Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1939 — Page 3

TUESDAY, DEC. 5, 1939

FINN VICTORIES County 4-H Winners Are Chicag

i TWO FRONTS

" ARE REPORTED

Only 70,000 Remain Capital Because of Gas Raid Fears.

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once. Many had to be advised by courier, Less than 70.000 people remained of the city's normal 300,000. Those who were left, including Americans and other foreigners, found it difficult to get transportation, All trucks and many private motor vehicles had heen requistioned for the use of the men at the front, stubbornly holding back the colossal Russian war machine, Stockholm newspaper reports said evacuation wardens in Helsinki spent. the entire might gommg from house to house, warning that the capital might be subjected to a poison gas raid. Families, rudely awakened, dressed hurriedly and stumbled through the darkness toward the city limits and the safety of the frozen countryside, the reports said.

Finnish troops and untrained volunteers, many of them fighting on skiis, were reported to be holding back the Russian hordes and scoring amazing successes, North of Lake Ladoga, several hundred Russian troops were reported drowned when the thin lake ice broke .nder them, and there was a rumor that 1500 Russians had been captured in the sector. One Finnish airman was reported io have killed 41 of a detachment of 42 Russian mfantrymen with machine gun fire as he swept over them On the Karelian Peninsula, it was paserted. the Russians despite attack after attack, failed to reach the Finnish Mannerheim Line of fortifications. and it was said that the fighting was now proceeding in 2 NO man’s land between the Finnish and Russian lines There were reports alse that the Finnish Army, determined to fight to the end rather than submit again to Russian dominion, was ready to extend the “scorched earth” policy which China used against Japan. The great nickel plants in the north had been mined, it Was asserted, and would be blown up if the Russians approached. Not only were the Russians hampered, in the area bv lack of roads, it was said, but villages in their path had been burned so as to leave a clear defense line for the final fighting. The Government had announced Yast that had been laid m the tea the Aaland Is at the month af the Gulf of Finland anposite Sweden

FRENCH CLAIM NAZI RAIDERS REPULSED

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pulsed patrols sector during 36 hours, flicting heavy French tary dispatches said today The Germans failed in their jective—to take prisoners and obtain information—the French said The attacks began Sunday night There was a second German raid Monday aftermoon and two more Jast night. Meanwhile, French observers reported continual German patrol activity throughout no-man's land in the intervals between raids

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BERLIN, Dec. 3 U German High Command announced today that “on the Western Front apart from samewhat more lively intermittent enemy fire in the frontier area east of the Moselle River there were only small, local hostil111ex

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Times Photo. Anna Rosemeyer, Josephine

Tomamichel. Gertrude Ramey and Mary Schmidt, and (front, left to right) Mary Mowry, Jane Young, Estel Fivecoat and Esther Meacham.

Ten Marion County girls and seven bovs started on a adventure today from the Union Station. All 4-H Club members, theyre going to Chicago as a reward for outstanding 4-H work. As soon as thev get into Chicago theyll go to the Stevens, the world’s largest hotel. But that will be just thrill No. 1. The girls will make a bee-line to the National 4-H Club exhibits to see whether other 2irls around the country are as good as Marion County girls at making dresses,

STATE ASKS 100 SAFETY POLICE

Stiver Outlines Need Traffic Council; Kreml Praises Work.

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months 6 per cent over the 1938 period in the state and pointed out

that the record came after last vear's when fatalities were reduced 20 per cent from the 1937 figure, A Real Beginning “Indiana and Indianapolis have think in this traffic safety work” aid. He wamed that traffic sticker fixing or irregular dis-

were had

made what we it a real he-

amnnme Lieut. Kreml

position of cases court

he would not

1m for enforcement, but elaborate on his statement Dr. McClintock told the council that two vears ago Indiana was a leader of all states in traffic engineering. but that today was surpassed by manv “Whatever the reason Indiana had for abolishing its fine traffic engineering department about a vear ago, is to be regretted.” he sald. “It is to be hoped that this department, so vital in the whole picture of traffic safety, will soon be re-established in Indiana.”

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Education Program Lauded

Mr, Traffic

Williams complimented the Safety Council for its leadership in educating the driving public in safety and particularly commended the State for recent changes in drivers’ license laws. Hallie Mvers of the State Highway Commission spoke on ““Highway Engineering for Safety,” and Roberts C. Hill, Bureau of Motor Vehicles chief hearing judge. spoke on “Licensing for Safer Drivers.” Officers were to be elected this afternoon and it was predicted that Mr. Hoffman would be re-elected president.

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Three of them have prize-win- | and will drive through the park

ning ward exhibits at the exhibits, They're Mary Mowry, 17, of the Wa-Wa-Ce Club, and Jane Young, 17. and Estel Fivecoat, 16, ol the Shadeland Club. Only one of the girls, Esther Meacham of the Acton Boosters Club, has been to Chicago before. She was taken there only four weeks ago and she plans to act as official guide. The bovs and girls will visit the Shedd Aquarium. the Field Mnuseam and Buckingham Fountain

Appeal by Lum n Abner Adds 46 to Clothe-A-Child |

and boulevard system. They'll all go to the International Livestock Show. The boys will be interested in that because theyre all from farms in the county. Two of their friends, Teddv Blank and Joseph Hardin, are already up there exhibiting Hampshire and Chester White barrows. But. best of all is their transportation up there. They're going in a private observation car with a priv ate chair ot each.

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“Oh. about five minutes,” Lum said. | “Now how much time have vou got?” the uncle asked. Neither he om other dinner guesis had been able to eat, so tense was the time situation getting. “A couple of minutes,” Abner said. “I guess we'd better go. But vou fellows go ahead and finish vour dinner. We'll see you after the broadcast.” Lum reluctantly bisenit, “How often do vou fellows eat like this, right up against the deadline. How often does it happen? Abner pushed his napkin onto the table and remarked, casually and without anv apparent realization that they had their guests on the verge of assorted nervous breakdowns:

put down a hot

Uncle Traces Career

“Every night.” Then thev were gone. Mr. Goff 's uncle ate his first piece of chicken and then said: “I happened to be in Indianapolis and I got a telegram from my wife that Lum and Abner were here. I called them and thev were out. Finally they called me at my hotel. “Those boys were reared in Mena together and began appearing in amateur theatricals. Then they went on the air, free at first. This is the first time Ive seen them since they've been in big time.” Here's How It Happened

The conference over the Clothe-A-Child broadcast was carried on while Lum and Abner were being practically pushed out of the studio for the theater where they were 10 minutes overdue, “We'll take care of it.” thev “We'll get those kids clothed.” they were gone again. _And, sure enough,

said

in a nick of

IN INDIL ANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County City 106 wh RL AR

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MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases ConvicTried tions Speeding . 12 12 Reckless driving. . 2 1 Failing to stop at through street. 7 Pisobeying traffic signal Drunken driving All others

Injured 2

Fines Paid

Totals a1 MEETINGS TODAY Rotary Club, adies’ day ponl Hotel, noon Indiana ‘Gas Jssaciation pool Hot el, 12 m Indiana oA of ine Clavbool Hotel 1 Riverside Civie 44 Y's Dens Cind, In nA Gyre Cah, un noo Mereator Cink nod 1 versal Clink nan Tniversity Board of Tr _ Knights of Lolumbus, hous a NeTvich Chub, Cottage Fine Credit , Group, Men's Grille, the Wm Block Co

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly cloudy tonight and slightly warmer tonight with temperature about 35.

tomorrow; lowest

Sunrise 6:52 | Sunset ....... 0: TEMPERATURE —Year Ago—

Mm 1 pm

BAROMETER

£30 a. mm 9.51 Precipitation 24 hrs Total precipitation Excess since Jan. 1

ending 7 a since Jan

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Partly cloudr tonight and morrow: slightly warmer in central rien tonight Minois—Fair to partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with mild temperature Lower Michigan—Cloudy tonight and tonccasional light rain or snow except in extreme southwest portion. slightl: warmer in northeast portion tonight Ohio—Cloudg with occasional light rain south snd occasional light rain or snow n north portion tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy, not much change in temperature Kentucky—Cloudv with occasional light rain in extreme east portion tonight. tomorrow fair, not much change in temperature

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WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

Weather Bar . Clear 30.19 .. Clear PtCldy «vv Smoky .. Cloudy Cloudy Clea: Clear . .PtCldy ..Clear .. Clear . Clear Clear

Station Amarillo, Tex. .. Bismarck, N. D Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland ....... Denver . Dodge City, Yas, Helena. Mont Jacksonville, Fla Kansas City, } Little Rock. Los Angeles Miami, Mpls. -St, Mobule, New Orleans New York EN Okla.

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| Hotel English

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time. they were back at the and on the air, taking care of it, And this is how. Children Lum & Abner Sheriff Al Feeney Variety Club William L. Taylor Retail Credit Co. Russett Cafeteria . Wheelers Lunch Fendricks Restaurants Edward E. Petri Co. Pr. Freidland E. M. Wilhite R. W. Mcintosh Mr. and Mrs, Reverly Rrown. Pritchett Recreation Parlor Otta Rav ; William G. Craig Lee Hyman Insnrance ‘Co. James A, Cramer Parkway Garage Ballard Tee Cream Co. “tt Mr. and Mrs, Glen Vore | | Mr. and Mrs. John Vollrath or. H. E. Marshall : Mr. and Mrs, David Marshall (Rushville) .. Mrs. R. B. Parrott Arthur Montgomery Mr. J. H. Spencer Bretzman Studio T. D. Corridan R. W. Fleischer “uh George Settos, Ohio Theater. “

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Mrs. R. H. Hartman (Brendenwood) Dorothy Jane Hartman denwood) Junior Sportsman Associate Club

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Clothed Through Lum & Abner Broadcast Previously Clothed

Total Clothed to date aan ae 331

SWEDEN CALLS UP

MORE OF RESERVES

STOCKHOLM, Dee. § (U.P) Partial mobilization of Sweden's armed forces, ordered todav, in ad-

dition to strengthening defenses on |

the Finnish frontier will heavy enncentrations in averlooking the Kattegat and the East Coast, it was learned tonight. Classes called today include per-

resnlt in the south.

sonnel for fortifications and artillery | Fortifications en the Island | of Goteland and on the East Coast |

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will be greatly strengthened as well as in the Far North where Finns were reported making a desperate stand against Soviet Russian troops and airplanes. Fifteen classes of Swedish reserves were calied up in the order for partial mobilization. Sweden has a standing armv of less than 50.000 men. The reserves total fighting force of perhaps 625.000. The mobilization order followed preparation for ‘evacuation of Stockholm if necessary. All armv leaves weve suspended due to the threatening Baltic situation. The spread of fighting in Russia's undeclared war on Finland and failure of Swedish efforts to act for Finland in resuming negotiations for a settlement at Moscow intensified alarm throughout the Scandinavian states, Norway invited the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Denmark meet at Oslo Thursday te frame a parallel policy in preparation for the League of Nations meeting on Finland's charges of aggression against Russia. Dispatches from the Norwegian frontier said that fighting continued on the Finnish where Soviet forces landed by airplane and ships were being subbornlv resisted by about 30,000 Finnish troops and volunteers. At least three Russian bombing planes circled over the Finnish nickel works at Salmijarvi this morming, frontier dispatches said. They dropped bombs, but it was reported that little damage was done to the nickel works which the Soviet forces obviously want to seize intact. Finnish refugees. group of 40 who said Russian airplanes had machine-gunned the trawler in which thev fled. told of

bitter fighting during the few hours |

of daylight that permit military operations on the Arctic Coast at this season.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

| powers started the

{accessible to her. {break the Nazi economic structure {by buying goods of countries neighbor to Germany at prices Germany| {could not pay,

{Germany desperately needs. |reported that the ships already had defenses.

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2 NAZI RAIDERS

‘Rove South Atlantic After

British Ship Is Sunk; Blockade Begins.

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France started a new trade war

|aganist Germany today as their war | fleets

| night last night a blockade of Ger- | 1nd. Pravda

imposed effective at mid-

man goods destined to neutral na-

{tions throughout the world.

British and French

knock Germany out of markets still They planned to

and suppling goods to those countries at prices lower than Germany could offer. France started the drive, by sending a fleet of tankers to seek cargoes of Rumanian oil, which It was

left for the Black Sea. The cost of the drive to Britain |

| alone will be, it was estimated un- | officially, | year.

upwards of $300,000,000 a

Both Britain and France sought to capture markets of which Ger-

|many has been deprived in South

America, As a means of stimulating exports, priority in goods produced in

| Britain is to be given first to national defense purposes, secondly to proposal for negotiation submitted

had Civil

Previously priority National defense; 2-

exports. been: 1

[use, and 3—Exports,

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AON RR 3

(NOTE A) I, First the cloth goes through a tub and gets thorough “wetting,” removing the mill finish—and “relaxing” the fibers. 2. It’s slowly dried in cool air.

3. It goes through giant rollers, removing all wrinkles. 4. It goes through a special mellowing chamber,

(NOTE B) The tests extend —-to the inner linings and the tapes . . There are drycleanability tests for fabrics and fronts . . . The threads are tested for tensile strength—the buttons are subjected to breaking tests, Keys, coins and knives are bounced in the pockets. Linings are tested for wear —using artificial

perspiration,

| Pravda reported today.

cupied by a Soviet landing party

{countered no resistance, financial | new drive—to |

| boveott the League of Nations meet- |

|steps—if any action is taken against

L. STRAUSS & C

o-Bound ALLIES HUNTING ‘Russia Says Naval Forces JAPAN PLEDGES

Occupy Hoagland Island

MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (U. P.) —Soviet | general, announcing that Russia! naval forces have occupied the would not attend the meetings on

{Finnish Island of Hoagland and] sunk a Finnish submarine, the of- the Finnish appeal and asserting

cial Communist Party Bewspaper that the League's publication of the “offensive and slanderous” Finnish Hoagland, Pravda said, was hi was “manifestly incompatible | with the requirements of due respect | TOKYO, Dec. 5 (U. P.). — Japan

Russian naval vessels from the Kron- for the Soviet Union.” [has promised to compensate, where stad base had approached the island| Prospects that Russia would quit justified, for damage done to Amer=ang shelled it from behind a smoke the League were strengthened, ap-!jcan property in China and has screen. parently, by recollection that Josef agreed to make greater efforts to The Finns had evacuated Hoag- |Stalin once had referred to the : ; . said. and the Rus- ‘so-called League of Nations” and avoid damage to American property of occupation en- that before Russia's entrance the and interests in future, it was said | Bolsheviks had always derided it as authoritatively today. an organization of imperialists, The gesture was made yesterday

U. S. DAMAGES

Promises Pay Where Justified for Wrecking American Property in China.

from the mine layer Karl Marx after

sian forces

May Resign From League Warren incidents in China, Admiral Nomu=ra said that Japan recognized about

Meanwhile, well-informed sources as

forecast that Russia, not only will

ings called to consider a Finnish appeal, but will resign from the League—following Germany's foot-

her, Foreign Molotov,

Face Anti-Tank Barriers formed to perpetuate the iniquities by Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, On the Karelian Isthmus, north of of the Versailles treaty—the Hitler Foreign Minister, in a long talk with Leningrad, however, Soviet troops view. | American Ambassador Joseph Clark were encountering unexpected diffi- Grew, it was said. ‘culties, dispatches received here in- Admiral Nomura said that Japan dicated. LEWIS 10 NAME AIDS had no intention of trying to oust : foreign i sts in Chi Anti-tank barriers set up by the TO eh phe Finns included stone walls with h Yh te 3 } : ties, particularly in the cultural and machine gun emplacements and economic fields, according to ine | wide ditches hidden by bouldéfs ae) formants gigantic felled trees. ‘ | Insistence by foreign nations on pe age Prosecutor David M. Lewis today the principle of the open door, with= well as ; , ine OUL considering realistic matters N ; 0 Aas! severa Ss : BLA anti-tank guns supplemented these renee | yr 1 deputies was likely to delay a settlement, UrS(ay Or Trigay 'o begin a NEW! Discussing the American claim $0 examination into the administration compensation for 600 anti-American of Henry M. Thomas Township Trustee. 300 The Grand Jury last August re- ge expressed regret at the emfused to return indictments after phasis in the United States on the hearing evidence on an agreement possibility of American retaliation, . after the expiration of the Japa=purportedly signed by Mr. Thomas ,.ce.american trade pact next and giving control over his appoint- month, for alleged anti-American ments and contract awards to H. N. acts by Japanese forces in China. White and F, W. Rubin, his cam- Newspapers reported that Ade paign managers last year. J miral Nomura expressed regret that Mr. Lewis said he has received American naval forces in the additional evidence justifying a new Asiatic Pacific were being strength= investigation. (ened.

Commissar Viacheslav after rejecting a Finnish

throngh the Swedish Government, | had addressed an angry note to Joseph A. Avenol. League secretary

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ENTLEMEN

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control.

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