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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 270

Senate Arranges State Funeral for Borah Monday

FORECAST: Fair.and continued cold tonight and ‘tomorrow ; lowest temperature tonight about zero.

1. A view of the home in which Senator William E. Borah was born, June 29, 1865. It is located

about 10 miles from Fairfield, Ill.

2. A characteristic pose of Senator Borah. 3. Senator and Mrs. Borah at the time of:

her as “The Little Borah.”

their marriage in 189

5. Friends in Washington refer to

4. Senator Borah at the time he was a senatorial candidate in Idaho in 1900.

J MORE DEAD IN COLD WAVE

Woman, 78, Is Second Fire _ Victim Here; 2 Children Die in Columbus, Ind.

Three more lives were claimed in

Indianapolis and Indiana today as]

winter’s sgverest cold wave tapered off after record-breaking low temperatures. While temporary relief was welcomed here, the Weather Bureau said the mercury will tumble back to zero tonight, but climb again tomorrow. : : As winter loosened its grip in this area, frigid wigds whistled into the South and gperatures were below freezing throughout Dixie except for the extreme tip of Florida. Fires attributed to’ the weather

>eontimied {6 break out in dH parts

of the city, but no one was injured. Two- Children Victims

Marshall Kelley, 4, and Patsy Keiley, 3, died at Columbus, Ind. of burns received when a blow torch used by their father, Frank, to thaw frozen pipes, exploded and

. drenched them with gasoline.

The father was burned, but his condition was not : considered serious. : Mrs. Dolly Durham, 78-year-old

"invalid, died at Methodist Hospital

the second fire victim in Indianapolis in two days. She was overcome by smoke from flames caused by hot ashes at her home, 545 N. Beville Ave., yesterday during the worst of the frigid wave. Mrs. Durham was awakened by the smell of smoke and aroused her daughter, Clara, who sounded the alarm.| A rescue squad carried Mrs. Durham from the blazing house. The other victim of fires caused by the| cold here was William Baxter, 65-year-old barber, who died at City Hospital yesterday. He was burned when fire swept a shed at the rear of 1118 Villa Ave. in which he lived. While the “above zero” temperatures |were recorded here, the Weather Bureau said that cold air masses wafting in from the Midwest will keep temperatures below normal for several days. The normal average for this season is 28. The maximum here yesterday was 4 above from 9 to 11 p. m. The mercury dropped to 3 above at midnight, then started upward. Guard Orange Groves Representative temperatures in the State were: Zero at Ft. Wayne, 6 abov Evansville, and 2 above at Aurora. Continued cold was forecast for Dixie tonight, especially in Florida, where formers were faced with another night-long vigil over smudge pots to prevent frost damage to orange |groves. Mercury readings today ranged from 6 above at Nashville to 30 along the Florida East Coast. At Orlando and Lakeland, heart of Florida’s biggest citrus producing district, the lowest reading was 28 degrees, a temperature ' that citrus could stand for several hours if smudge pots were tended carefully. Florida tourists appeared to have peen harder hit than the crops, with such low temperatures as 27 at Daytona Beach, 44 at West Palm Beach, 48 at Miami, 34 at Sarasota and 41 at Fort Myers, all favorite resort cities. | Elsewhere in the South it was not quite so‘cold as yesterday, when

temperatures that dipped below zero

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POLICEMAN IS SLAIN

BY VICTIM'S MATE

CHELSEA, Mass., Jan. 20 (U. P.). —Two persons were Killed and a schoolgirl was perhaps fatally wounded early today during a gun duel between a drink-crazed patrolman and - his superior. Patrolman John A. Price, 42, was killed by Sergeant Herbert J. Hannabury, 45, after Price had slain Hannabury’s wife, Helen, 44, and wounded 14-year-old Virginia Hannabury in the chest. Price had become peeved when Hannabury had threatened to “turn him in the the chief” for dereliction of duty. : ;

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RAPS TRUSTEES ON STAMP PLAN

Officials Unwilling to Give Up Rights to Specify Food Stores, C. of C. Says.

The unwillingness of some township authorities to give: up their rights to specify stores for the filling of relief food orders has delayed for several months the bringing of the Federal food stamp plan here, the executive committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce said today. “This is most unfortunate, and without further delay all the township authorities should open the placing of food orders to all stores which care to participate, giving relief families the fullest opportunity to select and change the stores at which their orders are: to be. filled,” the committee said. “There is no question but that this would be a boon both to those on relief and to the taxpayers. Disclosures of abuses growing out of favoritism a few months ago in Center Township should have, before this, caused the complete’ abandonment of this method of distributing relief food supplies. It has not done so. Even in Center Township, the new trustee has added only a few stores to the list of those permitted to receive orders.” ‘The committee commended the Federal Government for its rules that the stamps be acceptable at all stores, and said that the townships should follow the example on relief food orders.

INJURED IN TRAIN COLLISION AT BLAINE

Serious Damage Averted by Passénger Crew.

BLAINE, Ind. Jan. 20 (U P.).— Seven persons were injured, none seriously, when a Nickel Plate Railroad passenger train collided headon with a freight train a quarter mile west of here late yesterday.The engines werc locked together and the cabs jammed back into the tenders, but damage and injuries were minimized when the crew of the passenger locomotive threw the train into reverse when they saw the freight approaching. Imjured were J, D. Locke of Frankfort, Ind. engineer of the freight; Herman uJchulien of Lima, O., fireman of the freight; A. T. Hertel of Frankfort, claim agent for the railroad, riding on the passenger train; Charles Parker of Lima, a passenger trainman; Mrs. John Boyd and Mrs. John Gaddis, both of Lima, passengers, and L. H. Holden "of Fostoria O., mail clerk. All except Mr. Holden were brought to the Jay County Hospital at Portland for treatment. Mr. Holden refused to leave his mail car and was given .first aid treatment, Rail traffic was blocked for many hours. : & : : -

TELLS OF LIFE ON ‘HELL SHIP

‘No One Could Wash’ Aboard Graf Spee Supply Vessel, British Captain Says.

LONDON, Jan. 20 (U. P).—A Geérman tanker, formerly a supply ship for the ill-starred pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and de-

scribed by seamen as a “hell ship,” was reported today to have run the British blockade and reached a German port carrying 300 hungry and bedraggled British prisoners. The British aboard were officers and crews of ships that the Graf Spee sank while roaming the Atlantic before it was trapped and scuttled at Montevideo, Uruguay. The admiralty said it was without ‘information of: the ship, and officials in Berlin would neither ‘corifirmi nor deny that she had reached Germany. : According to reports here ‘the tanker was called the Altmark.-

Ship Is Not Listed

(No such ship is listed in Lloyd’s Marine Directory or in Jane's Fighting Ships, authoritative warship directory.) It had been reported that British warships were searching the Atlantic for the tanker. Life aboard the “hell ship” was described here by the captain and a petty officer of one ‘of the British merchantmen that fell a prey to the Graf Spee. These men and several others were aboard the warship when it was chased into the Montevideo harbor. They were put ashore there and have just made their way home. They had been kept on the supply

to the Graf Spee. Black Bread in Morning

The captain said there was a 100-man crew and several guards from the Graf Spee aboard the tanker in addition: to 305 prisoners. Food was bad and insufficient, he said. Water was doled out and couldn’t- be used for washing. The prisoners were dirty and despondent, he said, and the Germans contributed to their misery by telling (Continued on Page Three)

STOCKS IRREGULAR IN LIGHT TRADING

By UNITED PRESS Most' New York stocks closed irregular in today’s light session. There was heavy turnover in Commonwealth & Southern Corp. while Brooklyn-Manhattan issues registered new highs and Standard Gas issues regainec part of yesterday’s losses. J Hogs sold at yesterday’s prices at Indianapolis. Chicago wheat prices eased fractionally in dull trading.

ITALY ADDS ARMY FUNDS

ROME, Jan. 20 = (U. P.).—Appropriations totaling $547,576,000 for {the armed forces were approved by the Council of Ministers today. The appropriations represented an increase of $129,684,000 over those for the. current fiscal year, which ends June 30. :

Young love today faced a new hurdle in Indianapolis, compared to which the difficulties Romeo experienced wooing Juliet were a cinch. Beginning next Tuesday night, it’s going to be tough on the late courters.. The hoy friend will have to jump into his jaloppy and drive home by 3 a. m.—and boys, the City lice are only doing their duty as they see it. . The cops will be out with fresh books of parking stickers for the cars found parked longer than one hour between 2 a. m. and 6 a. m., by order of the Safety Board. Although the Board’s action is designed to discontinue the use of city streets as “garages,” the city’s

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== ‘SHUN WAR IS DEWEY POLICY

Urges U.S. to Mind Own Business “but Seek Way for Peace.

NEW: YORK, Jan. 20 (U:P).— The United States’ must mind its own husiness but search also ior a non-entangling opportunity to help effect a genuine peace, District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey said today in his first discussion of foreign affairs as a Presidential eandidate. He assailed the Roosevelt Administration, asserting that citizens are “entitled to remain free from abuse by those temporarily in power.” He warned that staggering taxes and ever mounting. debt could crush nations and individuals.

‘Mr. Dewey spoke here before the Women’s National Republican Club. The' American people, Republicans and Democrats alike, he said, were united on the broad objectives of foreign policy. But he made a slashing attack on President Roosevelt’s recognition of the Soviet Union, calling it a “fuzzy-minded departure” from established foreign policy. : : The public supports most New Deal foreign policies, he said, ‘because the administration is following the path laid down during three previous Republican Administrations. “If there is one thing upon which’ we are all agreed,” Mr. Dewey said, “it is that we shall send no American to die on the battlefields of Europe. : “Moreover, let me say that I believe this is as much the view of the leaders of the Democratic Party as it is of the leaders of the Republican Party. I am convinced that this is and will’ continue to be the view of both the present Administration ‘and whatever administration follows it.” Mr. Dewey indirectly indorsed a positive national defense policy. He said the American people could not immunize themselves from the world’s tragedies nor remain unmoved by the sufferings of millions in Europe and Asia.

2 DIE IN FIRE AFTER BLAST NEWPORT, :Ky., Jan. 20 (U. P.). —Two men were burned to death today in a fire whieh followed a pit explosion in the plant of the AnVictims were Or-

‘Romeo, Where Art Thou?’ ‘Moving That Parked Car’

courters were Quick to see the,

ville Tungate, Dayton, Ky. and Jesse Phillips, Cincinnati.

menace, Sspetially when it’s leap year. he At City Hall, the unmarried girls suspected it was just a plot ‘by the mean old fety Board (whose members all are married, anyway) to see that they got to work on time. At any rate, the local swains are faced with the choice of departing before the clock strikes 3 or making their calls on foot. : And in some circles the cry was heard: “A horse, a horse, my jaloppy for a horse.” het Ran : Traffic. Capt. Edwin Kruse said that couples sitting in parked cars would be asked first to move on. No exceptions are to be made when the parking stickers ate passed out, romance or no romance, Po-|

TRIBUTE PAID

LION OF IDAHO

{Minton Among 10 Named to

Accompany: Body to Boise Home.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.).— A solemn Senate today heard formal announcement of the death of William E. Borah last night and ordered a high state funeral for their departed colleague. The funeral will be at 12:30 p. m. Monday in the Senate Chamber, where for 33 ‘years Mr. Borah's voice was a barometer of national affairs and international crises. He had served, longer in the Chamber than® any. other living member. President Roosevelt, the -Justices of the Supreme Court, the Cabinet and high officials will attend. The Senate met for only 10 minutes. Page boys placed on Mr. Borah’s desk a calendar of bills pending before the Senate and a copy of the Congressional Record—just as they would have done were he still alive.

Colleague’s Voice Trembles

At the stroke of noon Vice President John N. Garner’s gavel brought the Chamber to order. Mi. Borah's youthful Idaho ' colleague—serving his first term in the Senate where the Idaho statesman had sat since 1907—rose. “Last night at 8:45 p. m.” said Senator Worth Clark in trembling voice, “remorseless evenis transpired unkindly to take from us our beloved friend and colleague.” Mr, Clark then offered the formal resolution expressing the deep sympathy of the Senate to Mrs. Borah and providing for the details of the state funeral.

Talk in: Hushed Tone

“Without objection the resolution is agreed to,” said Mr. Garner in a low, halting voice. Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley then moved that in tribute to Mr. Borah the Chamber recess until 12:15 p. m. Monday, and the session was over. For some minutes groups of Senators remained on the floor, talking in hushed tones of Mr. Borah’s death. : After the ceremonies Mr. Borah’s body will be placed on a train for Boise, Ida. It was expected to arrive there for burial on Friday. Mr. Garner designated five Republicans and five Democrats to accompany Mr. Borah’s body to Boise. They are Senators Warren Austin, Vt., Henry Cabot Lodge, Mass., Gerald P. Nye, N. D.,, Arthur Vandenberg, Mich.,, and Wallace White, Me., Republicans; Clark, Ida.; Key Pittman, Nev.; Joseph C. O’Mahoney, Wyo. Edward Burke, Neb., and Sherman Minton, Ind, Democrats. . ; Leaves Mighty Gap Death came peacefully last night to the “Lion of Idaho” at his home while in a coma which followed a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday. He was T4. The Capital mourned the passing of a man whose death leaves a might gap in the front ranks of great men. President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, with whom he disagreed vigorously on foreign policy, were among, the first to pay tribute to his fighting spirit and fearlessness. Mr. Roosevelt prefaced a radio address at 1p:30 p. m. with a tribute. fs He acknowledged that they had differed on various problems, but added that “his purpose and my p and the ultimate objective, I think, of everybody in this room interested in the future of America. —those purposes were identical.” ~ Hundreds of telegrams from the entire country and abroad arrived today with expressions of sympathy for the Senator's widow and mourning the passing of the man whose Congressional battles were known the world over. :

Defended Bill of Rights

A week ago Thursday Mr. Borah delivered in the Senate his last major address—a stirring defense of the Constitution's bill of rights. Monday he jovially told his colleagues of a recent physical examination and -of the doctor's pronouncement that he was in excellent health. : Tuesday morning he was stricken with a cerebra’ hemorrhage while in the bathroom. His head struck the edge of the bathtub as he fell. He was found unconscious on the floor by his wife and was conscious for only brief intervals after that. When physicans examined him

lice Chief Michael F. Morrissey said. But maybe love will find a way.

they found a concussion at the base (Continued on Page Three) : ]

‘He Dared—'

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—“We shall miss him and mourn him,” President Roosevelt commented on learning of the death of Senator William E. Borah. The President’s statement: “The Senate and the nation are sadly bereft by the passing of Senator Borah, We shall miss him, and mourn him, and long remember the superb courage which was his. He dared often to stand alone and even at times to subordinate party interest, when he presumably saw a divergence of party interest and the national interest. : “Fair minded, firm in principle and shrewd in judgment, he sometimes gave and often received hard blows; but he had great personal charm and a courteous manner which had its sources in a kind heart. He had thought deeply and studied with patience all the great social, political and economic questions which had so vital ly concerned his countrymen during the long period of his public service, i “His utterances commanded the close attention of the Senate and of a far-flung audience whenever he spoke. A unique figure, his passing leaves

REPORT MNUTT TAXIS SCANNED

Included in Treasury’s Indiana Investigation, New York Times Declares.

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Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt’s personal income tax is included in the Treasury Department’s Indiana investigation, The New York Times said today. Mr. McNutt explained that while he was Governor of Indiana his state salary was exempt and that his only additional earnings came from speeches and did not amount

‘to enough to file a Federal return.

He did file while High Commissioner of the Philippines, but told Frank L. Kluckhorn of The New York Times that most of his investments at that time were tax exempt. “I know nothing about these investigations except the. ever re-

today. “So far as I am concerned they are welcome to investigate my tax returns. : “These stories, however, seem to be part of an organized smear campaign which will not get any place.” 3

WPA CLIENT DROPS DEAD

Franklin Shelton, 37, of 1452 Prospect 'St., dropped dead today at

office, 1200 S. Kentucky Ave., while being interviewed . for WPA Treemployment. Mr. Shelton is survived by his wife, Opal. . .

ACTRESS TO MARRY HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 20 (U. P.).— Blond film actress Janet Lind and ‘Archer B. Carpenter, Hollywood insurance broker, said today they will be married Feb. 2 at Yuma, Ariz.

current rumors,” Mr. McNutt said

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DELAY MEANS HITLER DEFEAT, HALIFAX SAYS

Accuses Berlin of Complicity In ‘Brutal Aggression Against Finland.’

LONDON, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, accusing Germany of complicity in “brutal and totally unprovoked ag-

gression against Finland,” declared in a speech today that Adolf Hitler will be defeated by the Allies because he waited too<long to strike with full force. Speaking at Leeds, the Foreign Secretary said Germany hesitated to launch a big land and air offensive “for the reasons that a bully hesitates to hit somebody who may hit back.” Lord Halifax said Herr Hitler's very methods of absolute rule, as against the unity of the people of the democracies, will bring about his downfall. :

Charges Broken Pledges

Contrasting the complete secrecy which shrouds Herr Hitler's aims and actions from the German people with the partnership which exists between the people of a democracy and their government, Lord Halifax said: “It is’ just that unity of moral purpose which Herr Hitler rates so low which will be, if I mistake not, the principal cause of his defeat.” Lord Halifax denounced Herr Hitler as a breaker of solemn pledges. He implied that Britain will not consider peace as long as Herr Hitler is in power. “We do not seek a _ vindictive peace,” he said. “We await a German Government whose word or written pledge could be worth more than the paper on which it would be written.” : : Determined to Aid Finns

Declaring that Britain, in seeking a just peace, does not wish to deprive Germany of her rightful place among nations, Lord Halifax said: “The reason why peace cannot be made tomorrow is that the German Government has not yet given any evidence of readiness to repair the damage wrought to weaker nations, or the capacity to convince the world that any pledge to which they may subscribe is worth more than the paper on which it may be written.” : He summed up Britain's war and peace aims as follows: The war aim is to win the war. The peace aim is to “secure European freedom and liberty.” The Foreign Secretary emphasized Britain's determination to aid Finland.

6.0. P. TO CONSIDER CONVENTION SITE

State Committee to Meet Here Wednesday.

The Republican State Committee will meet at the Columbia Club Wednesday noon to express its preference for the site and date of the G. O. P. national convention. Will G. Irwin and Mrs. Grace D. Reynolds, members of the national committee, will attend the meeting to obtain the sentiments of the Hoosiers, State Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt said. : The national committee meet in Washington Feb. name the city and date. Mr, Bobbitt will attend a conference of 11 Midwest state chairmen in Chicago tomorrow.

3 OF FAMILY DIE IN FIRE PONTIAC, Mich., Jan. 20 (U. P.). —Fire swept through a frame dwelling at a resort community near Waterford today taking the lives of a mother and father and their 14-months-old son.

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Police said today thal a fantastic tale of abduction, which entangled three innocent persons in: the toils

of the law, had been unraveled by the confessions of a youth and his girl friend. | : The youth, Dayne Leon Hail, 19, of 421 S. Alabama St., was still held in jail on a charge of conspiring to commit a felony. Police said he had admitted the plot was fabricated because he wanted “to impress” his girl friend, Miss Edna Wright, 18, of 242 Davidson St. Police said Miss Wright signed a statement that a kidnap note she received was written and sent by herself. ; The charges of conspiring to commit a felony which were filed against Charles Whitney, 825 Broadway, a ee, and Albert and Ed-

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3 Free as Youth and Girl Say Kidnap Plot Was Hoax

St, are to be dropped when the case comes up in Municipal Court Jan. 30, according to detectives. All three are out on bond. Mr. Whitney was held in jail only a few hours,

lice said. cal 3 Hail started the long, chain ¢ circumstances, ' officers said Mis Wright told them yesterday when he informed her on New. ¥

> She sald, : 7B Hail “had told her daugl former boarder, Mr. against whom she had a suit pending to. collect alleged back rent, planned to get them to a cabin

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MORE NAZIS ON BELGIAN BORDER

French Add German Troops March in Soviet Poland.

War at a Glance 1

PARIS—Two more German divise ions are reported on Belgiume Netherlands frontier. ;

LONDON—Peace outlook is dim, foreign diplomats report to their Governments in Europe.

HELSINKI—-Finn€ attack Russians from front and both flanks on new - line near Marka. -

MOSCOW-—Russian Army commue nique claims annihilation of Fine * nish battalion.

BUCHAREST—Rumanian and Jue .goslavian Foreign Ministers cone fer for more than two hours.

WASHINGTON—Pope Pius pledges collaboration with Mr. Roosevelt - “in behalf of peace.” (Page Three.)

PARIS, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—A Wap Office spokesman said today that intelligence reports indicated that two more German divisions, per= haps 30,000 men, had arrived on the Belgium-Netherlands frontier, - The spokesman said that the Way Office had. received confirmation of the presénce of German troops in the Russian-occupied part of Poland. It was suggested that the German troops were guarding the railroad from Rumania on which Germany is dependent, now that the Danuke is frozen, for oil imports. '

British Fly Over Germany

German airplanes, it was reported, concentrated their flights in northe ern France, chiefly in the Belgian border region, with the apparent <htention of photographing recent entrenchments and to see whether the Allies had shifted troops to that frontier as the result of recent allegations that Germany ‘might attack through Belgium and the Netherlands. . British planes flew over nor Germany, — Rimes others. a= Military informants said that a French patrol, in a night raid, reached nearly to the main Weste wall defense line on the German side. Germans discovered the pae trol and tried to surround it, infore mants said, but it fought its way out with slight losses and brought back valuable information on German troop dispositions.

Patrols ‘More Active

Patrol activity was intensified despite a second cold wave which sent temperatures in the. Vosges mountains sector of the Western Front to 11 degrees below zero. Airmen were wearing 10 layers of clothing, it was reported. The War Office asserted that a German Messerschmidt plane had been shot down while convoying photograph planes on a recone haissance flight.

Nazi Stroke Still Feared Against Netherlands

LONDON, Jan. 20 (U. P.).— Foreign diplomats in surveys sent te their Governments are reporting, it was learned today, that: 4 1. A German stroke against the Netherlands, on the basis of informa~ . tion here, is regarded as still a strong possibility. 2. Involvement of Scandinavia in the war is considered less likely

-{but the situation there is one which

will require constant vigilance and thorough preparation for an emergency. 3. A German or Russian drive into the Balkans or the Near East is. thought improbable during the next six months or even this year. 4. The outlook for a “blitzpeace” a miraculous lightning peace, is (Continued on Page Three) -

‘HITLER’ FACES DEATH ~ FOR ESCAPING 200

. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 20 (U, P.) — A massive buffalo named Hitler, who maddened by the cold weather, escaped from South Park, today defied the efforts of 20 wary polices men to lead him back to his ene closure. With two other bulls, Hitler broke through a high wire fence late last night. The other bulls returned to the corral within a few hours. But not Hitler. ; County policement cautiously ene circled him in automobiles, fearful to go near on foot because he might ' charge and kill someone. They watched him cavort on the No. 2 green of the park’s golf and prepared to kill him with erful rifles if he should approach a residential section.

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