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Prepare for Fight on Bill Cut

154 Millions: Showdown Due Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (U. P.) — The, Congressional farm bloc and omy advocates today prepared for a finish fight on the Agricultural Appropriation Bill which has been cut $154,530,263 below President

Roosevelt's 1941 “bed rock” budget.

The showdown comes tomorrow when final House action is expected. The bill, carrying appropriations of $634,399,265, was the House yesterday by ‘its Appropriations Committee. The huge farm cuts tossed into

the House an issue loaded with|’

political dynamite. Facing a campaign year, many members are reluctant to vote against farm interests. But they are attempting to set economy records and a vote to restore farm funds would embarrass them, too. - : House farm leaders conceded that the committee's elimination of

$72,678,812 in funds for the Surplus

Commodities Corp. which involves the New Deal's food stamp plan, could not be replaced. They planned, however, to conduct a strenuous campaign to reinstate: 1, $47,975,000 for payments under the 1937 Sugar Act; (2) $25,000,000 for farm tenant loans; (3) $1,000,000 for soil conservation; (4) $500,000 for development of waterway facilities in arid and semi-arid regions. The Committee made no provision for farm parity payments. The farm bloc plans to let the Senate provide for parity payments and then battle to retain them when the measure returns to the House,

Bill to Aid Finns Given Right-of-Way

» WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (U. P.)— The Senate Foreign Relations Committee decided today to act on legislation designed to aid Fiinland before considering proposals to place embargoes against Japan. This afternoon the committee was to hear Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, testify on a plan to add $100,000,000 to the Export-Im-port Bank® revolving fund. The increase would enable the bank to increase loans to Finland for nonmilita’ purposes. : ; Chairman Key Pittman said that some representatives of the State Department also may appear. Senator Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.) was named on a subcommittee to consider proposals to invoke the U. 8. neutrality act against Japan and China and against Russia and Finland. Chairman Key Pittman (D. Nev.) gaid the State Department will be heard before any action is taken on the Export-Import Bank Bill, which already has been approved, 18 .to 2, by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

2 Factors Blamed. in NLRB Difficulties

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (U. P.) — Chairman J. Warren Madden told the House inquiry into the National Labor Relations Board today that most of the Board's difficulties are attributable to organized opposition to the Wagner Act and the A. F. of L.-C. I. O. split, The Board is being permitted to eonduct its own defense against charges made during a month's hearing on Board operations. The labor split stimulated “economic jealousy’ and “put the Board in the ungenerous position of having to judge in a civil war in, the labor movement,” he said.

Manufacturers, he said, “felt it

‘their duty to repudiate the law” and

sought to enjoin the Board “from even holding hearings to bring out the facts about a respondent’s business.” And the very fact, he said, that the Board “took cases for unjons that had been expelled from the A. F. of L. “created resentment inithe A. F. of L.”

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City Total 1939 800000 NR NNN 2 3 5 2940 .............. 2 2 4 —Jan. 30— Injured ..... 4 | Arrests ...... 15 0 | Accidents ... 22 TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Tried’ tions Paid Speeding ...... 1 1 . $4 Reckless driving 2 Failure to stop at through street 0

0 0

fie signal Prunken driving 1 All others .....14

1 0 1 1 2

Totals .......19 16 r—— MEETINGS TODAY ¥. M. C A. Camera Club, meeting, Y. .C. A, 8 p.m Lions Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel, Discussion Club, dinner,

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noon. s Young Men’s hi Yriate ‘Atamni Association, luncheon,

. noon. Bexetin Hou tan rdware Association,

i rat Temple, all day. eo a ee luncheon, Seville Tavor A alive Club of Indianapelis, lunch-

bia Club. noor. eon. diana Dotor Traffic Association, lunch-

ntlers. noon. oo oe of Commerce, luncheon,

e, noon. Cea ub. meeting, Chamber of

:30 m. Crop. Huncheon, Columbia Club,

pies mein of Trade, . Junehen Aloha Epsilon, luncheon, Soard of Trade

it Association of Electrical Incpootors, convention, Antlers Hotel, all day. i

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MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indianapolis Beal Estate Hoare, lunchas! on, noon. oO esing Club’ of Indianapolis, lunchs etic_Club, . eon, 1nd APO incheon, Board of Trade,

no ravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,

foon. Chi Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. ction League of Indianapolis, Woot Architects and Builders Build-

Ing dianapolis Camera Club, meeting, 110 E 9

St., 8 p. m. opeia Theta Pi, Canary ttage, noon. da Chi Alpha Alumni ‘Association, Lapibga afeteria, noon

or Retail Hardware Association,

ntion, Murat Temple, all day. CO United States Department of ‘Agriculture Club, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon.

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.)

luncheon,

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WOMEN PLEDGE MUSIC SUPPORT

Assert Symphonic Records Would Enrich Hoosier Home Life, Education.

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dinner, but we hope that they will honor us with their presence later in the evening in order that they may hear the speeches which will begin promptly at 8:30. “In order that the program may be carried over the radio on schedule, the committee requests that the dinner guests will make every eflort to be seated by 7:15.” Several members of the Club’s Board said that they had long hoped that symphonic records could be provided to familiarize the thousands of Hoosier families with classical music. They asserted that this would enrich home life and educational movements of all kinds. The national committee’s program makes available to every family of the state 10 of the world’s greatest symphonic masterpieces in*recorded form at an “incredibly” low figure. Entire symphonies of three or four records may be obtained for less than the usual price for a single commercial record, leaders of the campaign said. | The national committee, working here with the Indiana group headed by William H. ‘Ball, Muncie, said

{that only by giving the masses of

America an opportunity to hear over and over the greatest music of the ages, can the true understanding and appreciation of that music be achieved. Distribution of these records will begin shortly from a downtown office, the location of which will be announced within a few days. Interest on -the part of groups and organizations in the music appreciation movement is noted throughout the State. Mrs. H. H. Arnholter, state organizer for the national committee, soon will begin a speaking tour before club groups in cities and towns throughout Indiana. Marked interest has been shown by the residents of Muncie, the home of Mr. Ball. Wherever the plans for the campaign have hecome known, they have met with enthusiasm, officials said. Speakers on the hanquet program include John Erskine, author and educator, and Dr. Howard Hanson,

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president of th: Eastman School of

Music i chester, N. Y.

Robert J. Lewis. 28, of 3640 Watson Road; Marguerite Blackwell, 24, of 5246 N. Dela-

re. Kenneth Town, 31, of R. R. 5, South Bend; Louise Hamill, 30, of 2914 N. Illi01S. William R. Cooley, 45, of R, R. 12, Box 111; Gladys Richardson Dean, 44, of 8529 Central. Albert League, 27, of 2258 N. Capitol; Evelyn Poindexter, 22, of 914 E. 13th. George 8. Colby, 25, of 1311 E, New York; Wilma C. Dobson, 25, Bf 2340 N. Delaware. Alberi D. Bailey, 25, of 1549 W. New York: Esther M. Kinninger, 24, of 4710 Rockville.

on BIRTHS

Boys William, Wilhelmina Simpson, at City. James, Marjorie Glore, at Coleman. Charles, Audrey Studle, at Coleman, Leo, Viola Smart, at 905 Elm. re Christine Benefiled, at

akota. Richard, Betty Tinnin, at. 713 Locke, John, Elsie Gose, at 1338 Lee. Girls E. Hollis, Julia Leedy, at Methodist. Donald, Mildred Berry, at Methodist. Byron, Margaret Baker, at City. Raymond, Delia Pruitt, at 337 8. Ala-

ama. . Bernard, Clara Wilson, at 827 Olive. Frank, Anna Colbert, at 2314 Hovey. Onan, Eunice Harvey, at 203 Detroit.

DEATHS Maude Rickenbaugh, 64, at St. Vincent's, rheumatic heart disease. Sadie Osborne, 51, at St. Vincent's, ‘carcinoma. Brundage, 74, at 5940 Washington 5.

Mary Blyd., myocardi - d Smith, 28, at Methodist, lobar

ia. Brownell, 96, at 3318 Washington

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., arteriosclerosis. Marie Cantgell, 58, at City, hypostatic pneumonia. Arlita ' Brown, 78, at 1672 Park, arteriosclerosis. Verle Douglas, 62, at B8t. Vincent's, bronchopneumonia. Dorothy Davis, 25, at City, mitral stenosis. . Cora Broner, 75, at 513 Patterson, apoplexy. iliam Smith, 31, at City, pulmonary ule a 5 tt, 37, at Cit 1 eorgia Barnett, 37, a , pulmonar tuberculosis. yp y Sieorge Rardon, 83, at Central, arteriosclerosis. : Wells Shearer, 84, at 950 Olni, arteriosclerosis. : Arthur Hughes, 56, at 1114 -Linden, chronic asthma. Shirley Swafford, 1, at 2516 Euclid, bronchopneumonia. Loura Frazier, 79, at 1116 N, Capitol, chronic myocarditis. “ lliam Babcock, 84, at 1935 8S. Emerson, hypostatic pneumoni

a. Louisa McCormick, 88. at 1620 E. Ray-|Boston

mond, bronchopneumonia.

FIRES Monday 8:23 A. M.—R. R. 17, Box 418, cause unknown, loss unestimated burned, : :168 P, M —McCarty and West, auto, broken gasoline line, $20. lin 5 P. M.—124 8. Illinois, broken steam © 2:02 P. M.—839%; Indiana, thawing frozen pipe with tore 10:06 P. M.—24 W. Washington,

unknown. loss not estimated. > , M.—Belmont and Minnesota, false alarm. : 8:03 P

. M.—Martha and Sheffield, false

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barn, |J A. M.—2604 Boulevard Place, child|L

LR E. 10th, 2-car garage

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Among the members of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Federation of Clubs which yesterday. indorsed the state-wide music appre-

Mrs. O. B. Rose, Garrett, 12th dis-

trict president; Mrs. W. C. Allen, Ft. Wayne, state treasurer, and Mrs, W. D. Keenan, Indianapolis, second vice president.

U. S. Too Quiet For Finn Twins

ASHTABULA, 0, Jan, 31 (U, P.).—A boy and a girl—I14-year-old twins—with sparkling blue eyes stepped off a train to begin a new life on their grandmother's dairy farm, far from their native

Finland. ; Arne and Salme Soderlund do not speak English, but through their aunt, Mrs. Arna Soderlund of Ashtabula, they announced that they found this new country “tog quiet” after war in Finland. The twins’ grandmother, Mrs. Arna Naskali, has a dairy farm near Jefferson, O. When their mother wrote of the terrible war conditions in’ Harjavalpa, ‘their home town, which is not far from Helsinki, she sent money to bring the children here. Arne, who wore a heavy wool cap with ear tabs and high boots, remarked that “this isn't cold at all,” and both he and his sister asked for a newspaper. They were reminded that they could not read English, : “We want to see the funnies,” they chorused.

MANY COMPLAIN OF COUGHLIN, FBI SAYS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (U. P.) — The Justice: Department revealed today that “over a period of months many complaints” have been received concerning the acivities of Father Charles E. Coughlin. In a press release, the Department

indicated that a special investigation of Fr. Coughlin was not being made; that recent press reports of such an investigation were based on a “form reply” which was sent to one of the Coughlin complainants. . The Department did not deny, however, that activities of the radio priest would be included in the Department’s investigation of sedition charges against 17 members of the Christian Front who were arrested in Brooklyn Jan. 15. It concluded its statement with this: “The Department is engaged in

the gathering of evidence and the|

analysis of evidence (in the Christian Front case). Who may become involved in the investigation depends entirely upon the evidence |developed.”

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Tuesday 5:27 A, M.—833 Bradshaw, overheated

5, f . M.—850 N. LaSalle, smoke pipe. . M.—23 N. Belmont, sparks from

1 . 8:56 A. M.—R. R. 18, box 64, defective flue, $2500. . Loi53 A, M.—2251 Baltimore, smoking stove, 10:04 A, M.—135 E. Market, cigaret on

loor. 12:01 P. M.—909 E. 11th, defective flue,

5:15 P,°M.—1334 Wade, gasoline.

‘Wednesday

6:17 A. M.—2520 N. Olney, defective flue, loss unestimated.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

‘INDIANAPOLIS. FORECAST — Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer tonight; lowest temperature about 32.

Sunrise

6:55 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE Jan. 31, 1939—

BAROMETER TODAY 6:30 a. m....20.31

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER

Jndiana--Mostly : morrow, probably some light snow in north, somewhat warmer in east portion tonight. Illinois—Mostly cloudy tonight.and tomorrow, ne light s in nort. po : slightly warmer south portion tonight and in extreme south rtion tomorrow, somewhat colder Thursday in extreme north portion.

Lower Michigan—Unsettled tonight and tomorrow, probably occasional light snow; somewhat warmer tonight except in extreme northwest; warmer tomorrow in extreme southeast portion.

. Ohio—Cloudy and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy with Jieht snow or rain in west and north portions .in afternoon;

colder tomorrow night and Friday. Kentucky — Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and slight] colder tomorrow night and Friday.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Weather Bar. Amarillo, Tex. .......Clear 0.06 Bismarck, N. D. .....

Cleveland Denver Wodge City, Kas Helena, Mont

inneapo obile. Ala. ew Orleans

Omaha, Neb. ... Pittsburgh . a Portland, Ore. ........ San Antonio. Tex.... San _Frangisco 8t. Louis . Ta

was. the fourth. of the war.

cloudy tonight and to-)

’ warmer,

> [1933 law

REKINDLE WAR ‘FEARINEUROPE

lenges; Allies: Ready for Nazi Push in Spring.

(Continued from Page One) phasis on friendship with Russia

anti-Communist. Fascists approved Herr Hitler's condemnation of the democracies, the Versailles Treaty, and the alleged betrayal by England and France of their “promises” to create a “new Europe” after the World War. ° | ; The little ‘nations studied the speeches of all leaders closely for new threats to their neutrality and further inspected their preparations for defense. : Copenhagen Drives Off Plane At Copenhagen, a German plane flew to within three miles of the capital, was fired on by Dannish anti-aircraft guns and drew representations from the Danish Government to Berlin, Appearance of the plane increased the nervousness of

the smaller capitals. The plane approached Copen-

‘lhagen from the south (from the

sea) at 10:05 a. m. (3:04 a. m. Indianapolis Time). Guns of Ft. Middelgrund, three miles east of the city, opened fire and the plane flew off to the north which would also take it to sea, parallel to the coast. The fort protects the Danish straits opposite Sweden. At Bucharest, it was understood that more men were being called up for training than at any time since the Rumanian capital expressed fears of difficulties on the Hungarian frontier last spring. At Brussels, the newspaper Libre Belgique published a dispatch from Berlin telling of the discussion by German officers of a plan for landing Nazi troops from “dreadnaught airplanes” in Great Britain and be-

‘hind the French Maginot Line.

Finnish Action Intensifies

There was greater action on the Finnish fighting fronts today, with Russian bombers raiding the Finnish northern military headquarters at Rovaniemi and inflicting considerable damage and casualties. Today's air raids on Rovaniemi The planes apparently came from the Petsamo Sector, held by the Russians. Bombs struck .a hospital airraid shelter. The number of casualties had not been tabulated, but it was believed there were several dead and others wounded. . The air raid lasted from 10:30 to 11 a. m. Twenty-seven Russian planes in echelon formation circled the town four times, raining bombs on the city and outskirts. : Heavy fighting also was reported renewed on the important Salla Sector of the North Central Front where fresh Red Army forces have been moved up to stand off Finnish troops in the Lake Marka District and apparently to attempt another drive across mid-Finland toward the Gulf of Bothnia.

Kuhmo Battie Reported

Scandinavian dispatches reported a big battle in progress on the South Central Front near Kuhmo, but the official communique issued at Helsinki said that yesterday the main action was northeast of Lake Ladoga where the Finnish lines still held and at -Tailpale, on the Karelian Isthmus, where the Russians were thrown back again. Farther north, according to dispatches to Scandinavian newspapers, Finnish troops, reinforced by Swedish and other foreign volunteers, have smashed into Russia's 54th Infantry Division in a “flying wedge” offensive which promises to

importance. : Air raid precautions officials announced that in two months of war Russian planes had killed 377 persons and wounded 912. They charged that the Russians were engaged in a terror campaign and “bombed anything in sight.” In their operations, it was asserted, the Russians had lost about 300 plnaes. On the Western Front, Paris reported that an attempt by two German raiding parties to penetrate French advance defenses in the Saar region caused a violent artillery duel. The Germans crept forward under protection of their artillery, it was sald, and French batteries rea German raiders were repulsed by machine an mortar fire, it was iy aeons Frontier Deal Fails

Failure after nine weeks of negotiations to delimit the ManchukuoOuter Mongolia frontier was announced today by Yakichiro Suma, spokesman for the Foreign Office in Tokyo. . Suma said Japanese, Manchukuan Outer Mongolian and Russian delegates, meeting at Harbin, Manchukuo, had signed a. statement yesioriay admiiting their inability to agree and announcing the ce i of - their negotiations. S Ssssauion In confessing this failure, Suma said progress was being made in commercial negotiations now proceeding with Russia at Moscow.

UPSTATE OFFICIALS UNITE AGAINST TA

FT. WAYNE, Ind.; Jan. 31 (U. P)). —Mayor Harry W. Baals, Ft. Wayne, president of the Indiana Municipal League, Mayor Vincent Youkey of Crown Point, executive secretary of the league and Ft. Wayne officials Sonjer Lda on 2 program to fight pa of delinquen utility taxes. 9 4 Tinicipal The meeting was called following a decision by the State Supreme Court last Monday that taxes on municipal utilities due under the 1933 statute were still due. “The court's decision reverses a decision made only a month ago, in which it ruled that the 1939 law nullifying the utility tax was retroactive. Officials indicated that taxes and penalties assessed the Ft. Wayne City-owned light plant under the

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amovnied to approximately

DEFIANT TALKS

because Fascist policy is consistently

‘put a larger volunteer army into

result in a victory of considerable

Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt is shown cutting herself a piece of birthday cake at the of President Roosevelt’s 58th birthday anniversary in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C., while

movie starlet Gloria Jean looks on.

$1,500,000 AI T0 FUND SEEN

President Gives Thanks on Radio as Thousands Mark His Birthday.

(Indianapolis Celebrates, Page 9)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (U, P.) — The nation-wide celebration of President Roosevelt's birthday was expected today to provide $1,500,000 for the fund to fight infantile paralysis. : Hundreds of thousands danced last night “so that others might walk” at thousands of birthday balls in honor of the President's 58th birthday. The festivities were cli-

maxed shortly before midnight when Mr. Roosevelt, in a five-minute “thank you, and God bless you” radio message to the dancers and to the nation, expressed appreciation for the confributions at the balls and to the “mile of dimes” campaign. Mr. Roosevelt said that he hoped the goal of the annual celebrations eventually would be “the care of all crippled chidren, no matter what the cause of their crippling.”

First Lady Cuts Cake “No nation in the world has ever

the field than the army of Americans which tonight is taking part in the defense of American childhood,” he said. While the President spent a quiet evening at the White House with a group of old friends, his wife and 18 motion picture, radio and stage stars were the center of attraction at the six major balls held in Washington hotels. A few moments after the President’s speech, Mrs. Roosevelt cut the first slice of her husband’s four-decker, 312-pound, red, white and blue birthday cake at the Mayflower Hotel. "Approximately 15,000 Washingtonians attended the local balls and many of them followed the celebrities from one hotel to another as they made the rounds for personal appearances. Mother Does Honors . Outstanding of the other balls held in virtually every’ sizable city in the country were those held at New * York's Waldorf-Astoria and Concourse Plaza Hotels where Mrs. James Roosevelt cut her son's birthday cakes. Another notable celebration was that in Manila— the first held in any city under the American flag because of the time differential, : In Chicago, 4000 persons paid $5 each to dance at the Drake Hotel, while 55 tables in the hotel's Gold Coast Room were sold at the rate of $100 a table

PASTORS APPROVE NEW COUNCIL SETUP

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dates for the Legislature who would back local option bills. ‘ The pastors decided to hold their next convention in connection with the National Christian Mission here Nov. 10 to 17. Churchwomen yesterday also approved a recommendation that they “co-operate” with the Indiana Council of United Dry Forces. The recommendation was presented by Mrs. R. R. Mitchell of Indianapolis, chairman of the community issues group of the Council of Church Women. Mrs. E. L. Eggers of Hammond was re-elected president of the churchwomen. Mrs. John Robert Moore of Bloomington was named first vice president. The other officers were re-elected. They were Mrs. Asa Hoy of Indianapolis, second vice president; Mrs. C. W, Jewett of Anderson, recording secretary; Mrs, R. W. Martin of Hammond, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. H. W. Krause of In-

Red Air F orce Is Well Trained But Inaccurate

By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent WITH FINNISH ARMIES, IN THE FIELD, Jan. 31 (U, P.).—Finnish pilots for two months have been investigating at first hand one

of Europe's greatest military mys-|.

teries — the fighting power of the Soviet Russian air fleet. This week several of them told me their conclusions, which may he summed up in one sentence:

The Russian airplanes from a

technical standpoint are excellent and many of their pilots are welltrained and highly competent, but they rank low in accuracy of bombing and machine gunning. The men who agreed on this con-

clusion not only had risked their].

lives in testing the Red Air fleet units over Finland, but are perhaps the only men outside of Russia who have any sound knowledge of the performance of Soviet airplanes under actual war conditions. The guessing game which many European and other aviation experts have been engaged in for several years regarding the ‘Red Air fleet pales beside the testimony of the Finnish pilots. The quality of the Russian planes is good, these pilots said, and their performance generally is excellent. It is possible that the best planes of Germany or Great Britain excel the Red craft but the Russian fighters are definitely not second-rate.

NAZI NEWSPAPERS RALLY TO FIGHT GRY

BERLIN, Jan. 31 (U. P).—Inspired ‘Nazi newspapers took today as the keynote of Adolf Hitler's anniversary speech last night his declaration that Germany would “live” and would fight until its “rights” were won. Voelkischer Beobachter, official newspaper organ of the Nazi Party, headlined in red ink across its first page “They Will Get Their Fight!” and said in subsidiary headlines: “Adolf Hitler's Reply to Chamberlain and Daladier: There Can Be No Agreement Without Achievement of Our Rights.” Herr Hitler had broken a silence of more than two months to make a speech to a hurried assembly of German civilians in the sports palace’ on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of his accession to power. : Political quarters, discussing last night's speech, called iv “particularly noteworthy” because of the bitterness with which he spoke of Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard, Daladier of Great Britain and France, and because he attacked France as bitterly as he did Britain, thus departing for the first time from his policy of centering his attacks on Britain and almost ignoring France's part in the war.

PIANISTS’ DEATH LAID TO PSYCHIC TURMOIL

NEW YORK, Jan, 31 (U. P).— The “psychic turmoil” that a music

critic noted in Alexander Kelber-

ine’s Town Hall recital last Saturday, was blamed today for the pianist’s death, Reporting on the recital, Robert Lawrence, critic for the New York Herald-Tribune, wrote of Mr, Kelberine’s playing: “Distortations of rhythmic patterns, blurred pedal effects and exaggeration of inner ‘voices. : *It was not lack of musicianship so much as a psychic turmoil that seeemed to be reflected in Mr. Kelberine’s performances.” Last night neighbors found Mr. Kelberine dead in bed from an overdose of sleeping tablets.

PAINT CONCERN BURNS LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 31 (U. P.) .—Fire that destroyed the fourstory Marks Paint Co. building caused damage estimated at $30,000. One fireman was injured at the fire

dianapolis, treasurer,

last night.

Jailhouse Mouse Calling All Cars Upsets Police

A mouse today ratted on the entire City and County police force and got away with it—or at least had at press time. . The mouse’s double-cross occurred at exactly 8:54 a. m. when a flash showed on the Police Headquarters phone switch board which indicated there was an emergency call at the County Jail. ae Headquarters immediately informed three squad cars by radio to answer the call, and the deputy sheriffs, right across Alabama St. heard the radio message.

Since there was no emergency, they called Headquarters and told Fh 4 1 a a |

cut where and

Chief Jailer Thomas Sullivan made a check and found no one had turned in the alarm: “I guess,” he said, after an exhaustive survey, “that it must have been a mouse. A mouse probably bit the wire some place, and shorted it, causing it to flash on the police board.gThe mouse must have bezn in the cellar, where he had no business to be.” He thought a moment. - “We've got to do something about this. Somebody call the police.” They did. and told the Gamewell Division to come on down and find how .the mouse

Times-Acme Telephoto. party given in honor

265 DOWNTOWN

3142 Units in Area Near Circle Sub-Standard, Survey Shows.

Sixteen apartments in one house and only one bath and toilet— and cold water obtainable only | from the. toilet. . , . That condition was revealed in the real property survey now heing conducted throughout Indian- | apolis by the WPA and the city government, according to a partial report released today by Posey Denning, district WPA director, This particular structure is located near the Central Library,

too. Six persons, two adults and four children, occupy one of the two-room apartments. A coal stave provides heat and kerosene is used for lighting and cooking purposes. One small window in each room furnishes light and ventilation. | Other “unsavory” housing conditions discovered by investigators

four-room house; six families of 17 people in an old eight-room residence; six people occupying one room, and 12 persons, two families, living in three rooms. | The survey is being made to gather information covering land use, housing needs, sanitation and population congestion. | The city is divided into 26 areas for the survey and approximately 200 workers are engaged in gathering the data. One section, the area comprising downtown Indianapolis with Monument Circle as its center, has been completed. It is 26 blocks long and 11 blocks wide. 3 } In this area, investigators found there were 6448 residential units, of which 3431 are apartments: 1621 residential structures of a total of 1703 are 35 years or more in age; 2961 or 46 per cent of the 6448 residential units have no private toilet or bath, but must share with their neighbors; there are 500 vacancies, 77-10 per cent of the total. Average rent per unit is $23.89 and 1255 units have been occupied for less than six months; 265 units are unfit for occupancy with 2877 sub-standard units shown, 53 per cent of the entire number; 178 dwelling -units show extra families | and 753 have roomers other than members of the family; 30 per cent of the structures carry a mortgage and 3 per cent are occupied by owners. a The survey is expected to be

HOMES ‘UNFIT’

so far include, 11 occupants of a |

BLOOD TEST’ CASE

| ON WPA COUNTS

Brown, Eickhoff, Jefferson, Miss Claypool and Kortepeter Named.

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road, known as Maynard Drive, about half a mile long between Orinoco . and = Shelby Sts, just north of Southport. According to Mr. Nolan, Maynard Drive runs through a 32-acre field, the title of which is held in Mr. Brown’s name. It cost the Government, said the District Attorney, about $10,000 and included sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveway entrances into unimproved lots. In the second indictment, Mr. Eickhoff, Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Kortepeter are charged with the unlawful diversion of WPA labor to the amount of $80,000 for the construction of Minnesota St. between Arlington and Emerson Aves. and Ritter Ave. between Southeastern Ave. and Minnesota St. The indictment charges that WPA labor also was used to canstruct. bridges on both streets and also a. - dam and lake off Ritter Ave. on land owned by the Eickhoff Realty 0. Mr. Nolan said Mr. Jefferson it an agent for the Eickhoff Realy Co. « The District Attorney said that all these improvements were made under WPA projects which did not - provide specifically for such improvements. nl

Given Additional Reports

Mr. Nolan also said that all the work alleged in both indictments was performed while Mr, Kortepeter was Marion County WPA co-ordina= tor. Mr. Kortepeter resigned his WPA post on Feb. 17, 1939, asserting

[then that John K. Jennings, State WPA Administrator,

had complained that he “established too close a relationship with the sponsors of projects.” The conviction of Mr. Kortepeter and Mr. Derbyshire last December was based on the construction of Loretta Ave. and Fable Ave, on ° Mr. Derbyshire’s farm near South- - port. platted as Derbyshire Addition. The District Attorney announced that WPA investigation agents had provided him with additional information on other alleged unaunthorized WPA projects but said he did not know if or when these matters could be presented to the Grand Jury. The Jury, after returning the indictments today, recessed until March 11, :

RULING TOMORROW

A disputed paternity case involved in a divorce action is to be considered again tomorrow by Superior Court Judge Henry O. Goett. “The solution of the disputed paternity|in the case hinges on a blood test made Ly Ohio State University: experts. The results have been received by Judge Goett but will not be disclosed until tomorrow. The case began as a routine divorce proceeding. When the question of the custody of the baby was raised, the mother charged her husband was not the child’s father. Because, the legitimacy of the child then became an important factor, Judge Goett obtained agreement of all parties to submit to a blood test. The blood specimens taken from the mother, the two men and the child were sent to Dr. Harriet S. Hymen, Columbus, research geneticist at the Ohio ‘State University,

MRS. TAFT’S CAR ROBBED WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (U.P) .— Mrs, Robert A. Taft, wife of the Senator from Ohio, has reported to police that thieves stole two watches from the glove compartment of her automobile while it was being repaired in a garage. The watches

completed within three months.

STRAUSS SAYS:

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belonged to her sons.

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