Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1939 — Page 3
SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 1939
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Finland Fights Back, ; Claims 19 Invading
Planes Shot Down
“F.D. R. INVOKES ‘MORAL BAN’ ON vesterday and lasted an hour, the] SELL
announcement said, and Finnish | coastal batteries fired continuously as son as Soviet warships, belleved ta have been attempting to put a landing party ashore, came within range. The Finnish guns fired on the Red warships until they steamed | away. From Swanik, Norway, came word | that the Finns had cleared Petsamo, | Finnish Arctic port, of Russians.| The only Soviet forces in Pitsamo, | dispatches said, are 150 Russians who were taken prisoners. Two Soviet planes attacked Tor-
Warship Also Reporte Sunk in Battle Off Hanko Island.
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Bombing of Finns By Russians.
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unprovoked bombing,” and the machine gunning of civilians.
plicable to any country but pointed
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neaa in northern Finland early today, atempting to destroy railroad tracks, but they were driven off by Finnish anti-aircraft fire.
May Let Germans Flee
It was understood that the Russians would refrain from bombing Helsingfors today and tomorrow following German at Moscow asking for time to enable the German colony to flee. A German steamer was lying off Helsingfors and it was understood that others were en route to embark Germans. Members of the Swedish colony were scheduled to leave for Sweden tomorrow,
representations
lout that one must bear in mind “some line of distinction—I think of the aggressor, the fellow who does it first—you can't deprive some people of the only defense they have against that.” He pointed out then that airplanes could be used defensively, as well as offensively. Mr. Roosevelt vesterdav bitterly condemned the Soviet for “wanton disregard of law” and their extenIsion of the “trend to force,” which Mr. Roosevelt said, “makes insecure the independent existence of small nations in every continent and jeopardizes the rights of mankind to self-government.”
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Mr. Early said it would seem that the moral embargo would be ap-| Thomas E. Dewey (right), youthful district attorney of New York County, is shown at headquarters there as he announced his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1940 yesterday. He is expected to make a “moderate Republican” campaign after delivering his keynote speech—a discussion of farm problems—in Minneapolis next week. cautious in their comments on Mr. Dewey's candidacy.
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During the air raid alarm, street | traffic halted and people sought ref-| nee in cellars. No Soviet planes, however, were sighted from the cenof the city and no bombs dropped.
Pressure Resisted So Far The White House and the State Department have been under some | pressure from both public and Con|gressional sources for several days|“A 22-caliber bullet isn't
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Laurence Steinhardt a reply to President Roosevelt's message ask« |ing Russia not to bomb open cities lin Finland. The text of this reply, as published by Tass, official news agency, read: “Roosevelt's message on the inadmissability of bombing from planes the population of cities of Finland, inasmuch as he directed it
to the Soviet Government, is based on misunderstanding.
Denies Cities Bombed
Soviet planes did not bomb cities and have no intention of doing so,
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but have bombed airports, since our Government values the interests of the Finnish people no less than we other Government, Of course the] United States, which is 5000 miles | away, cannot see this, but it is a| fact nevertheless. In view of this! the above declaration of Roosevelt is pointless.” Molotov also told Mr. Roosevelt | ‘that Russia henceforth would deal in State "ith no other Finnish Government
[than Kuusinen’s. The Moscow radio [listed a whole revolutionary “Cablinet” under Kuusinen. This Govern{ment was supposed to be functioning [in Terijoki, a town just inside the | Finnish border in Karelia. (Finnish officials at Helsinki | insisted that Finnish troops still
Republican Congressmen in Washington were
Improved Housing Asked; FHA Predicts Big Year
Morgan Warns ‘Serious 10-Million Year Health Problem’ Is Low-Cost Program Being Created. Is Expected.
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Why of Double SURRENDER OF Finnish Names QUINN WAITED: 4 ARRESTED
Griffin, Anderson, Neenan, Bluestein Out on Bond; 93 No Bills.
By UNITED PRESS MOST FINNISH place names have two spellings, Finnish and Swedish. This is because Swedish was for a long time the oficial language of that part of Scanthe World War, became the Republic of | Finland, or Suomi. Now, however, both Finnish and Swedish are “official” lan guages and both spellings theoret feally are correct. In the follows | ing examples, the first is the Finnish spelling: | Henry Taylor, 9251 Ft. Wayne Ave, Helsinki-Helsinfors; Hanko-- |$4.05, Hango; Viipuri—Biborg; Kasko-- | Bluestein was named in two ine Kaskinen; Turku—Abo; Oulu== |dictments, The false claims Kristiina <= Kristine [charged to him were: Astroy Ford, stad; Porvoo—Borga; Mikkeli—= |342 Blake St, $1.45, and Ralph St. Michel; Tampere—Tammers- |Thomas Althoff, 3156 W. New York fors; Kakisalmi Keksholm; |St., $1.45. Raahe-Brahestad; Lappeenrans The four indictments ta—Villmanstrand. (Griffin also name Neenan, False i : - [claims for milk charged against SCANDINAVIAN them are: Mary Sims, 1501 N, Are 822 W. 11th St., $3.10; Frances Some jmerville, 2331 E. Washington 8t.,, ANGER FLARES $0.30, and Florence Perry, 1018 N,
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senal Ave, $12.40; Katie Johnson,
Illinois St., $3.10, The township's relief administrae tion was criticized severely during the session of the County Tax Ade Justment Board in September,
Admitted Vavortism
Quinn, on Oct, 11, admitted to [ The Indianapolis Times that polite «to | ical and family favortism ruled the distribution of the townships pae COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 2 tronage. (U. P) .~8candinavian anger against) He admitted numerous irregularie the Russian invasion of Finland ex. !1°8 but promised he would take
4 immediate steps to re { ploded today into street demonstra i iation | remedy the tions. i A few | Here, a grad Stoned Die Russian | uplished these facts, Prosecutor egation, smashing windows. (David M. Lewis summoned the At Stockholm, Sweden, police Were! cand Jury to meet Oct. 16 for a called out to break up a mob of thorough investigation of the situas thousands surrounding the office of : Communist newspaper, New Day The outbreak started when a Com- | munist onlooker shouted: “Long live The inquiry revealed numerous Stalin,” at a crowd that had instances of false claims and other marched to the Finnish legation to
Crowd Stones Red Legation In Copenhagen; Sweden Holds Back Crowd.
hours after The Times
tion,
Quinn Waives Immunity
which had been ordered out of the
were when the FHA first went into
Banks and most shops were open and traffic appeared to be normal.
to sever diplomatic relations. President and Mr. Hull have sisted this pressure
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No afternoon papers were published, however,
Finns Strength Surprising
The Soviet note was considered by {some officials 2s support for those advocating severance of diplomatic jet relations. nnounced that Soviet I'¢1aulo: why after their planes, Chairman Key Pittman (D. Nev.) had been shot down by Finnish of I ee Foreign Relations anti-aircraft guns had expressed | Committee, who was one of those ‘great surprise” over the strength who advocated recognition in 1933, of the Finnish defense ®"" has indicated belief that the quesThe Finns quoted Russian pilots tion of Soviet relations should be re-
as saying that before they left their airdromes their officers had told them that they could bomb any place in Finland without danger since the Finns had no anti-aircraft guns. Finland's new Government insisted that it would not yield but would “fight alone and win,” against the now apparent Russian plan to make this a Communist state, The streets and roads swarmed with people fleeing from Helsingfors to the snow-covered woods. Less than a third of Helsinki's normal 300.000 remained and those still here had spent the night digging air raid shelters. While the Finns claimed to have more than held their own against the Russian forces in some districts, it appeared likely that if Russia drew on her overwhelming reserves the fight would soon be over.
Cross Border by Thousands
In the north, above the Arctic Circle, Finnish soldiers were being hurled back to the Norwegian border and civilians were crossing into | Norway by the thousands. Yesterday's bombings had killed an estimated 200 throughout Finland, 20 of them in the workers’ quarters of Helsinki alone, and had done extensive damage. But| Chairman Martin Dies (D. Tex.), at the end of the day's fighting, it/of the House Committee inwas announced officially that 1200 |vestigating un-American activities,
It was pilots captured
situation. Senator William E. Borah (R. Ida.), however, who was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the Coolidge and Hoover Administrations when Soviet
matic relations. “I cannot see that breaking off diplomatic relations will serve in any way the cause of peace or assist the people of Finland,” he said “It will not save a single life, nor {stay the wings of a single Red | plane, | Points to Peace Talk “The attack upon Finland is {shocking beyond words to tell. But IT think it worthwhile to remember that the time will come, must come, when some effort will have to be made to bring about peace to end this saturnalia of war. The United States is the only nation in world which, it seems to me, is, or will be, in a position to have a com{manding voice in that hour. . : “I feel that we can best serve the cause of peace and best preserve the rights of humanity by making every reasonable effort to maintain normai relations with all warring powers.”
Russians had been taken prisoner announced that he would introduce!
in Karelia; that nine more Soviet a resolution as soon as Congress tanks had been captured or de- meets to sever diplomatic relations stroved for a total of 19 in two with Russia, davs, and that two whole companies —— of Russian infantry, estimated at strafing the streets with machine800 men, had been annihilated gun fire. The bombs they dropped north of Lake Ladoga. | were ‘egg’ types, filled with Most of Refugees Afoot shrapnel. They were too small to damage buildings but were effecRisto Ryti, Premier in the new tive against humans. Government chosen yesterday to| At one place where a Russian
“give all parties representation, and plane had fallen was a 15-year-old |
not, particularly, to please Russia,”|boy who had been at home guarddeclared this was a “war for exist-/ing his mother. His father was at ence,” that Finland expected nol/the front. They boy, with his famaterial help from anybody but | ther’s rifle had sat in a window was “fighting alone and expects to|waiting for a Russian plane to fiy win.” He emphasized, however, that |by. A plane approached, explod“we are still hopeful we can reachjed and fell not far from the a settlement with U. 8 8S. R. by window, negotiations.” The Finnish radio interviewed a The evacuation of Helsinki had|soldier from the Karelian front continued all night in an endless| Who told of the extermination of stream. Most of the refugees were the two Russian companies. afoot. The forests around the city| “There's one batch that won't were alive with people. Some of Send back reports to Moscow of them had set up “pup” tents but|3ny ‘incident’” the soldier said. most of them had to sleep in the! I don’t believe the Russians are open. fused to seal shooters. Compared
The fires set by Russian bombs | Vth seals’ heads in water, the Rus-
Wednesday had burned out and the] city was in darkness last night. There were many automobile acci-| i dents in the headlong rush from the I. U. DEBATERS WIN city. Wrecked cars had been aban-| A pair of Indiana University dedoned along the roadsides and in baters, Marvin Miller and William ditches. Spry, vesterday defeated a Purdue The Russian planes yesterday team, Maurice Karnowsky and Don hedge-hopped over the buildings, Parrlberg
gets. aim.”
You hardly know where to
IN INDIANAPOLIS
1 ie "yg Richard, Clara Hittle, at St. Francis. Here Is the Traffic Rec ord Robert, ia MeHatile, at St, Francis. ‘ ‘ James, Elizabeth Milles, at City, County tity jeorge, Betty Olyey, at St. Vincent's. 68
Archie, Vivian PFirkins, at 2201 E. Riverside Drive, Girls Clarence, Avis Eskridge, at City. J. N., Mary Goddrid, at City, 4 Grover, Florence McNew, at Coleman. Harry, June Albright, at St. Vincent's. Frank, Nellie McHenry, at Methodist. Harold, Loretta Barnes, at St. Franeis. | William, Gertrude Cravens, at St. Francis. Carl, Mary Weilheimer, at St. Francis. Claude, Jean McClain, at St. Francis. James, Margaret Gootee, at 340 N. Sum-
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Injured 12 Arrests "| Dead 1 Accidents . 39] FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid Speeding ‘he ‘ 13 10 id Reckless driving ..... Failing to stop at through street lie Disobeying traffic signal 18 ? Drunken driving All others ....
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DEATHS
Dolph Rodenberger, 67, at 1438 Carrolln, acute dilatation of heart, Tom Haynes, 56, at City, nephritis. vy! Fred J, Stalhut, 78, at 6118 Crittenden, | chronic myocarditis. Mildred Jones, 37, 105 | edema, 5% | eon ¢ Robison, 74, at Long, pneumonia. oy | azel Young, 36, at Long, septicaemia, $313
at City, pulmonary
Louis Hensel, 58, at City, coronary occlusion. James McDermott, 65, at 305 N. New Jersey, coronary occlusion | Shirley White, 13, at C | earditis, Valentine Limp, 80, at 817 N. De reinoma. Herbert Wilson, 70, arteriosclerosis. Albert Schaub chronic myocarditis
Totals ... 88
ity, acute myo-
MEETINGS TODAY
fudiana Federation of Public teachers, meeting, A mg Claypool Holel, Indiana Hotel Hotel Severn, pon! Hotel, Indiana Stata Operators Association, | Beeline and dinner, 7:30 p. m., Claypool {otel,
Quiney, at 1128 Rugene, at 204
School. | ca luncheon, |
Association, Hotel Lincoln
convention,
and Clay- Berwyn,
| 10.38 A. M622 BE. Vermont, from fue, $
BIRTHS ions 12:33 P. M.—823 Riviera, short in wiring
Boys 3:5 Lp ‘ Harold, Mary Jane Schearer, at Method. 9 BORNE Barta cath, ¥ rainia, Shah st 1 19 « M.— ste ry \ Charles, Mildred Millikan, ab Methodist | defending Vie EB Wenig ohn, Edna Dalton, at St, Francis. |. 2:20 P. M, —.83¢ : ‘ 10S ov Chester, Olivia Webb, at St, Nu 9° We Til, RETOIEND Siivt
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Francis, explosions
recognition was withheld, today rec-| ommended a continuance of diplo-
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James, Gertrude Hayes, at St. Vincent 8.1
(will kill.”
That was Charles Carben's excuse
{to his boss today for having handed [over the day’s receipts at the E | St. shooting gallery to a “customer” {who held him up with one of the {gallery's pistols after winning a 25(cent marksmanship prize. | Business was slow late yesterday land Carben spent most of the day {polishing guns. Near the end of the day a “little short fellow”
| take six shots—with a pistol. | Carben loaded a volver. The little fellow looked it lover with an appraising eye, aimed at a target and hit a bullseye for a 25-cent prize; fired again and nicked another bullseve: just missed another on his third shot Carben was impressed. Here was a guy who could shoot. He watched the targets for the next shot Zing! The fourth shot was close to Carben’s ear.
He looked around into the barrel|been regularly emploved to repair “Losses In the “customer's” | these properties so that they would however, are paid by the Govern-|
of the pistol. other hand was a paper bag with this note written on it: | “Keep your mouth shut. {money in here.” | Carben knew there were two more |cartridges in the revolver. He stuffed the day's receipts—$15 —in the paper bag and kept his {mouth shut. “Get down under those targets.” Zing! Zing! Two more shots in | parting, both fired tantalizingly near {the ear. | “Could that guy shoot!" Carben {told police when he climbed out | from under the targets. “You know a 22-caliber bullet isn’t | big, but it'll kill you if it hits the (right spot.”
3 ESCAPED WOMEN BACK AT HOSPITAL
Put the
| RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 2 (U. P) Three escaped women patients at
operation. Part of this is because
houses by the Health Department the agencies have not completed a
because of insanitary conditions,
were in command of Teuoki,) Fled Finland Once Kuusinen was Minister of Educa=
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irregularities. Sever: , Hi cheer the Finnish charge diiTuivesy cov ariies, Several jk od Wits ! ah ale ) J x and sing the national anthems of | j,.ors. One of the final withesses
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“When this practice first started, the Health Department objected seriously to it, but the objection was I met with the statement that no other properties were available in
which to house relief families.” {
[tions in condemned houses. | Cites Repair Problem
“Many of the houses, however, da ‘were not repaired and still con-| Under the new Title I program [jaye tinue to be occupied in their deplor- the lending institutions are insured| The plans also call for “conclud- |
able condition,” he said.
“Let it be said in fairness to the total volume of all loans made in with the Soviet Union: organize a | Trustee that there were really not a any of the programs under Title I. popular labor front including work-
sufficient number of houses in the to accommodate he said.
low rent bracket families on relief.”
“Perhaps repair crews should have mortgages can be sold,” he stated. |
[have at least been partially habitlable. | “It is a known fact that some of (these houses would require more than their worth to repair them and {put them into a sanitary and suit- | able condition.” | The continued use of these | “shacks and hovels” is costing the taxpayers more than the owners are (deriving in rent, Dr. Morgan said,
| Discusses Hospital Increase
| He pointed out that the City Hos(pital and City Clinic budgets have increased drastically since 1932 because of the necessity of rending increased service to indigents in the “shack and tenement district.” “Enrollment of patients in the City Hospital and its outpatient departments has increased almost en{tirely as a result of the conditions in slum areas and may continue to |increase unless these conditions improve.” he pointed out.
“General economic improvement
| Dr. Morgan said that the Health) [Department did succeed in several wandered | instances in getting some repairs| Housing Act can be sold at any time ‘examined in view of the changed into the gallery and said he would made which improved living condi- by lending institutions to either the
study of the new plan. Another reason is that lending agencies are not 100 per cent insured against loss as they are under the regular provisions, he stated,
Title IT Allows Sale
“Mortgages insured under the regular Title II programs of the
RFC Mortgage Co. or the Federal National Mortgage Association for full face value,” Mr, Peters explained.
against loss up to 10 per cent of the
Myr. Peters said. “As yet no secondary market has {definitely been provided where these under the new program, ment in cash and not by the issuance of debentures.” Mr, Peters predicted that a secondary market for Title I mortgages soon would be provided to lending agencies similar to the provisions under Title II.
Enables Series of Loans
This enables builders to obtain a series of loans for the building of small homes with a view to early sale. There is no limit to the number of homes either an individual or a firm may build as long as the lending institution is assured that the borrower has sufficient income to meet the regular monthly payments, the administrator said. Some economists have pointed out that the greatest demand for houses is among the class of Amerfean families whose income is about [81500 a vear. Their contention is that if a lag in housing strangles a nation's economy, a boom in housing—perhaps more than any
‘the State Hospital for the insane, Might solve some of this problem other thing—would lead the way to one of them charged with slaying by enabling the Health Department sound business recovery.
(her 3-year-old son with a butcher knife, were returned to the institu(tion today after less than 24 hours {of freedom. They were captured {at Liberty, They were Mrs. Ruth Rgasor, 39, of Ft. Wayne, committed while | rating trial for slaying her son; | Mary McFall, 27, of Connersville, transferred from the State Women’s Prison where she was serving a sentence for forgery, and Elizabeth | Wiley, 21, of Anderson,
FORGIVE SON'S SLAYER BEENTON, O, Dee: 2 (U. P= | Fifteen-year-old Buford Loney ac- | cidentally killed Arthur Combs, 18, | Wednesday with a shotgun while (hunting. Today, the parents of the {Combs bov prepared to bury their son and offered to adopt the boy who killed him, now a ward of | Probate Court,
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to proceed along normal lines in in[specting and condemning houses and (having them demolished. | | “At the present time, however, we cannot demolish houses which should be razed because we know there is no other place for the inhabitants to live. “It is therefore my opinion that the city eventually consider some low-cost housing problem,” he concluded.
BRITAIN'S BLOCKADE IN EFFECT MONDAY
LONDON, Dee. 2 (U, P)-—-The sinking of the 8083-ton Norwegian freighter Realf was disclosed today shortly after an announcement that |a smaller British steamer was six | days overdue, The British blockade on German
Cite U. 8, Statistics
To back up their contention they point to U. 8. Bureau of Labor | Statistics which show that in the! United States: 1. There are 4000000 houses unfit for human habitation or in need of major repairs, 2. Half the houses are more than 50 years old and the average age is 20. 3. Minimum housing standards require the building of at least 525,000 new dwellings a year for the next 10 years. 4. If 100,000 single family dwellings costing $3000 were built in the next vear, these dwellings would give jobs to 82,000 men directly and 122,000 men would be employed for a year in producing the needed materials, “A real building upturn will come when this market is tapped,” Mr. Peters said. “It will be far greater—maybe five times greater—than any we've ever had.”
| exports, in retaliation for un- | restricted mine warfare, goes into | effect Monday and it was under {stood that Prime Minister Neville | Chamberlain would announce a | secret session of Parliament in the { House of Commons Tuesday. It was expected that the two-day secret session during the week of | Dec. 10 would be devoted principally | to questions of military supplies. | The 44 survivors of the Realf, (landed at an East Coast port by the (Italian steamer Santagata, were unable to agree on whether a mine or a torpedo sank the ship, All members of the crew except the third mate were rescued an hour and a half after the vessel was set afire by an explosion amidships. The sharp decline of merchant shipping losses during the past few days was interpreted as bearing out Mr. Chamberlain's assurances in his radio broadcast Sunday that “already we know the secret of the magnetic mine and will soon master the magnetic mine as we mastered the U-boat.” Only 11 new losses have been reported during the past week.
ABANDON PLAN FOR FRISCO FAIR IN 1940
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 2 (U, P). ~The "Fair in '40” committee gave up the ghost today and abandoned its efforts to reopen the Golden Gate International Exposition next spring. The San Francisco Bay Exposis tion Corp., through President Leland M. Cutler, instructed its ate torney to go before Bankruptcy
| SLUGGED NEAR TAVERN Walter Kedd, 639 Pleasant 8t,, [today told police four men slugged land robbed him of $42 today as he | was leaving a tavern at Eagle Creek land Kentucky Ave.
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pan in 1808. A year later he came to
Indianapolis to work for the old
Press, Haute, but returned to Indianapolis in 1002 to join the News, where he became’ a fixture and an esteemed character. An office romance resulted in his marriage in 1008 to Miss Josephine Pugh. They have lived at the Tesumseh Place home ever since and the was at his bedside when he died. Lil's work took him to every part of the state covering political meetings, reunions, tragedies and “big stories” until health confined him to his office and then to his home, A friend of James Whitcomb Riley, he loved the famed children’s poet's works, had a wealth of stories about the Lockerbie 8t, idol and was destined to write several works whieh became as famous as those
of Riley. During the World War Mr, Hers
Referee Burton J. Wyman Monday schell’s nen turned out a verse corner,” on the ninth floor. He be«| Askin Funeral Home, Burial will
William M. He Veteran Newspaperman, Dies at 66
ded work, he went to Evansvilles
He went from here to Terre
tion in a short-lived revolutionary government in Finland in 1921. He fled Finland with that Government's overthrow and was for 18 years secretary of the Communist International's executive commit« tee with headquarters here,
| tional holiday yesterday to gather in front of the Finnish consulate and cheer and sing the Finnish anthem Here, the newspaper, National Tidende, in an editorial entitled “Bolshevism on the March,” said: “The reports of the formation of a Finnish ‘Peoples Government’ makes clear the meaning of Russian cannons: They point at civil war Bolshevism, covered on the western border by a German friendship treaty and strengthened by newly won Baltic bases, is making its way into Scandinavia.”
Norway Worried
At Oslo, Norway, The Arbeiderbladet, Government newspaper, said: “Btalinite dictatorship has no respect for the independence of small neighbors but such a policy will avenge itself. ,..” At Paris, French naval quarters said Russia was anxious to get a foothold on the Atlantic and tight ask Norway to cede her a strip of land running slightly west of North Cape, If this northernmost tip of
[ing a pact of mutual assistance
in= Governs-
craftsmen and labor
ers, peasants, tellectuals into {ment."” A manifesto issued in the name of | |the new “Government” urged Finns to “rice to the courageous fight against the tyranny of your oppres= sors and hangmen,”
Red Army's Aid Sought
It, was believed that if Kuusinen, with the help of the Red Army, got control of Finland, his country would, like Outer Mongolia, retain its “sovereignty” but be economs= ically, politically, and to some extent ideologically linked with the Soviet Union, Large estates would be distributed among the peasants, but it was be lieved that collectivized agriculture would not be introduced, Most ob= servers believed that eventually, under Kuusinen, Finland would become a full-fledged Communist
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state. European land were fortified by Such a state already would be In|p, coisa the French said, Russia existence if Finland's revolutionary would have secured her ice-free government of 1018, of which Kuu=|, uth ports and would have sinen was a member, had survived. |ogme a major Atlantic maritime It collapsed under an assault of power, Finnish Nationalists led by Baron| ©Oglo morning newspapers said Carl Gustaf Bmil Mannerheim, still gussia's “rowdy assault” on Fin-commander-in=chief of the Finnish jand was a Bolshevist erusade to Army, who in 1018, had the help of conquer Europe. The Aftenposten German troops. suggested that the big powers in- —— ———— fcluding Germany “say a word of [truth to Russia with determination PATROL ACTIVITY IN | power behind it.” WEST 1S REPORTED Fe usees Stream Across lce-Covered Frontier KIRKENAES, Germany, NorthPARIS. Dec. 2 (U, P) French ernmost City in the World), Dec. 2 and German patrol activity on the|(U, P.) Finnish refugees, mostly Western Front, especially in the |women and children, streamed over Vosges Mountains area south and|the ice-covered frontier into Norsouthwest of Baarbruecken, was re-| way today after burning down their ported today in French military dis- homes to keep the Russians from patches. | using them, The Germans sent out unusually | Americans, British and Canalarge patrols in attempts to take |dians, who had been employed in prisoners and locate French out-|Finland’s nickel industry, were posts. The French claimed to have among them, repulsed all German attempts to| The Russians were driving fast penetrate their lines and to have onto the Norwegian border in this inflicted heavy losses, | Far North country and a fierce batNear Wissembourg Germans oc- | tle was under way between 800 Fincupied an outpost which the French nish soldiers and several thousand had abandoned, but the French said | Russians only 10 miles from the they had reoccupied it after a sharp Norwegian border near Svanvik, engagement. | Norwegian doctors and nurses At another point the French were waiting at the border to atclaimed to have ambushed a CGer-|tend wounded Finnish soldiers, exman patrol, killing 12 men and tak«|pected momentarily, but when none ing six prisoners. One French pa=| had arrived late in the morning at trol reported that it had penetrated [Svanvik it became more apparent the German lines and had returned [that the Finns were defending their with important information, 'ground to the last man, ier Poet and
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It was “Long Boy.” Kin Hubbard, Gaar Williams and | Bill Herschel, He was a tireless worker and al-
ways had encouragement for the
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Goodbye, Ma! Goodbye, Pal! Goodbye mule with your old hee- youngsters and praise for the sea-|
haw! soned reporters and writers, A good I may not know what the war's| job never failed to win his compliabout ment, But you bet by gosh Il soon find] He was reluctant to give up. out. [Even when he had to go to Florida Other war poems included ‘The or Michigan for his health, his first
Kid Has Gone to the Colors” and StOP on returning was his office,
The Service Flag.” | “way back when stories” and he had Travel prompted his song to|them of many men and places, Hoosierdom | Ain't God good to Indiana? of his best prose perhaps was the Folks, a feller never knows {obituaries of old friends which he Just how close he is to Eden | wrote with feeling. Till some time he ups and goes Survivors include his wife; a Seekin’ fairer, greener pastures | brother, Walter T, Herschell, Pine Than he has right here at home| a ge S¥O. sinters, Mee, Fiore a ke ) ‘ y An rs, Edna Mr, Herschell received NUMerous | gon ce Princeton, and. two half‘honors, including an honorary de- sisters, Mrs. Stella Sullivan, Vine |gree from Wabash College. | cennes, and Mrs, Fannie Richards, As Mr, Herschell “starred” at the Evansville, |News, he graduated to what is| Funeral services will be held at | known on the newspaper as its “idle|3 p. m. Monday at the Royster i e
to present a liquidation Pperam. which was set to music and swept came a member of the triumvirate, in Crown Hill,
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the two countries. ’ was Mr, Quinn, w The crowd swarmed to the New Q ho announced his
Day offices, gathering recruits on the way, shouting “Down with Russia!” “Down with Stalin.”
Sympathy For Finns Premier Per Albin Hansson of
y Cn . »w| Bweden made a public speech in The policy of his “government, Stockholm saying, “the Swedish ne a announced here, in=| Seople feel the deepest sympathy Caues, for the eople of Finland We all 1—--Build a popular army; 2-—Govs | \ P . imi ernment control of private banks | hope there exists a means to limit
| the disaster. Grounds for that and industry: 3=<liquidate unems= , ap ployment; 4—Shorten the workir | hope is the brave composure of the
8! Finish people.” y fred Feise wages; b--confiscate | A" povkjavik, Iceland, dominion ey a of Denmark, crowds forewent a na-
willingness to waive immunity and testify, The offer was made in cone nection with his resignation which was submitted Nov, 22, Since then, Walter Boetcher, {County Treasurer-elect and former Mayor, has been serving as acting trustee, Henry Mueller, Chief Deputy Sheriff, has been named permanent | trustee, effective Wednesday, Anderson and Griffin were are rested on false claims affidavits shortly after the inquiry was started | by the Grand Jury, { Their hearings on the affidavits are scheduled for Wednesday in | Munieipal Court, but the affidavits probably will be dismissed at that time because of the indictments.
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‘New Investigation Planned In Warren Township
Several deputy prosecutors will ha assigned next week to begin a new | Investigation inte affairs of the { Warren Township Trustee's office, | Prosecutor David M. Lewis said today, Mr. Lewis announced yesterday that although the Grand Jury ine vestigated the situation last August without returning any indictments, additional information has been ree | ceived since then, justifying a new { Inquiry | The investigation is expected to [center around a pre-election agree | rent bearing the purported signae J of Trustee Henry M. Thomas (and giving his two campaign mane |agers, F. W. Rubin and H. N. { White, control over his appoint« [ments and letting of contracts. [| Mr, White explained yesterday [that the agreement, dated July 28, [1038, was entered into to relieve Mr, Thomas from being forced to make promises to obtain political support, and was intended only to be in force during the election campaign, Mr. Rubin said he had promised the voters good government if Mr, Thomas were elected and ° ve wanted to be sure we could give it." The jury also is expected to ree Investigate the purchase of a 58« passenger school bus, bought secs ond-hand by the township. This matter also was probed by the jury last summer, : Lo
Trip to Illinois Reported Mr. Thomas, it was reported, went to Northbrook, Ill, last March and [made a $100 down payment on the | bus without advertising for bids, | The following month, the Township | Advisory Board advertised for bids [to furnish the township one “secs | ond-hand motor bus, Superior body, International motor, according to | specifications on file in the office of the township trustee." ( In June, a $1500 check was given the Reiland & Bree Truck Manii(facturing Co.,, Northbrook, Ill, as a final payment on the bus,
EX-REPORTER GIVEN WAGE-HOUR HELM
| WASHINGTON, Dee, 2 (U. Plow Harold D. Jacobs, 49, who spent 31 [years as a reporter and editor. ves [terday succeeded Elmer P. Andrews as Wage-Hour Administrator and | will hold the post until Congress re moves a statutory ban against Col. Philip Fleming, President Roose= velt's permanent choice, The White House announced that Mr. Roosevelt gave Mr. Jacobs a recess appointment yesterday on recommendation of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, The move put Mr. Jacobs in one of the most pow erful non-Cabinet Jobs since Gen, S. Johnson ruled NRA in the
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ST. GEORGE CHURCH MARKS ANNIVERSARY
The St. George Church, 28th St. (and Sherman Drive, will hold an anniversary celebration tomorrow with special services, an Oriental chicken dinner and social. | The Rev, R. M. Dodrill, Broadway | Baptist Church pastor, and Henrv | Gr. Siles, president of the North East Community Center board of di|rectors, will speak. | St. George Church is a Syrian Orthodox Church, The celebration will be presided over by George M, Risk, Knights of St. George president,
FALL PROVES FATAL LAFAYETTE, Ind. Dec. 2 (U, P), | =Joseph D, Egan, 44, died here vese (terday of a broken neck received | When he fell from a WPA project truck on the Purdue golf course a weck ago, x
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