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DEMAND FOR FARM CASH THREATENS ECONOMY DRIVE
Who Got Those Billions?
" LEADING GROUPS
[+ CRITICIZE SLASH
OF $75,000,000
Spokesmen “for Agriculture Call for Special Taxes If Necessary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (U. P.) — Failure of the House Appropriations Subcommittee to provide $225,000,000 for farm parity payments in the Agriculture Department supply bill foreshadowed = the . most critical economy battle of the session today. _ Leading farm organizations have aemanded that the payments be provided even though special taxes are necssary to finance them. Their adamant stand threatened the Con-
-gressional economy drive which al-
ready has lopped millions from President. Roosevelt's 1941 “bed rock” budget. The President, in submitting his budget, contended that rising farm prices might make the payments unnecessary but said he. would not hesitate to urge them if changing conditions warranted. The subcommittee followed his lead because it was operating under an agreement reached earlier in the session to keep all supply bills within budget estimates.
Test Tomorrow
The agriculture bill, cut $75,000,000 below Mr. Roosevelt's budget recommendations, will be considered by the full appropriations group tomorrow. Leaders were confident that the full committee would exclude the parity payments and that their action would be sustained by the House. ; Chairman Clarence Cannon (D. Mo.) of the appropriations subcommittee, however, said that several Senators have informed him that they would attempt to write in the parity authorizations when the bill reached the Senate.
Mr. Cannon, an ardent advocate of parity payments, said that the growing disparity between the price the farmer receives for his produce and what he must pay for industrial products make the subsidy more essential than before outbreak of the European war.
Woodrum to Fight Subsidy
Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum (D. Va.) will fight the subsidy from the floor, using as his weapons the need of economy if new taxes are to be avoided. Strong man of the appropriations group, Mr. Woodrum is expected to remind his colleagues that Congress twice has voted farm payments without providing new taxes to raise the revenue, a fact that the President repeatedly has pointed out to the legislators. Meanwhile, Admiral] Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, told the House Naval Affairs Committee today that a 10 per cent authorized increase in the U. S. fleet would be a “fine step” but expressed hope Congress would vote the 25 per cent expansion originally asked. He said the larger increase would have a “deterrent effect” on aggressive nations. At' the same time, Howard I Young, chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers’ tariff committee, was urging the House and Ways Means Committee to put restrictions on the New Deal's
s reciprocal trade program.
He presented the N. A. M.s recommendation for continuing the program only if the agreements are made subject to Senate approval. This is not required under the
~ present law, which expires June 12.
Divorces Olivier
Jill Esmond . . . given custody of , child.
LONDON, Jan. 29 (U.P.).—Actress Jill Esmond was.granted a divorce from Laurence Olivier, actor, on the grounds of adultery today.. Vivien Leigh, star of the motion picture, “Gone With the Wind,” was named corespondent. Mr. Olivier did not defend the action. Custody of their child was granted to Miss Esmond. The suit of Herbert Leigh Holman, :a barrister, for divorce from Miss Leigh, will be heard later in the current term of the Divorce Court. Mr. Holman has named Mr. Olivier as corespondent.
ULL TO REVEAL
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Will Question Secretary Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (U. P.).— Secretary of State Cordell Hull will be asked to outline the Administration's Far Eastern policy Wednesday to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when it meets to consider proposals for enacting an embargo against Japan. Committee Chairman Key Pitt-
man (D. Nev.) made the announcement last night upon his return from Idaho. The Committee’s meeting will come less than a week after expiration of the treaty that has governed trade relations between the United States and Japan since 1911. Mr. Pittman’s committee has a regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday. Proposals for increasing the capital of the Export-Import Bank to make possible a non-mili-tary loan to Finland will be the first order of business. However, Mr. Pittman expects to dispose of the Finnish loan problem in short order since, he said, the bill, as drafted, does not involve important foreign policy changes. Mr. Pittman is the author of a bill to impose an embargo on shipments to Japan. Referring to the Committee’s plan to hear Mr. Hull and ‘other high State Department officials, he said: “We will want to know how cur citizens are being treated now before we act on the embargo proposal.” He reaffirmed the State Department’s stand that any future trade agreement with Japan must be based on cessation of Japanese discrimination against American citi|zens and their rights in China.
MBARGO STAND.
OPPOSITION TO. WAR ON TRUSTS GAINING FORGE
Hamstring Inquiry by Blocking Funds.
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ials, and public officials administeririg local, state, and Federal housing programs. In this political year, as in others, devious political pressures are at work. - Pressure has “been brought upon Mr. Arnold and other officials of the Justice Department, without avail, some of it from other New Dealers who want to ease up the prosecution of labor unions. President William Green of the A. F. of L. protested to Attorney General Frank Murphy, now elevated to the Supreme Court, against using * the anti-trust statutes .to prosecute labor, but Mr. Murphy backed up Mr. Arnold. The pressures continued against Mr. Murphy’s successor, Robert H. Jackson. The latter also is giving Mr. Arnold stanch support.
Fights Only Rackets
Mr. Arnold has repeatedly assured labor that the anti-trust statues will be used only against rackets and restraints of trade, and will touch none of labor’s fundamental rights and interests such as collective bargaining, wages, hours, working cconditions. No one appreciates better than Mr. Arnold the many attempts in he past by employers, some successful, to utilize the anti-trust statutes to hogtie labor. It is this past bitter. experience that inspires the present fear among labor leaders such as Mr. Green, The present Administration has been most friendly to labor, and it is this sympathetic attitude which labor is playing upon in seeking to obstruct Mr.’ Arnold. 'The effort to hamper the campaign through the purse strings moves in chonnels at the Capitol, where it cannot be brought into the. open, in the private approach, in indirect pressures, and with the “economy” issue avail-| able for an alibi. Economy is not at all involved. The anti-trust division pays its own way. In six months of the current fiscal year it has collected far more in fines than its total appropriation for the whole year.
Fines Total $2,421,000
Fines for the first six “months amounted to $2,421,000, with the appropriation for the division $1,309,000, and it is estimated that fines for the whole year will exceed $6,000,000. : This money, however, goes into the general treasury, not to the division. Congress must - reappropriate annually for its work. Beyond that, the investigations and grand jury indictments thus far have produced savings for the home builder in lowered costs of all sorts of building materials, even before the cases go to trial. The threat of Government action has accomplished these savings,
TOMORROW~—The big stake of labor and industry in Arnold campaign—more jobs and better business.
5-STORY BUILDING BURNS .NEW BRITAIN, Conn. Jan. 29 (U, P.) —Fire destroyed the five-story Birnbaum Furniture Ceo. building early today as firemen fought in near-zero temperature. Damage was estimated between $100,000 and
$125,000.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record!
DEATHS TO DATE
County City Tom 1939 S800 000000 S 2 2 1940 S904 000snney 2 : 2 3
—Jan, 27-28—
Injured ..... 23] Arrests «coo... 23 Dead 1| Accidents ..... 51
FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions. Paid Speeding ........ 0 $00 Reckless driving.. 2 Failure to stop at through street.. 3 Disobeying traffic Signal «iveeiee d Drunken driving.. 2 All others ..eo.0.. 4
Tolals «.oessrss.1l MEETINGS TODAY
Indiana Millers’ Association and Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association, convention, CoJumbia Club, all day Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, meeting, Hotel Severin, 8 a. m. Infantile Paralysis Committer, luncheon,
lis Retail Lindy ‘and Meat
Ls Ssodiauion; dinner, Hotel Wash-
Dealers’ Ra ington, Hah Club,
oon Indiana Grain Co-Operatives, luncheon, 1 Lincoln, noon motel, Orthopedic Nursing Conference, meetings. Indiana University medical center, all day Board
Secientech Club, n. TE ane Pastors’ Conference and Indiana Council of Church Women, meetings, First Baptist Church, all day Indianapolis Insurance Association, dinner, Indianapolis Athletic Club, 6:30 p. m. American Suciety, jor Metal, “mésting, tel Washington I Monday Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
"juncheon,
luncheon, of
Puilding Owners and Managers, lunchClub, noon. Indiana University Club, luncheon, Cobia. Club noon To Dame Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms
ane °Ciub, Columbia Club, "Methodist Hospital, luncheon, Columbia
Cl ata Si Sigma Nu, meeting, Hotel Lincoln,
. Club, no
luncheon,
nadia na Gas Association, sales gommit tes meetings, Hotel Lincoln, 10 a. m.; 1, No Jupcheon Club,
gton Republican meeting, p. luncheon,
Washington St.. . ion ney Co
, noon. Oe Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,
nOoith Side Realtors, luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon. MEETINGS TOMORROW Rotary. Club, 'uncheon, Claypool Hotel,
"oF Men’s Club, luncheon, Y. M. C. A,
ne Aloha Yau Omega, luncheon, Board of de, Terre ‘Gi Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel, no Mereator Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln,
© Gniversat Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
DO niversity a Michigan Club, luncheon, tur
d of Trad oon. > Knights of io luncheon, K. of C.,
no Lutheran Service Club, luncheon, Canary | © a Credit Group. Juneheon, Wm.
Columbia Club, |
Indiana Council of Church Women, First Baptist Church, all day. State- Orthopedic Nugsing Conference, Indiana University medftal center, all day. Indiana Retail Hardware Association, convention, Murat Temple, all day.
‘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.)
Charles Holliday, 36, of Rushville; Josepine Johnson, 20, of Indianapolis oseph Young, 45, ok A539 Collins: Rollie Clase 32, of 458 W, Clarence Bright, an ‘of 718 Dorman; Edna Chapman, 9447, V2 Virginia. Frederic Spencer, 25, of Detroit. Mich; Virginia Anderson, 1232 Michig: Carl Voorhis, 31, of Lebanony Rh reita Cory, 412 N. Delaware Newton Chandler, 49. of 1904 Carrollton; Katherine Meredith, 41, of 1645 Carrollton. Marion Owings, 18, of 323 Re Washingfons 2ans Mae Linder, 19, of 3: Fletcher. ond Roberts, 36, of 125 Sheflield
Mabel “Edith Long, 22, of 320 N Addison. —
lyde. Moore,
usta. Governor Lee. 721 W. 27h: : Lula B. Martin, 60, of 4 Boulevard. Fermon Rivert t Jr.. 24, of 431 W. MichiBR i2ndrewdean Birdie Lowery, 431 W ic Edward Gatewood, 46, of 1905 N. Capitol: Christina Wrece, 36, of 2425 Northwestern. ‘Sonnie Hayes, 19, St Indianapolis; Annie | Henderson, 30. of 342 W, 29 William Coleman, 40, of 401 Rankin; Ruby Gregory, 39, of 401 Rankin
BIRTHS Boys
Donald. Katherine Hart, at Coleman. Charles, Betty Westenhoter, at St. Fran-
rank, Marian Bell, at St. Francis. Robert, Allie Manwaring, at Metiogist. __Glenn, Ethel Swisher, at Methodis Hollis. Dorothy Hacker, at Methodist. ‘Clarence, Florence Roembke, at Meth-
ist. st, ,P Catherine Duncan, at 8t. VinMatthew, Jean Schneider, at St. Vin-
cen Ehaes Alice Moa h. at FL. Viieenvs, oyd, . Helen Voltz, St. Vincent's. « retard. Marie Wright, at bos Vincent's. ohn, Dorcas Cook, at bo Vincent's. Joseph, Mary McLean, at 4928 Caroline, LaWiencs, Leota Newland, at 1534 S Harding. % Girls
Glen, Luella Burkhardt, at Methodist. A. H., Catherine Jensen, at Methodist, Von, Helen Hardin, at Methodist. William, Martha Miles at Methonist,
ne, Lyda; Pearl Jones, A) ite Boulevard
"8raner Ruby Graham, at 4508 “ltside,
rge, ees, at 5128 Hov Dona Leah . Belle
anlon, at 240
DEATHS j Luther Wilson, 70, at Veterans, arterio-
sclerosis. 18, at Long, miliary
Darlene ‘Greiner, apes sis. Mary P almer, ° $7 at 1243 Massachusetts, chronic bronchitis Lydia Leonard. 78, at 1501 Lawton, chronic myocar Bertha carcinom Edward ‘Watkins, 43, at City, skull frac-
re. John Morten, 58. at City, ‘chronic myocarditi “Robert Browder,
oma David Goff, pneumonia.
3. at Methodist, broncho-
odist, ce al.
arditis. a Willams, 49, at 103 W. Walnut, | Miam
55. at Methodist, car-|O:
oa ips RB Rooney, 69, at Central Indiana, carcin 50,
ips Quinton, at Long, cerebral Martha Snipes, 80, at Methodist, hypoSatie pneumonia, a Mussman. 71, gt 1116 8. Meridian, A A a of hea el lEnLy Roberson, 75, Te 19 E. 23d, carcino.
Louise Denker, 78, at 912 Dawson, arteriosclerosis.
Files
. 28 1:31 A. M.—California and Indiana, auto, cigaret on Fuskion, loss $2. 8:55 A. M.—1467 E, 15th, torch thawing frozen pipes, Joss $3. A. —1432 8. East, spark from flue, loss so 1:35 “A. M.—3040 W. 10th, defective BOIL 11:49 A. M311 W. 11th, sparks from flue, loss 4:06 P. Ne “-1 W. Washin jon. Zniomatie Ah waver loss unestimat 6:03 P. M.—2946 N. Arsenal, Ba 7:11 P. M.—1051 8S. Meridian, smoke. 9:03 P. M.—1857 S. East, thawing pipes, loss $2. 9:06 P. M.—2314 Brookside, flue,
I OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Bureau
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Mostly cloudy and slightly colder tonight with lowest temperature about 15; becoming fair tomorrow. : U. S. Weather Bureau 6:56 | Sunset TEMPERATURE
Sunrise
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BCinisation "24 hrs. endi “ Ro precipitation singe Deficiency since Jan. 1....... Lies
* MIDWEST Sian
Indiana—Cloudy tonight, possibly snow Autiles in Siteme Jor 89 oa Ely colder exce n extr - comin RP onorr with Sightly colder in extreme northeast. Ilinois—Mostly cloudy, somewhat colder tonight; tomorrow generally fair r Michizan-—-Mosily cloudy tonigh and tomorrow with light local snows
» I night and . possibly orion: awhat
colder tomorrow. whio—Tight snow tonight and tomorrow, in east and south portions toRr ¥ slightly colder tomorrow in west portion. Kentucky—Mostly cloudy with light snow tonight and in east and central portions tomorrow morning; somewhat wdrmer in sas and central portions and Slightly der in extreme west portion tonight; shgntiy colder tomorrow in west and cenportions.
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.
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country, each would have $57.71.
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We tan lay our hands oh 71 cents, but who hals the: rest, of the $7.597,880,264.00 the Treasury Department reports in circulation. all this money were divided among every man, woman and child in the
1940 @
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pares with per capita amounts in circulation in previous years.
Priests Slain
in Poland,
Report to Pope Charges
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was exposed, the report said, and suddenly one of the men jumped on a chair and began screaming that the Sisters wasted thelr time in praying. “There is no God,” he-was said to have shouted, “for if there was a God we should not be here.” _ The report said that priests were continuing their work—in secret and at the risk of their lives in some areas. In its first section, dealing with >the Archdioceses of Gniezno of which Cardinal Hlond is Archbishop, the report relates incidents of persecution and then says:
“German authorities, especially the Gestapo, persecute the Catholic clergy, who live in terror and are continually threatened. The Germans have shot the following priests . ... .” There follow the names of 10 priests; the name of one priest is given who was said to’ ‘haye been beaten to death by soldiers with the butts of their'rifles; of another who died under “treatment”; ; of another killed by a bofnb.
Claim Dozens in Prison
“Dozens of priests are -in prison where they are being humiliated, beaten and maltreated,” continues the report. “A certain number of them have been deported to Germany and there is no news of them. Others have been placed in concentration camps.” . Priests | who are arrested are forced to do hard labor if they cannot pay for their food and “lodging” in prison, it is charged. The report continues: “It is not rare to see priests among workmen in the conutry repairing roads .and bridges, pulling coal cars . . even demolishing synagogues. Some priests have been confined r a pig sty at night, beaten barbarously and subjected to other tortues. . . .
Claim 5000 Put in Stable
“At Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) in September about 5000 men were confined in a stable where there was not even room to sit down. There was assigned for their natural needs the corner of the same stable and the Rev. Casimir Stebcznski, parish priest, was forced together with a jew to carry away by hand human The vicar, Adam Musial, who offered to replace the venerable priest, was brutally beaten with a rifle butt.”
It was said that one priest at Znin' was arrested in the street while giving extreme unction to a dying person. He was wearing his stole and surplice. “His robes were torn from his body and the Holy Sacrament profaned,” the report said. - The report continues to say how Catholic marriages could not be celebrated because Nazis forbade a blessing of any but a civil ceremony, and Poles would not have these. For page after page, the report went on to describe persecution of men, women, children, institutions of all sorts, and to emphasize that |‘ the clergy and the Poles generally were persisting in the exercise of their religion and their religious duties. “By now there are entire districts in which the churches are closed, priests expelled, the faithful without sacraments,” the report said, “while in remaining territories divine cults and ecclesiastical life are being extinguished. Soon persecuton will have attained its aim. “By the middle of the 20th cently the action of Hitler's evilness will be an accomplished fact; so that a region with 2,000,000 Catholics that had a flourishing life will become dechristianized, while the, cradle of faith in Poland and the most ancient dioceses of the nation's . .-. Catholic activities . . . will be con-
, By RICHARD LEWIS
Dr. Milton Steinberg, former rabbi here, today joined the distinguished company of Hoosier novelists with the release by the Bobbs-Merrill Co. of his first novel, “As a Driven t| Leaf.”
Here is the parable of Man in his bitter quest for truth, told in the life of Elisha ben Abuyah, a Jew of the second century. Here also is a fascinating story which cannot be put aside’ until the white-robed figure of Elisha disappears into the dusk of the ancient world, The combination of a brilliant thesis and an exciting narrative makes this an impressive book. ‘| There is nothing of first-novel amateurishness . about Dr. Steinberg’s work. The story flows smoothly with an unconscious grace in which the hand of the writer is never visible. Dr. Steinberg was well known here as rabbi of the Beth-El Temple from 1928 § to 238 when he became rabbi at the Park Avenue Syna e at New York City. Jnagosue = It was during his researches into the history of the Jews in Roman times that Dr. Steinberg found Xlisha, 8 legendary character. Who - ‘recurring through inic
verted into cemeteries of Catholicism. There .will be installed ve Hitlerian peace.” The report charged that ‘the Germans had begun a campaign of extermination of Polish citizens such as Herr Hitler foreshadowed in his book; - “Mein' Kampf,” as a capital point of German policy and, it was said, was one of the causes and aims of Germany's attack on Poland. “This extermination is continuing without interruption and takes the shape of perverse sadism,” said the report. “We cannot help but refer to’ this. as one of the most serious enormities of all history. . .. “Nearly all the Polish nobility, especially all who are landowners;
‘tens of thousands of peasant fami-
lies, almost' all the cultured class havé been now exiled to the ‘General Government of Poland.’ “These - people lost everything: Land, houses, farms, factories, laboratories, funiture, cash, bank deposits, precious. things, family jewels, even their clothes . . . on the spot were left only a certain number of industrial laborers, cultural laborers and servants.” i The report told how women and children. were herded .in the streets for hours in near-zero weather then sent to camps to sleep on cement pavements without mattresses. When they got straw, it was charged, it was not changed for weeks. “There were no hygienic facilities . « « No hot water . . . no respect for anyone, for sick, for old, for dying, for pregnant mothers.” °
German Officials
Decline Comment
BERLIN, Jan. 29 (U. P.).—German officials declined comment today on a report issued by Polish sources at Vatican City on conditions in Poland.
DEMANDS REFUND OF TAIL-LIGHT FINE
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the City ordinance no longer is in effect, it may be necessary to return the tail-light sticker fines paid. But how? . The money now is in the County Treasury. If it is found to have been collected under the City ordinance, the money ‘will go to the City—and to pay it back would require passage of an ordinance ky Council.
If it was collected ander the State law, the money goees to the State School Fund, and in. that case it would . take an act of the Legislature to authorize a refund. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Accident Prevention Council issued a
statement on the tail-light situa-'
tion, asserting that the matter of ‘safety to the metorist does not seem .to be the paramount point at issue. While police records show heavy losses in stolen cars, accessories and merchandise taken from parked cars, the statement reads, a “review of the facts might reveal that it is not the hours or location of the car
which accounts for the loss,” but, PO
rather, carelessness in leaving cars unlocked, sometimes with the key in the ignition. “Public co-operation,” it was added, “can best be secured by having practical traffic ordinances, regularly ‘and continuously enforced by the police and judiciary to effect the goal of both the citizenry and City officials—to protect and preserve human life from the menace of traffic accidents.”
defied his own people as well as a World Empire to find truth, left a deep impression on the author. The result is a novel whose importance should grow with the years. Elisha is not, perhaps, so much a product of his times as a result of conflicting ideologies. Reared by his father, Abuyah, fo a fine appreciation of Greek science and philosophy, Elisha comes under the Divers of his uncle, a Jewish pietist, who abhors the culture of the infidels. When Abuyah dies, Elisha is placed under the direction of a Hebrew scholar and becomes an elder in Israel. His early training in Greek thought conflicts with his later Hebrew training. Elisha is attracted by the reasonableness of the Hellenic thinking and its contrast to authoritarian Jewish | thought and tradition. lled by the Jewish commun-. ity for his “heretical beliefs,” ‘Elisha. travels to Antioch where he perfects his own system of philosophy, under the genial protection of Roman law. In Palestine, the Jews are massing an.army to revolt against Rome
third time in a | century.
INAZI BOMBERS
RAID 400-MILE BRITISH COAST
Attack at Least 10 Ships, Causing Air Raid Alarms Far Inland.
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Finnish artillery against their rear communication lines failed to cut the advance units off from their base or to pave the way for panicstricken retreat. So Jar as it was possible to judge by official communiques at Helsinki and by dispatches of correspondents in the field, the Russians clung to the offensive and if the Finns failed to give ground they also have not yet been able to make any progress in counter-attacks.
. More Russians Move In
Furthermore, fresh Russian troops were moving into the lines northeast of Ladoga, where the quality of Soviet units appeared to be greatly improved and where the famous Marshal Simion M. Budéenny, Rus-’ sian Vice Commissar of Defense, was reported by Helsinki newspapers to have been put in command. :There also was reason to believe that the Finns were worried : bout their future supply of war materials. A dispatch from the United Press correspondent at Northern headquarters at Rovaniemi said that there was concern over delay in delivery of 50 American airplanes, which are badly needed against the Red "air fleet. The Russian bombardment of many points in Finland in recent days has been almost continuous in the daylight hours. Ports, railroad lines, airdromes and coastal defense points have been the targets of most of the acrial attacks, which have resulted in destruction of many homes in coastal towns along the Gulf of Finland.
' New Air Raid Warnings
About 250 bombs, were dropped on 10 localities yesterday and today tnere were new air reid warnings in
‘Helsinki to herald still other raid-
ing expeditions along the southern coast. During the fourth air raid alarm today, the Finns claimed to have shot down a Red Army bomber at Pasila, on the immediate outskirts of the capital. In Berlin, it was announced that| the German North Sea islands. of Borkum, Juist, Nurderney, Langeoog, Spiekeroog, Wangeroof and Sylt— often the target of British bombers —had been made “military zones” for duration of the war, In Paris, French naval sources reported that the German High Command was concentrating on construction of battleships as a result of “failure” of the pocketbattle‘ship type such as the Graf Spee. The French also reported that another “wave” of Nazi U-boatss had been sent to sea to attack Allied and neutral shipping. The Allies claim to have sunk about 30 to 40 U-boats in all;
A total of 285 merchant vessels |
have been sunk during the war, according to figures compiled. by Lloyds. This total included 113 neutral ships and 147 Allied vessels, of which 133 were British. Neutral tonnage lost was 335,832 as compared to 572,706 tons of Allied shipping lost.
Tientsin Blockade Tightens
In Tientsin the American Chamber of Commerce considered an appeal to the United States Department against Japan's intensified blockade of the British and French concessions. - The American consulate was understood to be waiting specific complaints before protesting to Japanese authorities.
Japanese engineers electrified barbed wire barricades surrounding the concessions yesterday afternoon, in order to keep food from entering the concessions. The food shortage was becoming acute and prices were skyrocketing.
Americans complained that despite the special passes given them, restrictions against Americans had been increased and that they were searched by sentries. Small parcels of .food carried by sentries were “reluctantly admitted,” they rerted. . Speculation continued whether the expiration of the JapaneseAmerican trade treaty, as well as’ the seizure by Great Britain of 21 German seamen from a Japanese liner, played a part in the intensification of the blockade.
Japan may make a formal demand that Great Britain return the German seamen Yakichiro Suma, Foreign Office. spokesman,
said today.
Through Travail to Truth Is Elisha’ s Path in Steinberg’s ‘As a Driven Leaf’
law and the political structure of the empire which secures the individual in his rights and gives him a large measure of freedom. : Too late, he finds that Roman freedom and Roman justice is root-
gether an empire; that these are byproducts of a corrupt system of imperialism whose ultimate aim is the exploitation of subject peoples. Elisha betrays his own people and is forced by the malicious caprice of a Roman official to watch the Jewish sages tortured, after the Jewish revolt is crushed. ‘Elisha’s system of thought, in which he has rejected faith as an instrument of salvation, for reason crumbles when he hears it repeated by ‘a disciple. He finds at the end of his life that reason itself proceeds from foundations of faith. Faith and reason must inevitably combine in any system which is to
of mankind. In Elisha’s search for an intellectual system, Dr. Steinberg has metaphorically posed the problem of the 20th Century in which he finds men deserting faith for a new
revolt, will fail, 0
science. Implied In the novel is a prophecy )
ed in the expediency of holding to- |
stand the test of fulfilling the needs
$120,000,000 SPENT BY ALLIES IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (U. P.).—
October, the second month of the European wary liquidated more than $120,000,000 of their assets in this country for purchase of wartime supplies and materials, the Treas-
ury Department revealed today. Figures for November, December and January were not available, but officials estimated, on the basis of airplane orders and other purchases, that the two nations probably have used up almost $500,000 of their American holdings.
AUTOS KILL 6 IN STATE, 1 IN CITY
Night Watchman at School For Blind Is No. 2 Victim of 1940 Here.
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the driver turned off the lights on the car and drove north on Meridian St. Broken glass from the automobile headlight was taken to the scientific laboratory, the make of car determined and Henderson was arrested an hour later when he appeared at headquarters to report his car ¥ stolen. A hit and run driver struck Emma Hamilton, 38, of 1032 College Ave., as she was crossing W. Michigan ,St., 2600 block, with two other persons. She was taken to City Hospital with a fractured right leg. Bradley Hardy, 28, of 2721 Pleasant St, received lacerations of the face when struck by an auto at Walnut St. and Senate Ave. Police charged him with drunkenness. - They charged the alleged driver of the car, Harry Fuhrman, 2165 N. Harding - St., with failure to stop after an accident. William McCarty, 73, 1018 S. Keystone Ave. was injured when struck by a car near his home. He was taken to City Hospital. (Police charged May McGalin, 39, of 1409 E. New York St. with drunkenness after she allegedly walked into the side of a car in Illinois St., 1000 block. The car, driven by Harvey Lee, 317 W. 21st St., crashed headon into a police car driven by Patrolman Dennis Reilly in an effort to avoid hitting her. William F. Moran, 27, of 548 W. 40th St., was charged with being drunk and vagrancy after his car struck a trackless trolley m S. Illinois St., 100 block. Moran and two passengers in his car, Margaret ‘Moran, 24, and Helen Mavity, 33, of 1601 N, Delaware St.,
were taken to City Hospital for treatment,
Mr. Downin
Great Britain and France, during’
19 EVENTS HERE TOHELP EXPAND PARALYSIS FUND
Thirteen Dances, 3 Basketball Games Are on Local Program.
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chispier; said he “naturally hoped to beat the 1939 record of collec tions of about $7500.” “We have put out thousands of tickets to all kinds of events. We won’t know anything about how. we stand until the final accounting,” he said. % Adj. Gen. Elmer F. Straub of the Indiana National Guard, chairman of the State Committee for the Celebration of the President's birthday, predicted the greatest - year in the history of the drive. Gen. Straub’s committee is a fund-raising body contributing to
the local chapters throughout the State. He has invited members of the State Committee and the advisory committee to attend. the dinner preceding the Governor's Ball. Members of the combined committees will split into two groups. They will attend the other dances
{being held in the County.and take
part in ‘the Grand Marches. Other dances being held tomorrow night include those at the Marott Hotel, sponsored by George J. Marott; Antlers Hotel; the Indiana Ballroom, sponcored by the Central Labor Union; Kirshbaum Center, sponsored by the B’nai Brith; South Side Turners Hall, sponsored by the Turners; Syrian Lebanon American Brotherhood, sponsored by the brotherhood; Murat Temple; Naval ‘Armory; Moose Ballroom, sponsored by the Loyal Order of Moose, and Walker Casino. A wrestling matth for the national heavyweight ‘championship will be held tomorrow night at the National Guard Armory between Bronko Nagurski, present champion, and Dick Raines. Two benefit basketball games will be held tomorrow night at Southport gymnasium between the girls’ team and alumnae and the high school ‘and public school’ faculty teams. A basketball game and dance will be held tonight at Speedway High
.School and a basketball game will
be held Wednesday night at Decatur Central High School. A roller skating party at Riverside Park and ice ‘skating: at ‘the Coliseum tomorrow night round out the sporting events. Wallace O. Lee is president of the local foundation chapter. Other officers are Mrs. W. D. Keenan, vice president; Felix McWhirter, tressurer, and W. 8. Akin, secretary. Superior Court Judge Henry O. Goett is vice chairman under Mr. Good in charge of the local drive. Mrs. Keenan is chairman of the women’s division of the drive committee and. Mrs. Clayton Ridge is vice chairman.’
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