Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1939 — Page 1
The Indianapolis Times
FORECAST: Fair and cooler tonight with lowest temperatures, 20 to 25 degrees.
VOLUME 51—NUMBER 237
$20,000 FIRE __ Atlanta Is ‘Gone With the \ SWEEPSBLOCK EEE =. SEER = AT NASHVILLE
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Times Snecial aL NASHVILLE, Ind. Dec. 13 —Fire which destroved the Shamrock Inn, a garage, variely store and mortuary and two residences was under control here this afiernoon. Loss was estimated at $20000 to $30.000 The blaze, which started in the second floor of the building occupied by the Shamrock Inn, famous Brown County tavern, threatened for a time to destroy the nearby Nashville House and possibly the entire town, The Nashville House escaped damage The blaze was fought two pumper truck companies from Bloomington, Nashville volunteers,
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Trucks
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made love while the Civil War raged.
Clark (Rhett) Gable and Vivien (Scarlett) Leigh , . .
REDSTRYTOCUT Marse Henry ‘Sh FINLAND IN TW0 Ready for ‘March to See
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By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 13.—It's a bit chilly here in Atlanta. but man doesn't dare wear a union suit. This city is so Confederate-minded at the moment, with “Gone With the Wind" having its world premiere here Friday, that if any care- | less soldier happens to fire a cannon at Ft. Sumter we're in it again, | boys, were in it again. Having been born and brought up within 100
- {miles of here, and taught that MOTION T0 RETURN [there was a good bit of skulldugeery |
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Town
{connected with the North accident. ‘ally winning the War Between the States, I found myself completely | in the spirit of Atlanta before 1
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minutes. The stray R's that T had picked up unconsciously after 10 years in the North fell from my vocabulary to the sidewalk with a clatter. But it
Ex-Klan Chief Faces Trip. Back to State Prison.
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Hunters Blamed for Two Forest Fires
Fires started bv hunters were blamed by the State Conservation Department todav for the destruetion of several hundred acres of forest land in southern Indiana vesterdav, One of the fires destroved 200 acres four miles north of Jonesville, in Bartholomew County near the Brown County line. It was extinguished by the district fire warden and his assistants The other blaze swept 150 acres of timber in Polk Township, southwest of Nashville, Enrollees from the Kurtz CCC Camp aided in extinguishing this fire.
ST. JOSEPH CLERICS HIT MARRIAGE ‘FEES’
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. 13 (U. P) —A committee of the St. Jos-| eph County Ministerial Association has threatened legal action to pre-| vent County Clerk Frank J. Bruggner from selling marriage certificates.
When I drove up to my hotel I summoned the doorman with a Rebel vell, and came within an ace of tipping him with Confederate money, which was my only legacy from my maternal grandfather. | I've covered many a spectacle in many a country — the Olyvimpie ames in Berlin, the Grand Prix in Paris, Wimbledon tennis in Londoy, St. Stephens Day Handicap in Budapest and a lot of others. But I have never seen a city give itself so completely to one thing as Atlanta
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CCC enrollees and Conservation Brown County State Park. Haul Water capped by a water shortage, and CCC and private trucks were used mile south of the town. Volunteer firemen, forming ®& the pumpers tanks, and drenched | adjacent buildings to prevent them| A residence across the alley east of the Ford garage, one of the demited by firemen to prevent the blaze from spreading to other This blast, and an unexplained explosion in the Shamrock Inn ness houses. Besides the inn and garage, the Defenders Re tuary and variety store. Residents of the town were able . i | To Helsinki. | the burming buildings ! — : been started by a stovepipe leading BULLETIN from the Shamrock Inn through the GENEVA, Dee. 13 (U, P).—A building. Nations’ Finnish Appeal CommitWind Shifts, Aids | tee tonight drafted recommendaabout 7 a. m., a strong northeast expulsion of Russia from the wind was fanning the flames toward | League, and urging aid for FinAbout an hour later, the wind shifted to the northwest, and this cluding the United States. further spread of the blaze. Shortly after the fire was disUnited Press Foreign News Editor lumbus was notified to shut off the Finnish reinforcements were reelectric current supplving NashHundreds of spectators from Co- sia’s fearsome but fumbling military | lumbus, Bloomington, Morgantown Machine today as Red strategists Nashville to witness the blaze. and Which, if successful, would slice tinv : . i Sky : , v1 (U, P)—Judge Cassius M. Gentry many of these aided in fighting the Finland in two : . win Mr : mg in the Hamilton Circuit Court to-| (nations calling for the expulsion of | Russia from the League of Na‘ions to remand D. C. Stephenson, former | tral Finland gained momen m, lux Klan, to the State Prison at bringing new fears to Scanding an Michigan City, France and England were watch- County Jail here since late Seping developments in Finland with tember while his attorneys have to solve the harassment of their own obtain for him a new trial on interests by Adolf Hitler. There was Charges of murdering Madge Obertoday on the Russo-Finnish situa- 1925. tion Judge Gentry gave defense attorcheered today when it was an- ceptions or file new proceedings. nounced that Great Britain had It was indicated that the defense ish planes to Finland. of habeas corpus, either in the court Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood here or in the Federal District Court to Finland were not required in . » - Britain in view of the war WHEAT SELLS AT $1 the Government decided to grant ON DROUGHT REPORT
export licenses to a British firm! to enable them to send aircraft to Finland,” Sir Kingsley replied. | By UNITED PRESS He said he did not agree that it Wheat sold at $8 1a bushel on the was wrong to divert badly needed Chicago Board of Trade today. supplies to Finland but he refused | Heavy buying was stimulated bv to answer when questioners sug- official reports of widespread drought gested that there was canger of in the grain belt. The December $1 : (Continued on Page Three) [price is the first any wheat future The committee charged that - sai reached that figure since October,
blushing bridegrooms were coerced 11937. into buying the certificate and that 30 FEARED LOST ON | Cotton futures hit new seasonal [highs at New York with gains rangBRITISH FREIGHTER ing to $205 a bale. New York
exorbitant prices were charged. stocks gained from fractions to al-
Department emplovees in the The fire fighters were handito haul water from a creek a half bucket brigade, poured water into from burning. stroved business houses, was dynabuildings shattered windows in nearby busifire practically razed the Bond Mor- To | Britain Sends Planes | to remove most of the goods from The fire was believed to have | ceiling and second story of the sub-committee of the League of When the blaze was discovered tions te the Assembly calling for the main part of the town. land, even from non-members, inwas credited with preventing a By JOE ALEX MORRIS covered, the power plant at Coville ported striking desperately at Rus-| 8 AY Cats , ; | prepared for two tremendous thrusts nd other nearby cities poured into 1st NOBLESVILLE. Ind. Dec. 13 fire. i Impervious to a resolution of 13 : 1 day upheld a motion by the State] the Soviet armies in North and ‘en- granq dragon of the Indiana Rucountries. Stephenson has been in the expressed uneasiness. as they moved argued various motions designed to no official comment in Berlin circles NOItZer, a State House employee, The British House of Commons MeVS until next Monday to take exgranted licenses ‘for export of Brit- mayeé file a new motion for a writ was asked why British planes sent 2t Indianapolis “After consideration of all facts.
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ing the certificates so long as the State Association of County Clerks approves the sales. He denied anv charges of coercion.
KNUDSEN ATTACKS WAGNER LABOR ACT
JS VN, Tex : y A ao i iS A Pe of Ne Bush ee Dept ford. | tors Cor sl : [ : ‘ ons, was torpedoed by aj. : . : a a Say ad eoh: German submarine just north of Joh (7 PE ited ne Am al tions Act and asserted that INAUStEY | har ely or lo Delieveq Secretary of State Cordell Hull that 3 | sue soci a . S d0 C = is : Ww : : re conment with $004 Dunes pt teen, saved miracle Tan ave Burope Tom practice.” A SINESS | The five survivors were taken to long and bitter war.” He told the Chamber of Come | StAdland for treatment. Mr. Davies had been recalled merce annual meeting here that | ‘The 498-ton British collier Mar- specifically to take part in negotiasince the Waghier Act. labor Unions wickhead was blown to pieces by tions here for a revised Belgian have warred among themselves and a mine off the east coast Tuesday trade agreement. After seeing Mr. the National Labor Relations Act and six of the crew of 11 are miss-| Hull, he went to the White House to . : Cling, it was reported today. ‘give the President a first-hand re-
Mr. Bruggner refused to stop sellmost $2. Curb stocks were irregular. Hog prices at Indianapolis advanced 10 cents on ail weights.
ONLY A MIRACLE CAN SAVE EUROP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (U.P).
11 of Collier Crew Missing: Nazi Vessel Sunk.
has to the movie premiere of Margaret Mitchell's story. | But I promise you that my sports| training is so severe that when I gO | to the Junior League costume ball | Thursday night I am going to scout Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Olivia {De Haviland and Leslie Howard, and work out in my own mind what their batting average is going to be. | And He's Got a Costume Folks, you should see my costume for the ball. I am going to look exactly like a slightly fat member of Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry unit. This costume belonged to my great-uncle Ben, and the fact that it doesn’t fit me is as nothing compared to the fact that I don't have to pay any rent for it. The latest communique I saw said Hollywood has begun its trek here for the acid test. Producer David O. Selznick: Miss Leigh, and Miss De Havilland, left last night. A second plane leaves | tonight with Mr. Gable, his wife, | Carole Lombard, and Victor Flemling. the director. But vou'll have to pardon me now, E’ because I've got to go out and shoot myself a Yankee. I'm two behind my Atlanta quota for today.
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BARBARA CARROLL TO WED
SOUTH PARIS, Me, Dee. 13 (U. P). — Miss Barbara Carroll, 19, whose father and former sweetheart are serving life sentences for the murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield, |
probably this week-end.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1939
and
sore day numbers the Yuletide,
dered
[ hours.
Tomorrow fair with rising temperature in afternoon.
AWAIT RECORD DAY §
10-Year Marks Expected to Be Shattered in Rush of Yule Buying.
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By EARL HOFF
Indianapolis merchants expect
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Wind 0CAL STORE ATURDAY
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Saturday to be one of the busiest]
shopping days for a decade, An influx of Christmas shoppers is
expected to jam downtown streets sidewalks and throng retail stores. It will be a busy and footfor store clerks, whose have been
Forces of uniformed police and plainclothes detectives have heen orincreased by Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey. Since Thanksgiving,
when the
long-awaited rush, Records Already Set
Already shopping records been set this season. Last Saturday
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increased for)
Christmas buying season got unders- | way. merchants have been pointing to this week as the beginning of the
was the largest for that day in sev-
eral vears for downtown firms. And |
stores this week have been jammed with shoppers even in the morning Yet these crowds are nothing like what merchants expect for next Saturday. Also, many
pecting” for gifts. are expected to have their minds definitely made up by Saturday,
and cash registers are expected to] sing a song not heard in such vol- |
ume since 1929.
The basis for the expected buy- | for days has been anticipating a | ing rush is the fact that Indian- {yy downtown Saturday to see MO |
apolis business indices are in their healthiest condition for several
vears,
Pavrolls are higher and employ- pal to save him, is about 15 per cent higher |
ment than at this time last year, the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation said. Bank clearings $80,000,000 above last vear,
Pay Days This Week-End
The local Postoffice is swamped
with Christmas mail. Also as an optimistic indicator to merchants is the fact that Indianapolis depositors have $1,100,000 in Christmas. savings this year, $260
000 or 30 per cent more than they.
saved for Christmas last year. Another factor which this Saturday as the peak for the
Saturday on top of regular weekly payrolls. There have been no figures compiled vet as to the amount
sons by employers this year, but the total is expected to exceed 1936, the last year for which figures are available at Bureau of ment Compensation. Many in Indianapolis were included among the 59,500 persons emploved by 270 state firms who received $1,750,000 in bonuses that vear.
SLIDING SCALE FOR MILK SEEMS LIKELY
Control Board Studies Data For Final Order.
State Milk Control Board members indicated today that they prob-
ably will decide upon a sliding scale | schedule of retail milk prices in In-
dianapolis.
| The Board was to complete its
study of statistics on price differentials and prepare a final order, af fecting all milk delivered in Indian apolis. Milk is being sold now under a
the Board, increasing the price from 11 to 12 cents a quart. The Board either must make the previous order permanent, adopt a sliding scale schedule, or restore the price to 11 cents. Under a sliding scale, different prices would be fixed for delivery of
more bottles.
SNYDER CONVICTION ERASED ON APPEAL
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 13 (U. P,) — The conviction of Martin (Colonel)
| of the shoppers up| until now have been merely “pros-| Many of them
are first
indicates
had been on Peachtree St. five season is the fact that bi-monthly Schwitzer<Cummins pay checks will be issued Friday or 10th St.
didn't matter, because no one knew bonuses to be paid Indianapolis per- |
the Unemploy- |
“|internal injuries last night w
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jone bottle as compared to two or|
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Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,
Indianapolis,
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Hitler Wed Last August
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (U, P.).-—~A blond Bavarian girl since August has occupied the position of a regular German hausfrau in the Berlin residence of Adolf Hitler, the Saturday Evening Post
Hitler Married?” The magazine in an editorial a source inside Germany “which we have always found dependable.” The girl, Eva Helen Braun, “conducts herself as if she were the wife of the Nazi dictator,” the
“It seems incredible that Hitler, the most publicized man of this generation, could be involved in a Jove affair for years while even the girl's name should remain practically unknown both in Germany and abroad,” the article continued. ‘Nevertheless, that has | been true in Hitler's case. According to the article, Fuehrer, “amid campaigns and conquests,” has been compelled to devote time in soothing the feelings of the girl's family, “because | they fell he had compromised her | reputation.”
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CITY LAUNCHES TEPS FOR FULL GAS OWNERSHIP |
Utility Officials Vote for Purchase of Indian
apolis Gas Co. Properties by Condemnation; Council to Get Proposal.
By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM : The first step in a move by the City to acquire coms
plete ownership of the local announced today.
gas distribution system was
The announcement followed adoption by directors and
ine | trustees of the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility of resolutions des claring that it is a matter of *
‘public convenience and necese
sity” for the City to acquire the property of the Indianapolis
‘Gas Co. by condemnation of mains and other properties.
Included in the Indianapolis Gas property are 533 miles
operated, and the W, 9th St, Prior to September, 1935 Citizens Gas Co., the Indian:
The City refused to be |
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——— of mains, the Langsdale Ave. gas plant, no longer being
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distribution plant. when the City bought the old polis Gas property was oper
PAL 4 INJURED 2 by Citizens Gas under a 99-year lease executed in §y wr 1913.
yound by the lease, contending
Traffic Death Ends Dream that the lease rental-—nearly $600,000 a year—was
Of Toys for Lad Who Wandered Away.
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Christmas toys, dead today [despite the efforts of an 8-year-old
was
James straved from the yard of his home at 946 Bell St, for dhe time in his life and was [fatally injured when struck by a | truck at 10th St. and Highland Ave. yesterday. His companion, David Humphrey, | 8 of 1216 Polk St, who tried to] {pull James from the path of ang | jother automobile, also was struck (and injured by the truck driven by Lester Flesher, 2324 Georgetown Road. Taken to Hospital Both boys were carried into the Co, 1128 E.| and were given first aid | (by Mrs. Beulah Lee, 1214 Carroll-| |ton Ave, plant nurse. James later | {was taken to City Hospital where
of he died in the receiving ward.
The two boys had been to a grocery on E. 10th St. and were crossing the street en route home | (when the accident occurred, Other boys said that as David | pulled James from in front of the
path of an auto, both stepped into |
the side of the truck. Police believed the passed over James, The victim was the beset by ill
and Mrs. Albert Allen. | for months has been (luck. A short time ago, James, 3-vear-oid sister, Mary Alice, fell off the porch while playing and broke her leg. |
rear wheel
Wanted Red Wagon
| But soon things looked brighter Mr. Allen's employer had given James $1 for a Christmas present, | James was planning to wear his new shoes and go downtown Saturday with his father to see the toys and | buy himself a little red wagon with the $1. Joseph Mattingly, 1304 Polk St. James’ uncle, said the boy never strayed away from home before. Charles Merkle, 60, of 6056 N. New | Power & ed possible! hen | [struck by an auto at Market and | New Jersey Sts. He was taken to| City Hospital. f Police said the car was driven by| | Herbert Hill, 614 N. Grant St.
MERCURY DECLINES AND CITY GETS SNOW LOCAL TEMPERATURES
m ... 34 10am ... 30 mm... 38 Mam. ...30 | m ... 31 12 (noon) ,. 30 m ... 30 1pm ...30
[Jersey St., Indianapolis | Light Co. employee, ieceiv
6 a. 7 a. 8 a. 9 a. Indian summer was past history | today with freezing temperatures |
prevailing throughout most of the |
son of Mr. | The family!
excessive. | A ruling last September
ORES LOSE
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FRAUD APPEAL
Wise Conviction Reversed: U. S. Court Here Is Reprimanded.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (U, P).-<The U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeuls today afflirmed the mail fraud conviction of John W. Moore Sr. and his son, John Jr. and reversed the conviction of Russell E. Wise, all under prison sentence in connection with operation of the Con-
tinental Credit Corp. of Winchester, Ind. The trio, with two others, was ac-
* by Federal Judge Robert C, | Baltzell that the lease was not binding on the City left the City with the necessity of making new arrangements for use of the property, particularly the mains which would Five-year-old James Allen, who cost several million dollars to replace.
Officials of the Utility said the next step in the condems‘nation proceedings would be introduction at the City Council meeting Monday of an ordinance actually cone '‘demning the property and directing the Utility's direce tors to take ‘further addie tional necessary steps.” | Would Provida Option This ordinance, if adopted, would result in the fling of a suit in one [of the local courts, asking the court to name appraisers to fix a fair | price to be paid for the property. The City then would have the option of buying it at the price set {by the court, or dropping the cons« [demnation plan. Utility attorneys 'explained that the City would not | be forced by law to go through with
cused of obtaining more than $1.-the transaction if the appraised
200,000 through distribution fraudulent warehouse among 200 Midwestern banks and individuals, including former Indiana Governor James Goodrich and George A, Ball, Muncie, Ind, multimillionaire,
Wise Exonerated
The reversal exonerated Mr, Wise, |
who served for four weeks as hankruptcy receiver for the corporation when the fraud collapsed. Kenneth P, Kimball, president of Kim«Murphy Co.. Lansing, Mich.
the Mineral Felt Co. convicted a year ago with the trio in the U. 8 District Court at Indianapolis, did not appeal. In exonerating Mr. Wise, Circuit Court of Appeals
ting aside the jury verdict against him as contrary to the evidence,
Moores in Jail Here
Both the Moores are in Marion County Jail at Indianapolis. Mr. Wise has been free on bond pending the outcome of his appeal. Mrs. Anna Louise Trent, daughter of Moore, Sr. also under indictment in the case, was seriously ill at the time of last year's trial. No date for her trial has yet been set.
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NEW YEAR DAY SALE OF LIQUOR BANNED
A. B. C. Decides Policy After Jackson Ruling.
The sale of liquor and beer on
of | certificates,
the | repri- | manded the trial court for not set-|
price were too high. | The only alternatives to purchase by condemnation would be either to attempt an outright purchase through negotiations with Indianape« |olis Gas directors, or negotiation of la new IT the condemnation goes through, the City then would take steps to issue bonds to pay for the property, It has been estimated that with the prevailing low interest rate on reve
lease,
(and Ralph 8S. Phillips, treasurer of enue bonds, the annual interest and
prineipal payments would be quile a bit less than the rental provided «in the old lease, and might permit a ‘rate reduction,
Change Made in 1913
The Indianapolis Gas mains reps ‘resent slightly more than half the (more than 1000 miles of gas mains used by the City utility. Prior to 1913, Citizens Gas and Indianapolis Gas operated here in competition, ther mains in some sections running side by side. In that year. Indianapolis Gas ceased operating and leased its mains and plants to the Citizens |Gas Co. under the 99-year lease, This lease provided that as rental, Citizens Gas pay the following: 1. The sum of $120.000 annually as a 6 per cent dividend on the $2,000,000 outstanding Indianapolis Gas common stock. 2. Five per cent interest annually on Indianapolis Gas' $6,881,000 in loutstanding honds. 3. All taxes on the Indianapolis Gas property, These taxes, which totaled $116,970 last year, would bs avoided if the City owned the prope erty.
| Bank Filed Suit
When the City, after taking over the Citizens Gas Co., refused to ace
Snyder for the attempted murder State. The mercury was scheduled |New Year's Day will be prohibited cept the lease, it continued to use
of Myr! Alderman, his rival for the
today and he was granted a new trial.
The appeal was based by his law= an inch of rain fell early last eve | will become the bride of Armand P. yers on technical grounds that the ning Lacroix, 20, Rumford shoe worker, jury had been given faulty instruc- be
tions by the trial judge.
| affections of singer Ruth Etting, | grees and begin rising slowly towas erased by the Appeals Court) morrow afternoon.
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to sink to between 20 and 25 de«|
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A light flurry of snow fell in In| anapolis this morning and .6 of |
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Tonight and tomorrow is to fair, however, the Weather Bureau said. |
for the first time since repeal, the Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced today. The decision was reached by the Commission after Atty. Gen. Omer Stokes Jackson issued a formal
‘opinion that the 1039 Liquor Law {amendments banned sales on New|
Year's Day. The ruling is contrary to a previ
eR ~ 3 i nomically disastrous. he saith | that the 3000-ton German freighter ——— i PY | Bolheim out of Hamburg was sunk [by an unknown submarine believed (to have been Russian, near Menty- | luoto. The captain and two of the crew were said to have been killed. | Twenty-nine survivors reached the [shore in lifeboats, the report said. | The newspaper Berlingske Tidende in Copenhagen reported that the Swedish steamer Toroe, 1477 tons, had struck a drifting mine near a German mine field off the Island of Falsterbo, South Denmark. ! and had sunk within two minutes although ali hands were saved. Two Swedish warships raced today to the rescue of the Swedish, \ (tank steamship Algoe, believed sink(ing after striking a mine near the
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. ¢ Ous bulletin issued by the ABC,| now an in 0gs a e eda Uu 00 9 \which had announced that liquor | beverages can be sold in Indiana {only one hour between Saturday | —The war and spread of Com-| munism into Europe have been such h t of the I | | f } Ti / . eat as possible in the school build- | quest of the legal counsel for the and meade you feel very Christmasy khow how many Indianapolis school |ings. Study is necessarily secondary Indiana Anti-Saloon League. (that is, if you had an overcoat. |children are not dressed adequately for them. ported today. campaign is set up for that very | 0. K. TALBOTT PAVING | It was believed that His Holiness and healthful play in the erisp open main healthy for school. purpose. Through it, you can clothe Assured an assessment of no more days of winter—provided, of course,] Hundreds of these children, Christmas Eve reception to mem- The mechanics for doing this are St. property owners today approved hers of the Sacred College of that are bound to come when slush home or outdoors this winter. SBome- made as simple as possible for Jou. the Board's proposal. The City is to
(and beer could be sold all da POPE, ILL, CANCELS | " San 1 ’) ; The ruling means that alcoholic GENERAL Auniences Clothe-A-Child Helps Combat Them VATICAN CITY. Dec. 13 (U. P). ——_— oa (hight, Dec. 30, and Tuesday morn-| It snowed today and the tiny and will creep into all but the chilled way to school almost for the ing, Jan, 2. flakes nestled into vour overcoat Stoutest and most waterproof Slides | sole purpose of absorbing as much| The opinion was given at the re-| a shock to Pope Pius that he is " | It would alarm and suprise you to] canceling all general and most i private audiences until Christmas | Sales will be prohibited on Christ- | on the advice of his physician, Dr. Slght as It was, the snow gave for winter; who will not be able to] Some of them can be helped. The MAas Day, as in previous years, Riccardo Galeazz Lisi, it was. re- children a promise of sledding and participate in winter games safely; Indianapolis Times Clothe-A«Child | se San [snowballing to come; of hilarious who, indeed, will not be able to rewould have sufficiently recovered by one or more of these children and than $1.50 per lineal fot for resurChristmas time to resume all the children are warmly dressed for through no fault of their own and insure at least one more winter of facing Talbott St. from 16th to 22d audiences, including the traditional it. Lin most cases no fault of their par-| comparative comfort for them, Ste. by the Works Board, Talbott And the snow forecast the days|ents, will not be warm either at } Curdinals, _ Awill All the streets and, sidewalks, times these children trudge their| (Continued on Pgge Three) (pay 75 per cent of the $36,5 ; : py :
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