemies in time of peace. J We must be prepared for two things—to defend our country, by force if necessary, from war-mad dictators, and to defend our democratic institutions both from boring within and from propaganda attacks without.” Americanism Program Outlined
Mr. Kelly replied that “This Thanksgiving Day, more than any since the one of November, 1218, should be devoted to the proposition that we thank God we are part of a nation composed of free people who are ‘determined to abide by the B cipies of self-government.” gion’s rehabilitation, child a and legislative programs were the principal 1téms of business before the commanders and adjutants. In a memorandum to all the delegates, Homer L. Chaillaux, Americanismi director, said the Legion’s program in that field is #: Promote understanding of democratic government. Encourage education in every way, possible. Take the lead in promoting respect for the flag. ‘Work for the boys of America. ‘Combat = revolutional radicalism and all movements which have for their: aim the downfall of de-
mocr: acy. ‘Work’. for - the assimilation of alieris' now here and stand for restriction” of immigration. | Strive for the maintenance of national defenses. Give sound service in our communities, working to make these communities better places in which
to live. Two Make Report
The rehabilitation report was made by Watson B. Miller, national rehabilitation program director, and Bruce Stubblefield of the Washington rehabilitation office. In an interview, Mr. Miller said that the Legion’s rehabilitation program, during the past 10 years, ha saved .the Federal Government $300,000,000 a year in taxes. / Mr. Stubblefield reported that about 60 per cent of the Legion's recommendations to the Veterans' Administration had been acted on favorably. Miss Emma Cc. Puschner, national child welfare director, said her division’s work is based on: ° 1. Placing the home at the hub of welfare program. 2. Co-operation with existing welfare organizations, 3. Proper administration and qualified personnel. Miss Puschner said the Legion has fren emergency aid to 442,489 chilren during. 1939. ;
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—PFritz'. Thyssen, German iron and steel magnate credited with having aided the Nazi Party to achieve power in Germany, declared in a letter to the United Press today that his opposition to the war and the present policy of the Reich Government “forced me to leave Germany.” Herr Thyssen is residing with his family at Locarno, Switzerland. “As a member of the Reichstag, I expressed myself timely and émphatically against the war and the present policy of the Reich. Gov ernment,” Herr Thyssen wrote. “This political attitude threatened to cause consequences which forced me to leave Germany.’
to be Jegretied that articles had appeared in the foreign press which neither originated with him, He referred to dispatches regarding his activities sirice he left Germany several weeks ago, going first to Taverne and then! Locarno, where he gow resides.
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2 DEAD AS FIRE SWEEPS HOTEL
20 Escape Uni Uninjured in Night Blaze; Origin Unde- ~ termined; Loss Unknown.
Times Special TERRE HAUTE, nd, Nov. 20.— Authorities today sought the origin of a fire in the St. Nicholas Hotel here that caused the death of two guests. Another was burned and 20 more escaped uninjured. The dead were Warren Blair, 76, a retired railroad conductor, and J. W. Jewell, 60, both of Terre Haute. J. W. McCarty, Detroit, Mich., was burned. Mr. Blair and Mr. Jewell were trapped in their rooms and unable to make their way to safety. Fire‘men said that Mr. Blair was conscious when they finally reaghed him jand ‘carried him out. but was} dead”on arrival at the hospital. The fire was noticed by the hotel night clerk, Charles Marshall, shortly after midnight. He went to the Plaza Hotel, nearby; and called the fire department. Pat Brann, a Plaza bell boy, rushed to the burning building and he and firemen carried Mr. McCarty from the building. Other guests escaped in night clothing. A second alarm brought all equipment -in the city to the blaze. The fire is believed to have started. in the first-floor living quarters of Mrs. Dona McGurty, the proprietor. She and her sister, Dora B. Calvert, were saved. They were discovered hovering in fear in a shed near the hotel. Although the roof and figers of the three-story building, situated near the downtown area, sagged, they did not collapse. The property loss was not immediately estimated.
BUREAU IS SURE THAT WEATHER WILL BE BAD
But it Can’t Decide Whether It Will Rain, Snow or Sleet.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a m...35 10 a. m.... 35 7a m..3 11 a. m.... 36 8 a. m.... 35 12 (noon).. 37 9 a. m... 35 1p m...27
Rain, sleet or snow are on the way to Indianapolis and due tonight and possibly tomorrow morning, the Weather Bureau predicted
today. There will not be much change in temperature with the lowest tonight 30 to 35, the bureau q
Skies will remain cloudy tonight
Herr Thyssen wrote that it was|
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and tomorrow. There were occa‘sional rain drizzles today.
Thyssen, Magnate Who Helped Hitler To Power, Exiled for Opposing War
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Survivors of Dutch Liner Relax
Hi oover Urged
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U. P.). —Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested today that former Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover head a centralized agency for relief of refugees and ‘civilian war sufferers. Mrs. Roosevelt said that Mr. * Hoover has more experience in such work than any other person and his activities during the World War brought universal commendation. Rumors have circulated recently that Mr. Hoover had offered his services to the American: Red . Cross in European relief work, but Red Cross President Norman H. Davis denied that he had received word to that effect from Mr, Hoover. He added, however, that Mr. Hoover had contributed valuable advice to his agency.
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Lewis Hopes for Report by Extensive Inquiry by Next Week.
Prosecutor: David M. Lewis and Deputy Prosecutor Samuel E. Garrison today began reviewing and assembling evidence submitted to the Grand Jury in the last five weeks in its probes of Center Township relief practices. The Grand Jury is in recess this week but Mr. Lewis said he hoped ‘the jurors would be ready to make a PPOs. on the probe late next week. “large number of other cases i the Grand Jury's attention have piled up while the poor relief investigation occupied the sole attention of the jurors. Center Township Trustee Thomas M. Quinn was ‘back at his office after a few days of rest out of the city. saiiwhile, grocery, bakery and bread claims against Center Township for the last half of October, the Yirst full period since Trustee Quinn promised on Oct. 4) to divide the relief patronage on"a “fairér”: basis, were on file today in the County Auditor’s office. Claims for milk, which are filed on a monthly basis have not been filed yet. At the Trustee's office it was reported that some of the milk claims have not been submitted. The grocery claims reveal that practically all those who have been receiving a small share of the business have been increased, while, for
favorites has been reduced, some only slightly. At the Trustee's office, it was said, further reductions were made dur=ing the first half- of November, claims for which are not due to be filed until early in December.
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present there is not vet reason for this. » Herr Thyssen was a key man of German industry and for years was known one of the leading men behind Herr Hitler. Since 1928 he had been i i of the board of the Vereinigte Stahlwerk, the Ruhr iron and steel trust. He was. also chairman of the Rohstahlgemeinschaft or affiliated steel producers. Herr Thyssen and a small group of Rhineland « industrialists = and bankers supported .the Nazi cause during the years when it seemed hopeless. During the World War, Herr Thyssen received the. Iron. Cross
and a captaincy. In 1924 he united almost all German steel mills into
the Rohstahlgemeinschaft and after Herr Hitler came | into power ) he ibe-
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This first photo of survivors in the: sinking of .the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar shows them reading and playing cards in a Harwich, England hospital, after receiving treatment. This picture was radioed from
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66; Aged Man Dies After Being Hit by Car.
Nine Indiana residents, two of them from Indianapolis, died over the week-end of .injuries received in auto accidents. The Marion County death toll went to 90 and the city’s to 686.
THEODORE ELISH, 76, of 111 S. California St, who died in City Hospital after ‘being. struck yesterday. by a car in the 500 -block West Maryland St. . WILLIAM H. YANTIS, 54, of 5912 E. 38th St, who died Saturday of injuries received: when he was struck by a: car as he walked across 38th St. one-half mile west ‘of Arlington Ave. MRS. MINNIE M’DANIEL, 60, Lafayette, and MRS. CATHERINE SMITH, 60, Jeffersonville, who were killed when their car struck a truck near Jeffersonville. WILSON STONER, 24, and ‘ROBERT FISHER, 19, hoth of Corydoti, who were killed near New Albany when their cars collided headon. ROBERT WEBB, 69, Columbus, who was killed near Seymour when he fell from a truck and was struck by an auto. MRS. BEATRICE F. EMBREE, 65, Bedford, who was killed when a car in which she was riding struck a truck parked on a Bedford street. MICHAEL J. MILLER, 176, died when his car struck another near ‘his home in Lebanon. Funeral services for. Mr. Yantis will ‘be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the McNeely Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.
Crossing Street to Home
Mr. Yantis was a WPA worker. When he was struck and fatally injured by a car driven by : Philip Horton, 1411 Mill St., he had just left a car driven by his sister, Mrs. J. N. Hayden, 2415 Broadway, and was walking across the street to his home, ° He is survived by his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Burr ' McKinney and Mrs. Nicholas Mase, and two broth-
ers, E. L. Yantis and Thomas L.
Yantis, all of Indianapolis. Seven - year - old Rosemary Schanke, 4001 S. Harding St., struck by a car Thursday afternoon in front of her home, died Saturday in St. Francis Hospital. .
- Woman’s Condition Serious
Mrs. Evelyn Reed, 50, of 1044 Udell St. was. taken to City Hospital yesterday after the car in’ which she was riding struck the Belt Railroad elevation on East Wasnington . St. Her condition was reported serious. Her right leg was fractured and her head injured. Others injured in the crash were John Reed, 52, of 1044 Udell St., cut and bruised; Geneva James; 30, of 906 W. 29th St., head
-|éuts; Elmer. Denwood, 73, and Mrs.
Elmer Denwood, 67, of 2428 Southeastern Ave., minor bruises. ==. Lester Wilson, 51; of 1126 Blackford St., received fractured legs last night when he was struck by.a car
-{in the 100 block S. West St. while
pushing a cart. The car was driven by. Everett Long Jr. 19, of 904 S. Delaware St. Mr. Wilson was taken to the City Hospital. 7
TWO-GUN GIRL KILLS ATTORNEY ON STREET
DALLAS, Tex. Nov. 20 (U. P.).—
With a blazing pistol in each hand,
Corinne Maddox, a stenographer,
.|shot and killed Brooks Coffman,
an attorney, on a busy street today. Police said she told them she had been trying to kill him for weeks. “It was awful to have to do such ing,” Miss Maddox told police
a arrested her as she walked
Jay from the scene of the. shootThe 26-year-old girl, blond ‘and pretty, said the shooting was the
‘result of an attack which Coffman
made on her. Coffman, she said, stabbed her while she was sitting in his automobile on a ooumiry
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an DEATH TOLL BY MINES |
When Dutch Liner Goes Down in North Sea.
LONDON. Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Naval authorities charged today that Germany's funrestricted sea warfare”
had sunk 14 ships in the last nine days, including nine that went down
|with apparent loss of almost 200
lives over the week-end. Four - British meichant vessels and five neutral ships went to the bottom and several others were. damaged, hut reached port safely, over
!the week-end. Most of the sink-
County’s Toll Now 90, City’s
ings were in the North Sea, off the English Coast and were attributed to German mines althc':gh in .Berlin the Nazis denied that their mines could have been. responsible. The sea losses were perhaps the greatest since the start of the war in -a comparable period and the sinking of the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar with probable ‘ loss of 150 lives appeared to be the greatest commercial sea disaster of the con-
flict. - Charge Law Violated
The British Admiralty—on the eve of the 21st anniversary of the surrender of the German World War fleet to Britain—charged that the Nazis were placing free mines in the North Sea in violation of interhational law. The ship losses follow:
Ship Nationality
Simon Bolivar Dutch .. Cresswell British ....... Penzano British ........ Matra British . Woodtown’ British Africa Shell British ........ Blackhill : British ........ 2,492 Torchbearer ~ British ........ 1,267 Wigmore British ........ Pensilva British Arne Kjode Norwegian .. Carica Milica Jugoslav ..... Borjessen Swedish ....... Grazia Italian : Kaunas Lithuanian .... A week-end gale apparently nad scattered German mines, driving them in on the British Isles and the Danish and Belgian coasts.
Intensified War Urged
In Hamburg, the newspaper Tamburger Tageblatt carried an article by A. Muerer, retired German vice admiral, suggesting that Germany throw its surface naval erage into war against British convoys, to assist German airplanes and Uboats, “because it’s no longer a battle but a ruthlessly conducted commercial war which has become the] chief naval task.” It was announced today that 11 more survivors of the Italian ship Grazia had been landed at a southeast British port, making the total number of survivors 26. The mine explosion had killed five of the Grazia’s crew outright and several more were believed missing. Only four survivors of the Torch(Continued on Page Three)
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Enemy Craft Reported in. Scot and Island Areas.
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LONDON, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Antiaircraft batteries and airplanes today drove off a German airplane which penetrated the greater London area, the Air Ministry’ announced. . “Anti-aircraft batteries along the lower reaches of the Thames fired this morning on hostile. aircraft,” the Ministry announced. “A: Royal]. Air Force patrol chased the raider out to.sea from the Essex coast.” It was reported also that a German reconnaisance plans was fired on by anti-aircraft guns when it flew over a north. Scottish town. An enemy plane was seen circling south of islands in the Orkney group and British pursuit ships went up to attack but it was not known whether the hostile aircraft succeeded in escaping. :
ROERMOND, , Holland, | Nov. 20 (U. P).—A Nazi plane crashed. on Dutch soil today .after being fired at by Dutch anti-aircraft guns but it was uncertain whether the plane
ing to evade the Dutch fire. The German plane was. fired on when it violated Dutch neutrality. The pilot was killed,
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9 MORE SHI
More Lives Lost Ww Economic Strife * Than at Front.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News: Editor 2 The sinking of nine merchant ships over the w end with loss of close to lives emphasized today: fury of Europe's econon death struggle. Germany's attack oh the sea ha become more than just a. phase the “war of nerves.” It is a se] and important war front. Fourteen: ships have gone bottom in the last. nine days about 121 have been lost in less three months of war, with-cas far exceeding the dead in land air conflict. Of these vessels, Allies have lost 69 or 315,000. the Germans eight or 38,000 and neutral countries 44 or 131 tons. The figures as contrasted. negligible losses on the est Front (excluding the Polish { paign) illustrated vividly the of war being wagéd in Europe.
Hold Back Soldiers
The Allies have held back hundreds of thousands of sol¢ who might have been expected spill their blood against the of the Westwall. Instead, they methodically undertaken a paign of blockade such as des Imperial Germany a quarter century ago after millions. of diers' had vainly died in: that objective. And on the other side, the ‘have chosen to fight back with same weapons instead of batterin out their strength against th French Maginot Line. : The - first. German ‘weapon counter-attack was the U-boa now .the British Naval ‘autho charge that failure of sub warfare has resulted in Nasi tonal law
last nine days. The Nazis sh denied: the charges. :
Pressure Put on Neutrals
In any event, floating mines wh the British obviously would place off their coast have cos Allies heavily and have taken toll from neutral shipping. The neutral losses were “per the most important factor invelvi in the sinking of an increasing nus n ber of vessels such as the D liner Simon ‘Bolivar, which’ wen down in the North Sea with. 3 0s of perhaps 150 lives. I Germany is making every e persuade the neutral nations trade with the Reich and ‘not the Allied powers. Great Britain a France are acting just as strongly keep the neutral trade essential their own economic survival. The British charge that the Ger mans are not using the require safety devices which make a harmless if it goes adrift. If. the unrestricted use ‘of lo mines. is carried out to its lo conclusion, the English Ch Straits of Dover and the North would soon be unnavigable, e at prohibitive risk.
Threefold Purpose “ Such a campaign would have i threefold purpose: To sal the British merchant marine; cut. off supplies from ‘Britain a set up a countérpart of the Britis: blockade of Germany; to.force neu: tral ships to steer clear of ‘Britis waters and trade with Germany. If Germany has enough lon range mine laying submarines—it not certain what her strength is
could be wrought in the Irish creating in effect a sort of mine ¢ don around f£ngland and Scotlan - Losses of shipping by subms torpedoing have not been as as was expected, indicating that Allies perhaps have the subm situation reasonably under con * The menace of mines would ha’ (Continued on Page Three)
PROFIT-TAKING cu STOCKS’ EARLY GAl
By UNITED PRESS ‘New York stocks lost early § today in a profit-taking movem
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rencies - of allied powers sharply on the New York foreign change. Curb stocks were | and firmness in U. S. bonds feat! an irregular bond market. . Wheat prices at Chicago higher and corn was unchat London security prices were fi as fears lessened that Ge
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