Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1939 — Page 1
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VOLUME : 51_NUMBER 221
azi ‘Blockade’ Becomes Rl
By LOUIS
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F. KEEMLE
United Press Cable Editor
Gefmany’ s “blockade”
rines, airplanes and mines is emerging as a real menace.
The lines were drawn which side could starve the
of Great Britain by subma-
and it became a question of other out. Thus the decisive
phase of the war may have been reached. The opponents, it seems, have recognized that neither - can break through on the Western Front.. The war will be
fought and decided then, on the other out.
the issue of which can starve
-- Such a war may take a long time, conceivably even the five years that Adolf Hitler says he told Gen. Her-
mann Goering to prepare for.
There has been a feeling
among ‘the Allies that it may not be nearly so Jong, and
may even end next year.
Sugh optimism was based on the belief that thie tight, efficient blockade which the Allies have clamped on Germany will sap the foe’s resources in short order. Coupled with that is the hope of internal revolt in
Germany.
WARFARE TIDE SWIRLING NEAR TINY NEUTRALS
Germany and Allies Warn Small Powers as Conflict Disrupts Trade.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor The tide of warfare swirled closer today to Europe's little neutral na- . tions. Conflict on the seas, wi reat Britain and Germany striking. at| each other without quarter, involved the smaller powers more and more directly from Scandinavia to the Black Sea and it was disclosed that
a8 U-boat had sunk the Dutch|:
steamer Sliedrecht in ‘the “Atlantic Ocean. ’ * Both the Allies and Germany dangers and blamed “the enemy. Nazis said that the Reich was taking drastic new war measures against . the Allied blockade of German exports and that neutrals must keep out of the way. * Great Britain and France, having | repeatedly . reported Germany was about to-invade Belgium and Holland, charged the Germans with sowing magnetic mines by airplane to the peril of all neutral shipping. Approximately 25 ships have been synk in the last week. Aid of U. S. Sought
Newspapers in Norway and Sweden—apparently leaning toward the Allies—called for common neutral action with the aid of the United States to protect neutral shipping. Althgugh the. sea warfare most directly affected the northern neutrals, its indirect effects in the Balkans were no less important. In Rumania, a Cabinet crisis caused by German demands for a bigger supply of Rumanian raw materials resulted in formation of a new Government headed by Premier George Tatarescu, known as a friend of France and expected to fesist Nazi pressure by depending either on the Allies or by attempting to play Soviet’ Russia against Germany. - The Rumanian action was especially important because Germany, . blockaded at sea, must keep her supply lines open through - the Balkans
at all costs and Rumania
is one of the most important so 'S
of materials in southeastern
rope. 2 - Rumanian Position Perilous
Caught between the Nazi and Soviet pincers, the Rumanian position: appears as dangerous on the surface at least as that of Poland a few months ago. In a -general way the Rumanians appeared to be swinging toward the Allies as far as Nazi pressure permitted and the other Balkan states seemed to
be forced toward a more definite
attitude toward the war despite Italian efforts toward creating a strong neutral bloc. Turkey appeared most definitely . (Continued on Page Five)
RAID ALARM SOUNDS “ TWICE IN SHETLANDS
* LONDON, Nov. 2¢ (U. PY.—The sefond air rail warning of the day
the Shetlanc Islands sounded afternoon but the all clear signal was given within 42 minutes.
This morning German planes
flew over the Islands and the all clear signal was given an hour and a half later,
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Turkey Was in Oven, Then Prank Makes Sad Holiday.
WEST CRESCENT, N. Y., Nov. 24 (U. P.).—The turkey was in the oven, and Fredenburg Devoe; his wife Elsie, and their five children went to Grandmother Devoe’s nearby home to escort her back for dinner. On a table in his grandmother's ‘home, Lawrence Devoe, 9, spied an old, rusty .32 calibre pistol. He grabbed the weapon, and waving it around, shouted: “Look out folks. I'm a wild and woolly outlaw.” - Turning to Mr. Devoe, the boy ordered:
“Stick ‘em up, ‘Pop. 3 The ancient pistol was loaded with mildewed bullets, but it discharged and the father fell. At a hospital, they found that the bullet had ‘pierced his right lung. They tried in vain to save his life. “I hardly touched the trigger, Lawrence sobbed. “I was just playing, I was just playing.
“SHIP SABOTAGE
LAID TO BRITISH
Nazi Press Charges Stevens, Held in Munich Bombing, Bared Murder Plot.
BERLIN, Nov. 24 (U. P.).—The Nazi pr charged today that a world-wite plot 6f murder and sabotage had been traced to the British Intelligence Service through the confession of Capt. Richard H. Stevens, one of the two British subjects arrested in connection with the Munich bombing. The charges included: 1. That British agents instigated bombings or other acts of sdbotage on 15 German, Italian and Japanese ships during the Spanish war, between Nov. 18, 1937, and Nov. 27, 1938, to “test the functioning of the extensige espionage organization.” 2. That the first British ship involved in these long series of sabotage. acts was the liner Athenia, sunk at the beginning of the war with the loss of 112 lives, including several Americans, and that “it will doubtless be of esteemed value for American authorities once more to look into the ‘Athenia’ case in the | ght of these new aspects.” 3. That Capt. Stevens had con- | fessed that the British Intelligence Service maintained a ‘unit called the “Propaganda Department offices in London which was in reality a “sabotage division.” 4. That “the murder of thousands of German racial comrades in for(Continued on Page Five)
NANNING CAPTURED BY. JAPANESE ARMY
City Reported Filled With Dead After Air Raids.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 24 (U. P.)—The fall of Nanning, capital of Kwangsi Province, after four days of artillery and aerial bombardment which set large portions of the city ablaze, was announced by the Japanese Army today. The Army spokesman said Japanese vanguards entered Nanning this afternoon and started mopping up in a city littered with the dead and wounded civilian victims of 10 air raids a day for three days. The incessant wave of air raids had been preceded by a day of intensive artillery bombardment. The Japanese Domei News Agency reported that the Chinese defenders, the 16th Route Army commanded by Gen. Tsai Ting-Kai, who. held the Japanese for six weeks before Shanghai in 1932, was in full retr. Occupation of Nanning cuts o Chinese arms an)
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Revolt among the millions of subju-
gated Poles, Czechs and other minorities in the Reich is
counted.on to aid. .
- Also, the British think, there i is the chance of a fatal
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split. between Herr Hitler and his generals.
The fierce campaign on
British shipping which Ger :
many has let loose introduces another factor, however. The British had not counted on such effective retaliation.
The cry from Britain that Herr Hitler is breaking
the rules of “civilized” warfare may influence neutral .
opinion, but is not likely to
cause Herr Hitler to change
his tactics, since it is the only effective form of attack
he yet has found.
The menace is recognized by Britain.
Sea shipping lanes off - the
English coast down to the
Strait of Dover appear to be infested with floating mines which are indiscriminately sending to the bottom Ship ; after ship of all nationalities. {The latest German surprise is to invade the mouth of
the Thames itself, menacing
access to London, the world’s
greatest port. A heavy proportion of Britain's food supply is moved through the threatened waters. :
F. D. R. HINTS
OF EMERGENCY |} TAXES IN 1940
Points to Defense Needs; Denies Kennedy Called Home for Talks.
‘WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov, 24 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt hinted
oda that the next Congress may
lays of more than. $2,000,000,000 for
the armed establishments of the}?
United States.
Discussing the problems of finance
at a press conference on the Warm
Springs Foundation, Mr. Roosevelt |: asked the American people to decide} whether they prefer fo finance.na-
tional defense by borrowing or by & pay-as-you-go plan based on new taxes. The question is very moot, he said, {because it is Quite likely that n {tional defense appropriations ‘- the next fiscal year will run &pproximately $500,000,000 above the appropriations for the current fiscal year. Defense Needs Mar Picture Record peacetime appropriations for this fiscal year approximated $1,000,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that actual spending for defense ran considerably below this figure, and told reporters that a guess of $2,300,000,000 for national defense in the next fiscal year quite probably would be too high. Heavy national defense appropriation prospects, the President said, are marring an otherwise optimistic fiscal picture. If cuts were made in non-defense appropriations and with tax revenues clinging to their present high level, the deficit in operation of the Government during the next fiscal year might be cut by one-half, the President said. But national defense outlays might change this picture, he added.
Method Is Big Question
Because of the world situation, he said, the United States will have to appropriate a fairly large sum, much more “than last year, for national defense. Assuming the increase would approximate $500,000,000, next year, he said, the question arises as to how the increase would be financed. If the increase is financed by Government borrowing, no new taxes would become necessary next year, the President said. If we attempt to meet the cost on a “pay-as-you-go” basis, some form of emergency ‘national defense taxes probably would have to be levied, he said. > Should Congress decide to ‘adopt the “pay-as-you-go” plan, the President said, then the next logical question to be raised would be determination of what form the emergency defense tax would take. * Despite a report from the London Embassy that Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy had been called home for consultation, a White House statement denied it today. The statement, authorized by Mr. Roosevelt, specifically denied that Mr. Kennedy and the Ambassadors to France, Belgium and Poland had been ordered home. It said that Mr. Kennedy had asked for a Christmas leave and it had been granted. The embassy announcement. in (Continued on Page Three)
Husband, 64, Near Collapse as Bride, 52, Meets Death in Auto He Was Driving
The marriage three months ago of Mr. and Mrs. James 8. Kirby had ended in tragedy today.
Yesterday, Mr. Kirby, 64, and his|H.
52-year-old ‘bride, married last Sep-
{ember when she was a clerk in his|
grocery store at 3632 W. 16th St. were taking a holiday auto ride. Their car collided with another at .{ Rockville and High School Roads. a|Mrs. Kirby was killed almost instantly and Mr. Kirby was at first Shought to have received serious ineS. Today City Hospital physicians found his injuries: were only minor, but when relatives,
Toy Time Is
Thanksgiving over, ‘the attention of Indianapolis’ youngest set was tirbed today to Christmas and the expected visit of Santa Claus. Nancy Jean Hahn, 2, daughter of Mr.'and Mrs. M. W. Hahn, Beech Grove, is being assisted at early shopping by Susansie Kemp, 1233 N. Oxford St. >
WNUTT FEARS WAR'S SEQUEL|
Plans for Peace as Vital as Plans for Fighting, He Tells Legion. Preparedness for peace as well as
for war is the problem now confronting the United States, Paul V.
* | McNutt told members of the Amer-
ican Legion executive committee here today. . He said America must be prepared for any of the following “unpredictable events”: 1. Isolation in a ring of hostile air a naval bases. 2. A continuing war of endless destruction. 3. A new peace followed by economic collapse. . “At the worst America may be the only remnant left of civilization,” he said. “At the best, America must be the sound nucleus for world recovery after peace.” This preparedness is bound up with the Pacific and the Philippine Islands, he told the. Legionnaires. “1 predict that -so long as our flag flies in the Philippines there will be no trespassing there,” he said. The Philippines are the bulwark of peaceful reconstruction in the Far East.” Following Mr. MecNutt’s . speech, the executive committee discussed resolutions including those = for solving the u. employment problem. Resolutions adopted outlined the
Legion's five major legislative objectives for 1940 as: follows:
from the h old Mr. Kith of| rom . y 4 |i brides Geaih: he van nse col- | trell
1. Adequate Government plojes-
The North
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“The Kirby car, driven by Mr. Kirby, struck one. driven by William
N. New. Jersey St., ter, who was
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Not even in the World War did the Germans conceive anything so daring as the attack on the Thames Estuary. According to the British Admiralty,” heavy German sea-
planes have flown over and make the channels of the: cr
"dropped magnetic mines to owded shipping lane deadly.
The mines are apparently an efficient development of a weapon. which has hitherto been experimental.. The ‘mines are net drawn, according to experts, into contact with the ship by magnetism, as some have surmised. Experts say it would be an electro-magnetic impossibility, The fact seems to be that the mines are laid in shal-
low water.
When the steel hull of a ship passes over, a
magnetic impulse is transmitted to a sensitive control in
the mine.
Then, it is believed, the mine explodes with
‘enough force ‘to tear through the bottom of the ship, without contact, or it is released from the bottom to
shoot up against the ship.
Germany's new campaign, coupled with Britain's to
way blockade under “which
German exports in neutral
ships are subject to seizure, has caused consternation
among the neutrals.
Their protests are not likely to prove effectual. Each side blames the other for the necessity of such tactics.
Definitely Around Corner
| Dolls, Other
Ready for Yi or Yule Shoppers
\ Reflect Influen Influence of Europes War Standing Army.
Soldiers and Cannon F
On Santa Jaus’
By LEO DAUGHERTY
“Toyland’s standing army is a World War.
While European events influeitved the vogue in toys unveiled here for
boys this year, the modern American
influence in playthings for girls. She can have everything in miniature
which is to be found in the home.
HOOSIER FOOTBALL HITS SEASON'S HIGH
Purdue Invades. Indiana; Trojans at South Bend.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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The big push toward Bloomington and South Bend is but hours away. Tomorrow those cities will look like the § Dp. m. Brooklyn subway
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crush It’s the final afternoon of foot-
ball festivities for the Hoosiérdom’s|
Big . Indiana plays host to Purdue for the Old Oaken Bucket and the Irish of Notre Dame take on Southern California's Rose Bowl candidates. Some 80,000 grandstand quarterbacks will pack the two stadia— sellouts for. both. It appears there will be. rain and cooler weather for the game at (Continued on Page Thirge)
Blaine - Avenue Methodist ‘Church
with the Rev. W. A. Watkins in|rifle.
charge. Buria] will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. . . Two. peegpanis: of of the other. car - injuries.
Mrs. Kirby was one of thrée Hoo-|® siers to die in holiday auto traffic. Another man walked into the
At Anderson, Herman Brunka, 51, Marion, and Mrs. Ruth. Padgett, 24, Anderson, were killed when eir car crashed head-on with another. Hotbars Padsus 30, k: Was. injured
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Toyland always has had its soldiers and in recent years implements of warfare. But this year more men are under arms and the power of equipment has been increased.
Model Airplanes Beware!
There arc tanks: mounted : with guns which spit fire as the tanks roll along on their own power. There are others which roll over of their lown accord and then right themselves. ’ If it’s an imaginaty air attack Johnny fears, he can have a big anti-aircraft gun mounted as high as ‘two feet which will spit fire at enemy planes. which this _year~are of the bomber type, with guns under the wings. Armored cars and army trucks? Well, there are exact miniatures of those out at Ft. Harrison. : Soldiers are mostly metal. That’s so they can stand a lot of punishment, according to dealers and distributors. - Some are marching. some ride motorcycles. Soldiers are being sold pretty short, too, as low as a nickel, There is additional streamiiriing of other toys for boys. In the truck line, there is the cah-over-engine type. The railroad trains are patterned after some of the slickest looking ones that steam into Union|. Station. Automobiles look like the latest models.
Air Rifles Survive.
All the old favorites are to be had. = Wagons, mechanical sets,
tricycles, cowboy suits, Indian suits, |
well everything that ‘you've seen since childhood. Yes, Johnny can still have an air
All toylands have new. lines" of dolls for girls.: The vogue is reproductions of favorites in the comic strips, tary tales and movie car-
Something brand new for the girl this year is-a Jone pantry table. It’s It's equipped wi flour sifter, Lm utensils, 3 thing which might enable’ the ; litdle iss io Prepare ‘something tor cook-
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One thing hoped: for by Germany already is happening— neutral ships are afraid to venture into the mined waters, and are being kept in port until conditions change. * : The only change, presumably, would be measured by Britain's success in counter-measures against the mines and the submarines and airplanes which lay them.) The German campaign, of course, is purely negative, That is; it is designed to ‘cut’ off Britain's supplies but. cannot do much to ease the British blockade: against:
Germany. x
Germany has been turning southeastward ‘0: offset the British blockade in the west. The latest development in the Balkans would indicate that her efforts. have not been as successful as had been hoped. ~~ ° “Germany apparently put strong pressure on Rumenia’ for unlimited supplies of wheat and oil, without being able to offer the necessary payments in gold exchange. Rumania refused and the Cabinet was replaced by one headed by the pro-French George Tatarescu. Rumania’s revolt complicated the Balkan situation, If Germany cannot get the needed supplies peacefully, the alternative is to use force, and that opens up explosive
possibilities which the Reich
M. Quinn.
choice was agreed on.
to post bond.
this morning on orders of
|ROADS BLOCKED IN BLAST PROBE
State Police Spread Net ~ After Dynamite Wrecks 2 Power Towers.
Times Special LIGONIER, 'Ind.,r Nov. 24.—-State Police today maintained a radiocontrolled blockade of roads in search of suspects in a series of mysterious dynamite blasts that partially wrecked two power line towers of the Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. near here last night. Local officials said G-Men also had been asked to assist’in the inquiry into prevous similar blasts on the company’s lines, but B. Edwin Sackett, Indianapolis Federal Bureau of Investigation chief; said his department had no jurisdiction. Four heavy dynamite blasts were set off at the base of a huge tower near Diamond Lake in Noble County, tearing away the foundation. The tower was held upright, however, by the power lines. Half an hour ' later four more blasts wrecked another tower near Millersburg, 14 miles northwest of the site of the first explosion, -according to State Police. The tower near Millersburg. toppled over onto a small highway bridge nearby, breaking high tension wires and disrupting service. Linemen, however, restored service
EL aig VICTIMS OF SINKING TELL OF SEA TRIALS
Fashion Sails Fra From Coats, Finally Reach Land.
LONDON, Nov. 24 (U. P.).—Five survivors of the crew of 3% aboard the Dutch steamer Sliedrecht told today how a German U-boat sank their 5133 ton ship in the Atlantic, leaving them in an open boat for a week of wintry seas. Twenty ests other ‘members of tne
Former Mayor Walter O.
may not dare to face.
NAME BOETCHER ACTING TRUSTE
Former Mayor Plans to Approve Food Orders At Once to End Confusion of Suspended Relief.
Boetcher this afternoon tems = porarily assumed the duties of the Center Township Trustee; The former Mayor, who will become County Treasurer Jan. 1, was named to hold the post for a few days or weeks, |after County Commissioners and Democratic Party leaders Pare unable to agree on a perusnent successor to Thomas
The group had spent more than two hours in confers : lence at the office of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan going over numerous possibilities for’ the: post ‘when the temporary,
Mr. .Boetcher immediately. went to the Court House
- His first action as the temporary trustee was to order the immediate issuance of food orders which had been
(held up. . All relief activities at the Trustee’ s office were halted
County Attorney John F. Linder, who ruled no actions would be legal until a truse tee had assumed office. The City Hall conference was attended by Mayor Sule
liam A. Brown and Harry F. Hohit;
Criminal Court Judge Dewey Mayers County Auditor-elect Glenn B. ston, and Superior Court Judge Russell Ryan. Prosecutor David M. Lewis was called into the session briefly, ree portedly to present certain informae tion desired by the group. A number of ward and precinct workers: thronged the City Hall core ridors during this meeting. :
Commissioners Hold Huddle Commissioners went into a huddle
ing most: of the session. The outer office was thronged
party leaders and others anxious to get the first word of the Bp ment. Leo X. Smith, Center Townshi attorney under Mr. Quinn, conferr with Mr. Haymaker in an outer office. Among those who entered the Commissioners’ private office were Sheriff Al Feeney, Mr. Boetcher and Theodore M. Weiss, County Board of Review member and one of those considered for Trustee. It was reported Mr. Feeney was present to discuss the. availability of his chief deputy, Henry Mueller.
Two Turn Down Post
Mr. Mueller was reported to have the “inside track” after City Councilman Albert O. Deluse and County Councilman Carl F. Brandt stated positively they would not accept. The Sheriff's deputy. who is a former Federal bank examiner. re clined to tell newspapermen whether he would accept. if ‘chosen, but from other sources it was hinted that Sheriff Feeney had advised him he would be “making a mistake” if he did take the post. No meeting was held by the Come missioners and party leaders yester=
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County Chairman Ira P. Haymaler, 3
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