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ENGLAND MAY PAY FOR TAMPERING WITH
HOUSE AWAITS THIRD REDUCED
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Subcommittee Has ee
‘Treasury-Postoffice Measure $11,000,000.
~ WASHINGTON, Jan. 22/(U. P.).— Committee prepared today to submit its n bill to A subcommittee has President
The House Appropriations
third reduced appropriati the House.
Treasury and Postoffice.
The Fra) pill will
be reported to the House tomorrow.
“An $8,000,000 Treasury cut and a osteffice appropriation will be subject to further cuts when the full Com- © mittee meets tomorrow before re-
$3,000,000 reduction in the|
porting the bill. Business Stimulus Aim A member of the subcommittee
‘said “it is harder to cut these service departments than somg- others. to make
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But the reductions ought business and the country feel pretty good.” . The Treasury- -Postoffice bill will be the third er that the House—with the Siti pushing close to the $45.0 limit—is determined to wh gle Ray 1941 appropriatio The indepe ent pill, passed at $1,100,187,307 last week, was trimmed: $94,000,000 below the President’s budget. lie the cash
onl, ouices
reduction, the House knadcked out $150,000,000 of contract [authority for the U. S. Maritime Commission huilding program.
Shut Off Later Spen tog
The elimination of contract authority made no immed] ite cash saving, but prevented the | Commission from assuming obligations for which ultimately the Congress would
have to appropriate $150,000,000. - In the first appropriation measure of the session, for national defense emergencies, the House trimmed off $7,000,000 and sent the bill to the Senate at $264,000,000. Retention of the Treasury-Post-office reductions would make the savings of the first three appropriation bills of the session | approximately $123,000,000.
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Lynch Bill Hearne | |
Will Begin Feb. 6
Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. ings on the anti-lynching be held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee beginning Feb. 6, Chairman Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.), announced today. | | The Indiana Senator, go-author of the Senate bill with Senator Robert F. Wagner (D. N, Y.), said he had opposed further public hearings on the measure, but the subcommittee decided to hold them when *“they were demanded by both proponents and opponents of fhe bill.”
be bill will
Urge Boulder Dam
Resolution Be Shelved
{| WASHINGTON, Jan. 22/(U. P.) — The House Foreign Affairs Commit~ tee today recommended [that the House shelve a resolution by Rep.
Charles Kramer (D. Cal) calling
for disclosure by the State Department of any facts pertaining to the
reported plot to blow i Boulder
Dam. i
U. S. ENVOY’S WIFE 'SLUGGED
ROME, Jan. 22 (U.|BP).— A Neopolitan worker faced a long prison term today for. attacking Mrs. Ray Thurston, wife of the United States Vice Consul at Naples, in her home Saturday. He beat her on the head with a hammer. Hog condition was said to be serious. e assailant fled with valuables after slugThurston. |
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HONOR BORAH AT STATE FUNERAL
Roosevelt and Members of Cabinet, Colleagues in Senate, Pay Tribute.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U. P.) .— William E. Borah was given a statesman’s funeral today in the Chamber where he sat as Senator from Idaho for 33 years. His Senate colleagues, President Roosevelt, Supreme. Court Justices, Cabinet members; diplomats and. officials paid tribute to the 7T4-year-old dean of the Senate who died Friday évening. Around the gray steel casket flowers were banked high. Among them were a wreath of pink .carnations from the White House.
Mrs. Borah Absent
Mrs. Borah, the Senator's constant companion in the years when his fame spread around the world, was not in the Senate Chamber. She had borne up bravely under the strain of her husband’s sudden illness and death. But her wish was not to witness the ceremony. Instead she sat outside in the lobby at a place provided for her close to the office of Vice President John N. Garner. With her. was Cora Rubin, the Senator’s secretary for 30 years. Each chair that could be placed in the Senate was occupied, save one. This was Mr.. Borah’s—the place from which he rose to thunder against Woodrow Wilson's plan for a League of Nations, against monopoly and special privileges, against Presidents from William Howard Taft to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Crowded Chamber Hushed
Today there was no oratory in the Senate, only the solemn and simple Episcopal funeral service, which Senate Chaplain Ze Barney T. Phillips intoned, beginning: “I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord.” At either end of the casket stood a capitol policeman at attention. The chamber was crowded but hushed. Long before the services began the public galleries were crowded and long lines of men and women stood hopefully awaiting admittance. “The casket will be placed aboard a train leaving Washington at 6:10 p. m. The cortege accompanied by a Senate committee of 10 members including Sherman Minton of Irdiana will arrive at Boise, Ida. at 7:30 a. m. Thursday.
‘CEASE’ ORDER NAMES FORD WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U. P.). —The National Labor Relations Board today ordered the Ford Motor Co. to cease propaganda and other alleged interference with the rights ‘of employees of its Somerville, Mass., plant to organize for collective bargaining purposes,
Nearly ready for flight tests is America’s largest tw tories of the Curtiss-Wright Corp., it will carry 36 passengers
Giant Airliner Nears Completion
Discuss Job For F.D.R. Jr.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U.P). —The Presidential household is having a bit of internal disagree“ment over what sort of job Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. should take, his mother revealed today. ; Franklin will be graduated from the University of Virginia law school in June and the President's family is doing a lot of talking, and thinking about just what kind of work he should enter—if he is fortunate enough to have a choice. Mrs. Roosevelt declined to reveal her stand on the issue or go into datails, but said there are the usual differences of opinion between young and old on what sort of work will lead to the best future.
SEA WARFARE TAKES 118 LIVES
British Destroyer Among Eight Vessels Sunk During Week-End.
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did not know the fate of the rest of the crew. The British tanker Caroniriver, of 8707 tons, exploded and sank within 20 minutes after it left a port on the southwest coast of Britain. Between 12 and 20 members of the crew of 35 were injured, several seriously. The British steamer Protesilaus, of 9577 tons, was wrecked in the vicinity of a West Coast port, presumably by a mine.. ‘There were no casualties. The Esthonian. steamer Nautic, of 2050 tons, sank off the Shetland Islands. Its crew was said to have been rescued by an unidentified steamer. The 10,786-ton British liner Llandaff Castle, left London Friday for South Africa with 170. passengers and freight, limped back to a:south coast port with a damaged bow as a result of a collision with a vessel in the same convoy. The Air Ministry, meanwhile, announced that reconnaissance planes of the coastal command had engaged in a battle with four German patrol ships in the South Sea.
PITT SENIOR INDICTED
CLEVELAND, Jan. 22 (U. P.)— John L. McCormack, 21, a University of Pittsburgh ‘ senior, was indicted on first degree murder charges today in the holdup slaying of a telegraph agent Jan. 8. The youth who allegedly confessed the hold-up and the slaying is in City Hospital recovering from a bullet
.|wound under the heart.
IN INDIANAPOLIS ’
Here Is the Traffic) Record DEATHS TO DATE . County Cit) $939 .....ii0 ld . 2] 3 1940 .... rer 3 0!
Jan, 20-21 | Jujuled .... .14 | Arrests . Dead ....
. 1|Accide ts SATURDAY TRAFFIC (COURT
Cases Conyie- Fines Paid
: Tried tions peeding 1 1 0
Failure to stop at |
through street 0 .0 0 Ma
Disobeying traffic signal 1 1 Drunken driving 0 All others ..... 6
.10 MEETINGS TODAY
Scientech Club, luncheon,
n TServies Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,
nO ington Republican Club, $446'>, E. Washington St., 8 p. m North Side Realtors, luncheon, ottage, noo “Notre. Dame Club, luncheon, Hotel,
Central “Labor Union, meeting, Plumbers
all, 8 p. Hs diana MM niversity Columbia Club;
Club,
noon. Industrial Union Counc, meeting, AmalFirst
gamated Hall, 8 p. Baptist Convocation, meetings, Baptist Church, all day. MEETINGS TOMORROW ary Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,
. M. C. A,
noon Men's Club, luncheon,
Alp he Tau ‘Omesa, luncheon, Board of
Trade,
soe Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,
Mercator Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, Association, 6:30 m.
oon NO ndianapolis Home Builders dinner, Hoosier Athletic Club, pe versal Club, luncheon, Comin, Club,
no niversity of Michigan Club, luncheon, Board ERY, Trade,
Ts, luncheon, K. of C.|toris. Gertrufie Homewood, 45, at 2051 N. New |&
Cigbnsuse. oon Cottage. Moo al “i 9 on Paper Credit Grou] . Men's Grille, Wm. H. Block
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These | lists are from offjeial records fn the County Court House., The Times therefore, is not responsible ' names and addresses.) |
Millin, 30, 30, Ful Me 28. of Ind
luncheon, ., noon.
Denil, m:;
Richards, 30,
of 1525 Ce 471 N. :
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Board * of : ‘meeting J ‘Canary
Spink-Arms
luncheon,
an Service Club, Juncheon, Canary
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paul Reynolds, Ein Re 1 1034 Ken. Delight
tral; Bdna| 4 1% N. Tal-
bott; Rdse Mary Doyle, 27, of 1478 Delaware. Howard Charles Phillips, 35, of Y. M. A.; Edna Mae ‘Lynn, 24, of 523 N. Ls
Charles Hannum, 23, of 2003 E. 10th; . E 10th.
Lorene Croxton, 22, ‘of 1438 N. Pent syl-
Vester Frederick, 23, of 509 Woodlawn; y tkins, 19, of 755 E. McCarty. Guy Oakes 28, of 1326 Villa; Mary ° Kennedy, 24. of 850 N. Oxford. arold Aynes, 41; of 1582 ‘Gilbert; Velma Hall 24, of 2182 Station. Richard Pavey, 23, of 1abanon; Watson, 20, of 1176 Warm James Preston. Smith, 20 nt Jpdisnape. lis; Anna Mundt, 20, of 1843 N. Faring, Thomas Henry Logan; 23, Beech Grove; Mary FRances Faust, 22 of 2625
nker Frank Albert Kattan, 27, 1326 Leonard;
Mary
1 Victoria Kot, 27, of 860 Fletcher,
BIRTHS
Boys Flek, at St. Francis. Carl, Alice Swickard, at St. Francis. Fred, Martha rare at St.. Francis. coven, Dorothy Sullivan, at St. Charles, LaVerne Carroll, i Methouist. Eugene, Helen Doughty, at City raymond, Lenna Dai. a City lar], Catherine Bennett, fy City.
George, Clara W
. 4 7 Spann. Caries, Margaret cer. ‘at at 1005%
Harold, Hazel Miller, at 824 Beecher. Eli, Minnie Ballard, at 1024 Cedar. Earl, Mary Pumphrey, at 4% S. Plum. Girls James, Mary Miller, at Method ss. Terry, Elsie Miller, at Methodist Edward, Artie Crowe, at Coleman. omas Louise Purdue, at gay. , Nettie i Cit: aydeny Lula Arthur. at Gity Omar, Mabel Jones, at St. Francis. Sam, Willie White, at 912 Pac: oie, Thelma Ferguson, at ‘2811 N.
DrATHS
Christopher Quack, 62. Randolph, thin hemorrhage illiam MeCariney. 79, at 1 Southern, cerebral hemorr hage. William St: ers, at Veterans, arteriosclerosis.
Charles Gibson, 68, at 219 Harris, ‘cerebral hemorrhag e. Ring. myoca
arditis. Stella Wilcox, 73. at 322 E. 24th, pernicious enemia. Charles Decter, 69, at Long, angina pec-
at 1520 8S.
. coronary occlusion
McMurry, 94, fy Veterans,
teriosclerosis. Isabe
shronie myocarditi 43, at City, hypertension.
septicemia.
uy Murry, hemorrhage, id
FIRES
133 ows York, steam leak£35 6 Linden. thawing Pipes,
' Pia from ie, $50 loss.
af 2832 N. Denny, chronic|: station
ar- Denver sabelle Griffith 87. at 335 Burgess, Juckso
Dor: 1lis, J Philip Wickliff, 11 months, at Methodist, 43, at 1918 Park, cerebral Mi
18 N. de adstone, defective Be
al 0: og M.—118 Concordia, sparks from fue i. — Northwestern and 29th, aL defective i ring. 11:46 Mex Washington, thaw0 258s 241 E. Washington, P. M,.—920 N. Oriental, burning
% 59 P. M.—1031 St. Paul, thawing pipes. 2 3g P, M.—1141 River, thawing pipes, oss. 85 gy P. M.—424 Ketcham, sparks on roof, wil P. M.—546 E? Ohio, thawing pipes, 5:30 P, M2434 Virginia, auto backfire. 41 M.—1123 Prospect, rear, auto,
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] onday 5:5 o A. M.—2300° Columbia, sparks on roof, Os loss.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. 8. Weather Bureall aemme
FORECAST—Fair tonight and tomorrow; no decided change in teperstury; lowest tonight about 3 above, -
Sunrise 7:02 | Sunset . Jan. 22, 1939—
Sha PoE 6:30 a.m.... 30.20
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 2 m... Total precipitation Shice Jan Deficiency since Jan
MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana-Cenerally fair tonight ana 10 morrow, except possibly extreme north portion; no decided henge in iemberatite. i inois — Generally fair. and continued PL tonight and tomorro
Lower ehian— coll Sous tonight and tomorrow with occasional light snows; no decided change in temperat Ly Ohio—Mostly cloudy jonient and tomorrow. with intermittent light snew in north Qoriion: continued ° on Jonight, tomorrow ednesdav and Thurs Kentucky—Fair ays and tomorrow continued cold tonight, Tuesday, Wednes. day and Thursday. -
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 630 A. M.: Weather Bars Temp.
4 b ] Ci ( I
Minnea: 1s Mobile, >.
SE8ss8ssRgsesE:s 2h
Bee: 2 pRYTRRRERY
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in-motored airliner. in substratesphere flights over long distances.
'SEARCH SEA FOR
snow flurri in
Built at the St. Louis fac-
SHIP SURVIVORS
More Than 100 Feared Lost "When Italian Liner Burns After Explosion.
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on the lookout for one life boat filled with passengers, which was lost soon after it was put into the water. “We hunted and found one life boat in which several survivors were alinost exhausted. Despite the violent seas and wind we saved the occupants of that boat and another one, a total of 45 including 25 women, three children and 17 men. “Unfortunately we learned that one life boat carrying about 45 persons had drifted away in the storm and when we left the scene there was still no trace of it. One Lifeboat Upset “Another lifeboat was upset. as it was launched but the Italians said it was empty. “One after another the rescue
ships left the Orazio. We remained
to the last, circling it, seeking possible survivors,” An Italian survivor whom Italian consular authorities forbade to give his name said: “Fire alarm was sounded at 5 a. m. Sunday. Passengers all quit their cabins normally and quietly, putting on their life belts, and went on deck awaiting the orders of the captain. “He gave the order to lower boats. “There was a terrible gale which made the lowering of boats most difficult. “The fire broke out in the bow and spread swiftly, driven by the winds. Fire doors below decks held the flames back and the ship was maneuvered so that the gale would blow the flames from it. “When they saw the flames gaining - a few persons imprudently jumped overboard. ‘When the first relief boats arrived women and children were put in boats first, but it was a most difficult job in the rough seas. “It was only when I was aboard a rescue ship that I could see how serious the fire was. At that time both ends were aflame and the fire was gradually approaching the ship’s center.” Many Refugees Aboard When survivors were landed French sailors went aboard rescue ships and distributed blankets, A hotel was specially reserved for them and surgeons awaited them. Only three were found to be seriously injured. Many women -and children, including Jewish refugees seeking a new life in South America, who lost all their possessions, were among |. the passengers. “More prominent persons aboard the Orazio included an Italian aviation mission| on its way to Bolivia
rg - Ecuador.
BY CHURCHILL PLEA
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trals by giving them the impression that Britain is trying to force them into war. Hence a Government spokesman disclaimed respohsibility of the Government for the speech, .declaring that it should not be considered a statement of Government policy, “but was an expression of personal opinion by Mr, Churchill. Comment was reserved in the Scandinavian countries, which are in the delicate position of wanting to aid Finland but to avoid conflict with Russia” or Germany if possible. The: Stockholm papers devoted more space to the companion speech made by Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, emphasizing .his statement that Britain's promise to
99 |aid Finland will not be “academic 0 and formal sympathy.”
Cautious comment from time to time in Swedish and Norwegian papers and unofficial conversation gives ‘the impression that the two countries are determined that Finland must not go under and bring the threat of Russian aggression to all Scandinavia. Pear is expressed that Finland's resistance may give out under a furious Russian attack in the spring unless powerful aid is sent. Possibilities were rather openly discussed in the Swedish newspaper Upsala Nya Tidningen, which said: “Passage of Anglo-French troops through Sweden for Finland sounds truly beautiful. However, the reverse of such a development must be considered. “It is not difficult to imagine the most serious consequences for Scdndinavia, - especially for Denmark,
, {which would be in a most dangerous
position if the great war extends northwards. . . .
“Will Finland be compelled to fight alone without the assistdénce of the big powers, as Poland did?
{This is the most vital problem which
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studying. the ‘problem of
11000 REDS DIE
ON FIVE FRONTS, FINNS DECLARE
[Claim 12 Tanks Destroyed;
Soviet Base Is Reported Bombed in Esthonia.
By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent
HELSINKI, Jan, 22. — Finnish troops killed nearly 1000 Russians in five separate engagements yes terday and destroyed at least 12 tanks, an official communique announced today.
sian attacks, from the Karelian
Isthmus to the Mid-Finland front. “The communique said that 450 Russians were killed and five tanks were destroyed in an attack at Kollaanjoki in the Loimola region.
Area Strewn With Dead
It claimed that 120 Russians were killed and five tanks and two armored cars were dstroyed in an engagement at Kitila. In describing a third engagement the communique said that several hundred Russians were killed when the Finns repulsed a Red Army attack on the Taipale River front on the Karelian Isthmus. In addition to the dead which were counted by the Finns, the communique said, the no-man’s land area on the Taipale River was
’|strewn with enemy dead which the
Finns were unable to count. During the Taipale battle, according to the Finns, the Russians used their radio in an attempt to scare the Finns with a warning that the Germans were coming.
Blast Mannerheim Line
Russian artillery smashed shells at the rate of 100 a minute into the east end of the Mannerheim defense line in the Karelian Isthmus today, in an apparent attempt to make the entire line untenable by turning the Finnish. left wing along Lake Ladoga. ‘Reports said that the Finns were replying with machine guns and artillery and were holding fast. "Reports from the front said that the Russians had been piling up ammunition for two weeks before the bombardment and that a bigscale fight might be in prospect.
Volunteers Credited With Aerial Victory
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—A Svenska Dagbladet dispatch from Helsinki reported today
ing with the Finnish air force bombarded the big Russian naval and air base at Krontadt for one hour yesterday and caused much damage. The dispatch put emphasis on the statement that the volunteers were
nationality. It was asserted that between 20 and 30 of the volunteers took part in the raid, and returned to Finland safe. A previous dispatch to the Berlingske Tidende of Copenhagen had reported that Finnish aviators bombed the base. Reports of the Kronstadt bombing came after circumstantial reports that Finnish planes, whether manned by Finns or volunteers was not specified, had conducted bomb-
.| ing operations against the new Rus-
sian air bases in Esthonia, across the Gulf of Finland. Unofficial. informants asserted that one point bombed was an air base south of Tallinn, where 81 Russian planes were stationed. A Finnish radio broadcast, picked up here, asserted that Finnish planes had bombed Baltich. port “(Baltiski), on the Esthonian Coast west of Tallinn, and other Russian bases on the Esthonian Coast. The Berlingske Tidende of Copenhagen reported that the Kronstadt
' | base had been bombed ‘twice in the
last few days, the second ‘time yesterday.
TALLINN, Esthonia, Jan. 22 (U. P.) —Nothing was known here today of any Finnish air activity over Esthonia, |
Russian Reinforcements | Rushed to Marka Area
WITH THE NORTHEASTERN FINNISH ARMY, Jan, 22 (U.P.).— The Finns are looking down on the Russians in the Marka area from the wooded top of a 100-foot hill. Here the Russians have strongly fortified themselves during the last three weeks. The Finns can see about everything that goes on in and behind the Russian lines. Big cars are seen driving up from Salla and troops can be seen marching to positions. The chopping of wood can be heard in the Russian lines, and occasionally the agonized cry of a wounded Russian soldier.
Keep Out of War, Russia
Warns Foreign Nations
MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (U, P.).— Russia served notice on the world last night, on the 16th anniversary of Lenin’s death, that it intends to conclude the Russo-Finnish war and that any attempt by foreign nations to intervene would ‘be disastrous. Further, an announcement that elections would be held March 24 in some portions of Russian occupied Poland was taken to be a tacit answer—and a denial—that Russia might hand over to Germany some areas adjoining Rumania. The statement regarding Finland was made by Alexander Scherbakov, secretary of the Moscow Communist Party, at a mass meeting in Lenin’s honor at the Grand Opera House. Any doubt that the statement was officially approved seemed removed because it was made in the presence of Joseph Stdlin, Premier-Foreign Commisar Viacheslav Molotov and War Commissar Klementi Voroshilov, among others.
FINN RELIEF FUND GROWS DETROIT, Jan. 22 (U. P).— American contributions for Finnish relief have passed the $1,000,000 mark, it was disclosed by “former President Herbert Hoover as he
Fighting raged, as result of Rus-|
that foreign volunteer aviators serv-|
not, Swedes but did not specify their|
his wife, Alice, Margaret, 9.
and daughters,
German Faro Seeks U. S.
Refuge
U.5. MAIL
EITHER RF, D. R. NOR HULL LIKE A ICKING AROUND
Clever British Diplomats Fail to Heed Changing | Public Opinion.
‘| By LUDWELL DENNY Times Special Writer : WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—A serious dispute between Great Britain and the United States is developing | because the too-clever British diplomats are taking for granted the Administration’s pro-Allied sympathy, instead of watching public
% | opinion.
Times-Acme Photo.
Hang Luedesdorff, former wealthy German Jew who was decorated twice for bravery in the World War, arrived in New York Wednesday with his family. He formerly was financial director of the Ehape Stores, ‘German equivalent of the American 5-and-10-cent stores. He hopes. to establish a bakery in San Francisco.
Shown with him above are Merlies, 17; Ingebord, 16, and
Japan Bitter at British Seizure of Nazis on Ship
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ship’s deck and two blank shots were fired across the Asama Maru’s bows. The Asama Maru had left San Francisco Jan. 6 and Honolulu Jan. 11 with 51 German seamen aboard, all former members of the crews of Standard Oil tankers. They were on their way home via Russia to avoid the British block-
-{ade. The Brittish warship had been
seen lying off the coast since last Wednesday. (San Francisco reported that about 50 more homewarding German seamen were aboard the Japanese ship Ginyo Maru which left San Francisco Jan. 15. The crew of the scuttled liner Columbus is waiting there for transportation home.)
A launch put out from the British warship and a British officer and nine armed seamen boarded the Asama, Capt. Yoshisada Watanabe, master of the Asama, received the depu-
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letters from his New York State Economic Council have urged people to band together and ‘revolt’ against the present regime and begged industrialists and financiers to resist collective bargaining and other principles enacted by Congress
—this critic is, by the record, a wholehearted participant with the Christian Front in its affairs and purposes. “If he is not a member of it, he is certainly one of the most energetic and co-operative ‘fellow travelers’ of the Christian Front I can hope to find anywhere.”
Coughlin Urges Support Of Christian Front
DETROIT, Jan. 22 (U., P.).—The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, discussing the 17 members of the Christian Front accused of plotting to over-throw-the Government, said in his weekly radio address yesterday that he was not a member of the organization, but urged support of it. Fr. Coughlin criticized newspaper
reports of the arrest of the 17 alleged - seditionists. His statement was an answer to charges that he incited members of the “Christian Front.” “While ‘I do not belong to any unit . of the Christian Front,” he said, “nevertheless, 'I do not disassociate myself from that movement. . « . I reaffirm every word which I have said in advocating its formation: I re-encourage the Christians
for the preservation of Christianity and Americanism, more - vigorously than ever despite this thinly veiled campaigh launched by certain publicists and their controllers to villify both the name of the principles of this pro-American, pro-Christian, anti-Communist, © and anti-Nagi group.” . (When the sedition ‘case Was made public last week by J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, Fr. Coughlin disavowed any connection with the Christian Front.) He urged. his listeners to “visit these prisoners with our prayers, asking they be tried on the charges leveled against them by the officials of the Federal Government.” “If they are guilty, let them be punished,” ‘he ‘said. “If innocent, God Speed their freedom.” .
JOSEPH P. SMITH, VETERAN, 59, DEAD
Joseph Parker Smith, 525 Drexel Ave., Indianapolis resident 30 years, died last night at Methodist Hospital. . He was.59. = . Mr. Smith was a veteran of the World War, Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. He never fully recovered from wounds received in France during the World War. His wife, Mrs. Maude Smith, is Marion County Republican vice chairman. Services will be at 3 p. m. tomor-~ row at the Irvington Methodist Church. Military rites will be conducted at Memorial Park.
PRINCE CHRISTOPHER DIES LONDON, Jan. 22 (U. P.) ~Prince Christopher of Greece, widower of the late Mrs. William B. Leeds of Cleveland, O., and later husband of the daughter of the pretender fo the French throne, died yesterday in Athens yacCOring 4 to an Exchange Agency “The
of America to carry on in this crisis|
tation. He asked the purpose of
the visit and on being told, asked the British warship’s name.
“No name, ” the British officer replied. The Asama’s purser was called with the Asama’s passenger list and the Germans assembled in a saloon. Dr. Robinson Duff, a | Chicago
physician who was a passenger, reported that the British officer produced a passenger list of his own which was very sources said the British list was more accurate thay the |Asama’s own listz
As the questioning proceeded one of the Germans struck a member of the British armed party. Capt. H. H. Gross, ranking. member of the German party, quickly stepped in and stopped a figh The British officer elected 21/ men who, he held, were subject under international law to seizure.
Gertie Cowed By Sub-Zero
Gertrude, the Holstein ingenue of “Remember the Night,” was to arrive at the Monon freight station this afternoon, en route to the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Horhe at Knightstown. A present from Paramount Studios to the orphanage, Gertrude. will be hustled from the train to. Knightstown and a warm stall, after one of .the most rigorous sub-zero trips a glamour girl ever made for her admiring public. Originally it was planned to exhibit Gertrude in front of the Indiana, where her film vehicle is now _ playing. But the weather changed all that. Her new owners aren’t going to expose the darling of their dairy to pneumonia. Gertrude’s reception committee was expected to include Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, Dr. Joseph L. Axby, veterinarian of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board; C. W. Hunt, Milk Foundation of Indianapolis secretary, and 25 boys from Knightstown.
REPORT 800 DEAD IN COLD SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—Eight hundred persons: were estimated dead today as the result of a three- -day cold wave in the Shanghai area. Benevolent societies picked up an estimated 500 bodies, mostly children, in the streets yesterday. :
very life.
ccurate. Some
Protests of American citizens against British interference with American mails, shipping and exports are growing rapidly. President Roosevelt and Secretary of St ate Cordell Hull cannot ignore those pro- °* tests — especial= ly in a campaign year in which the Administration is. fighting for its If the British Governnt ignores this dynamite, it may jeopardize the entire Administration policy of helping the Allies while keeping out of the war.
ven the President and Mr. Hull think the British have let them down; that the British rejection of Ha notes asking observance of gue treaties is surprising ingratitude after their great service in revis ing. the Neutrality Act to help the Al lies.
Mr. Denny
Hull Particularly Hurt
Secretary Hull is particularly hurt
because the British are soaking Americans after Americans voluntarily have co-operated with the British .by submitting cargo lists and getting British passes for the free seas. The British Foreign Office apparently is assuming that, in the light of Washington’s loud but harmless protests on similar subjects during the last war, Washington. again is only bluffing. Such may turn out to be the case. But it may not. Anyway, London is taking a very long chance in betting that this is bluff.
The, clever British technique in handling American protests was spelled out by Lord Grey in his description of how they did it the last time. They simply strung it out into an interminable debate, giving an inch occasionally here while taking a mile there, all the time acting
first and letting us grumble about
it later—so we could never catch up with them.
Technique Can Be Wrecked
But the British technique can he wrecked the moment the United States in turn starts using it. What will happen to Britain if the United States acts first, and writes notes later? Surprising as this sounds in proBritish Washington and complacent London, Secretary Hull is actuaily thinking about reprisals, It is no secret that the reprisal which ‘would hit Britain hardest would be to ban British armed mer-~ chant vessels from American ports. The Senate isolationist bloc has been demanding this for a long time. The President has been attacked for violating the spirit of neutrality by discriminating against one belligerent’s submarines in favor of another’s armed ships. Although the British gre correct in assuming that the Administra-
tion's sympathies are as much pro-
Ally as ever, neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Hull is the type which enjoys being kicked around and neither will defy American public opinion. : There is something plaintive in
Mr. Hull begging the British’ to consider changing American opiion, whith he has done.
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