Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1940 — Page 1

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PRIEST 10 ASK ~ HELP IN FIGHT ON ‘WOW’ BAN

Father Sullivan Declares Police Action Violates Civil Liberties.

The i Ambrose J. Sullivan, who yesterday accused the Police Department of violating civil liberties in | suppressing “wow,” a variation of the game bingo, will

enlist the support of other religious and. fraternal organizations in his fight, he said today: Father Sullivan, in a statement made after noon mass yesterday in the Holy Rosary Catholic Church of which he is pastor, said the games at the church will be resumed the Wednesday after Easter and will continue each Wednesday in spite of police action. Leroy J. Keach, Safety Board president, said that the board’s attitude toward the game will not be altered by Father Sullivan's statement or activities,

Morrissey Is Silent

Police Chief Michael Morrissey said he had no comment, to make at this time. The Methodist |Ministerial Association, whose protests against bingo, “even in churches,” last year Vie om to outlaw the game here, met his morning at the Roberts Park ‘Church. Father Sullivan's stand was discussed and a committee appointed to decide what action the Methodists should take regarding “wow.” Members of the committee were Dr. C. A. McPheeters, North Methodist Church pastor; Dr. Guy O. Carpenter, Central Avenue Church pastor; Dr. Ezra L. Hutchens, Irvington Church pastor, and the Rev. R. O. McRae, Edwin Ray Church pastor.

Plans to Continse Game

Conceding that “wow,” as played at his church, has an “element of chance and a prize element,” Father Sullivan nevertheless said that the games will continue there “each Wednesday after Easter. If they wish to arrest me every Wednesday until the primary elections, that will be all right.” He said he has a letter from a member of the staff of the Prosecuting Attorney, which speaks for the prosecutor, and which says that the game, as now played at the church, is not a Miglation of the state laws. Mr. Keach said: “The primary election has absolutely nothing to do with the enforcement of State laws.” Father Sullivan revealed that several squads of police visited the church last Wednesday night and that he cancelled the game scheduled for that night. .

“Offerings. Applies to Debt “If we didn’t make a cent (toward the retirement of the church building debt) I would want it, because it gives a lot of old people innocent pleasure and: enjoyment,” - Father Sullivan said. “Holy Rosary is a small parish, Its building debt is considerable and its membership some 150 people of humble income. Our free will offerings at the games are applied directly to the church debt. “There are 30,000 people interested in getting this game back into Indianapolis. The clamping down on all bingo was a radical move. It is not a wholesome state of mind in a community where tyrannical restriction of civil rights is permitted. Thousands of persons nightly are going out of town to play binge in communities where controlled and harmless forms are permitted.”

WINDSOR RETURNS TO LONDON ALONE

LONDON, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—The - Duke of Windsor was back in London today, unnoticed and without the Duchess for whose love he gave up his throne. : Now a ma, eneral, acting as a Haison officer; the Duke arrived yesterday, accompanied by an aide de .camp and hi rsonal orderly, and ‘went to smart Claridge’s Hotel as an ordinary guest. So far as was known, he had not seen any member of the royal fam{Iy. Well-informed quarters said there was no official reason for the visit. It was not believed to be an ordinary leave, however, as he would have been likely to spend any such leave with his American born Duchess in Paris.

SOUTH BEND DAIRY PROBE PLEA STUDIED

A petition asking investigation of dairy operations in South Bend and Mishawaka was being studied by the State Milk Control Board today. The probe was demanded by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters which charged that South Bend distributors had forced “unfair working conditions” on employees. The petition also charged two dairies refused to negotiate a contract with employees and that other dairies “locked out their employees” and refused to deliver milk. - . C. W. Humrickhouse, State Board secretary, said members will act on the petition tomorrow.

O’HARA CALLS ON F. D. R.

Nb i WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U. P.) — The Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, new Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Army and Navy archdiocese and titular Bishop of Milasa, called on x President Roosevelt today to pay his

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; no decided change in temperature; lowest tonight about 8 above.

VOLUME 51—NUMBER 271

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Seal Lolls on N. Y. Ice Floe; Nail .nares Robber Suspect.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (U. P).—Item—Hedy Lamarr is in town. Item—The Weather Bureau said the temperature might rise above freezing today. Others:

Looking for an Act, Maybe

BAYSHORE, N. Y.—Coast Guardsman sighted a seal in Great South Bay, the first seen around Long Island in four years. The seal was lolling on an ice floe. Li

Spiked!

NUTLEY, N. J—Mrs. Henry Lampe found ‘the house in disorder and called the police. Up- . stairs they found Bernard Greely, 19, dangling half-out a secondstory window. A nail protruding from the sill had snagged his trousers. Greely was charged with breaking and entering.

Don’t They Know It?

BROOKLINE, Mass.—The Rev. Samuel Macauley Lindsay thought up 10 causes for which, if he had it, he would spend $1,000,000 in 1940. No. 1 was “to teach race track followers that you can’t get something, for nothing.”

That'll Teach Him

NEW YORK.—Police’ charged that Alexander Marra, 39, bit his 10-year-old son, Orlando, because ‘the boy left the spigot of a wine cask open.

Artist and Detective

BOSTON.—A youthful gunman held up Daniel A. Maresch and robbed him of $18. Mr. Maresch, a former commercial artist, made a pastel portrait from memory. With the drawing as a guide, he was able to identify a rogues’ gallery photograph .as that of the

robber.

DIES EXTENSION GETS APPROVAL

Rep. Hook Charges Inquiry Chairman Is Linked With Christian Front.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U.P.).— The House Rules Committee today approved a year’s continuation of the Dies Committee coincident with a charge by Rep. Frank E. Hook (D. Mich.) that Chairman Martin Dies (D. Tex.) is “in active association with a prominent collaborator of the Christian Front.” Rep. Hook appeared before the Rules Committee to oppose continuance of the Dies inquiry. He said he wanted to present evidence as to Rep. Dies’ associations, but lack of time prevented a lengthy presentation. Subsequently he inserted a lengthy statement in the Congressional Record. The Rules Committee then gave the Dies extension resolution unanimous approval. House leaders plan to call it up for a vote tomorrow. It does not provide any funds, which will be voted separately later. The committee is understood to want $100,000. Rep. Hook placed in the Congres- | sional Record an account of various occasions on which; he said, Rep. Dies associated with Merwin K. Hart, president of the New York State Economic Council. He said he intended to use Rep. Dies’ own method of establishing “guilt by association.” > “The picture I have painted thus far,” Rep. Hook’s statement said, “is clearly one that puts Dies in active association with a prominent collaborator of the Christian Front. For Merwin K. Hart is unmistakably that. He cannot possibly squirm out of that responsibility. “This vitriolic critic of the present Administration, of President Roosevelt, this critic whose circular. . (Continued on Page Three)

STEEL PRICES DIP ON UNFAVORABLE NEWS

News that steel mills will operate at a slackened pace this week caused steel shares to slump at New York today. The general list dipped as the market grew cautious over business uncertainty and a cut in copper prices. Indianapolis hogs sold steady to 15 cents lower and Chicago wheat dipped fractionally. Major European currencies held steady at New or

INDIANA TRADE UP 7TH MONTH,

Continued Recovery Should Bring Level Over 29, I. U. Declares.

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Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Jan. 22.—

Recording the seventh consecutive month of Hoosier business improvement, the Indiana University Business Review said today that “there are many valid reasons for believing the continuation of recovery should bring a volume of business in the state much above the 1929 peak.” The report said that the state’s holiday business of department and

large retail stores was the largest since 1923 and that December business in general was the best on record. Employment, which has been rising steadily since June, increased 5 more per. cent in December, the report said, and manufacturing employment closed 1939 just 4 per cent below the level of 1929 and about a third higher than the 1933 bottom. Payrolls increased again in December and were about 30 per cent higher than a year ago. -

‘Best in Decade or So’

cember levels were the best in a decade or more,” the report read. “Yet too much satisfaction should not be obtained from such comparisons. We no longer are the same economic unit that we were in 1929. The nation has some eight million more consumers than in 1929, and it is probable that Indiana has gained at least her share of these. Likewise, the standard of living of a nation should make some gains in a decade. These two economic changes alone should be ample reason for a level of industrial production much above 1929.” Indiana ‘automobile production was 25 per cent higher than in November and was the highest since June, 1929. . Tadiapapolis bank debits rose 20 per cent during December and were 19 per cent over December, 1938. The usual bank debit rise in December is 8 per cent. ;

Advertising Shows Gain

Newspaper advertising lineage made about five times the usual seasonal advance, being 15 per cent higher than November and 10 per cent above December, 1938. Total lineage for the year improved 9 per cent, There was an increase in Indianapolis of 5 per cent in livestock receipts during December, which was 31 per cent over December, 1938. Postoffice receipts expanded more than the usual seasonal amount and were 2 per cent above December, 1938. Employment and payrolls in 5M firms reporting to the Indiana State Employment Services rose 6 per cent between mid-November and midDecember.

BROWDER PLEADS IN OWN DEFENSE

Asks Jury for Verdict American. Tradition.’

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (U. P).— Earl Browder, acting as his own advocate, told a Federal Court. Jury today that he was “a Communist and proud of it” as he asked a verdict of acquittal “in the American tradition” on charges of passport fraud. The former Kansas boy who became general secretary of the Communist Party of the United States personally summed up his defense against charges that he committed passport - crimes making him liable to 10 years in prison and $4000 fiine. Occasionally pounding the jury rail in excitement, Browder denied the Government had proved him guilty of any “wrong-doing, fraud or illegality.” He undertook his summation after the defense attorney, George Gordon Battle, had made and lost a dozen motions for dismissal. Mr. Battle had rested without presenting any witnesses. Browder once launched info a discussion of “the rights of American labor and the American working people” but was forced to desist by

Judge Alfred C. Coxe.

For Sale! White Wedding Dress, Size 12, Never Used

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—The want ad—squeezed in between an offer to sell a size 44

man’s black overcoat and an offer

to buy 300 “cords of birch wood— read: “White satin. wedding dress, size 12, never used. Call BR-6373.” A reporter called the number. “Yes, the dress is for sale,” the i who answered the telephone sa “Are you sure it’s never been used?” the reporter asked. “Oh, yes, so very sure,” the girl answered. There was a pause, and the reporter heard what he thought was a sob. Or it might have been just one of - those noises that get into your \elephons from. out of nowhere,

“The girl who was going to use it never had a chance,” the voice at the other end explained. “She was in love with a darkhaired fellow. He was kind of handsomre, and when he proposed she said ‘yes’ She quit her job and spent all her money on tlre wedding dress. Then the fellow decided he didn’t want to get married after all. “That hit me—I mean the girl— pretty hard at first, but she’s all right now. She's going. to ‘business school, for tuition, “It's a very pretty dress. Do you want to buy it?” “I'll think it over,” the reporter said and hung up.

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COLD FORECAST

Sub- Zero ‘Blimges: Unlikely, Bureau Says, - Predicting ~ 8 Above Tonight.

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Continued cold weather, but with no sub-zero plunges, - appeared in

‘store for Indianapolis the next day

or two. The Weather. ‘Bureau predicted the mercury would. drop to about 8 above zero tonight. A‘ maximum temperature of about 25 degrees was predicted for today, with about the same conditions, prevailing tomorrow. Weather . Bureau . officials said it still is pretty cold in'the west and northwestern states, and they. could see no prospect of any decided mod-| eration in the’ ‘temperature within the next day or two. * The mercury reached a high of 21 N| yesterday and a low. of 7 last night.

Evansville: Man" Dies: As His Home. Burns. NEWBURGH, ‘Ind, Jan. 22 (wv. P.) .—Chester Gentry. 37, an Evansville . battery and tire shop proprietor, was burned fatally yesterday when his home caught fire as he slept. Coroner George H. Bahannon said he believed stoves in

the house became overheated. The home was destroyed. :

RICHMOND, . Ind, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—Mrs. Emma. Starr, 117 of Williamsburg, ‘died yesterday from burns received when “her clothing yas ignited as “she sought to light a stove. 4 =

New York/ State Battles

Way Out of Snowstorm BUFFALO, N. Y.; Jan, 22 (U. P.). —A gradual: let up. was predicted today in a snowstorm that raged for six days’ with ‘near-blizzard severity in western New York. - Results of the storm. included: A Greyhound bus crashed into a line of stalled: trailer-trucks. near Batavia and 25 automobiles piled up against the bus, injuring 57 persons. A - milk--shortage threatened in Buffalo because roads to the city were closed. Reserve supplies -en-| abled full deliveries yesterday. Virtually ail roads west of Rochester were closed. More than 100 motorists were marooned in rural areas where. their| cars stalled in snow drifts. Plane and’ bus. schedules out of |

trains’ were running hours t6 minwigs behing schedule. . agara Falls, an ice feet thick formed in le bridge. o Gorge below the falls and the al Veil Falls on the American side was reduced to a few tiny streams by huge ice floes which ‘barricaded the rapids upstream.

EDWIN CAREWE, FILM’ DIRECTOR, IS DEAD

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 22 (U.P) — Edwin Carewe,: film -director who discovered Dolores Del Rio and other stars, died at his home here today. of ‘heart -disease. He, was 56

ad een in. Hl health for some

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‘Buffalo were canceled last; night and |

Child Ignores Pleas and Dies

CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (U. P), — A mother stood in a flame-swept dpartment today pleading tearfully |4 for her 9-year-old daughter. ‘fo jump to safety from their second-Story window. The mother escaped alive only

to move. The child perished.

was burned critically and lay near

Two other daughters, Helen, 13, and Jennie, 12, ‘escaped by leaping from the window. "When the mother discovered the fire, the corridor and stairway were engulfed by flames, so she told her daughters to jump to the paved alleyway. Little “Lillian cried and wouldn’t budge. Mrs. Suzdek could’ not : recall jumping from the room. She was unconscious when found-in the "alleyway by firemen.

KIN HOPE TO SETTLE NEWLYWEDS’ STATUS

Couple May Learn if They Are Brother and Sister.

Al available relatives of the young . Indianapolis couple who were married and then discovered they might be ‘brother and. sister are to be: in Juvenile Court tomorrow for .a settlement of the care.

Ill, another aunt who -lives here, the father and others. The father today told Juvenile Court attaches that he believes the boy and girl are brother and sister, but that he can't say for certain. Judge Wilfred Bradshaw said that if the facts show the. couple to be brother and sister, then the marriage is automatically dissolved with no further ‘court action. The law specifies that. the child the couple is expecting will be legitimate, he said. He said that if -he finds the two are brother’ and sister, they will be ordered .to stay apart and that if they violate that order they will be subject to prosecution under tne; criminal statutes.

. By. LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Cable Editor - The outspoker Winston Churchill, Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, has caused something of a furore in Europe by his warhing to neutrals that the war is likely to spread and his indirect inyitation oo them. to join.the Allies. ‘The immediate effect of Mr. Churchill's Saturday speech was to bring from the neutral press and spokesmen renewed expression of the determination of their countries to stay out of the war and to fight only if directly attacked.. ‘I brought expressions of indignation in Italy, whose. sense of -dignity was offended by what was con-

sidered in Rome the implication

after the fear-stricken child refused |

death in a hospital 10 hours later. |

These include an aunt in Urbana, |

that Italy, largest ‘and most power- :

150 STREET MEN Ast MORE yas

They Tell Board; Brandt Orders Jobs.

A delegation of. 150 employees of

-|the City = Streets: Department .ap‘Mrs, Anna _Suzdek, 44, a widow,

peared before the Works Board: today to demand more employment. Spokesmen for the delegation said they had been on a four-day week

for several weeks, had been laid off last - Friday and were not working today. They said that unless they received more regular employment, their families ‘would suffer: ‘hardships. - Louis C.' Brandt, ‘Works Board president, ordered Streets Commissioner Wilbur Winship to employ the men tomorrow on street-clean-ing work and to: keep them employed as steadily as possible. ‘Mr. Winship explained : that the men’ had accumulated overtime in cléaning off recent ‘snowfalls. He said “that ‘although there was still snow. on the streets and. ice in some locations, it: was impossible to remove it = without damaging the streets’ surface. The men, who are paid. 40 cents an -hour, said they. must work at least a five-day . week to support their families adequately. This was the second occasion within six months that the: street ‘cleaners

have petitioned the Board for mere |.

employment.

ALABAMA'S QUADS GET $35,000 ‘JOP’

JASPER, Ala, Jan. 22 w. P)— The_ Short quadruplets, born. to penniless parents a week: ago last night in a two-room - farm cabin 20 miles northwest of Jasper, today were under contract to a milk company for a reported $35,000. ‘The contract, -to run for two years providing Faith, Hope, Charity and their brother Franklin live,

‘was the first. commercial agreement

entered for-the babies. Several others were under consideration today by Dr. H. J. Sankey, the country doctor - who delivered them, and Clyde Short, the father, as co-guar-dians, and a Walker County, committee of four. The quads were reporied “doing fine.”

Europe Is Stirred Over Churchill Bid to Neutrals

ful of the: neutrals, cannot. defend herself without the aid of the Allies. Germany naturally pounced on the statement ‘as evidence to the neutrals’ that Britain is trying to drag them into war: The official German News Agency said: “He (Mr. Churchill) seeks to se-

‘duce all small nations, . sacrificing

the neutrals in’ a struggle against

the young powers of Europe who)

want to erect a new Europe of true unity of its peoples—that is the sole meaning of British poliey. . A whole phantom of lies has been: invented in order to create fear of Germany in all directions.” The reaction was such "that apparently the - British- Government feared 1b Fouls! have Imtavorgbls

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SEA WARFARE SINKS 8 SHIPS, ENDS 118 LIVES

British Destroyer Among Victims Destroyed hy Mines and Subs.

War in Brief

LONDON—Government spokesman explains Churchill’s bid to neutrals to join war should not be accepted as government policy. TOKYO—Japan calls British seizure of 21 Nazi seamen on Nip- ° ponese ship “very disagreeable action.” STOCKHOLM—Foreign volunteer aviators in Finland are reported to have bombed Russian base in Esthonia. ¥ (Page Three.) MOSCOW—sSoviet warns intervention in Finnish war will be - “disastrous.” HELSINKI — Russian artillery smashes shells against Mannerheim Line at the rate of 100 a minute.

LONDON, Jan. 22 (U. P.)—The

‘|war at sea claimed at least eight

ships over the week-end, including the 1458-ton British destroyer Grenville, and an estimated 118 lives. The Grenville, a flotilla leader, went down in the North Sea Saturday, the victim of a mine or torpedo, the Admiralty announced. Eight men were known to have been killed and the Admiralty said that 73 missing “must be presumed to have lost their lives. Of the 118 survivors, many were injured seriously. . The Grenville was the fourth British destroyer. lost. Other ships lost were: The British steamer Ferryhill; of 1086 tons, which sank after striking a mine off the northeast coast of Britain. Twelve members of the crew of 14 were believed lost. ° The Swedish steamer Flandria, which sank after hitting the mines while en route from Amsterdam to Gothenburg with stone and paper. Seventeen of the 21 crew members were killed. The Danish ship Tekla, of 1215 tons, believed to have struck a mine off the northeast coast of Scotland. The ship’s owners reported in Copenhagen that the captain and eight members of the crew were missing. At Haugesund, Norway, it was reported that the Norwegian steamer

said his ship, the Fuxen, had been sunk in the North Sea either by a mine or a torpedo. He said he (Continued on Page Three)

JAPANESE PROTEST SEIZURE BY BRITISH

Resent Halting , of Liner, Removal of Nazi Seamen.

TOKYO, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—A Japanese protest against British naval action in stepping the Japanese liner Asama Maru and taking 21 German seamen from the vessel was handed to British’ Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie’ today by Masayuki Tani, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. In a strong note advising Britain of the adverse effect of the action on Japanese sentiment toward the British the Japanese reserved the right to demand return of the German seamen; demanded a “full and prompt explanation” and warned against repetition of the action. It followed a press demand for strong action by the Government, whose spokesman described the seizure as “a very disagreeable” action.| It was indicated that the incident might precipitate a JapaneseBritish dispute similar to that which had arisen as the result of censorship of mails from the United States by Britain. Japan held that some of the men seized could be classed neither las active seamen of military status nor as reservists and that therefore their seizure was illegal. The 16,795-tor Japanese passenger liner Asama Maru was nearing Yokohama yesterday when a British warship, its name painted out but reported to be of light cruiser class, began circling it. As those aboard watched there were two bright flashes from the British war- . (Continued on Page Three)

FLORIDA SCHOOLS . CLOSED FOR COLD

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 22 (U. P).— Schools were dismissed today in southeastern Florida because of a cold wave which has brought discomfort to the state for three days

rops. is T. Wilson, supreintendent nounced that classes Would not be

‘| held today because only part uf the

school buildings have steam heat.

Boreas had picked up a seaman who!

and threatened fruit and vegetable.

of schools in Dade County, an=-

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539 Others Escape After Blasts in. Mediterranean.

MARSEILLES, France, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—Ships and - airplanes searched the stormy Mediterranean in vain today for missing passengers and crew members of the Italian liner Orazio, which burned after a boiler explosion, as the first survivors and their rescuers. arriving here, told of an escape in a boiling’ sea from the blazing ship. Shipping circles said hope was almost abandoned for more than 100

cause of a storm off the coast. Messages received in Genoa said that 104 to 107 persons were missing in three lifeboats from the wrecked liner which carried 412 passengers and 231 members of the crew. (In Rome it was announced a: total of 539 out of 643 persons aboard had been rescued.)

Women and Children Lost

It was believed in shipping sources that most of those in the three missing lifeboats were women and children who had been taken off the Orazio when the danger first became known. The Arazio carried a number of diplomats, including Carlos Failldce,

his wife and daughter; Baron Estamaca, the Italian Counselor at Santiago, Chile, and his wife and three sons. Paul Van Zeeland, former Belgian Premier, had been awaiting the ship at Barcelona. He is going to South America. Capt. Michel Schiano, master of the Orazio, who was making his last trip before retiring, was the last to leave the ship. He was picked up by the Italian liner Colombo. The ship Jeft Genoa Saturday for South American ports. The first 45 survivors were landed

Battle Through Storm

The_liner’s captain told a story of a fight through a storm to the rescue after his ship received an SOS at 10 a. m. Sunday. He reached the Orazio at 4 p. m. “The ship was a flaming torch,” he said. “Two Italian liners, the Colombo and Conte Biancamano, were there, along with an Italian freighter and small boats. “When we arrived there were passengers aboard still. They were grouped in the middle of the ship Bocas both bow and stern were afire

fell into the sea. “It was evident that the ship could not last long so all ships began taking off passengers, despite the roughness of the seas. “The fire was so hot that the sea water around the ship's heated plates was boiling..

Evacuation Orderly

“Evacuation of passengers was most orderly. Women and children came off first. “French and Italian rescue ships sent small boats alongside regularly removing them as fast as possible. - But some passengers jumped into the sea, holding ropes tied to the burning ship.” Survivors Did that the fire in the Orazio originated in_ an explosion of a heavy oil motor in the engine room. Five of the ship’s engineers were killed, they said. The flames spread through the oil pipes. ¥ Official Italian sources at Genoa announced that the fire started ak: 5:30 a. m. yesterday, 40 miles. off the French naval hase at Toulon, near Marseilles. The first survivors arrived here at 8:15 a. m. (2 a. m. Indianapolis Fime). Police had barricaded the dock so waiting surgeons could : exe amine them. Forty-two were sent to hospitals. The commander of the French rescue ship, telling his story, said: “Last night the Orazio was still broadcasting and set a radio mes= sage urging all nearby ships tobe (Continued on Page Three)

CLERGYMEN SAY WAR CANNOT BE IGNORED

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (U. P), —= Thirty-three prominent Protes

a statement today that “Chris!

the ethical issues involved” in hae present wars “and the consequent claim upon their ‘sympathy and support.” The statement said that “the hasip distinction between civilizations which: justice and freedom are st realities and those in which they

‘have been displaced by ruthless,

tyranny cannot be ignored...”

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