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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 233

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1939

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QUINN PLEADS 1 Mile-of-Dimes Off to Beautiful Start

GUILTY TOT 0F J INDICTMENTS

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Given More Time to Answer, Bribe Charges After Admit- | ing Negligence.

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Thomas M. Quinn Sr., resigned | trustee of Center Township, today | pleaded guilty in Criminal Court 10 an indictment charging official negligence. He was granted more time to enter pleas to two other indictments which charge bribery. | Four others were arraigned on indictments charging the filing of false claims and false pretense. They were Dan R. Anderson, grocer | who acted as Quinn's campaign manager; Frank Bluestein, grocer; | J. Barton Griffin, milk route operator and son-in-law of Quinn, and John Neenan, chief relief order writer in Quinn's administration. Neenan Admits One Charge Neenan pleaded guilty to one in-| dictment charging a false claim and | false pretense in connection with a| milk order to Florence Perry, 1018 N. Illinois St. He pleaded not guilty to four more indictments listing similar charges. In three of these he was indicted | Jointly with Griffin. In a fourth, he was indicted jointly with Anderson. Griffin filed a motion to quash all four indictments against him. A hearing on the motion was set for Dec. 18

of -Dimes,

| {press conference that

OFFICER SAVED AS CONVICT GUN FALS

goed; Youth Captured.

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the gun, Detective Was | slugged on the head, He suffered a

Anderson, through his attorney, | ON ROOSEVELT Paul Rochford, filed a plea in abate- | | ment to each of four indictments] " | charging the filing of false claims] | and false pretense. | Claims Tndictments egal Goes to White House After The plea charged that the Grand : | Jury which returned the indict- Appeal for G. 0. P. Presiments was drawn illegally, inas- 2 much as Judge Myers’ order to draw dent in 1940. it was not entered in the Criminal x Court record book and that the resignation of two jurors was not WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P).— entered in the book. Former Governor Alfred M. Landon, tion Will be argued at 2 ynsuccessful G. O. P. presidential P. m. Monday, " ; Bluestein pleaded not guilty to two A yee In 335, 1085 called io indictments charging the filing of election, of a Republican President false claims and false pretense and in 1940 and then arranged to pay his! gee, through his HE Ca respects to President Roosevelt at "arb, for permission to look at the ns : i | records of the Trustee's ‘office, now the White House this afternoon. | in possession of the Grand Jury. Mr. Landon, whé ‘charged at a; Record Oper. to Inspection Mr. RooseJudge Mvers ruled that he ‘ean velt's government policies have heen look at the records, but that a designed to “stir up friction” beSa De Boe. ae Nets tween government and business, will im when he Ss. Ju yers als 5 wai granted permission for Bluestein to Mcct the man Who defeated him mn change his plea later if desired. 1936 at 2:30 p. m. (IMmdianapolis| Judge Mvers ruled that disposi- Time), the White House announced. ! tion of the guilty pleas would await| Mr. Landon reiterated his declathe outcome Of the trial of those ration that he was not a candidate pleading innocent. for the Republican nomination Conviction on a charge of official again. | negligence may be punished with a! He refused to disclose his favorite | sentence of up to 6 months and a for the G. O. P. nomination next fine up to $500, but the law does year. i not specify a jail term. Mr. Roosevelt laughed aside a! Conviction on a charge of filing press conference query as to whethfalse claims may be punshed by a er he would comply with his 1936 sentence of from 2 to 18 years, and Republican opponent's demand that | conviction on a charge of false pre- ‘he make known his intentions! tense may be punished with a sen- ghout a third term. | tence of from 1 to 7 years. | Mr. Roosevelt's business-govern- | I RRA REAR Wh ment policies, Mr. Landon told a GAIN CONSENT WRIT press conference, undoubtedly will be one of the chief issues in the IN BUILDING TRADES 1940 campaign. EL - Another major issue, he said. will PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8 (U. P.).— be efficiency in government. Under The Federal Justice Department to- (Continwed on Page Four) | day obtained a ‘consent judgment! whereby 30 mdividuals, 17 corporations and one A. F. of L. union agreed to refrain from objectionable practices cited by the Government in the heating and ventilating industry, The civil action, revealing a new line of strategy in the Government's 7 crusade against alleged violation of Detective’s Partner Siu anti-trust statutes, seeks to restrain practices Which tend to interfere] with interstate and intrastate trade, | to freeze out non-union contractors and workers, and prevent direct-to- _Decause there was arn empty consumer sales of materials ang Chamber in the gun of a 21-year-old Suppites. 4 ex-convict he was attempting to e judgment provides for im- arre: SHANG Seivie, | mediate dissolution of the voluntary ee - oe, Dp uve . gly we x rgeant Stewart Toleman today code of the heating, piping and air escaped possible death or infury conditioning industry for Allegheny fn partner, Detective Ty County. The United Heating Co. Baward Rouls Was slugged ve th wholly ‘owned by the A. PF. of L. yh ead by th ® i > : e Steamfitters’ Local 449, is to be dis- vouth Before the aN | solved by March 1, 1940. | latter was sub- © gat = en | dued. ¥ | § ’ {| The two detec- os i IDENTIFY PRINTS tives, accom - ey Si IN GERMAN SLAYING linia bv De. | tective Sergeant oN m— James Partain, NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. pp) had arrested an- . Bloody fingerprints found in the Other youth for home of murdered Dr, Walter Fn- Questioning i a gelberg, ‘German consular secretary, Series of recent have been identified as thode of a NAC =e former pugilist now believed in Vent to a batFlorian, Tt was Tearned today. : tery Shop in the Sergeant Rouls The fingerprints, one of the fet 700 Block of Massachlusetts Ave. to tangible clues to the person whe Ret the second Youth. Detective Killed the 42-vear-old German at LATTA stayed in the car with the hit Brooklyn home Wednesday. were first vouth while his partners enidentified at the police laboratory, | Cica the battery shop. " it Was learned. That would indicate nen they told the ex-convict that the suspect has a police rec- What they wanted, he dug his hand ord. insice a jumper he was wearing, The Federal Bureau of Tvestiga- JC xed out a 38 caliber automatic, | tion has joined 100 city detectives Jammed it into the pit of Detective investigating the murder in order to Coleman s abdomen and pulled repare a thorough report that may (he trigger. The hammer fell on the ave to be submitted to the Ger. cPty chamber. man Government. BAYS LER? : ; cut requiring two stitches to ‘close 13 DAYS LE when he was treated at City Hos0° » | pital. Ma ih RE Ee | Seeing the fight, Detective Par-

his thumb on the hammer of the gun, still in possession of the youth. Detective Partain suffered a lacer- | ated thumb. { The youth Wasn't subdued wntil | one of the detectives hit him on |

ian ran inside the store, jamming

quired thiee City Hospital, Police took the ex-convict and the other vonth to the police station for questioning after the frst Was treated for his wound,

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BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS

Margaret Louise Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

LANDON CALLS

| lining to the poverty cloud that

for members of the International Ladies ‘Garment Workers Union be- | fore his election last Mav. |

COLD SNAP ENDS

the head, inflicting a cut that re- retin of Midian summer vesterday | as temperatures dropped to 33 to-| dav,

be from 25 to 30, the Weather Bureal predicted, and tomorrow will {be fair and shightly

Visit Allison's

TRUSTEES RAP

STATE'S SHARE IN RELIEF RULE

Seek to Place Final Juris- | diction Over Funds in County Hands.

By LEO DAUGHERTY

t | Trustees of 1015 Indiana townships today adopted a resolution urging that final jurisdiction over their budgets be invested in county tax adjustment boards, This move to deprive the State Tax Adjustment Board of that power was taken in the trustees’ {fight for the retention of home rule and their own control over both poor relief and schools. |

William S. Knudsen , . , Inspects Allison's progress,

69 DEAD WITH NEW NAZI WS AT SEA

| Two British Ships Sink:

Destroyer Is Damaged By Torpedo.

Times Photo. John C. Knox, 1012 Palmer St. , . . starts a mile-

Guards

THE MILE-OF-DIMES, a silver

hangs over many an Indianapolis child, opened today on the side- | walk in front of L. S. Ayres & Co. | and the S. S. Kresge Co. Between now and the night before Christmas, thousands of citi- | zens will Jay thousands of dimes on the sidewalk in behalf of the city’s needy children. The Mile-of-Dimes is the big little brother of The Indianapolis Times Clothe-A-Child campaign. It affords a simple way for those persons unable to clothe a child to contribute what they can. | Like Clothe-A-Child, the Mileof -Dimes is an Indianapolis institution. Annually, it raises enough funds to clothe hundreds of needy youngsters. Attendants will be on the lin (Continued on Page ¥our)

officials,

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Republican leaders represented on | the National Committee's executive |

| As the resolution was adopted, | ‘one Republican political faction | (dominated by Harry Fenton, boomed {Charles M. Dawson, Indianapolis, ! | Washington Township trustee, for {the party’s nomination for lieu-| | tenant governor. Open to ‘Nomination’ : Mr. Dawson, who was re-elected | E [secretary and treasurer of the | : trustees, said he was open to the | nomination. | His supporters cited his vote-get- | |ting ability over a period of years | (during Democratic landslides. | While the trustees unanimously | 4 g adopted the carefully planned reso{lutions in defense of their office, i |drivers of township school busses | Offers Chance ICKES STIRS Up |served notice that at their meeting here tomorrow they will resolve not | to affiliate with any labor organiza- | For All to Help | tion. = Louis A. Johnson | The drivers number more than Allison's motors, 3 . 500, hold 780 contracts, carry more | " % & Clothe-A-Child Se (than 60,000 pupils daily and ave! A | responsible to the township trustees. ge Believed Spokesman for The trustees’ resolution on budget 6 M CHIEF AND : : approval said that the county tax i ' Anti-McNutt Faction as | adjustment board's action should be | [final unless 10 taxpavers make an F. D. R. Keeps Silent. |appeal for a State board ‘meeting. | JOHNSON IN CITY meet Fight Teacher Law | By THOMAS I. STOKES In their fight against extension of . Tithes Specidl Writer the teacher tenure law into town- Inspect New Equipment fo WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Confu- SHIPS. the trustees adopted a Aine : sion surrounding the 1940 Presiden- a rar Doh ee or tel Turning Out War tial situation is exemplified in an school year. Under the existing Jaw, | En ines episodic comedy-drama now amus- a ek a: ig i 9 : . i . i i mon cfore the school vear ends. | TT ing the capital, which is playing Another resolution calléd for an! By SAM TYNDALL host this week-end to numerous analysis of relief problems with the | da y Nan a 3 ik big political figures. view of proposing modifications and | y Assistant wv ai ry yous A. Nobody will Win the 1040 Presi. Changes. One specified that aute| Johnson and William 8. Knudsen, : ¢ resi owners surrender their license tags Ceneral Motors Corp, president, dential election over the week-end when applying for relief Another Made their first official inspection —that's still Impossible in the recommended the use in public| Nere today of the new $6,000,000 United States—but enough gossip schools of Indiana of the book, “Liv- | Varplane motor factory of the Al will fill hotel rooms and cocktail ing With Your Government in Im- | ison Engineering Co. bars to enliven conversation for giana,” published by the Ft. Wayne | With other high Army some time, what with such fellows Printing Co. © |including _ Brig. George EU (around as Alf M. Landon, Thomas Committee leaders said it trays: oi? yedt Bg | E. Dewey, GQu. John W. Bricker clearly the functions of the trustee, | CHIL, from Wright Field, Dayton, PRESIDENT SCORES and Senator ‘Arthur H. Vanden- Members did not approve Striking| ©: 2nd representatives of the G. M. |berg, among Republican names, [the name of the publisher from the ER i | 1 9 > % % » - ) R CLEVEL AND RELIE | Yckees Speaks Up by possible ‘eriticism turning out in January large quanDr. Archer Re-Elected commitiee emerged from a rathér| The trustees re-elected Dr. Oden | Alt gi Feld Fmportant prosaic discussion of such trouble- Archer, Clinton, president. Four vice Meeting He portan Two Groups Urge Hungry to some matters as party finance (the presidents named were Mrs. Frankie] The War Department has placed Storm City Council | defreit is $655,000), and whether Hellman, Gary; John M. Doan, De- more than $18.000000 in motor and . (their ‘convention should come early 'catur, chairman of the resolutions engine parts contracts with Allison —— lor late, to enjoy a little family tif committee: Dr. J. E. Carrico, Bick- Co, a G. M. division, CLEVELAND, Déc. 8 (U. pp) among the Democrats. nell, and Charles Devlin, Brazil. Considerable importance was ‘atOfficials said today that Cleveland _ Secretary of the Interior Harold| A proposed resolution Which failed tached to the meeting between War would be without even emergency Ickes, Who has a habit of stirring in the committee room Would have pepartment officials and Allison di= relief funds Sunday, as President things up here at intervals, grabbed taken the officials’ annual conven- | iectors, the frst since Congiess Roosevelt charged in Washington the headlines from the Republicans tion from Indianapolis because of jifteq the arms shipment ban. that Ohio's State ‘Government was by stepping into what has become criticism here of trustees for their] Tue War Department, immediate: failing to meet its responsibilities Known as “the McNutt conundrum: relief administration. fly after the Neutrality Act Was in administering relief. “Ts President Roosevelt for Paul AS the trustees were Warned (hanged, ordered a ban against Two organizations began exhort- V. McNutt for the 1080 Democratic 28AINSt the possibility of irreguiari= guinment of the Allison engine to ing the unemployed and hungry Nomination?” (ties arising in their administration, 4.0 reveign Power, to throng a Council meeting at City | Secretary Tckes averied at a press [UMOrs in the convention hall were!" wwe” Allison motor alieady Is Hall again Moriday night. conference, in answer to a yeporter, [NAL the State Board of Accounts gangara on the Air Corps fastest The President said that Wome that the President never hid indi- Vivhin, 60 days might act to take ad=|givnit ana attack bombing planes, relief Tests ‘definitely with: the cated to him that Ne was for Mr! (Continued on Page Four) including the famous XP=-38 pursuit States and said that Pennsylvania McNutt over any one else. BE TRE ER BRE BAR] interceptor which is reported to has Some A ace as good | Wants F.D R AgATR BID PEEKING DRAWS [have attained speeds over 400 m. a job as 16. He did not mention RE > | ny Ph: Governor John W. Bricker by He added that he did not believe | CITY COLD SHOULDER Dedication to Be Discussed name New Deal Liberals favored Mr, Me- - | i i Nutt, who it might be interpolated lary bentved Wish Mr, JORMA has capitalized the limelight Weve to A A Nn We Ts such an extent that he has bio- striction With Mr. Knudsen, but it

Tha Columbus, Governor Bricker said Mm Tesponse that Federal authorities ‘seem more interested in the politics of the affair than in helping tne needv.” He did not mention Mr. Roosevelt bv name,

A merchant who tried to underbid his ‘competitors after seeing the [original bids on gymnasium mats . : . ceive 3 he ev ni pars. to their promoting Sy oN ne i fom ¥ a sort of ganging-up movement. | ENA . The Secretary started something Bord Fiembers unOBimeusly ye-

The Governor said “there will be | ) ps hich adequate help for all the needy. Tt is smimised that he w ot | Jected the merchant's offer whie Chas acting as (os made, according to Park Engi

There would Ye no problem in spokesman for some New ‘oul . m ‘ f et New Dealers \ x g

employees fiom the relief rolls in-| Sa — : stead of hirmg thousands who are | SE Tye Tn {and studied them. not relief clients.” | ost ~ BAT. RAGES | Agreeing that this Hiegularity Mayor Harold H. Burton returned |, 0, NOL Way, Deéc. 8 (U, P).— did not affect the validity of the from Columbus, conferred with his ww patho was reported today just | original bids, the Boaid awarded Cabinet and announced that the Chiside Norwegian territorial waters the contact for 10 5510 gymnasium Off Soene near Kristiansand. One wats to the Van Camp Hardware

City Council must approve the hi an lamiching of $1.900000 in bonds | orship and several airplanes were & Tron Co. at & total price of involved. $267.50.

authorized Wednesday by the State for Yelief, before they can be issued

voked the envy of other candidates

or other powers. The Department considers the engine America’s bid for the air supremacy of the world. Because of the military importance of the Allison plant, there has [to date been no official announcement of the construction progress of the new factory. It was reported, however, that the officials will dis= cuss plans today for dedicating the new unit. After the inspection trip the officials attended a luncheon at [the Columbia Club.

Hoover Pleads With Americans to Help OF ELECTION CHARGE

SAN ANTONTO, Tex. Dec, 8 (U P). Maver Maury Maverick was adjudged innocent today of charges that he illegally conspired to pay poll taxes for Others during the Be es campaign, A District Court jury which had 5 been given the case Jast night gine | STL RPI RatOrY: nounced the verdict. Some of the Tay Tas 2 uty ‘te do ts COUrtIoom Spectators Cheerad. Mr | part in the relief of the hideous Maverick, former New Deal Con. | Suiering of the Finnish people. gressman, Was charged on four) Our people should have an outlet

. | M which to express their uncounts of ‘conspiring to pay poll tax divided and practical sympathy, I

have consented to organize a na-tion-wide Finnish relief fund for this purpose. “1 appeal to the American peoplé for its support. “Finland is not a rich country. The people have little reserve for emergency. They are making a hevoic defence. Air attacks have compelled the evacuation of ¢ivil= fans from their towns and cities. “Hundreds of thousands of women and children have peen driven from their homes in the middle of northem winter. Many are alieady, and wore will be, refugees outside of their own country, Many are destitute. Others are without adequate shelter, clothing and food. Thi fund is for the purpose of serve ing these broad needs,

yet mn NEW YORK. Dec 8. The flleowMg message from former President Hoover is carried at his request. It is

Kheed

and also the needs of the Polish people as well, The committee of which IT am alse a member would not wish any contributions to this fund for Finland te leszén the support of all these needs. “But i this time of our sor= ow and sympathy for the plight of Finland, Americans should alse make sacrifices for them. “A nation-wide sponsorship Is being constituted for the general conduct of the fund. Emergency supplies can be obtained in Neov= way and Sweden pending ship= ment fiom the United States, former colleagues in Belgian relief have volunteered to undertake the work of administration under the teadership of Mr. Edgar Rickard, and an office has been established at the Graybar Building, New York. “Contributions may be deposited With your bank, with directions to transmit it to the Finnish yelief fund at the Chase National Bank, New York. “I hope those who can afford it Will contribute generously, Cons tributions, no matter how small, are the evidence our sym» pathy,” EN

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BELATED ‘SUMMER’

LOCAL TEMPERATURES SA. Mm ... 31 0am... 1 We 98 NNAam fe + 38 12 (moon) .. 4% . 3% 1p Mm ... 88

A cold snap ended the day-long |

Tam 8am 9am

Herbert Hoover . . "Hundreds of thonrande homeless,’ :

Lowest temperature tonight willl

“T Mlly Teale the present

warmer, needs of Many of our OWA people

has been reported there is little pos= |

sibility that the War Department ion Norwegian tanker Britta arrived | Will release the motor to belligerents at the west coast last night. Bix of |

In Easing Finland's ‘Hideous Suffering’

My |

LONDON, Dec. 8 (U. P).—The

war on the sea today was believed

to have cost 69 more lives with the sinking of two British ships and damage to another by a torpedo,

The British Royal Mail Line freighter Navasota, 8795 tons, was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean, it was announced. Forty-three persons were listed as missing, “hirty-five survivors from the Navasota were landed at a port on the southeast coast of England. Nine others were taken to another port. | Warlier, it was announced that [the H. M, 8. Jersey, a destroyer, | had been damaged by a torpedo. | Two officers and eight other men [were believed to have been killed.

Nine Warships Lost |

Twelve ratings were injured, the amouncement said. The Jersey, now safe in harbor, was torpedoed by a U-boat yesterday.

The Jersey is one of the newest

destroyers in the British Navy, having been completed only this year. She was launched Sept, 26, 1938, The destrover is the fifth warship which the British admit has been damaged by enemy action, Nine

British warships, the British admit,

have been lost, Threa cruisers, (Southampton, Belfast and XEdin\burgh have been damaged. The [other two damaged ships are the | Tron Duke, | The British steamer Merel, 1088 tons, struck a mine and sank within | four minutes off the southeast coast [of Emgland.

Brett, U. 8. Army material division | bers of the crew were rescued, One

body was recovered, Chaim U-Boat ¥s Sunk

“The Merel must have been blown

to smithereens, there was only

tities of speedy liquid-cooled 1150 Wreckage floating on the water,” | horse-power motors for the Army said a member of the crew of a courteous language “requested” that

[motorboat which went to the scene. Meanwhile, the Air Ministry an= nounced that an R. A. F. plane [dropped two bombs and sunk a | U-boat. | It was also disclosed today that

67 survivors of the Dutch ship Ta=!

jandoen, sunk by an explosion in the English Channel, had to row their lifeboats through a sea of blaz[ing oil, and then narrowly missed ‘death again when their rescue ship, the Belgian freighter Louis Sheid, ran aground off the south coast of England.

| Bix Men Resewed

Capt. Jean Bernard Roederink of the Tajandoen said he did not know whether his ship had been mined or torpedoed. The ship went down in flames, he said. Six of the crew were missing. The loss of the British steamer | Orsa, 1478 tons, with 16 of her erew [of 22, was confirmed last night by the owners, Six men were rescued by a British warship. The ship Was ‘sunk off the northeast coast. Twenty-five survivors of the 8214-

the crew were lost.

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LEAGUE WILL HEAR FINLAND'S APPEAL

Charges Against Russia to Be Aired Tomorrow.

Ry JOE ALEX MORRIS URitvd Prove Foreign News Bditor Fuiopes warring nations make an important appeal te world opinion tomorrow when the League of Na[tions hears Finland's charges of |agprersion by Soviet Russia, | Th the air, on the seas and on the | battiefronts, the war goes on. The (Red Navy advised neutrals that |a blockade of the Finnish coast [would be established. Meanwhile, ‘Russian troops in Boutheast Finland advanced slowly against yepeated counter-attacks on the Aretie | Const and shoved to a point almost [80 miles deep in the center of Fin-

and ih an effort to eut the country

[in two. Although the Russians elaimed [they were within 19 miles of the [important town of Viboig in the

| Jersey and the former battleship

Only two of 18 mem- |

L. DEMANDS FREE SEAS FOR 00DS TO U. ».

| Note Advises British Against Seizure of s+. Shipments,

War in Brief WASHINGTON-—Hull gives Britain U. 8. views on blockade, | | PARIS—French patrols active on Western Front in retaliation for | ‘German raids. ROME — Rerlin-Rome axis reaf« firmed: Russia warned to stay out of Balkans, LONDON=Two ships sunk, destroys er damaged, with possible loss of 69 lives, COPENHAGEN — Russia announces blockade of Finnish coast. | HELSINKI—Civilians devise emers | gency gas masks in fear of Ruse sian raid, | MOSCOW-—Russia claims advance | of from three to seven miles, (ISTANBUL—Turkish anxiety ovee Balkans grows. GENEVA-—League of Nations te | hear Finland's charges tomorrow,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U, P.) .—Secretary of Spate Core (dell Hull today advised Great Britain that interference with (shipments to the United | States in the course of Brits lain’s blockade of German ex= ports would be a violation of

international law. Mr. Hull made this observance in a Tormal note delivered to the Brits ish Foreign Office today by the American Embassy in London, | At the same time Mr, Hull indi= cated that this Government will re= fuse, as a matter of principle, ta [recognize establishment of a blocks ‘ade of the Finnish Coast by Soviet

the Russia.

Demands Justification | He indicated, however, that tha projected blockade would have littla effect on the United States zince [there are no American vessels sails ing in the area proclaimed unde blockade. He said it was a principle of ins [ternational law that a blockada | must rest upon some justification in international law, He indicated that the Rusisan blockade had no such | justification, since there has been no declaration of war between Russia and Finland. The note, couched in terse but “the British Government shall nog cause interference with the legiti= mate trade” of American nationals and reserved “all rights and the [rights of its national whenever and to the extent that they may be n= fringed.” Views ‘With Regret’ | The note said in part: “My Government has noted with regret that by its order in couneil of Nov, 28, the British Government, has undertaken to intercept all ships and all goods emanating from German ports, and ports mm tervis tory under German occupation, | after Dec. 4, 1939, and all ships from whatever port sailing after Dec. 4 having on hoard goods of German origin or German ownership, and fo require that such goods be discharged in a British or Allied port and placed in the eustody of ths marshal of the prize court. | “This order, if applied literally, | (Continwed on Page Thiee)

M'NUTT AND DEWEY RIDING SIDE-BY-SIDE

Timer Special | FT. WAYNE, Ind, Dee. 8-—Ry | this time, Paul V. MeNutt and [Thomas FE. Dewey probably have | met on a Pennsylvania train speeds ing east. Mr, MeNutt, candidate for Dems ocratic nomination for President, | boarded the train here last night | for Washington after a speech in Grand Rapids, Mieh. | Mi. Dewey, candidate for Res publican nomination for President, boarded the train in Minneapolis vesterday after his opening eame paign speech Tuesday night They were in side=by=side Pulls [Man zections,

HOGS UNDER 160 LBS. GAIN 10 CENTS HERE By UNITED PRERS | Hogs weighing from 160 pounds down gained 10 eents at Mdianap= olis today. Up to 240-pound weights {the advanee was 15 eents and | heavier ones were steady. New Yok stocks declined on | profit-taking with sugar shares xufs fering largest losses, Bonds ims proved slightly, eur stocks devels

oped no trend in early trade,

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[their main defensive lines in that area and in the Far North their white=clad and ghost=like troops Were 1eported to have thiown the Red Army back several miles by a (Continued on Page Thiee)

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