Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1940 — Page 3
SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1940 _
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HARRISON
SENATE TO GET “PLAN FOR JOINT GROUP MEETING
President Quoted as Eager For Co-operation in Trimming Costs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (U. P.).— Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee today claimed Presidential support for his proposal to create a special Senate and House budget committee to examine Government expenditures and proposed tax increases. After a 45-minute conference with Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Harrison said the President thinks his proposal is a step toward retrenchment and budget balancing. The plan, which Mr. Harrison will introduce as a Senate resolution Monday, has encountered active opposition from many House leaders. ’ “I was delighted with the Presi- “ dent’s expression of hope that there would be complete co-operation between spending committees in the Senate and House and the.revenue raising committees,” Mr. Harrison said. Borah Proposes Inquiry Maneuverings next week may decide the fate of the Harrison proposal. Meanwhile, there came a demand today for an independent Senate in-
.vestigation of the President’s budget. |
Senator William E. Borah (R. Ida.) joined other Republicans in proposing a Senate-House inquiry | into national defense expenditures, past and present. Mr. Borah said that defense needs are now computed in “haphazard fashion.” “I think we'll have time enough to make the study before Hitler gets over here,” he added.
Doughton Approves Plan
The Harrison proposal has been indorsed by Senate Republicans, who also want a similar committee on national defense, and by Rep. Robert Doughton (D. N. C.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which originates tax pills. Mr. Doughton gave his indorsement after a White House visit yesterday. ; Since Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau made the same suggestion last May, it is assumed that he also favors the Harrison plan. However, one House Democratic feader said today he thought it would be “safe to write” that so far as the House is concerned the Harrison plan is out. But this might be changed if Secretary Morgenthau and the President got actively behind the Harrison suggestion.
' Opposes 60-Day Delay
“Five appropriation bills are ready,” this House member said. “Do you think we're going to sit afound and hold our hands for 60 days while this super-committee works? I don’t.” ; Senator Harrison, who made the headlines briefly last year by sug- , gesting governmental economies at the time hed had pending a bill to make large grants to states for educational work, believes there has to be a working understanding between the committees that handle taxes and [those handling appropriations Sif we are to have a fundamental ‘basis for leveling expenditures and receipts.” > Cool to Defense Taxes
"He, like the Republican Senators who support his plan, is not enthusiastic about imposing new na-‘tional-defense taxes as suggested by the President. Secretary . Morgenthau’s suggestion of a joint study of fiscal problems was disregarded last year by Mr. Doughton’s committee and congress. At that time he explained how he thought the joint committee should be composed, what work it could do, and what the results would be. “In carrying out our fiscal policy,” Mr. Morgenthau said, “it would be very helpful to have machinery which would more fully co-ordinate our efforts.”
HOOSIER DIES IN FLORIDA Times Special - LA PORTE, Ind, Jan. 6.—Ralph O. Dorland, former president of the Telephone Company here, died yesterday at St. Petersburg, Fla. He was 68. He had been spending the winter with his daughter, Maybelle.
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HOTEL FIRE ORPHAN GETS MUNCIE HOME
MUNCIE, Ind. Jan. 6.—Six-year-old Sander Coovert of Minneapolis, Minn, is an orphan and he doesn’t know it yet. : He was to arrive here today to visit his grandmother, Mrs. Ida Camplen. She plans to adopt the boy. Sander’s mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coovert, and his 10-month-old brother, Edward, were burned to death in the Marlborough Hotel fire at Minneapolis Wednes-
day. | The Cooverts had been visiting friends Tuesday evening, Sander was too sleepy to be brought home. He stayed with the friends and his family returned to the hotel and perished in the fire. :
PREDICT BREAK IN ZERO WAVE
Drop Due Here Tonight but Tomorrow Is Expected To Be Warmer.
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to 7 degrees briefly yesterday but, despite predictions of sub-zero temperatures today, the mercury was at 20 degrees at mid-morning. Snow was general over the state. Temperatures in the Philadelphia area dropped to the lowest point this winter with an official low of 11 degrees at 1 a. m. Pittsburgh saw the temperature drop to 4 above last night and then climb to 20 degrees late this morning.. One death from exposure and a sledding fatality were reported in the last 24 hours. Irving Fountain, 35, of Norman, Ind. was killed last night when a truck he was driving on an icy road east of Bedford, Ind. crashed into a parked coal truck. Miss- Emma E. Williamson, 75,
was found frozen to death in her
home near Muncie.
Thomas L. Clements, 61, Vevay, died at Peru of injuries received when he was struck by a car nea there. 3 :
Mrs. Thelma Vance, 30, of 4565 Sangster Ave., received a broken leg when the car in which she was riding with Harry McCready, 4908 Caroline Ave. skidded off the icy Ravenswood Road at 63d St. and went into a ditch. She was taken to City Hospital. Frank C. Smallwood, 39, of 2037 Mansfield Ave., was hurt when he slipped on the ice and fell against a moving automobile at 11th St. and Capitol Ave. } The most costly fire during the last 24 hours was that last night at the home of William P. Ogden, 4945 University Ave. While Mr. Miller, who was to go to work at midnight, was sleeping upstairs, his wife smelled smoke and called the fire department. The flames which enveloped the outside of the house caused an esti-.
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mated lcss of $1000.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record . County = City 1939 vile searssnnsinst 3 2 1040. .vrene evasive 0 0 : Jan. 4 Injured ...... 5 | Arrests .......36 Dead ......... 0 | Accidents ....22 FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid Speeding 1 $11 Reckless driving.. 1 0 Failing to stop at through street ... 0 Disobeying traffic signal 0 Drunken driving 2 All others ........ 6
0 40
Totals ..........10 $11
MEETINGS TODAY
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, concert, Murat Theater, 8:30 p. m.
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)
, 21, of 2050 N. Capitol; Rovorta gaan, 31, of 2009 Massachusetts. Melaum Jr., 22. of 5230 College; Martha Jost, 18. of 3237 N. Capitol. Louise Lucille Shinn, 17, 3023 E. 10 h. Martin R. Spies. 60. of 1533 E. Legrande; Zsabel Baract 53, of 1533 Legrande. Victor McGuire, 32, of 1126 Kealing; Janet alice 26, of 210 Hendricks. Dan Bland. 25, of 128 Cora; Ruth Holland. 24, of 1215 N. Capitol. ——————————— BIRTHS
Boys . Bessie Willoughby, at Methodist. : RIS Margaret childs, at Methodist. Curtis, Katherine Alexander, at Meth-
odist. : hard, mary Blinn, at Coleman. span abel Adams, at 8t. Francis. ‘Hubert, Mary Grim oe at St. Vincent's.
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Albert Earbest Pratt, 22, of Bridgeport; $10 u
Girls Paul, Mary Kuhn, at Methodist. Francis, Josephine Ayers, at Methodist. Henry, Esthér Hogan, at Coleman. . Elizabeth Kleine, at St. Vin-
5,0 John, Eleanor Blackwell, at St. Vincent's. Harold, Virginia Parker, at St. Vincent's. Jesse, Alma Hodges, at 240 S. Christian.
DEATHS
Mabel Fark, 35, at Long, docarditis. Robert Stephenson, 69, ay, Methodist, lobar-pneumonia. = Ernest Miller, 46, at City, arteriosclerosis. Ernest Owen, 49, at 1907 N. Illinois, coronary thrombosis. . Charles Herman, 55, of 1625 Bellefontaine, coronary occlusion. . George Savage, 52, at Long, gastric ulrs
ers. Glensia Harris, 10 mo., at City, bronchopneumonia. Elizabeth Burkett, 68, at 527 Ogden, mitral stenosis. Yiolg Briley, 3 mo., at 2010 Quill, suffo-
ation. Warren Joslin, 79, at 1937 S. Emerson, uremia. . ; Edith "Turner, 55, at 1105 W. 30th, carcinoma.
FIRES FRIDAY
: A, M.—235 S. Meridian, defective 10:52 A. M.—1142 Tibbs Ave., sparks from flue, unestimated. 11: . M.—709 Joseph, stove, unestimated. 11:37 A. M.—Walnut and Capitol, autoThali)
e, v 11:56 A. M.—538 Blake, unknown, $200. mii 59 A. M.—Rural and Michigan, auto12:09 P. M.—412 N. Kealing, scare. 12:51 P. M.—1256 N. West 1:01 P. M.—507 Indiana,
overheated
estimated. 3:31 P. M.—531 W. Michigan, trash. 4:19 P. M.—1053 N. Belmont, loose pipe. 5:25 P. M., — 759%; Massachusetts, oil 45 'P. M.—1218 S. State, defective flue. . M.—Indiana and Michigan, auto:30 P, grate, $700. :3¢ P. M.—1410 W. Morris, gasoline Rear stove, $10. roof, $15.
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37 P. M.—1906 Bellefontaine, sparks on |N 4510-24 P. M,—2302 Hillside, defective flue, |
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Chicago Greets Ohio Senator
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(right) shakes hands during a re-
ception preceding his speech last night at the Union League Club in
TAFT PRESENTS ECONOMY PLAN
Visions a $7,000,000,000 Budget in 2 Years With His 5-Point Program.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—Robert A. Taft of Ohio, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, proposed last night a fivepoint program which he said would place the nation on a sound $7,000,000,000 annual budget in two years. Addressing the Chicago Bar Association, Senator Taft ‘accepted President Roosevelt’s budget-bal-ancing challenge issued after the Ohio Sendtor had criticized New Deal spending. , He titled his talk “Mr. President, Here’s How to Balance the Budget” —a direct response to Mr. Roosevelt’s droffered “handsome prize” for a detailed plan on how to equalize Federal receipts and expenditures. Asks Bureaus Eliminated It set forth these requisites: Determination by the President to balance the budget. Elimination of bureaus and reduction of number of employees. Return of relief administration to states and changes in housing, agriculture and loan agencies. Elimination of grants for local public works, reduction of Federal public works and reduction of subsidies. Elimination of “pets” from budget; subjection of Army and Navy items to critical analysis. After voicing a fear of inflation and national bankruptcy, Mr. Taft added: “Since I prepared- this speech, apparently he (Mr. Roosevelt) has decided to compete for the handsome prize himself and the budget message moves gingerly in the right direction. Cites Increase in Agencies
“But a good deal more will: have to be done . .. I question the genuineness of the President’s new found desire to reduce spending and I think he still needs the advice for which he has asked.” Recalling that Mr. Roosevelt had made “many promises to reform” and “had never taken a step toward carrying out his promises,” he said the people may “well doubt his real desire” to balance the budget. Mr. Taft contended that “after the President is determined” to effect a stability between Federal income and expenditures a sharp reduction in the multipilicity of Federal agencies would follow. He cited the increase in the agencies and the number and salaries of employees under the New Deal, and recommended: : “A committee of men with practical experience in business and in Government should be appointed to plan the Government's housekeeping in detail for several years to come. . . . They will have to cut appropriations in every department and change or abolish bureaus.”
OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Burean
er —— INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST-—Fair ftonight followed by increasing cloudiness; not so cold tomorrow; lowest tmeperature tonight zero or 10 above. : Sunrise ...... 7:07 | Sunset ...... 4:35 TEMPERATURE Jan. 6, 1939—
1Belisha as British “War Minister on
BRITAIN ANGRY OVER OUSTER OF HORE-BELISHA
Newspapers of All Political Leanings Critical Over Cabinet Shakeup.
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he is in bed with grippe and that it was not known when he would be able to take over his duties in the key post in the War Cabinet. As President of the Board of Trade, the portfolio from which he was promoted, he was not -a member of the inner war Cabinet. Mr. Hore-Belisha, it was reported, did not even know that he was going to “offer” his resignation until he was summoned to No. 10 Downing Street yesterday.
Report Break With Gort
Political quarters generally took the view that Hore-Belisha had been forced out by high army men who objected to his drastic reforms which included the elevation of young, vigorous-minded officers regardless of senority. ‘These quarters said that Mr. Chamberlain, faced by the prospect of “lack of harmony,” decided that Mr. HoreBelisha had to go. There were other reports that Mr. Hore-Belisha had insisted that the Royal Air Force squadrons in France should be put under control of the command of the British Expeditionary Force. : One report was that he and Viscount Gort, commander in chief of the expeditionary force, were on bad terms. A responsible informant, refusing to discuss this, suggested at the same time that Mr. Stanley’s appointment would insure complete collaboration between the War Minister and Mr. Gort. There were other stories . that Mr. Hore-Belisha had opposed British support to Finland. These were regarded in well-informed quarters as probably without foundation.
Fair Play Spirit Rules
Despite the shock over: the switch in a key post, and unfavorable comparisons between Mr. Hore-Belisha and Mr. Stanley, the British -desire for fair play was sufficient to bring the suggestion in many quarters that ~ Mr. Stanley should be given a fair chance and be judged on results alone. But the newspapers sounded the keynote of praise for Mr. HoreBelisha, another of the men of Jewish descent who have risen to eminence in British politics, and disparagement of his blue-blooded successor, descendant of a line of noblemen dating back to the Norman conquest. All this criticism, and the possibility of political repercussions later, did not mean that there was any popular doubt of the Government's determination to fight on and end the war, victoriously, as quickly s&s possible. : “The Army brass hats have won,” was the view taken by many people. Mr. Hore-Belisha’s refusal to take the political sop of the Board of Trade portfolio was generally approved. His admirers predicted that he would be only briefly in the background and would be back, as prominent as ever. Other Shifts Almost Ignored Two other shifts in key positions, made at the same time were almost ignored. Sir John Reith, first famous as head of the Government supervised British Bi1oadcasting Co. which has a radio broadcasting monopoly in Britain, and more recently head of the Imperial Airways and British Overseas Airways Corp., was named Minister of Information, to succeed Lord McMillan in a post which had brought McMillan much criticism because of the censorship. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, a nationally known industrialist, was named to succeed Stanley at the Board of Trade. The Government must find seats in the House of Commons for both Mr. Reith and Mr. Duncan. Because they must be in Parliament to answer questions of members. Mr. Hore-Belisha and Mr. Stanley already are members.
BERLIN, Jan. 6 (U.P.).—German political quarters weré pleased today with the resignation of Leslie Hore-
the double ground that it was an indication of dissension in the enemy’s camp and that Mr. HoreBelisha was Jewish. There was an immediate rumor, attributed to unofficial foreign sources, that the resignation might portend peace overtures. This was dismissed by well informed Nazis in view of other developments, particularly alleged British efforts to extend the theater of war in Europe to the Scandinavian countries.
BAROMETER 6:30 a. m....30.44
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan. Deficiency since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Illinois—Generally fair in extreme north, mostly cloudy in central and south portions = tonight and tomorrow with snow Sunday in south portion and at night in extreme south; not So cold in central and south portions. Lower Michigan—Much cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; local light snows tonight and in extreme west portion tomorrow: colder tonight, continued cold tomorrow. Ohio—-Fair, not quite west portion tonight; north and increasin cloudiness slowly rising temperature in south tion, followed by snow tomorrow night and in extreme southwest portion tomorrow afternoon. Kentucky—Increasing cloudiness tonight followed by snow in extreme west portion late tomorrow; colder tonight, continued cold tomorrow.
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SAFE BLOWERS TAKE $95 FROM GROCERY
Safe blowers last night obtained $95, after blasting the combination of a safe in a Standard Grocery Co. store at 2130 W. Washington St, according to police. : The burglars gained entrance to the store by removing a glass from
‘Thin Man’ Powell, Sophisticate No. 1. of Movies, Weds Vaudevillian’s Daughter
Pair Honeymoons in Nevada
While Filml4nd Gasps In Surprise.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6 (U. P.)— Hollywood's biggest romantic sur-
prise in years found William Povrell i
honeymooning today on the Nevada desert with his beautiful young pride, Diana Lewis, whom he had kflown for only a month. | Twice -married and _reporied heart-broken three years ago over the death of Jean Harlow, the 48-year-old Powell underwent a series of operations and at intervals [or months was reported on ‘the point
"lof death.
He emerged from his hospital siege last summer, the same graytempled sophisticate who had endeared himself to movie audienc since 1920. td
His bride is 25, the petite and| vivacious daughter of an old-time
vaudevillian. She met Powell for| i
the first time in December on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer they both were working. 1 Bride and groom will return Monday from their honeymoon
hideaway near Las Vegas, Nev. Mrs. |
Powell will go into the cast of “Forty Little Mothers.”
commitments. Po The Powells were married secretly yesterday at Hidden Wells Ranch by Justice E. O. Hickman. Only witnesses were Nat Wolf, Powell's agent, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rali. Rali is an assistant district attorney in Nevada. [> After the ceremony Powell telephoned the news to the studio and upon being prodded from the other end of the wire, even managed to remember what his bride was wearing. j She was clad in a light dress which Powell said he thought was blue. He said he wore gray slacks and a medium-gray sport coat. Powell's first wife was Eileen Wilson, who bore him a son, William Powell Jr., now 16. In 1931, Powell was a ladies’ man in a movie of that name. His principal affection in the picture was Carole Lorn-
bard. 1
RED SUB ATTACK VEXES SWEDEN
Tension Mounts on Strong Demand That Soviets Ex ~ plain Gulf Operations.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan, 6 (U. P.).—A vigorous demand by Sweden that Russia explain Russian submarine activity in the Gulf of Bothnia brought increased tension today in a situation which involves the relations of the Nordic nations with Communist Russia and Nazi
Germany. 1 Sweden acted promptly after the sinking of a Swedish coastal stearnship, the Fenris, by a submarine off the Swedish Coast half way up the Gulf of Bothnia, which lies ketween Sweden and Finland. Members of the crew, saved by light house men, asserted firmly their conviction that the submarine was a Russian one. The Swedish Gav ernment at once instructed Wilhelm Winther, its Minister at Moscow, to
protest the sinking and to demand |
the explanation of Russia's submarine policy. L The entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia at the Aaland Islands has been mined heavily by both Sweden and Finland as a protection against Russian warships. Evidence of Scandinavian anxiety were seen in two reports from Sweden today: | 1. That the Swedish defense stafl intended to enlist and train a volunteer militia force, with a. unit in each community throughout the couniry, to combat parachute trodps landed from enemy airplanes. Riussia developed the parachute troop idea. 8 2. That Sweden would put 400 men to work next week on the three-month job of cutting a ohemile canal across the little Falsterbo Peninsula on the Southwest Swedish coast. The canal would give further protection from German mines to Swedish ships goirig from the Baltic to the North Sea between Sweden and Denmark, |
Carol Challenges
Soviet in Speech
KISHINEFF, Rumania, Jan. 6 (U. P.) —King Carol, in a radio address here within sight of the Russian frontier, declared today that “no enemy will be able to put foot on Rumanian ‘soil while Rumania gives evidence of her present spirit of unity.” : i The declaration was regarded as especially significant because Kishineff is the capital of | the province of Bessarabia to which Soviet Russia never has renounced its claim. The province was given to
a rear coor,
Who Once
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6 (U. P.)— The tragic death of Dorothy MacKaye, his beautiful wife who once went to prison with him, left film
player Paul Kelly prostrate with grief today. The 38-year-old former stage actress’ automobile overturned a fog Tuesday night. At the time she was believed unhurt but Thursday she was taken to a hospital. She died yesterday. _ Her death was another chapter in one of Hollywood’s most tragic love triangle. In 1927 she was the wife of Ray Raymond, a musical comedy favorite, and Kelly was a rising young film actor, noted for
mond accused Kelly of making love to his wife and there was a bare-
fist ght,
his virle he-man roles. . Mr. Ray-|
Rumania after the World War, i
lot where|
Her suave| husband has no immediate picture |
. on desert honeymoon.
He carried this rorhance from screen to real life and married her the same year. They were divorced two years later and Miss Lombard since has married Clark Gable. Powell's next romance was with the late jean Harlow, famous platinum blond. When Miss Harlow died suddenly ‘in 1937, the shock was so great for Powell that he barely had the | physical strength to attend her funeral at Forest Lawn Cemetery, ‘ Where he provided a $25,000 crypt.
Is Reported
BULLETIN
"HELSINKI, Jan. 6 (U. P.).— Heavy fighting raged on the Central Front today as unconfirmed reports reaching Helsinki said that eight Russian airplanes had been shot down at Utti, near Kuovola, half way . between Helsinki and Viborg.
By HUBERT UEXKUELL WITH THE FINNISH ARMY, ROVANIEMI, Finland, Jan. 6.— Finnish victories in the war above the Arctic Circle had pushed the main battle lines back today to the Salla Front, only 32 miles from the Russian border. The Russians left west of Salla
were considered now of little importanee and Finnish patrols kept the advantage over them by constant sniping, which kept them always on the move. Harassing Russian artillery fire in the Karelian Isthmus and Soviet attacks of limited size were reported from other war fronts. The Copenhagen newspaper Berlingske Tidende said that Finnish troops pursuing the 163d Russian Division which they destroyed on the Central front last week, had contacted a new Russian division near the Russian border north of Lake Kianta.
Claim Second Rail Line Cut
Report to the same newspaper said it was learned that Finnish ski patrols, during the third week of December, had destroyed a newlylaid Russian rail line from Uhtua. On the Finnish border, hampering the movement of Russian supplies and contributing much to the rout of the 163d Division. Twelve towns were reported bombed in south Finland yesterday, including the port of Hanko and Aabo. Scandinavian wireless reports said the industrial town of Voikka was raided by nine Russian planes, which dropped 22 bombs. Ten buildings were burned, two persons killed and 16 wounded. In the Far North fog and a temperature of 40 below zero stopped fighting. It was said there were rumors that the Russians were planning an offensive but there were no visible signs of it. Thirteen Finnish soldiers were said to have crossed the border into Norway yesterday and to have been interned.
Russian Losses High
The full significance of five quick Finnish . victories. on this NorthCentral front between Dec. 18 and Dec. 23 was only now being realized. On Dec. 18 the Russians had reached Kemijaervi, 50 miles southwest of Salla, in the very middle of North Central Finland. At that point they were half way to the
{| Actor Prostrated By Death of Wife,
Went to Prison With Him
such a battering from the fists of the husky young actor that he died of his injuries. At first Mr. Raymond’s death was represented as occurring naturally. But police investigated and arrested both Kelly and Miss MacKaye. Kelly was convicted of man-
in [slaughter and sent to prison for
two years. Miss MacKaye was tonvicted of concealing facts of her husband’s death in order to shield Kelly, and- imprisoned for a year. She left prison saying that when Kelly got out they would be inarried. She waited faithfully, and when the prison gates swung open for Kelly she met him. They were married Feb. 11, 1931. i Kelly, his promising movie career shattered, determined upon a corneback. Miss MacKaye dropped her
ed | career
couraging and making a home for him. They went to New York, where Kelly gained success on Broadway.
Years dimmed the old case and he was called back to Hollywood, where he has become a successful freelance film actor again. They lived quietly on a ranch north of Hollywood, and became known as one of the film colony's happiest married couples. «Miss MacKaye was injured as she drove home Tuesday night from arranging the funeral of her father, John MacKaye, who died a few days before. At her bedside when she died was her husband and her 16-year-old daughter by her first husband, Valerie Raymond, who had been adopted by Kelly. Funeral arrangements were de1ayed until Kelly recovered,
He collapsed a few days later on a sound stage and was forced to take a long vacation in Europe. Even upon his return to Hollywood, he brooded over Miss Harlow’s death. He visited the cemetery at least once a week, taking with him regularly twq dozen red, roses, her favorite flowers, When her body later was entombed, there was a white gardenia upon her wrist. Powell had sent it with the note: “Goodnight, my dearest darling.”
Main Finn Line in North
Near Russia
Swedish border and when they togk Kemijaervi the Russians had called it “the front gate to Sweden.” But they had been driven from that region and now this whole advance appeared to have been nullified and for practical purposes the Russian Army was still held at Salla, which it had reached in the first days of the invasion. The Russian losses in the crucial five days of fighting was estimated at from 3000 to 4000 men. Their losses farther south, in the=Suomusalmi sector, were heavier. Estimates of the entire Russian strength on this front ranged from one to two divisions; of about 18,000 men each. It is estimated that more than half a division, probably 10,000 to 12,000 men, have been slain. It was believed that the Russians on the Salla front either must retreat or await reinforcements.
HUNGARY AND ITALY BEGIN PEAGE TALKS
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real Hungarians. That is to say, they were not Magyars. They included numerous minoriti€s—slovaks, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Rumanians and so on. But when the:
were taken away, the treaty-mak-ers also deprived her of 3,500,000 of her own Magyars and . distributed them among neighboring nations— chiefly Rumania, Jugoslavia - and Czechoslovakia. Hungary badly needs every inch of territory that is coming to her if she is to keep her head permanently above an adverse economic tide. She also needs her Magyars— especially those in Transylvania, now part of Rumania.
Fears Russia Now
But now Russia is threatening Rumania. Rumors are thick that with the spring the Red Army will march into Bessarabia and help Bulgaria retake the Dobruja. In fact, Russia may push into the Balkans again in yet another effort to control the Dardanelles. . Should these threats materialize, Hungary's peril would be extreme. Sandwiched between Germany and Rumania on the one hand and Russia and the Balkans on the other, her position today is ample to warrant many a sleepless night for Count Csaky, whose job it is to safeguard her from such dangers. But Italy is just as opposed to the spread of Russia and Germany into the Balkans es is Hungary. Jugoslavia, largely inhabited as it is by Slavs, always has attracted Russia, and the present upheaval provides the kind of troubled waters Moscow likes to fish in.
Italy Needs Co-operation
Such in general arc the problems which Count Csaky is discussing with Count Ciano. Italy is known to desire peace in the Balkans. To get - what she wants, however, she must have the co-operation of Jugoslavia and the other members of the Balkan entente—Turkey, Greece . and Rumania. The judgment of Solomon was simple compared with the task of making all these pieces fit together into a mosaic that will spell peace. Hungary, intends one day to get back the million and a half Magyars now living in Transylvania, and Rumania insists upon retaining every inch of territory now under her flag. So does Jugoslavia. But Hungary, too,: desires peace. She hopes some day that the injustices of the treaty of Trianon will be remedied by negotiation—without having to resort to force. .I talked with Count Csaky last sum-
mer in Budapest and he was emphatic on that point, !
SPECIFIC CASES CLARIFY CHANGE INSECURITY ACT
Insurance Feature Protects Widows and Children of U. S. Workers.
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This Is the last of a series of arlicles explaining important changes in the Sogia} Secufity. AL, which went into effect
By GILBERT LOVE Times Special Writer
Local offices of the Social Security Board are finding, with the beginning of monthly payments, that many persons still do not understand all the provisions of the amended Security Act. : ' To clear up some points about this’ impqrtant innovation, a number of specific cases will be cited here. A young man—we’ll call him John Brown, although that wasn’t his name—-died suddenly a few months ago, leaving a wife and two small children. He had a good job, earning about $200 a month, but he had been unable to get any insurance because of a chronic ailment, and hospital expenses and the needs of the household had kept him from saving much.
- After funeral costs were paid, and - a few small debts settled, the young widow was virtually penniless. Neither her husband’s family nor hers could help much. Get Lump-Sum Settlement °
Her husband had been in an employment covered by the Social Security Act, so she applied for, and got, a lump-sum settlement of his account.. It amounted to a little over $200.
That kept the little family in food, and paid the modest rent on the few rooms that the widow had taken after her husband’s death, but it didn’t last long. The widow looked, in vain for a job. ? After the amendments to the Social Security Act were passed by Congress, she heard about the new insurance feature of the act and hoped it might apply to her case. But she found it didn’t. No monthly’ insurance benefits are paid to the families of workers who died before. Jan. 1, 1940.
$63 a Month If the husband had died after that date, the widow and children would have been eligible to receive $63 a month. With a little employment now and then in occupations not covered by the Social Security Act, the family would ‘have: been able to get along nicely. As it is, they are pretty close to actual want, Here's another true story, but this one has a happy ending. Sam Smith—that, too, is a fic= titious name—is 66 years of age. He hasn’t been very well during the past few years, and finally had to quit his job as a janitor several months ago. rr He and his wife, who is just .a year younger, have been eking out an existence on a few dollars that they had been able to put in the bank. Sam earned only $75 a month, so they hadn’t been able to save much. ‘ The fear of want haunted them as they watched their small bank balance dwindle. Then Sam got a letter from the Social ‘Security Board, ‘asking him to go to the Board’s offices. It seemed that there had been some changes in the ‘Security Act, and he might be eligible for a monthly pension. habe When Sam had reached 65, late in 1938, he had received a small lump+sum setflement of his Social Security account. It was explained that monthly pensions would not be paid until 1942, and that anyone who reached 65 before that time was simply paid off and taken out of the system, although he still was working. Monthly Pension . But now-—Sam found that his small) contributions during 1937 and 1938 |entitled him to a monthly pension of about $23 a month, beginning in 1940. And he discovered that his wife was now also included in the benefits. A Together, they will draw about $34.50 a month for the rest of their lives. Furthermore, if Sam dies before his wife, she will get $17.50 a month until her death. The Social Security allowances are far more than they would have received on relief, and they need not feel that the payments are charity. The case of “Mr. X,” also true, illustrates another point about the new Social Security system. He is 73, and has been retired for a number of years. Two years ago, however, he took a job in an office. At that time, no Social Security deductions were taken from the pay of persons over 65. In the middle of this year, when the Social Security amendments were passed, his employer told him he would have to pay taxes back to Jan. 1, and submit to payroll deductions from that point on. Mr. X didn’t like that. He wouldn’t need the pension when he quit his new job, and probably wouldn't get it anyway, since he had property and money in the bank, he declared. : But he has since learned that, by continuing to work in covered employment until some time in April of 1940, he ean quit his job and draw about $40 a month (his wife is dedd, or he would get about $60) for the rest of his life. The fact that he has other resources will not keep him from getting the Government checks. Another story, obviously fictitious because the events are in the future, concerns the 35-year-old widow of a worker who dies in 1940. She has no children, so cannot expect to draw any kind of a monthly pension until she is 65. She remarries after a few years, and therefore loses her right fo a monthly pension from her first lwusband’s account. Under the amended law, if you have no children, your widow: will have to wait until she is 65 before getting anything except a small lump-sum payment—six times your monthly benefit. At 65, if she has not remarried, she will begin ing monthly checks three-fourths | the size of your former benefit. Only where there are no relatives entitled to immediate monthly incomes will a lump sum settlement of your account be made. It will go to legal heirs of your estate. :
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