Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1940 — Page 3

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24, 1940

cNutt’s Political . Drive Unaffected

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Only President vs

Who He'll Support, and He Hasn’t Decided.

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have veto power. ‘Apparently he

guessed right.

But politicians think he was not Bo smart when he answered Mr.

Lewis last night. Mr. McNutt’s chances are neither

better nor worse today than when

he came to Washington. The deci-

sion rests where it always has—with F. D. R. And neither Mr. McNutt, hor the White House kibitzers, nor Mr. Lewis, nor any politician or news writer has the faintest notion whether the President will run again,

or pick Paul, Dick or Harry. The decision has not yet been made. x :

McNutt Barks Back; ‘Amazed,’ He Declares

By DANIEL KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Paul V. McNutt barked back at John L. Lewis: today in a way that may cause the C. I. O. chieftain to do more than lift his heavy eyebrows. The Federal Security Administrator, who wants the Democratic Presidential nomination if Roosevelt: doesn’t take it, expressed amazement at the verbal @issault made on him by Mr. Lewis. In his address as president of the United Mine Workers at the opening of the miners convention at Columbus yesterday, Mr. Lewis termed. Mr. McNutt “a political adventurer” and sharply criticised his use of state troops in Indiana strikes while Gov-

ernor.

“I am amazed that any responlabor should single out: for attack ‘the record made by my Administration in Indiana,” Mr. McNutt declared in a formal statement defending the’ use of troops in the Terre Haute general strike and citing the many

sible leader of organized

labor laws enacted by his regime, Garner Just Kept Quiet

In talking back to Mr. Lewis the

former Hoosier Governor took a different tactic from that pursued by Vice President Garner when he was assailed by the C. I. O. head as “a whisky-drinking, poker-playing evil old man.” . Following his usual custom, the tough old Texan, who himself is a Presidential candidate, just Kept still. Unlike Mr. McNutt also, the Vice President is running for the nomination whether President Roosevelt wants a third term or not. He was charged in a U. M. W. A, convention report yesterday with leading “renegade Democrats” in an - attack on New Deal labor laws. . Since Senator Burton K. Wheeler

(D. Mont.), is scheduled to speak at

the Columbus convention, he is being labeled as the Lewis candidate --for the Democratic nomination. “I had. hoped that Mr. Lewis would at least take a neutral stand,” Mr. McNutt said today, “but if he has a candidate of course he will rap any opposition.” , : The complete text of the McNutt statement follows: “I am amazed that any responsible leader of organized labor should single out for attack the record made by my administration in Indiana. I should like to point out that no leader of labor who. participated in the tragedy of the Terre Haute strike in 1935, or anyone elise who is familiar with those events, has criticized my action since the elapse of time sufficient for the formation of cool and unprejudiced judgment thereon. : Anyone who has any knowledge of industrial warfare knows the _meaning of a general strike. In - July, 1935, the Mayor and the Chief of Police of Terre Haute and the Sheriff of Vigo County, petitioned the executive -office for National Guardsmen to restore order and assure the safety of citizens. On that occasion, after full consultation with State, civil and labor leaders, I did what I believe any chief executive, sworn to uphold law and order, could not escape doing. On the only

By Lewis’ Assault

two other occasions when the troops were . ordered out, similar circumstances prevailed. I have no apology to offer. I stand pn the record. “1 would, however, invite Mr. Lewis and any other person sympathetic with organized labor, to consider the entire record of my administration. He will there find that I advocated the Norris-La

1932 and that it was enacted into a law at the first meeting of the General Assembly in 1933. Mr. Lewis may be surprisedgto find a total of 44 pieces of legislation sponsored by my Administration during my four years in office, including laws forbidding the use of State Police in labor disputes, laws outlawing the ‘yellow dog’ contract, the liberalization of workmen’s compensation laws. Mine inspection and safety Jaws. Payroll laws. Factory and sanitary laws. Laws controlling small loan companies. Licensing laws and hours of labor laws. “I am willing to submit my labor record to the judgment of informed and unprejudiced persons everywhere, and particularly to the judgment ‘of the leaders of organized labor in Indiana who are familiar with my Administration.”

Lewis Silent on McNutt’s Reply to Attack

COLUMBUS, Jan. 24 (U. P).— John IL. Lewis, head of the C. 1. O., today declined to comment on Paul

V. McNutt’s answer to his attack on McNutt’s. labor record. Here to attend the United Mine Workers’ golden jubilee, Mr. Lewis with other officers today presented an 82-page report, which included a broad economic and legislative program,

Green Asks Wheeler To Attend Reception

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2¢ (U. P.).— President William Green of the American Federation of Labor gave a hint of political friendliness to Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.), today. The hint increased speculation whether high federation officials might support Senator Wheeler for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination, for which the Montana Senator is an unannounced candidate. : : Mr. Green personally invited Senator Wheeler to participate in a reception tonight in honor of the committee which today will present President Roosevelt with a birthday cake, the gift of the A. F. of L.s Bakery and Confectionary Workers’ International Union. He also asked him to be a member of the reception committee. Mr. Green’s invitation, followed indications that the C. I. O. might support Senator Wheeler. He was the only outsider invited to address the United Mine Workers golden jubilee Friday night at Columbus, O Support of the third major organized labor group—the railroad brotherhoods—also has been hinted. D, B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen and engineers, said early this week in Cleveland that Senator Wheeler was “extraordinarily well equipped to perform the duties of the nation’s chief executive. . .” -

F. D.R. TO SEND CHECK, ‘REGRETS’ TO G. 0. P.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt won’t attend the Lincoln’s birthday rally of Republicans at Naperville, 111. the White House said today, but he will send them a 50-cent check for tWo tickets to their dinner. : White House Secretary Stephen T. Early said he thought the Republicans were copycats. The Demo|crats invited the three top Republican congressional leaders to the 1$100-a-plate Jackson Day Dinner, Jan. 8 but the Republicans sent regrets. “When a Hollywood producer brings out a good picture,” said Mr. Early, “somebody always comes back with a quickie. It seems that a Democratic idea is getting contagious.” :

Guardia Act in my campaign in|

Nye Moves Up

Senator Gerald P. Nye . . . will fill Senator Borah’s post on Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U.P). —Senator Gerald P. Nye (R. N. D.) a leader of the isolationist bloc, will be appointed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to succeeed the late Senator William E. Borah (R. Ida.), Republican leaders announced today. Senator Nye, who opposed the Administration’s Neutrality Act during the special session of Congress last \year, was entitled to fill the vacancy on the basis of Senate seniority rules.

LEWIS KNOCKS FOR CHANGES

Tells Miners He Would Meet ‘lgnominious Defeat’ for Third Term.

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thie advice of views of labor upon the question of national unemployment or lesser questions affecting domestic economy, internal taxation, foreign trade, military and naval expansion, relations with foreign nations, or issues of war or peace. “Laber today has no point of contact with the Democratic Administration in power, except for casual and occasional interviews which are granted its individual leaders. In the Congress, the unrestrained baiting and defaming of labor by the Democratic majority have become "a pastime, never subject to rebuke by the titular or actual leaders in the party. The 2400 delegates to the union's golden jubilee convention listened quietly as Mr. Lewis read the statement slowly. There was scattered applause once or twice and it was more noticeable at the part of the statement mentioning that the Re-

_| publican Party could be prevented

from winning through a Demo-cratic-labor accord.

Trade Policy Attacked

The delegates got down to routine business after hearing Mr. Lewis. The convention approved a sharp attack on State Secretary Cordell Hull's reciprocal trade agreements program, and recommended that Congress require Senate ratification of the agreements if the program is continued. Such a requirement is opposed by Mr. Hull and other Administration leaders. Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Kennedy specifically criticized the Venezuelan agreement which reduced the import tax on oil from 21 to 10% cents a barrel. He said this represented “a gift” of $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 to the Gulf Oil Co. and the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and enabled them to reduce fuel oil costs in corhpetition with coal. “We're serving notice that we are not going to stand for the treatment we've had,” Mr. Kennedy said. “Our experience in trade ggreements has been disastrous insofar as the coal industry is concerned.” The convention also approved the new bituminous and anthracite collective bargaining contracts, in which a nation-wide union shop. was established for the first time.

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DEATHS TO DATE County City Total 2

1939 ssce0cenecse 2 1940 eecsene®genes 2 0 .

Jan. 23 7

red ......® | Arrests .......13 Ine 3 wares | Accidents vee 30 Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid Speeding sreasnesil $00 Reckless driving.. 1 Failure to stop at through street.. 0 Disobeying traffic signal Drunken driving. 2 All others seasii B >

- Totals secessre 8 MEETINGS TODAY

A. Camera Club, meeting, cen-

Y. M e.g zs ic $ To Merah, juncheon. Claypool Hotel,

Youn Men's Discussion Club, dinner, Y. ».

Purdue Alumni Association, luncheon, . n. 3 istrict American Legion, luncheon, noon. : Boe Alpha Epsilon. luncheon, Board of

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$41

Ta Theta Tau, luncheon. Seville Tav-Co-Operativ of b . funcheon. Columbia Clu Sasociation. Antlers noon. ‘ Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon. age, noon. 40-Plus Club, meeting, Chamber of Commerce. 7:3

Or o-Operative Club Indianapolis, noon na Motor Traffic luncheon. Hotel Canary Cott: Kiwanis oon.

0 : Chub. luncheon, Columbia. Club.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indianapolis Real Estate Board, lunchéon, Hotel Washington, noon. Advertising Club of Indianapolis, luncheon, Indianapolis Athletic Club, noon. . Sigma Chi, luncheon, Board of Trade,

aon. s Ravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,

oon. Oil Club, luncheon, Severin Hotel, ‘noon. Construction ague of / Indianapolis, fjuncheon, Architects and Builders build-

, noon. ng oon aolis Camera Club, meeting, 110 E. Ninth St., Pp. m. Beta Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary Cottage,

Bm ou Alisha Pluumi_Assveiation, , Russet cafeteria, noon. . Teneo. State Conterenss » Sdeial Work, rd mee . Claypool Hotel, 2 p. m. a Trottin and Pacing Association,

, dinner, Claypool Hotel, 6:30 p., m. FIRES

: Tuesday : : 7:11 A. M.—Pennsylvania and 10th, alon ‘motor,

7:54 A, M.—1825 Roosevelt, broken water

De. 8:48 A. M.—544 EB. Market, A, D. T. 11:55 A. M.-—1035 N. Meridian, defective wining. 3:23 P. M.—828 S. Tremont, defective stove pipe. 4:03 P. M.—635 Bright, kerosene. Wednesday

va A, M.—523 N, Central Court, relief 8:14 A. M.—1406 N. Pershing, kerosene.

‘MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.) |

land; Aliene Adkins, 20, of R. R. 2 2

._ Roy W. Fulwider, 20, of 2648 | N. ing; Beatrice Jean Berry, 18, of 2 Harding. Gordon Frank Walker, 24, of 1201 Broadway; Mary Hatcher, 22, of 339 N. East. Myron E. Greene, 24, of 425 N., Emerson; Lovilla Horne, 23, of 2940 Park.

BIRTHS Boys : | Artis, Martha Martin, at City. Robert, Lorinda Howell, ,att Methodist. George, Helen Nichols, a Methodist. Leo, Gladys Wade, at 117 Kansas. Lewis, Helen Trimble, at 822 N. Illinois. Ralph, Marie Faulkner, at 1337 Kappes. Anthony, Evelyn Dine, at 1501 Ewing. Loren, Florena Binford, at 4240 Madison. Girls

Charles, Mary Piersall, at City. Robert, Harriet Shuman, at Coleman, Ralph, Helen Harman, at Coleman. Henry, Doris Silver, at Methodist. . Thomas, Audrey Stephens, at 959 Roch-

ester. J Frederick, Clarena Everts, at 3105 Ritter. Kenneth, Rachel Kayser, at 1356 S. Belmont,

Box Hard648 “N.

DEATHS Lennie Winkler, 64, at 2028 Bellfontaine, cerebral hemorrhage. James B, Carson, 89, at 932 Bolton, chronic bronchitis. Catherine Beaty, 89, at 309 E. 21st, chronic myocarditis. William A. Lime, 63, at 1334 B. Market, chronic nephritis. ; Mary. E. Barlow, 70, at 949 N. Arlington, cardio vascular renal disease. 3. Ray Leon Denton, at 518 [N. East, coronary occlusion. v Katherine Windhorst, 79, at 2135 E. 34th, cerebral hemorrh

age. Basil ‘H. Jeffries, 43, at Methodist, lobar pneumonia.

cardio vascular renal disease. Minnie Sanders, 63, at Central Indiana, tuberculosis. Hettie Williams, 39, at City, carcinoma. - William Andrews, 80, at 2415 N. Gale, carcinoma.

ware, chronic nephritis. Donald Hughes, 7, at Riley, pneumonia James Harvey Hogan, 75, Maryland, carcinoma, Sarah J. Hammon, 74, at 1507 College, bronchopneumonia. : Charles Winslow, 64, at 520 E. Vermont, cardio vastular renal disease.

Kenneth E. Henry, 44, of 3828 Grace-|’

Alexander Miles, 79, at 914 Roanoke, KE

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INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record],

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8S. Weather Bureau ped

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST-—Unsettled, snow flurries and colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy to cloudy; continued cold Friday and probably Saturday; lowest tonight about zero.

Sunrise ...... 7:00 |Sunset

TEMPERATURE —Jan. 24, 1939—

coveenns 4:55

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m..... .10 Total precipitation since Jan. 1........ 1.34 Excess since Jan, l........cccenuveann 1.11

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Unsettled, snow flurries. in east and north portions, colder, much colder in extreme east portion. tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy to cloudy; colder in north portion, continued cold Friday and probably Saturday. Illincis—Unsettled and colder tonight, snow flurries in extreme northeast portion; generally fair and continued cold tomorrow and Friday, somewhat colder tomorrow .in northeast portion. Lower Michigan—Snow tonight and tomorrow, mostly light; colder tonight; much colder tomorrow, continued cold Friday and Saturday.

hio—Snow flurries and considerably colder with temperature near zero in southwest portion tonight; tomorrow generally fair and continued cold in south portion and snow flurries and slightly colder in north portion. Kentucky—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, except snow flurries in extreme east and extreme north portions tonight; considerably colder tonight with temperature near zero in west and central portions, slightly colder in extreme east portion; continued cold tomorrow, Friday and Saturday.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

Station Weather Bar. Temp. Amarillo, Tex. .. 30.48 10 Bismarck, N, D Boswon

Cleveland . Denver

Miami, Fl Mpls.-St. Al

8, . senses Paul ... Mobile, Ala. ..

Ida Mary Specht, 81, at 2043 N. Dela-| Oils

, Ore. n Antonio, San Francisco 8t. Loui

uis Tampa, Fla. Washington,

Snow TeX. «.

ALLIED ANGER AROUSED OVER RUMANIAN OIL

Complain That Own Purchases Are Withheld at Command of Hitler.

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invited neutral nations to join with the Allies, for their own safety, against Germany. Hertzog Asks Peace

4. The Russian-Finnish war was assuming increased importance daily in connection with the European war. Allied relations with Russia had cooled rapidly and there was some belief here that by spring the Allies might be sending not only

Finland. 5. Sout® Africa was torn by a political dispute which arose from- a motion in yesterday by Gen. J. B. Hartzog, former Prime Minister and now opposition leader, that the time had come to make peace with Germany. In a speech on his motion, he strongly defended Adolf Hitler. As regards Rumania, the Government was understood to have expressed keen dissatisfaction to Rumania because of difficulties being met in getting licenses from the Rumanian Government for the export of .Rumanian oil to Britain. It was suspected here that Germany had put pressure on Rumania to withhold the oil, insisting that if Rumania sent oil to Britain its neutrality would be compromised. . - There were rumors, which were not confirmed, that Britain and France had warned Rumania of the danger of grave complications if she forced British and French oil companies in Rumania to sell to Ger-

many. Rumania had obligated herself to provide Germany about 150,000 tons of oil a month, and to make up arrears under a 1939 contract up to a total supply of 190,000 tons a month. But delivery was almost at a standstill because the Danube River was frozen, Germany was blockaded by sea and the railroad from Rumania to Germany via Russian-occupied Poland, was not /working efficiently.

Rumania Expects Allies 18 Supply Oil to Nazis B

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both

wou pani share of oil for Germany.

out “We nor

impartially,” the informant said

Report Red Offensive

the St mad

communique said,

and

Lake Ladoga, the communique said

the of Russian operations.

stroyed seven tanks.

ful figh was sm

untenable,

Turkey and Germany Conclude Trade Pact

P.).—Turkey has concluded a tem-

goods over an unlimited period to a total value . of 7,500,000 Turkish pounds ($6,000,000), Commerce Minister Nazmi Topcoglu was quoted as saying today in an interview in the newspaper Cumhuriyet. The agree-

ment is to be signed soon, it added. - Was

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan War Alliance Hinted

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 24 (U. P.).— Dispatches from Baghdad today reported that the Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan governments were preparing to negotiate for a military alliance. The Egyptian dispatches re that the alliance LE prompted by a desire to guard against attack from Soviet Russia,

‘Warshiplike Vessel’

Halts Japanese Liner

HONOLULU, T. H, Jan. 24 U. P.).—The Japanese : liner A Maru, sister ship of the Asama Maru from which 21 German seamen were removed by a British warship last Sunday, was halted last Thursday night 170 miles off San Francisco by an unidentified vessel, it was Yevealed today, J. Walter Doyle, U. S. Customs Collector, said he was informed the warship was British, but Capt. Shunji Ito of the Tatuta said he

had been unable to determine its nationality, : ROME, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Premier Benito Mussolini's newspaper id d'Italia of Milan blamed the Frenc blockade today for the loss of on aboard the Italian liner Orazio, which burned off the French Coast. Genoa, authorities reported 104 persons still missing. This loss of life was attributed by Popolo d'Italia

2 (to the alleged fact that French

blockade officers had halted the ship

for four hours previous to tie fire.

Lord of the Admiralty, implicitly

the Union Parliament

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LONDON, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Estig Bergstrom, 23, only survivor of the Swedish steamer Foxen, today told how nine companions on a raft slowly froze, went insane, or jumped into the water in four days of drifting on the North Sea. The Foxen either was torpedoed or struck a mine. eo Only Bergstrom was alive when the Norwegian steamer Leka finally sighted the raft. One of those who died was Bergstrom’s brother. “On the first night we were all right,” the youth said. “But the next day the cook and the messboy froze to death and we removed their bodies. :

Only Survivor as : Tells of Watching 9 Slowly Die on Raft

Swedish

“The second day another seaman and the fireman died. The fireman had complained bitterly of thirst and despite our protests he drank some seawater. He later became insane and dived overboard. : “My own brother held out until Saturday night. We cheered each other by singing songs together.” Bergstrom said that on Saturday night he heard a steam trawler “come slowly toward us. She was. only 50 feet away and we hailed her but without making her hear.” “Two more men,” he said, “died that night.

Ship Sinks

“There . were two other brothers on our raft. I began to suspect my own brother of losing his reason. I fell asleep. When I awoke, I saw him in the water. He was crying for help but I was too weak. All I could do was watch him disappear. “Then there were only two left alive. Three hours before I was rescued my last comrade died. I was left ‘alone on the raft.” He said that his own suffering was so great that he could not resist the . temptation 'to sip some seawater.’ Just after he had done so,

4 KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES

war materials but “volunteers” to -

ce Blamed in Army Disas- |

ter; Two Jump as Controls Lock.

Held in Theft

“|—A mountain storm and severe icing conditions were blamed today

‘Bennett, Iowa;

. RIVERSIDE, Cal., Jan. 24 (U. P).

for the crash of an Army bomber and the death of four of its six occupants. : The dual-mofored ship smashed into a hillside seven miles from the March Field air base here late yesterday. Four of its young crew were trapped in the cabin by the spin-|3 ning craft’s gyrations. . Two others parachuted to safety. “4 The dead: Lieut. Raymond M. Sumi, Nashwauk, Minn., pilot; Lieut. Benjamin C.. Holloway, Columbus, 0., co-pilot; Sergt. Gerald D. Wilcox, € Priv. Leonard E. Riley, Wichita Falls, Tex. Sergt. Cecil Purvus of Glensville, Ga., and Priv. Frank Carroll of Hyde Park, Mass., jumped to safety. Observers believed severe icing made the bomber’s, controls inoperative. Lieut. Sumi knew he was fighting a desperate battle when the ship, on a routine training flight from Sacramento to Riverside, was caught in high winds, sleet, snow and rain over the Tehachapi Mountains.

Police who arrested Margaret Long, $5-a-week chambermaid at New York's Plaza Hotel, declared $100,000 worth of jewelry and clothing, stolen frem the hotel,

was found concealed in her apartment.

JAPAN PREPARES FOR TRADE TREATY LAPSE

TOKYO, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita was quoted

CHAREST, Rumania, Jan. 24 |[P.).—A. high Rumanian official asserting today that Rumania was trying to fulfill trade obligations to Germany and the Allies, indicated today that the Government ld insist that Allied oil comes in Rumania provide their

“Rumania has trade obligations toward both belligerents and neutrals, and we hope to. carry them all

are sure that neither France Britain would insist on our breaking trade arrangements. We fully aware of the interest of gerent powers in our raw ma-

All Russian attacks were repulsed,

rong Red Army drives were le at the center of the Mannerheim Line on the Karelian Isthmus at Kollaanjoki, northeast of

Another attack broke down, it was reported, on the Central Front in vicinity of Aittojoki, former base

The Finns claimed to have de-

Twenty-one civilians were killed and 21 were wounded in bombings by raiding Russian planes yesterday. The Russians used infantry, tanks and airplanes, supported by powerartillery, in their attacks. The ting northeast of Lake Ladoga regarded as an attempt to sh the Finnish left wing and make the Mannerheim defense line

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 24 (U.

porary trade agreement with Germany, providing for an exchange of

As the plane lost altitude his and Lieut. Holloway’s efforts to control | the big ship grew more hopeless. Lieut. Sumi ordered his crew to abandon the plane. . Sergt. Purvis and Private Carroll jumped, but a second later the plane’s wing dipped, the tail flew up and, its controls frozen, it spun toward earth. The four remaining occupants were caught in the plane’s nose. Gravity and the plane’s gyrations trapped them. They were unable to reach the door or open the escape hatch before the bomber crashed into the hillside.

FORMER FIRE CHIEF TO RETIRE SATURDAY

Thirty-six years of fire fighting lay behind Harry E. Voshel, former Fire Department Chief, as he prepared today to retire from the department on pension Saturday. Ex-Chief Voshel’s request for retirement was approved by the Safety Board yesterday on recommendation of Fire Chief Fred C. Kennedy. Since 1934, when .he retired as battalion chief, he has been in charge of the fire drill school. ’ He joined the department in 1904 and was named chief in 1928. : Capt. Frank Craig was named to succeed ex-Chief Voshel as battalion chief. John J. Ford was advanced from lieutenant to captain, Russell Younger from chauffeur to lieutenant and Clarence Mathen from first grade private to chauffeur. Probationary firemen Jean Stamm, Robert Wilkins, Robert Gray and Charles P. Commons were -advanced to privates.

ACTRESS ASKS DIVORCE HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 24 (U. P.).— Actress Rosalind Keith asked a divorce today from cameraman William Clarence Mellor. She charged extreme cruelty, They were married 10 months ago.

STRAUSS SAYS:

today as saying that Japan would take “adequate measures” to avoid economic inconveniences after expiration of the trade treaty with the United States on Friday. The United States has not clarified its intentions regarding corsclusion of any temporary agreement, Arita was quoted as telling members of the Diet, but it is unlikely that there will be obstacles to trade transactions even after actual termination of the treaty. (In. Washington, State Department officials said that trade with Japan would rest on a day-to-day basis after expiration of the treaty.) Japan will make no further effort to arrange a temporary agreement. The Foreign Office said that in its view the ‘treaty, denounced after nearly 30 years by the United States because of its dissatisfaction with Japan’s course in China, would lapse at 12:01 a. m. Tokyo Time Friday. (This is 9:01 a. m. Thursday, Indianapolis Time.) A Shanghai dispatch today quoted authoritative sources that the United States had rejected recent. Japanase offers of indemnities for certain American properties damaged in China. Japanese sources at Shanghai understood that Japan was preparing to make larger offers, probably through the American Embassy here.

NLRB TESTS POWER TO ORDER HIRING

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U. P). —The National Labor Relations Board began today the first court test of its authority to prevent discrimination against union members seeking employment in private industry. The Board asked the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to enforce an order requiring the Waumbec Mills, Inc., Manchester, N. H., to give employment to two union men whom it refused to hire

because of union membership.

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They're of fine suitings, cheviots, worsteds, twists and flannel. Stripes, Glen plaids, overplaids, plain colors— re “regular” trousers and pleated slacks.

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the Leka sighted him.

BRITAIN IS READY

T0 AID BELGIUM

Gives Careful Consideration To Proposal for Break With Russia.

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preserve a strictly neutral position, there has been considerable mystery as to whether an agreement has

been reached between the Brussels Government and the Allies for joint defense in event of an emergency. The general impression has been that such an agreement existed, Mr. Chamberlain was questioned in the House of Commons in connection with the recent reports— scoffed at by Gérmans—that there was danger of an attack on Belgium and whether if such an attack came about the French-British guarantee to Belgium would come into play with lightning speed. : The Prime Minister said that Britain originally guaranteed Belgium under the Locarno Treaty of 1925 and that the guarantee was reaffirmed in an arrangement concluded in London in 1936, in the British-French declaration to Belgium in 1937 and in a statement by the British Ambassador to King Leopold of the Belgians on Aug. 27, 1939. Week before last, there were new reports of danger to the low countries and both: Belgium and Holland took new precautions, which later were relaxed. At the time, King Leopold assumed command of all of the Belgian forces.

SINKS ON THE SHIP THAT WASN'T THERE

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theless, the search continued all night. Police said this was the second “ship in distress” Brown had reported to the Coast Guard in two weeks. The other time he said he had heard a call from a schooner aground off Block Island. Nothing came of that incident. ; The charge against Brown was “simple drunkenness” and state police said they could take no further action than that, but that the Coast Guard might want to do something about it. The Army registrar states that Brown was retired “by reason of wounds received in action,” presumably during the World War. Shortly before dawn, police announced, “as -a result of calls to newspapers,” two state troopers, Edgar Lindstrom and Stephen Martin, went to Brown’s home. “They found him drunk,” police headquarters announced. They took him from his home in West Tisbury to jail here. Almost at the hour of his arrest. the Coast Guard cutter Campbell

‘had been ordered out of New York

to join the search.

WINDSOR RETURNS TO PARIS LONDON, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Maj. Gen. the Duke of Windsor returned to Paris by airplane today after a brief visit to London unaccompanied by the Duchess: The reason. for the Duke’s visit here was not announced.

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FORMER BUTLER. PRESIDENT DIES; WASTE JAN. 18

Or. J. W. Putnam Had Served University Here For 30 Years.

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Dr, Putnam were the separate form= ation of the College of Business Ad= ministration, the College of Relig~ ion and the College of Education.

Dr. Putnam's principle for Butler was the expansion of the institution as a service to Indianapolis specifically. As an economist, he emphasized the work of the College of Business Administration. . Colleagues estimate his greatest service to the University came when Butler's membership in the North Central Association for Colleges and Secondary Schools was severed. The North Central ruled that Butler's academic program was secondary to athletics, citing, among other things, construction of‘ the Fieldhouse and the Butler Bowl. It was during this time, his colleagues say, that Dr. Putnam’s “quiet, calm, cautious demeanor” as vice president brought reinstatement into the association. -Dr. Putnam was regarded highly by his colleagues. He was known to consider the welfare of the institution and the teachers above himself,

Held High Standards

His judgment. never was questioned. One colleague said of him that he was not so much a scholar as an administrator. “He had high academic standards and it was almost his sole goal to keep Butler's high. His interests were largely educational and religious. .He had very little social life outside the University, although students found him readily approachable. He had been an active member of the Central Chrstian .Church and had been active there to the exclusion of all except academic ac= tivities. v - .He had no hobbies... His sole ex-~ ercise was said to consist of watching his wife work in her garden, Dean Gino A. Ratti of the College of Arts and Sciences, said of him: “Where others collect butterflies, Dr. Putnam collected missionaries.” He was reputed to have a speaking acquaintance with almost every missionary. in the Disciples of Christ Church.

‘Standards Were Highest

His only other outside interest was a several years’ term on the board of directors of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. FA Speaking for the board of direc tors, Emsley W. Johnson, vice presi dent, said: ; , SE “The passing of Dr. James W. Putnam is a personal loss to every friend of the school. He was long identified with the university and was known personally to so many of the students and alumni that his loss will go into many homes. “During the years he remained with the ‘university ‘he commanded: the respect of his students and of those associated with him. He has always been a man of high honor, of industry and ability. He assumed the presidency of Butler at a vdifficult period in the history of the school. From the day he became president, the friends of Butler felt that the institution was in safe hands. : : ’ 1 He was a charter member of the Indiana Association .of Economists and Sociologists and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a scholastic society; Pi Gamma Mu, economic s0= ciety; the American Economics Ase sociation, the National Education Association, the American Association of University Professors, and the Indiana Academy of Social Science. 3 He was a 32d degree Mason and a member of -the Columbia Club. . Survivors are his wife, the former Eleanore Boston of Jacksonville, Ill, to whom he was married. in 1906, and a son, Russell C. Putnam, professor of electrical engineering at the Case School of Applied Scie

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