Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1940 — Page 8
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Backs Reports From Ger- ; _many; Russia a Question.
By THOMAS N. JOHNSON i “(Noted Military Writer) - WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (NEA).— “How are things in Germany?” ‘“ “Recht gut! Work enough for all ~if they don’t eat like pigs.” “Do the Germans like the war?” “Ganz gewiss nicht! It worries them. But this revolution talk is Just British propaganda. Germany ‘will fight!” ~ “Well, you boys don’t have to. You're safe in free America!” “ “Ja! Ja! But if we could, every one of us would leave free America and go back to Germany and fight. We are Germans!” That’s Crew’s Greeting That is the New World's greeting from the arew of the scuttled liner Columbus; a crosssection of their sentiments as reported in Washington. Which is interesting and important, for it {checks with every bit of information received from many sources inside Germany: official, semi-official, unofficial. It adds up to this: The Germans are substantially united behind Hitler, fed sufficiently if not bountifully; ‘willing and able to fight. It’s at least a 10-%to-1 shot against their cracking up in 1940, and then only if there is some change in the international political or military situation so stupendous as to deal Hitlerism < a—staggering blow. Such a change as a break with Russia or a, break through the Westwall by the British and French. What of Russia? Of such changes, -what chance? Of the first, not much. Her Finnish war is driving Russia closer to GerJnany. If she can get Estonia to help ‘against . the Finns, perhaps if she ‘cannot, Russia may attack Britain and France in Asia Minor and India. Some recent military moves may prepare for this, and also may prepare for a gigantic melon-cutting in the Balkans if Germany and Russia can get together with each other, and with Italy. It would surely mean an Allied intervention, which Italy ceuld help or hinder. Just now, it looks as if, in a pinch, she would help, and the Balkans would see that decisive open warfare which on the Western Front appears impossible. Impossible? Perhaps, for infantry, artillery and tanks alone. But,
if these*were aided by modern air- | craft in great numbers, skimming|
close to earth, bombing and machine | gunning, might not a way be forced for the groundlings through the concrete and steel armor the Nazis have girded onto their Western frontier?
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Food Stamps fo Be Discussed— The food surplus stamp plan will be discussed by the Indianapolis chapter of the American Association of Social Service Workers at a meeting at the Y. M. C. A. at. 6 p. m. today. Louis Evans, director of the Indiana University Social Service School and chapter president, will preside. :
Hillis Ill, Cancels Speech—The
vene tonight without a principal speaker for the first time in several months. An attack of pronchils forced Glen R. Hillis of Kokon candidate for the guberna nomination; to cancel his speaking engagement before the club. The Irvington Club has never missed holding a Monday ngiht meeting for several years.
First Division Group to Meet— The Society of the First Division, Indiana branch, wil elect and install officers at 8 p. m. today in the east room of the World War Memorial. Carl D. Elliott, president, will preside.
Safety Committee to Meet — The Citizens Satety Committee will hold its January meeting at 12:15 p. m Wednesday at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Robert H. Scrogin, secretary, announced today.
Plan Marine Inspection—Maj. W. B. Olney and Maj. O. H. Wheeler, both of the U. S. Marine Corps, are here today to conduct the annual inspection of the 16th. battalion, Mare Corps Reserve.
Dr. Fishbein to Talk Here — Dr. Morris Fishbein, Chicago, editor of the American Medical Association General, Will speak at the annual meeting of the Catholic Charities Bureau at 6:30 p. m. Jan. 16 in the Claypool Hotel. He is to discuss “Socialization of Medicine.” The Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis, will preside. . Charles L. Barry Sr. is president of the bureau.
Legion Leader to Speak-—Isadore Levine, La Porte, national executiveman of the American Legion, will speak at a dinner meeting of the Bruce P. Robison Post at 6:30 p. m. today at the Central Christian Church. The post will present its annual awards to State and City Policerhen and City Firemen for outstanding service last year. Col. Will Brown is general chairman.
Irvington Republican Club will con-
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Club Dance Jan. 21—The Indianapolis Transportation Club will hoid
its . midwinter ce at the Hotel Washington Jan. 27. Walter Shel- |; ton is committee chairman. Assisting him are Robert Dinnin, Robert Winder, W. A. McAleer, w J. Healy and Jack Kohl.
Paul to Talk on _Orient—A firsthand ‘description of the war in China will be given at the Indianapolis Y’s Men’s Club luncheon tomorrow by Alexander Paul, executive secretary of Oriental Missions, United Christian Missionary Society of the Disciples of Christ. : ~Mr. Paul recently returned from the Orient where he saw much of the actual conflict, was in several air raids and flew over the baitle lines. The speaker will be .intro-
lowship committee chairman.
- Mullen Takes Masonic Post—Elmer R. Mullin today |assumed - his duties as excellent high priest of Irvington Chapter 158, Royal Arch Masons. Other new Scere of the organizatio nare Norman Lansford, king; William E. Fitzgerland, scribe; R. H. Moore, treasurer; Lex A. Cory, ocker, captaint of the host; HRubert J. Runyon, principal sojourner; Carl Setterquist, royal arch captain; John Snedaker, master of the third veil; Hugh Webb,] master of the second veil; William Mason, master of the first veil, and Edward Wilson, guard.
Lauter Program Arranged — Leo J. Brown, attorney, will speak at the meeting of the Lauter Civic Association at 8 p. m: tomorrow at.the Lauter Boys’ Club, Greely and Market Sts. A program | of boxing, wrestling and tumbling will be presented by the Lauter Midget Club, consisting of the younger members of the group. Mrs. David Kelsch, association president, will preside.
Astronomers Elect — Emsley W. Johnson was re-elected president of the Indianapolis Astronomical Society at the society's January meet-
ing at Typographical Terrace yes-|
terday. Paul Richey was elected vice president; Charles Herman, treasurer; Mary Howard, re-elected secretary, and Walter Wilkins renamed editor of the society's Bulletin. At the meeting Victor Maier gave an illustrated talk on the Dr. Goethe Link Observatory being completed under his direction near Brooklyn, Ind.
By HUBERT UEXKUELL United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE FINNISH ARMY, ROVANIEMI, Jan. 8—Fighting between Finnish and Russian forces has reached the actual Russian frontier in the Suomusalmi sector, it was asserted today. The fighting is in progress near the town of Raate, which is 1%4 miles from the frontier, it was said. Raate is on the road extending from Suomusalmi to the frontier. Lake Raate, in the neighborhood, is bisected by the fréntier. Announcement that Finns had killed a Russian ski detachment on the Salla Front, near the Arctic Circle, brought the disclosure that the Russians were now in some instances equipped with skis in an
effort to match the operations of the famous Finn ski partols. How-
[among the major objectives of Fin#8 [nish attacks. Wherever possible the § [Finns have destroyed kitchens. in
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ever, whereas the Finns operate in small detachments, the Russians were said to move in patrols numbering up to 1000 men.
Boots Nailed to Skis
There had been reports from several points recently that the Russians were using skis. The Finns assert, however, that hardly any: of the Russians know how to use them. They assert they have found skis with Russian felt boots nailed to them—that when the Russians were forced to flee, they left skis and boots behind. Boots worn by the Finnish soldiers have turned ‘up toes to fit into the bindings of skis. In the Lake Kianta sector, where the Finns smashed the Russian 163d Division, the Finns say they have found among captured war mate-
which the Russians had taken from villages - evacuated | by the Finns early in the war. The Russians on the Salla Front, it was learned, have been using
tect themselves against Finnish attacks. Russians Found Frozen
Russian field kitchens have been
accordance with orders to “take the Russians. in their stomachs.” Ofien the Finns found that Russians had strung barbed wire ut as high as a man’s head from tree to tree. At other places the wire was strung very low, in hope of entangling the Finns and their skis. The. wire, however, was no Yroges tion for the Russians against thé cold and hunger. Finnish patrols] frequently report having found groups of 20 or more Russians frozen to death around the ashes of their fires. All ‘Russian attempts during the past four days to break through the ring of Finnish forces in the Salla area have failed.
FORMER KAISER ILL DOORN, Holland, Jan. 8 (U. P.). —A slight cold kept former Kaiser Wilhelm in his rooms today and forced him to cancel plans to attend the funeral of Count Godard
host when he fled Germany in 1918. The Count, who was 82, died at
Russi ‘Reported.
ROME, an. 8 (. Pp). Galeazzo ‘Ciano, Foreign NM conferred with his .fatherPremier Benito Mussolini, mediately upon his return from a
Stephen Csaky, Hungarian Minister. It was reported authoritatively
sulted in an agreement by Italy to take “an effective preventive stand” against any encroachment by Russia in the Balkans. : - Count, Ciano sought from Count Csaky, it- was said, an agreement |- that Hungary would defer its claims against Rumania for the Transylvania area in the interest of southeastern solidarity. =
Decides on Early Return
It was because of this request, it was said, that Count Csaky decided to return to Budapest at once instead of remaining in Italy for a week's vacation after the conference. Count Ciano was believed to have assured the Hungarian Minister that Italy would support legitimate Hungarian claims when the proper time came, but to have represen that now all southeastern Europe must stand together.
Harmony Claimed
After their final talk yesterday, Count Ciano said: “We found identical viewpoints in both political and moral fields in our examination of European problems. I greatly esteem Hungary's noble attitude and her desire to maintain peace.” : This reference to .a noble attitude was taken to mean that Count Csaky had agreed that any claims on Rumania ought to be deferred.
Report Russian Warships
Maneuver in Black Sea
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Jan. 8 (U. P.). — Reports circulated in Constanza today that Russian warships were maneuvering in the Black Sea. : : There was no confirmation, however, andes fishermen driven into Constanza by stornis prevalent in the last few days said they had seen nothing resempling -naval maneuvers. Naval quarters suggested that the reports might have come from military sources, perhaps based on recent British-French- Turkish discussions. At these discussions, it was asserted, the conferees copsidered the possibility that if Russia entered the European war, Allied Armies could attack Russian oil fields in the Batum region by way of the Black Sea.
BRITISH SHIP SUNK: CAT, CANARIES LOST
LONDON, Jan. 8 (U.. P.).—The British steamer Cedrington Court, 5160 tons, sank 10 minutes after an explosion off the southeast coast yesterday, it was announced today as authorities revealed that approximately 1000 cargo ships moved in and out of British ports last week and only one was lost as a result of Germany’s sea warfare. The Cedrington Court's ‘entire
boy was blown 20 feet into the air and his leg was broken. The Cedrington Court, it was believed, struck a mine. The only casualties were four monkeys, five canaries and a cat. Many members of the crew were swimming in the sea when they were picked up by a naval drifter and transferred to a coastal lifeboat. Several survivors suffered from exposure and minor injuries. The ‘only merchant victim of last week was the British steamship Towneley 2888 tons, which struck a mine and sank off the southeast coast. All of its crew were saved."
PLAN 1940 ACTIVITIES The Indianapolis charter of the National Association of Cost Accountants will meet tomorrow noon al teh Hoetl Antelrs t oplan 1940 activities. A L. Prickett, professor
versity, and- chapter president, will preside. The chapter has a membership of approximately 150 throughout Sen: tral Indiana.
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Times Special . COL US, O., Jan. §—Samuel Leeper, former president of the
American Trust Co., South Bend, died yesterday. He was 78. - He had been ill for only a brief time. Survivors inelude three sdaughters, including Mrs. Don Hamilton, wife of a former - Notre Dame quarter back.
TWO HOOSIERS NOMINATED WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the nomination of Harry L. Yost as postmaster at Decatur, Ind, and Leo W. Kirsch as postmaster at Princeton, Ind.
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4124 Oliver Ave. for the deputies. “I was sorry from the beginning,” she sobbed. “I never intended to
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the home as the climax to a family quarrel, according to the signed statements of both husband and wife. Mr. Wyant said in his statement that he “made a pass” at his wife and that he did not know whether she- had shot him. She said today that she had picked up a rev intending to give it to hdr“ son, Harold, 17, so her husband could not get it. When her husband struck at her, she said, she held it up to break the blow and the impact exploded the gun. The bullet struck Mr. Wyant in the chest. Yesterday Mrs. Wyant visited the hospital but was not allowed to see her husband because of hiS condition. Also surviving is a daughter, Lois, 8 years old.
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY INSTALLS MR MRS. DOAN
“I am more than ever convinced that war is wrong, futile, wasteful and wicked in the extreme,” said Mrs. R. A. Doan as she was installed as United Christian Missionary Society vice president yesterday. The induction service was held in the Central Christian Church. Mrs. Doan had returned from work as a missionary in Japan. “Japan and China need our sympathetic understanding,” she said. “Which country is in the worse plight I do not know.”
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Four Winners rs Are Named in Semi-Finals Last Night; Last Test Jan. 21.
The sixth and final district win< ner in the peace declamation jion contest sponsored by the Church Federation of Indianapolis: will be determined Wednesday night: at the First Nazarene Church. : Pour winners were selected in semi-finals last night/ and another in a previous contest. ! wide finals to determine the winner of a year’s scholarship to an Indiana college will be held Jan, 21 at the First Evangelical Church. Gilbert Schaeffer, 313 8S. Cincinnati St, representing the Third Christian Church, won last night at the North Methodist Church. The winner at the Hillside Christian Church was Roy Richards, 1501 N. Ewing St., representing the Brookside Park United Brethren Church. Other winners were Beth Hen-
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ing the Irvington | Presbyterian Church at the Downey Avenue Christian, and Mary Benedict, 3504 W. 16th St., representing the Speedway Boulevard Methodist, at the Eighth Christian. Mary Cook, 1602 Spann Ave., representing the Fountain Square Christian, won a previous contest at the Immanuel Reformed Church. Contestants on Wednesday night's program will include William Newlin, Charles Montgomery, Moyer and William Gommel.
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