Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1940 — Page 1

FORECAST: Rain tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer with lowest. temperature tonight about 38;

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THE WEEK-END?

DARK AND DAMP AND SOME RAIN

Bureau Says Unseasonably Warm Teniperatures will Prevail,

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a. m ...32 10am... 34 Ta. mm 5..32 lam ...3

8a. m ... 32 12 (noon)... 35 9am ... 34 lpm... 34

Indianapolis will experience a damp, dark week-end with unseasonably high {emperatures, the Weather Bureau said today. ~~

The Bureau said there will be rain tonight and tomorrow and that the lowest temperature here tonight will be about 37 degrees. Temperatures will remain in the 30s through the day, Meteorologist J. H. Armington said.

Clear Dowhiown Streets:

He said that the rains during mild temperatures will cause a steady melting of ice.and snow from city streets. - Most downtown streets are clear, but in the residential sections some thoroughfares still are covered with ice. Yesterday's average temperature of 32 prevented any further thaw, Mr. Armington said that the week-end rains would not be heavy enough to cause any sizable swelling of Indiana streams. Another light snow was predicted in extreme northern Indiana. A light fall yesterday covered thin ice on the highways in that area and traffic hazards still Dre vailed. Conditions throughout the central and southern parts of the State will be unsettled, the Weatherman said. A temperature as high as 40 was expected in the extreme south. Roads in all but northern sections of the State now are clear, the State Highway Commission said.

Snow Cleaning Still Puzzles City Leaders

The problem of cleaning snow and ice from City streets still had the City Administration baffled today, after nature herself had largely taken care of the problem. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan was inclined to the view that little could

~to-alleviate driving-hazards

in th event of more snow, except to clear|off the drifts and spread abrasives at key intersections. Among others who considered the Mayor’s snow problem was Andy Devine, screen and radio comedian. Mr. Devine, who is mayor of Vannuys| Cal., visited Mayor Sullivan yesterday in an official capacity.

| Conference Is Brief

«our ‘ve got a tough problem here,” he commented, relaxing in Mayor “Sullivan’s chair. “I don’t know what| we'd do with it. We don’t haye any snow out there.” Mr. Devine en relinquished the chair and the snow problem to Indianapoiis. Earlier, the Mayor conferred on the problem with members of the Citizens’ Safety Committee in an tempt to find some way to. alleviate snow hazards next time. Committee members agreed with the Mayor that the City’s inability to fight the snow effectively was linked to the budget, which is another problem. The Mayor pointed out that the budget doesn’t provide funds for an effective - street cleaning campaign which would require snowplows and large amounts of abrasives, since

snows of the density of ‘the one last|

week are rare here. Will Meet Next Week

Officials also recalled that the budget is usually made up in August when thoughts of ice and snow are usually far from the minds of budget- -makers and taxpayers’ organizations. Committee members, led by G. H. Poske of the American States Life Insurance Co.; agreed tc meet next week with the Mayor and Streets Commissioner Wilbur Winship to discuss the possibility of wider use of abrasives. The Mayor said that ashes could not be used because they clog sewers. Coarse sanc cannot be considered for the same reason, he said.

Fine sand and salt might be all},

right, but the budget doesn’t provide enough funds to purchase them in large quantities, he added. “I don’t think we're any worse off than other cities,” the Mayor said. “I've talked with officials from other towns in Indiana and they say they're in the same fix we are.- The only thing we can do is do the best we can.”

BURNING MATTRESS SMOTHERS FARMER

DANVILLE, Ind. Jan. 13 (U. P). —James Pratt, farmer living west of Danville, was smothered to death today by smoke pouring from a smoldering feather-bed on which he was sleeping. Dr. Mount Frantz, Hendricks County coroner, said Mr. Pratt apparently lit a cigaret and then went to sleep while it still was burning.

N. Y. STOCKS SLUMP IN LIGHT TURNOVER

By UNITED PRESS

New York stocks declined irregularly today. concluding a week of weakness. Trade was light. Bonds moved irregularly lower. Chicago wheat prices eased while cotton futures were steady at New York. Indianapolis hog prices declined 10 cents on all weights.

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If the records weren't there to prove ‘it, police

Twelve vehicles, eight automobiles and four irucks, were involved in four sets of accidents under the railroad elevation in the 100 block S. East St. yesterday afternoon in the space of about 90 min-

No one was injured (not more than a scratch

The blame was fixed on a big patch of ice, but investigating officers are still wondering why on «earth everything had to happen at once, giving them

Eldon Rogers, 40, of 1617 E. Raymond St., and Glenn Carnicon, 27, of 1418 E. 10th.St., led off the parade at 1:24 p. m. when their automobiles collided. As Officers Herschell Plummer and Paul Kennedy

driven by Wilbur Rayburn, 25, Danville, Ill, swiped a taxicab driven by Buddy Gividen, 27, of 317 E. St. Clair St.,, which had stopped about three

these accidents gess, 39, crashed

M. Anderson, 53, the police car.

son's car. many reports. struck the car a

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instead of war. Operators of Williams, 28, of 3640 W. 10th St.;

a tractor-trailer side-

famous remark was meant to pertain to the weather

12 Autos-and Trucks Involved in Four Accidents in 90 Minutes at Elevation

No sooner had police finished investigations of

and driven away, than Elmer Burinto one of the elevation’s pillars.

Then things really began to happen fast. As the second set of officers, Harry Bailey and Francis Beimer, were investigating, a car driven by Andrew

of Rockford, Ill, skidded and struck

A truck operated by. Rudolph Smith, 23, of 2351 Shriver Ave., plowed into the rear of Mr. AnderThen smack! Four other vehicles, all in a line of traffic, each

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head.

Officers Bailey and Beimer grabbed new pencils

ork, wondering if Gen. Sherman’s

the last four vehicles were Albert 1203 E. 9th Sti; Frank Paul, 51, of Morris Everrett, 39, of 3019 Station

St., and George Steller, 43, of 409 Caven St.

FRIENDS SPUR ELLIOTT DRIVE

Democratic Deadlock May Bring Purdue Head Out For Governor. :

By NOBLE REED Out of the apparent deadlock among Indiana Democrats over the selection of a candidate to run for

Governor has emerged a compromise movement to draft Dr. Edward C. Elliott, Purdue University president, to accept the nomination. Although Dr. Elliott repeatedly has said he does not intend to become a candidate for any p6litical office, several party leaders this

problem may be solved by nominating the educator. The principal reasons for the swing to Dr. Elliott, observers said, is the fact that he is the only candidate mentioned thus far who is ‘favored by the McNutt-for-Presi-dent organization,

Observers See Difficulty The Purdue president has been a personal friend of Paul V. McNutt for years and was one of the principal speakers at the homecoming celebration given for Mr. McNutt here last June. Some party observers, however, predict that full delegate support fromthe rank-and-file may be difficult to build up because Dr. Elliott is not a politician and never has been actively connected with the Democratic Party. “The fact that he is not a politician is one good reason why Dr. Elliott should be. the Democratic nominee,” said a Democratic State Senator yesterday. “The days of a one-man party machine boss are over.”

Told to ‘Keep Quiet’ J

Meanwhile, State Hous executives and workers are left in a quandry, wondering which way to jump for the bandwagon. They are divided between Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker and R. Earl Peters, Indiana FHA director, (Continued on Page Three)

MINE TOWN MOURNS 92 KILLED IN BLAST

150 Children Fatherless; Inspector Overcome.

BARTLEY, W. Va. Jan. 13 (U.P.). —This little mountain town went into mourning today for 92 men killed in an explosion in the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corp. bituminous mine. Rescuers had retrieved 34 bodies and there was no hope of finding any of the others alive. The only consolation was that all apparently had died mercifully—killed in their tracks by the force of the explosion. State Mine Inspector Hugh Lowe was overcome by gas today as he tested the air in a tunnel. Rescuers did not expect to reach he last of the bodies before Monay. The disaster, worst in this state in 13 years, left 150 children fatherless. The dead men, ranging in age from 18 to 63, mostly were married. Some -had as many as eight children. The company distributed’ pay envelopes to families of the dead men today and sent them hams from the company commissary. Neighbors aided the widows by doing their housework. The school had been dismissed since Thursday. the day after the explosion. Federal and state relief agencies were at work here. ; A group memorial service for the dead men was planned for Sunday.

‘Getting Even

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Jan. 13 (U. pP.).—sSt. Augustine got even with President Roosevelt today for changing the Thanksgiving date. It changed his birthday. The annual President’s Ball for benefit of infantile paralysis sufferers. was moved up from Tuesday, Jan. 30—Mr. Roosevelt's birthday—to Saturday, Jan. 27 “because Saturday night is more of a dancing night than Tuesday night.” Florida was among the states which observed Thanksgiving on the traditional final Thursday of November instead of a week earlier as proclaimed by the President.

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Best Dressed

LEWIS LINES UP WITH WHEELER

Sends Senator Effusive Bid To Address U.M. W. 50th Convention.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (U. P). —John L. Lewis of the C. I. O, today is being counted out of the Roosevelt New Deal army which he helped drill and feed in past campaigns. And it appears now that Mr.

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Adolph Menjou. attired.

Smartly

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (U. P). —Adolph Menjou was selected today by the International 'Association of Clothing Designers as the best dressed American. Clark Gable was given runney-up honors. The Association predicted men will go in more fgr the draped coat cut longer fwith a lower waistline. The trend in formal

wear is away from the dinner |;

mer coat, ‘Raglan being pushed aside by the Balmacan style, the Association reported.

‘CHUTES SAVE FIVE IN MID- AIR PLANE CRASH

Down-Draft Is Given Blame For Collision.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 13 (U. P.). —Survivors of a spectacular midair naval airplane crash expressed the belief today the accident was caused by a sudden and extremely powerful down-draft in the aif.

One man was'killed in. the crash members

and the other five cre parachuted to safety. Elmer Edwin Jackson, radioman, said he believed the downgdraft caused the crash. ‘“The air force was so strong I could hardly bail out,” he said. “We were on a routine instrument flight and were up between 9000 and 10,000 feet. As we emerged into a clear space the other plane clipped into our right wing. At least five feet of the wing broke off. I jumped as we started to fall.” James Addison Crowson, 24, of Maysville, Ala., was killed. Harold Funk, 25, of Ray, Colo., was injured so that he required hospital treatment. The other survivors were: Walter Glenn Barnes Jr.. of one of the ships. Paul Eugene Dickson, machinist’s mate 1st class, pilot, Springfield, O.

Charles Wesley Post, 24, radioman

2nd class, Troutdale, Ore.

3 in Family, Pilot

Die in Plane Crash CASEY, Ill, Jan. 13 (U. P..

Four persons, ‘were killed when a

chartered airplane flying westward from Detroit crashed last night in a boggy cornfield, exploded and burned. Three of the dead were members of a Detroit family who were going to Phoenix, ari, for their health. The dead passengers were Mrs. Mary Borowicz, 37; her daughter, Joanna, 17, and a son, Léonard, 19. The pilot of the four-passenger monoplane was William B. Maycock, 43, Detroit, part owner of the Maycock Fliers; a charter plane service.

REV. JOHN E. HEWSON IS DEAD HERE AT 70

The Rev. John E. Hewson, prominent Methodist evangelistic preacher for 40 years, died today at Methodist. Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 70. A member of the Edwin Ray Methodist Church here for 37 years, the Rev. Mr. Hewson had served as an evangelist for the Indiana Methodist Conference and had preached throughout the Middle West. He was born near Hamilton, O., but had spent most of his life in Indianapolis. He had been employed at the Union Insurance Co. for the last several years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Hewson of Indianapolis.

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Lewis has found a place to hang his political hat in the pre-con-vention campaign quarters of Sen= ator Burton K. Wheeler, (D. Mont.), who is conducting an unannounced campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Last October Mr. Lewis found occasion for abrupt. and eager acceptance of White House intima-" tions that President Roosevelt would not be a third term candidate. That was when Presidential Secretary Stephen T. Early rebuked Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace for third-term talk on the West Coast.

Senator Invited fo Speak “Well, that’s that,” Mr. Lewis said, in effect, in a snappy statement denouncing ‘a proposed 11state Western Progressive conference on the grounds that it was ah undef-goves third term mavemen

his other liberals in that statement and Washington suspected that the bushy-browed boss of the C. I. O., the United Mine Workers and labor’s non-partisan League had decided Mr. Wheeler could become the man of the year. That suspicion increased considerably yesterday when Mr. Wheeler’s office announced that Mr. Lewis had invited the Senator to address the 50th anniversary convention of the United Mine Workers in Columbus, O., Jan. 23. Enthusiasm in Bid

* It was not one of those doubtful “come and show us what you've got invitations,” but an enthusiastic bid which a. candidate could. exhibit with some pride. And Mr. Wheeler evidently felt just that way about it. As issued from his office, the call from the miners read in part: “Recognizing you as one of the most eminent of our contemporary statesmen, many of our members have expressed a wish that you be invited to deliver an address to the convention. In recognition of this sentiment, I am therefore formally extending you an invitation .to deliver such an {address upon public questions as you may consider germane.” . Today Mr. Wheeler's office said he had accepted the invjtation. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Roosevelt have been pulling apart for some time but without an open break and none is suggested here. But it is a fact that the man who four years ago was actively organizing support for the President’s re-election campaign and preparing to loan and give some $500,000 to the cause is working the other side of the street today.

EX-CITY SALESMAN IS KILLED BY AUTO

LOOGOOTEE, Ind, Jan. 13 (U. P.).—Fred Raney, 48, a retired Indianapolis salesman, was killed instantly today when he was struck by an overturning automobile driven by Anthony Berger of Jasper. Mr. Raney was standing by his mailbox on Road 45 when Mr. Berger’s car skidded on the slippery pavement, struck an abutment and overturned three times, hitting Raney in its wild course, Berger was not seriously hurt.

Mr. Lewis did not name ; aly of) ship.

SEC AND NLRB|

Shake Urges Association to Muster Courage and Weed Out Unworthies.

Support for legislation which would restrict powers of the Secur-

ities Exchange Con ission, Na_|tional Labor Relati Board and

other governmental: commissions. is urged in a resolution scheduled to

diana State Bar Association. The legislation, pending before the House and the Senate, would require governmental - commissions to publish notices and hold hearings before handing down rules and regulations. Its purpose is to prevent commissions from “running wild,” according to John Rabb Emison of Vincennes, Ind., chairman of the Bar Association's Committee on Administrative Law which drew up the resolution to be acted upon today.

Seeks Fair Hearings The legislation also would insure

fair hearings by commissions before

decisions are handed down, Mr. Emison said. Speaking at the forenoon session of the Bar Association's mid-winter meeting in the . Claypool Hotel, Judge Curtis G. Shake, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, urged the Bar Association to be aggressive in purging its ranks of unfit members. He spoke on “The Future of the Legal Profession.” . “Until the bar of Indiana musters the courage to divorce itself from those who are unworthy of .a place in its ranks, the many competent, reputable and high-minded lawyers of the state will have to suffer for the shortcomings of a few.” Judge Shake said. No good reason can be seen why courts should not be authorized to disbar lawyers without: trial, rather than wait for some outraged citizen to prefer charges and carry litigation through the courts, Judge Shake pointed out.

Beardsley to Speak

Committee reports were made this morning on legal education, amendments to the Bankruptcy Act, canons of ethics, illegal practice of law and Shisvauces. judicial se-

=A aftembon; the Tawyers were to consider reports of committees on public relations, -criminal jurisprudence, integrated bar, American citizenship and the young lawyers section of the association.

was to speak on “More Effective Bar Organization” this afternoon and Prof. Walter Barton Leach of the Harvard University Law School will speak on “Law Professor on the Loose” at the association’s banquet tonight. Prof. Leach yesterday discussed real estate and wills at a legal institute. Criticizing several Indiana statutes; he forecast trouble in drawing up wills unless action is taken to improve the laws on them.

RALPH HITZ, NOTED HOTEL MANAGER, DIES

Heart Attack Is Fatal to Native of Vienna.

NEW 'YORK, Jan, 13 (U. P).— Ralph Hitz, 48, president of the National Hotel Management Co. Inc., which controls a chain of hotels extending across the country, died last night at Post Graduate Hospital after a heart attack. Mr. Hitz, who had maintained active leadership in the affairs of the large hotel system until a month ago, entered the hospital Dec. 10 because of a liver ailment. He is survived by his wife and a son, Ralph Jr. Mr. Hitz, a native of Vienna, began his hotel career there when he ran away from home at the age of 14. He returned to school at his father’s insistence, but again ran away and went to New York two years later in 1906 to take a job as bus boy in a Broadway hotel. Paternal pleas to return to Austria were unavailing. The two did not meet again until his father and mother came to the United States to become citizens last year. The corporation operated hotels in seven cities. The most noted of their properties probably was the Hotel New Yorker.

be passed this afternoon by the In-

Charles -A. Beardsley, president: of the American Bar Association,

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OVIET PLAN DEATH ON HELSINKI, T FIRE T0 HOM §

One of Thirty Boriibis

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Safe in a Norwegian town, fright still marks the face of this little

Finnish refugee from Soviet air raids. She’s pictured getting new warm clothes after her mother carried her across the frontier,

Mexico, in U.

S. Warning,

Rejects Monroe Doctrine

announced Mexico's refusal to reco

own way.

would send warships to see that Mexico's neutrality was not violated were “absolutely false.” Regarding the Monroe Doctrine, he said: “The Monroe Doctrine never was recognized: nor could be recognized by Mexico and other Spanish-Amer-ican lations, 1t ‘was only an ex-

double. Bn of “excluding European countries from this Hemisphere} and defending its own interests.

Claims Form ‘Has Changed

“Such a ‘doctrine, badly preted and applied beyond. its original scope, ‘sometimes. converts. -itself into a pretext for. intervention in the affairs of other nations.’ “When the profocol against intervention in each others’ affairs was proposed by Mexico at the Buenos Aires Pan American conference of

republics, it was considered that the Monroe Doctrine had ceased to exist in its previous form.” Mr. Cardenas pointed out that the Buenos Aires declaration was made

tion by one American nation in the affairs of another, and that it established the principle of mutual consultation among the republics.

Solidarity New Theme

“In case any one of the signatory countries should find itself in’ danger of aggression, this method, far from admitting the right of one country to protect another with or without consent of the second nation, recognizes the inter-dependence and solidarity of American nations and the obligation that, each has to judge for itself regarding any threats or dangers. “Later on, at the Panama Conference, this idea was reaffirmed, and was complemented by the establishment of the doctrine that in-event any region of America now under the jurisdié¢tion of. a foreign state shouid change sovereignty, and in doing so created danger to the security of this Hemisphere, the republics should consult. The result of ali this was that the Monroe Doctrine was. excluded, and American solidarity substituted for it.”

QUAKE HITS COAST; REPORT NO DAMAGE

LOS ANGELES, Jan.'13 (U.P.).— An earthquake shook southern Cali-. fornia shortly before midnight last night. No damage was reported but hundreds of persons scurried into the streets. In Huntington Park, Long Beach and Compton, all heavy sufferers in the disastrous’ earthquake of March 10, 1933, two rumbling shocks

| were heard and felt.

Life Begins in South Side Gas Station As Stork Beats Auto in Hospital Race

It was calm at ‘the James W. Campbell house, 1305 Mentone Ave., at 6:30 a. m today. Eugene Conner, Ye son-in-law, arose first and departed on an errand. Other members of the family ‘got up, ate breakfast and began he day’s work. Shortly before 8 a. m, Mrs. Conner, who was expecting her second

baby “soon,” decide she was ready].

to go to a hospital. Mrs, Campbell called another daughter, Mrs. Mildred Wilson, who lived nearby at 1255 Edgecombe Ave., and asked her to take Mrs. Conner to Coleman Hospital. Mrs, Wilson an. Mrs. Conner left the Campbell house about 20 minutes later. Only a short distance away, the car skidded into a ditch,

frightening both women but not in‘juring them. Mrs. Wilson ran to the home of Alva Ritter, 1243 Edgecombe Ave. a neighbor, and asked him to take them to the hospital. They started again. “1 just know we ‘aren’t going to make it,” Mrs. Conner said. She was right. ~ In iit of a filling station at 2061 S. Meridian St., Mrs. Conner asked Mr. Ritter to drive in. He left the car while it was still rolling on the driveway and shouted to Anthony Hoeping, the owner, to phone a hospital. While Mr. Hoeping was sfill thumbing . through the telephone book, Mr. Ritter shouted again. The stork had arrived. i

Mr. Hoeping directed them to drive the automobile into the heated grease-rack room of the filling station, and then called City Hospital and the Sheriff's office.

Mrs. Louise Hermann. a former nurse who lived across the street at 2960 S. Meridian St., came over with towels and blankets, and took care of Mrs. Conner znd the baby, a boy.

The City Hospital ambulance doctor then arrived and pronounced both mother and baby “in fine shape. ” . As she was being. moved, Mrs. Conner smiled up at Mr. “Hoeping and said, “Thanks a lot.” They were taken to Coleman Hospital, where Mrs. Conner and her baby were reported

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’ MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13 (U. P.).—President Lazaro Cardenas today

gnize the Monroe Doctrine and de-

clared that Mexico would solve its oil problem, involving $400,000,000 worth ‘of foreign oil properties expropriated by the Government, in its

President Gardenas commented that reports the United States

BRITISH PLANES FLY OVER REICH

And Praha; Nazi Bomber Is Shot Down.

LONDON, Jan. 13 (U. P).—The

Royal Air Force planes had made reconnaissance flights last night over Austria and Czechoslovak Bohemia. The - planes dropped pamphlets over both Vienna and Praha in their greatest penetration of Germany since the start of the war, If was indicated that the planes were engaged by German pursuit ships. All returned safely, however, it was said. German Plane Shot Down

It “was . the first time British planes had flown over. these areas. To make the flights it would have been necessary for the planes to fly over: Germany as. constituted before Adolf Hitler. The: Air ‘Ministry said also that British “security patrols,” intended to keep down German mine-laying airplanes, had been maintained over the Helgoland Bay area. A fighter patrol shot down a German plane off the southeast Scots coast this merning, the Air Ministry announced.

Shipyard Raid Is Denied

It was learned that the plane was a Heinkel bomber. A German officer from it was picked up by a launch off the Firth of Forth. He confirmed that three other members of the bomber’s crew had been killed. Planes ‘believed to be German ones flew vver an East Coast English town shertly after noon today. . The Air Ministry announced that the coastal, command aircraft (Continued on Page Three)

KONOYE TURNS DOWN JAPAN PREM PREMIERSHIP

Cabinet Headed by Abe Plans to Quit Tomorrow.

TOKYO, Jan. 13 (U. P.).—Prince Fumimaro Konoye refused tonight to become Premier in succession to Gen. Nobuyuki Abe, ‘who plans to resign with his Cabinet tomorrow. Konoye, who was Premier before the Abe Government took power, said that his “conscience would not permit him to become Premier again.’ His slatement was tasted after a conference with Abe and War Minister Shunroku Hata. “1 lack the confidence and the necessary economic and financial knowledge to handle successfully the future political situation,” Ronove said.

CAGE SCHEDULE DRAWN

(Details, Page 11)

. Drawings for the annual Mion County high school basketball I'= nament, to be held next Thursday, Friday and Salurday at the Ben Davis gym, were made today erie of coaches and athletic

Drop Pamphiets on Vienna

‘Air -Ministry announced today that

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Lands in Hospital Courtyard.

War in Brief HELSINKI—One of nine Soviet airplanes taking part in raid on

Finnish capital is reported shot down.

LONDON—British Feport German plane shot down off Southeast Scots_Coast.

COPENHAGEN—Press dispatches report Russians in. action against Finns on Salla front.

- MOSCOW—High officials deny arrest of 105 Russian officers as result of Finnish defeat .on Suomussalmi front,

BRUSSELS—Official communique. reports “certain defense ‘meas< ures” taken yesterday. - , TOKYO—Prince Konoye refilses to_ become Premier, succeeding Gen; Abe, who plans to resign tomorrow with Cabinet.

By WEBB M MILLER 9! United | Press Staff Correspondent 1

"HELSINKI, Jan. 13— Nine Soviet airplanes bombed Helsinki shortly before 2 p, m. today. An official emmiinnts said that the raiders dropped approximately 30 to 40 bombs at various points.

First reports indicated that two persons were killed and 20 wounded, In bombings yesterday on South Finnish towns, two persons were reported killed and more than 10 wounded. One of the Soviet planes in tos day’s raid was reported to have |been’ shot down over Helsinki. Coins from the pilot's pockets fell into the streets and people scrame bled for them.

Bomb Hits Near Hospital

* Several large holes appeared ‘in the ice of the. t believed, ‘ar engine” from’ Lae <a plane fell. The raid marked the first bombing attack on Helsinki in several weeks although there have been raids on territory -outlying from the capital. One bomb struck a hospital courte yard and another "large bomb exe ploded a mile from the Hotel Kemp where newspapermen were quar= tered. Although that far away, the explosion shook : the ‘hotel building,

‘Sirens Shriek Warning

The Soviet planes. emerged from the clouds at 1:50 p. m. The first bombs fell as air raid sirens shrieked their warning. All communication with the outside world was delayed for several hours and it was impossible to put through telephone cone nections to either Copenhagen or Stockholm. When the air raid sirens sarieked, residents. of Helsinki proceeded calmly to shelfers. Fire engines rushed through empty streets’ and headed for buildings which had been set afire' by the Russian bombs. Most fires were extinguished soon after they started. Several private . residences were burned down.

Report Finn Positions

In Peril on Salla Front COPENHAGEN, Jan. 13 (U. P.).~—

' | Press reports from Stockholm said

today that Russian troops were in action against Finnish . forces 38 miles west of Salla, in Central Fine land, and that Finnish positions there were threatened. ' Stockholm dispatches to. the Bere linski Aftenaviss said that the Ruse sians, moving against Finns on the (Continued on Page Three)

NAZI ARMS MAKER'S SON KILLED INACTION

BERLIN. Jan. 13 (U. P.).—An obituary notice, in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung today ane nounced the death in action Wednesday of Claus Krupp von Bohlen und Hallbach, - 29, second son of the industrialist: Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Hallbach, Germany’s leading munitions maker. Young Krupp was killed in flying a pursuit plane. It was recalled that Thursday the high command

in pursuing an enemy plane.

PERSONAL APPEARANCE - BRISTOL, Conn., Jan. 13 (U. P), ~The two-story Bristol Theater building was destroyed by fire toe day and damage was estimated at $25,000. The theater's marquee ade have been: “Money to Burn.”

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