Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1940 — Page 3
+ Finns Claim I Four
{Separate ® Attacks
Report 700 Reds Slain “During Pounding of Mannerheim Line.
HELSINKI, Feb. 9 (UP.)—A war communique today said that the Finnish .armies had repulsed four separate Red attacks on the Mannerheim Line, killing about 700 Russians, and had inflicted heavy losses on the Russian forces northeast of Lake Ladoga. The Finns were striking back against what is developing into the
greatest Russian offensive of the|
war, Finnish advices said. The Russians were throwing divi-
sion after division into an attack in the Summa sector, directed toward Viipuri. It was reported that the Finns, strongly intrenched, were ready to fight it out there if the Russians elected. : Belief was growing that, though the Russians were attacking still on other fronts from the Isthmus to the Arctic Sea, they intended to make the Isthmian battle their greatest if only to make up for reverses they had met elsewhere. Dispatches from the front said + the Russians were attacking, hour after hour and day after day, with the greatest determination, in apparent disregard of the expenditure of men and materials. Foreign reports of a Russian break through the Mannerheim line were denied officially. * A break through by the Russians on this L.e would entail an advance of at least 15 miles, the depth of the Mannerhein. defense system, it was said. Twice within the last few weeks, it was admitted, the Russians had gained positions under thé breastworks of -utlying Man- - nerheim Line defenses.
Finns Face Terrible Odds But these were precarious foot-
Russian Repulsed
TURKEY SEIZES SHIPYARDS AND
NAZIS G0 HOME|
Allied Troops Concentrate in :
Near East as Warning to Berlin, Moscow.
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300,000 troops in an Allied Near Eastern “pool.” Turkey has 300,000 men in the field and 500,000 reserves. Britain will not permit publication of its strength but it indicated that it and Egypt have at least their share of men ready for action.
Indian Troops in Region
It is common knowledge that British Indian troops have arrived in the Near East and in effect there is now an Allied Army stretching
across Syria, Transjordania, Pales-
tine and Egypt to the edge of Italian Libya. On the eastern side are friendly Turkey and -Iraq. Gen. Weygand had arrived in Cairo after conferring with Turkish defense chiefs at Ankara. It was reported further that Rene Massigli, French Ambassador to Turkey, and Michael Sokolnicki, Polish Ambassador to Turkey, were at Istanbul awaiting Paul Naggiar, French Ambassador to Russia, who is on his way home from Moscow for what was expected to be a lengthy stay.
French Raid Russian Agency
Sir William Seeds, British Ambassador to. Russia, has been in Great Britain for some time and there is
no sign when or whether he will
go back to Moscow.
holds at best, it was said, and both times the Russians were beaten off with the result that the line proper remained intact. There was no official information available regarding foreign reports that Viipuri had been set afire by Russian long range guns. Unofficially it was said that Viipuri has been the target for continuous longelling since Christmas and that fires have started frequently.
Important Victories
(France is reported to be urging Britain to ‘break relations with Russia. Britain is represented as being opposed on the ground that there would be no advantage in forcing such a break and that it would be better to leave the initiative to Russia.) The situation as between Turkey and Germany, aligned now with Russia, and between the Allies and Russia, was made more. interesting by the disclosure—first by Russia and only then admitted by France— that French police swept down on the Russian trade headquarters,
, Claimed by Russia
MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (U. P.).—Russia claimed important victories today in . the Karelian Isthmus of Finland and . on the front north of Lake Ladoga,
. the first successes of any size it had claimed since the earliest weeks of the war. : A communique of the Leningrad military headquarters, directing all - operations in the war, said that as the result of clashes between ‘“advanced infantry units” during the last few days in the Isthmus, across which stretches the vital Finnish Mannerheim defense line, Russian
400ps -had occupied the fortified]. meme published Jast might = ze.
port under a Paris date that King Carol of Rumania might soon visit King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and that Crigore Gafencu, Rumanian Foreign Minister, might soon visit Count Foreign Minister and son-in-law of Premier Benito Mussolini.
Hotinen area. © .In the front northeast of the lake, it was asserted, Russian troops captured five defensive steel and concrete artillery forts. The Hotinen area of the Isthmus is in the Summa sector, where the Russians have been attacking daily for nine days. Here, it was asserted, the Russians had captured eight steel and concrete artillery forts.
STUTEVILLE QUITS AS CLINTON COACH
CLINTON, Ind. Feb. 9 (U. P.)— The resignation of Edward “Slim” Stuteville as basketball coach at Clinton High School was announced here today. He will be succeeded by Charles Bush, former Indiana State Teachers College athlete who has been his assistant. Mr. Stuteville has coached at Clinton for four years. This season the basketball téam has won only two of 13 games.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City Total 3939 ..cocovennnesia 2 4 6 1940. ...o0v00ie-- 3 4 Feb. 8— . 6) Arrests 0 | Accidents .... THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines|® Tried tions Paid Speeding ........ 0 0 $00 Reckless driving.. 1 1 : Failure to stop at through street. . Disobeying traffic signal
Drunken driving.. 1 All others ........ 9
Totals scss 00s
.13 MEETINGS TODAY Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin,
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oon. nu O2¢ mist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club.
serve Officers’ Association, luncheen. SEs of Trade. no i tna Stud ong ana, annual basaies Hotel Lincoln. 6:30 . m. Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, “canary Cottage. noon. Delta Tau Delta, luncheon, Canary Cot-
: e. hy 0 Sigma, luncheon, Canary Cottage,
MEETINGS TOMORROW
Indiana National Guard Association, annual dinner, Claypool H 5 p.m. wilan anes Francais, hel. Hotel no hi +E Rg nd Card Association, Hotel Severin, night
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times therefore, 1s not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)
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tourist agency and a former Russian school at Paris, and seized documents which were retained despite Russian protests.
Italy’s Defense Council Meets Italy’s supreme defense council
held its first meeting yesterday
since the European war started and
another meeting, perhaps the second of three, was set for this after-
noon. Italian defense leaders have Just
ended a series of visits to Italian Libya, adjoining Egypt, and to the Italian fortified Dodecanese Islands off the Turkish West Coast.
Further the newspaper Tribuna
Galeazzo Ciano, Italian
All Foreign Technicians
Expelled, Berlin Hears BERLIN, Feb. 9 (U. P.).—The of-
ficial German news agency DNB re-
ported today that Turkey has started expelling all foreign technicians and leading workers in armament plants. Official - quarters said they were unable to make a statement because no comprehensive report had been received from German diplomats in Turkey. According to Krupp officers, the Golden Horn establishment was a “provisional yard” organized about 18 months ago to carry out contracts with the Turkish Government.
Leona Donald Wright, 25, of 302 E. 11th Howard Denune, 26, of 5003 W. 14th;
T. Julia "Blue, 21, of 1034 Villa.
BIRTHS = Boys James, Margaret Burnside, at Methodist. Homer, Irene SH abe 7 Methodist. John, Mabel Wyatt, at John, Muriel Davis, at 54s 0 Robert, Estelle Kirby, at 3023 Clifto Girls Sons fTaelna Higgins, at Coleman. Emm t, Anna Marie Trempe, at St. Vin-
Te Geraldine Dowell, at St. Vin-
Reed, at Methodist. 0 Syien, Delphine Thompson, at Meth
Joseph Anne Decley, hu Methodist, John, Clara, Sneed, 515 pn, Dorothy Care at 1856 N. THard-
DEATHS Nichols DeVersy, 64, at St. Vincent's, gi da Flint, 65, at 2522 N. Adams,
eorge Tingle, 78, at 1335 Commerce,
toxic goiter.
Ge arterioncleroms,
Frank Hittle, 3, at 1375 E. Minnesota,
chronic myocarditis
Wallace MoRpn: 2, at 3336 E. Vermont,
chronic myocardit
Emma Weis, Se P St. Vincent’s, lobar
pneumonia.
Ross Lacy, 13, at St. Vincent’s, acute
encephalitis.
Earl Tucker, 16 ,at City, acute nephritis. Jannie a) Hams, 38, at 332 W. 10th,
Hinkle, 77, at 3338 Graceland, Shoaf, 71, at 160 Blue Ridge Road,
carcinom
cerebral embolism
Charles Unversaw, 77, at 3137 N. New|, Station Jersey, u
remia. eorge Weltendor?, 33, at Methodist, illiam Boks,
cardio-vascular r
ren Josephine Dugan, 84, at 1337 Marlowe,
carcinoma.
Philip DY ds », at 2712 N. Tllinots, | 2!
coronary throm
FIRES Thursday i 4:19 P. M.—1125 aay; Turpentine
: enate an 8:45 Siey 40th a on. ret on cu 9:03 P. M.—1209 Ww. Zt,
Friday . M.—220 S. Belmont.
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Rally in Cadle Tabernacle.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. 8
Col. Rooseveli
Indianapolis Boy Scouts today were mighty proud of their 25-year-old organization, themselves and their leaders, as they amply demonstrated last night when they opened their silver jubilee observance at Cadle Tabernacle.
They were proud to be part of a national youth movement—3,000,000 strong—to which they belong because they want to, not because they have to, as Col. Theodore Roosevelt, guest speaker, put it. Col. Roosevelt, son of the former President and national vice president of the Boy Scouts of America, told the 3500 scouts and their more than 4000 parents and friends who jammed. the flag-bedecked tabernacle that scouting is as “American as Indian corn.”
Rafters Ring With Cheers
The scouts liked that comparison, so they cheered and whistled till the rafters rang.
Then they were tuned in on the national observance of Scoutdom’s 30th anniversary in America. They heard addresses by President Roosevelt, James E. West, chief Scout executive, and Walter Head, Scout executive of Detroit. Observance of the 30th anniversary will continue throughout the nation for a week, but Indianapolis Scouts will continue observance of their silver jubilee. until June, when a special mass meeting will be held
" Wallace Q. Lee, Indianapolis Scout Commissioner, praised the work of Indianapolis scoutmasters and executives. Acting for Arthur R. Baxter, he presented 37 scoutmasters who have served five years or more with medals in recognition of their services.
Medal Given Pastor
The Rev. U. S. Clutton of the Tuxedo Baptist Church, who has led Troop 1 for 30 years, was awarded a diamond medal as dean of Indianapolis scoutmasters. F. O. Belzer, Scout executive of 25 years service, and S. L. Norten, executive, who has served 27 years, were accorded special honors. Vocal appreciation was rendered by a cheering section of 3500 khaki-clad youngsters. Mr. Lee said the scouts were gathered not only to honor their leaders but to join with the national movement in rededicating themselves to principles for which Scouting stands. “One of the greatest honors that we as a people can bestow on these scoutmasters, cubmasters and _their assistants would be for all of us to resolve tonight to live for the things for which they, in season and out of season, are constantly striving so hard to inculcate in our youth,” he said. “A Service of Love—"
“Theirs is a service of love—love of duty, love of country, love of boyhood, love for a great cause, out of which the only compensation they receive is that satisfaction that comes from a service well rendered to one’s fellowmen.” DeWitt S. Morgan, Indianapolis schools superintendent, who acted as master/of ceremonies, tried to re-
as a climax.
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OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Buread come
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST-—Light snow and colder tonight with lowest temperature 20 to 25; tomorrow mostly cloudy.
Sunrise ...... 6:45 | Sunset ........ 5:14
TEMPERATURE Feb. 9, 1939— -
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(eras 24 hrs, ending 7a. m..... .01 Total precipitation since Jan. 1........ 3 gs Deficiency since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
gg or snow in extreme south, lig ht snow in north and central portions: der tonight; tomorrow OS cloudy, colder in extreme southeast port cloudy, light rain or h/ and east-central
fair, rising temperature in afternoon in extreme north/and in extreme west-central Portions, r Michigan—Partly cloudy in north, mostly cloudy in south portion tonight and tomorrow, with. intermittent snow in extreme southeask portion; not quite so cold t a n extreme north portions;
ure tomorrow except in extreme sout ir portion. Ohio—Snow in north Jam turnin; to snow in south. Porton ght and tomorrow; colder in south fone slightl colder in north portion tonight; somewhat clder in south portion tomorrow Kentucky—Cloudy, - colder in west and central poruians, rain in east and central portions tonight; tomorrow cloudy and go or 9 h rain - vrning to snow in east rt
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“For 'Pure Americanism
Thirty-five hundred Boy Scouis gave a wild demonstration last night at the opening of the Silver Jubilee Scoutmasters Recognition They heard an address by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Scout national vice president, and a radio talk by President
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program, but he gave it up after a while and grinned Guests presented included Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, who said scouting was one thing everybody in Indianapolis agreed with: Rabbi Morris Feuerlicht of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, who praised Mr. er’s record, and Col. Roscoe Turner. : The Very Rev. Henry F. Dugan delivered the invocation and the Rev. Howard J. Baumgartel, Indianapolis Church Federation secretary, gave the benediction. Singing was led by Ralph Wright, schools music director.
Col. Roosevelt Honored
Col. Roosevelt, who also received a medal struck in his honor, said he would show it to his grandchildren, She of whom is almost old enough to become a cub scout. “But don’t get the idea I'm old and feeble,” he warned, shaking his finger. “I can still defeat my sons and my son-in-law at games.” He praised the Scout movement as the product of a Democracy, and described the youth movements of the totalitarian countries where “boys your age are being taught to throw hand grenades.” “Scouting is essentially American,” he said. “None of you are scouts because you are compelled tq be. You, your scoutmasters and I are in the Scout movement because we want to be. That's the American
way. . . “The totalitarian governments in Europe fully recognizes the importance of children. That's where they always start. They begin by indoctrinating the youth.” “Right here, I want to make a point. All. European ideologies are bad. It doesn’t matter whether you go right or left. If you go too far in either direction, you lose your|in liberty—your Democracy, which you and I love so much,
Intolerance Lashes Our Shores
“A wave of intolerance is lashing at our shores. It is being preached day by day. We know this. We know also that nothing can be more subversive to American ideals. “In the Scout movement, we don’t
care whether a fellow is a Protesant,
a Catholic or a Jew. He's a Scout to us and that’s all we care about. That’s what scouting is. “It’s as American as Indiana corn sng you've a right to be proud of i 9 The scouts showed that they were.
WASHINGTON, Fe Feb. 9 (U. P).— One million Boy Scouts began today a week’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Scout movement. The national celebration of Boy Scout Week was opened last night by President Roosevelt, who, as honorary president, greeted the one million Scouts and eight million Scout “alumni” at meetings throughout the country. He praised the Scouts as a “generation trained in good citizenship.”
HULL CONFERS WITH NEUTRALS ON PEACE
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XII and in other ways, has made evident his desire for this country to assist in restoration of peace. His personal envoy, Myron C. Taylor, will sail for Italy Feb. 17 to work with the Vatican along such lines.. But officials here and in the Vatican have said that they see no prospect of being able to ada effective peace proposals at is t The President said he had not conferred with Congressional leaders concerning Mr. Welles’ trip. He said the trip was being made solely for the information of the administrative branch of the Government, to assist in its conduct of foreign | relations. Mr. Roosevelt indicated there had been no special developments; such as peace proposals, which had prompted the decision to send Mr.
s| Welles on the tour of the principal , | European capitals.
In response to questions, the President said his present information from American diplomatic representatiyes in the capitals of Italy, France, (rermany and Great Britain was satisfactory, but pointed out that this information came from four different sources. He said it was desirable to have one man make the circuit of these capitals and obtain the information so that he could report on the entire sifuation from a single viewpoint.
not apply—as it does not now
Scouts Open Jubilee Festivities... . . hy : Leaders Participate in Fun A
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Among those participating in the program (left to right) were: Seated—Col. Roosevelt and De Witt Morgan, schools superintendent. Standing—Brig:- Gen. Dana T. Merrill, Ft. Harrison commandant; Wallace O. Lee, Tudinmapills Scout commissioner, and F. O. Belzer,
Also on the program were (left to right) the Very R Rev.
Henry F. Dugan, who gave the
Well-Known Churchmen Attend ..... ;
s Photos. Msgr, invocation; the Rev. Howard J,
Baumgartel, who gave the benediction, and Rabbi Morris Feuerlicht, who praised Mr. Belzer’s quarter century of service as chief executive
of the Indianapolis Scout Council.
NAZIS PUT INTO
"| ANTI-RED FRONT
Capital Observers Also See U. S. as Silent Partner Against Russia.
‘By LUDWELL DENNY . Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—There is speculation here about a possible Allied-Scandinavian united front against Russia, with Germany and the United States as silent partners. This is one of those long shots which always meet with offigial denials. But in a world in which the “impossible” happens—such as the Nazi-Soviet pact—diplomats today are not closing their eyes to the improbable. No less an authority on Eurppean affairs than Hugh S. Gibson, former United States Ambassador to Belgium and other countries, says that Allied military aid to Finland has the blessing of Germany.
Russia of Little Help Now
Germany has nothing to gain by a continuation of the FinnishRussian War, much less a Russian victory. Once ,before Germany helped Gen. ffannerheim fight Russia. To buy Russian friendship, Adolf Hitler paid the high price in his Soviet pact of granting Moscow a free hand in the South Baltic states. But Soviet conquest of Finland was not in the bargain and is most embarrassing to Herr Hitler. A Russia involved in Finland is worth little to Herr Hitler as an ally 2 southeastern Europe, either plomatic maneuvers or in actual war. Moreover, if Finland becomes an
| Allied front—without some secret
understanding between Berlin and London—Germany’s ‘present. essential war supplies from Norway and Sweden, including her precious iron ore, will be shut off. :
Italy Tries to Pull Away
jeopardize his Russian alliance by giving direct aid to Finland—hence his refusal to allow Italian planes for Finland to cross Germany. But
reports persist that German military supplies are turning up mysterjously in Finland. German public opinion is reported pro-Finnish— and the only public opinion which can register under a Nazi dictatorship is sentiment not Objectionable to Herr Hitler. Italy, of course, has been trying desperately to pull Germany away from Russia and revive the antiCommunist alliance. If Herr Hitler helped Stalin in Finland, even the shadow of..the Rome-Berlin axis would disappear. During 1939, the United Kingdom acquired 20,622,000 gallons of special airplane fuel, of which 19,614,
'|000 gallons were shipped during the
first six months; France purchased 27,132,000 gallons, of which 17,766,000 gallons were delivered before July; Germany purchased 1,008,000 gallons, the last of which cleared an American port in June.
American Role Pictured
The possible role of the United States as a silent partner in an anti-Russian united front would be as a source of war supplies and raw materials: through Norway and Sweden. ¥ As long as it remained an undeclared war, the neutrality law would apply to the Finnish-Russian and Chi-nese-Japanese wars. The United States, while aiding Finland by selling arms and releasing naval planes, already has a “moral” boycott against the most important Gi to Russia. It is not suggested that the Uni States would become an open partner in such a united front (or even that the State Department would break diplomatic relations with Moscow). That would be prevented by public hostility to any European “involvement” and also by this Government’s unwillingness to make an avowed enemy of Russia while American-Japanese Telations are strained.
DUBLIN ARCHBISHOP DIES DUBLIN, Feb. 9 (U.P)—The
Most Rev. Edward J. Byrne, archbishop of blin and primate of
the Roman
land, died today. He was 67.
Albert.Can't Be PacifiedAnd Mystery Lies Therein
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that he had put the pacifier in the base burner. Albert, Mrs. Ogden says, will talk only a few words and apparently considers talking -a
frivolous pas ne A Searen : gh the ashes failed g that looked like
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to reveal g as Mrs. Ogden : paci:
could Se be distinguished from the coal ashes. As for Albert, he’s spent most of the day sleeping. You can’t keep a man up until all hours of the night looking for a pacifier in him and then expect him to function next day on the ordinary schedule of hours. Mrs. Ogden says shie ies de-
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tholic Church in Ire-
\Catholic Bishops Propose Employer-Worker Guild
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corporate unity and organic function. “Then only can there be a true and national social order. Then only can we eliminate the twin evils of insufficiency and insecurity and establish the divine plan of a brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God.” The appeal was contained in a joint statement titled “The Church and Social Order.” It was considered one of the most important utterances made by American Catholic leaders since the Bishops’ Program of Reconstruction in 1919. The statement dealt with five questions—Ownership, property and labor, security, wages, and. the establishment of social order. It bore the signatures of Archbishop Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago, Board chairman, and 145 other bishops. Their report said that the remedy for the social and economic order lay not with those who ‘reject economic planning or organization of any kind nor with those who would “socialize all resources or establish state collectivity.” It denounced state socialism and communism as systems that have resulted in victimization and persecution of human beings. The bishops proposed two specific reforms in the social order: 1. Re-establishment of some form of. guild for vocational groups in which employers and employees would be bound together according to their respective occupations. 2. Reforms in morals and a sincere renewal of the Christian spirit. The report suggested as a remedy for labor problems “adoption of right principles for the distribution of the income of industry.” “The theory that the laborers are to be paid only enough to enable them to reproduce themselves and
report said, “is branded as vicious.” It also held that the theory of supply and demand applied to labor was “anti-social and anti-Christian,” while the principle of force and domination if exercised by labor “is ually wrong.”
thus provide future . laborers,” the
requires considerable concentration of capital, the report said: “In too many instances an undue portion of the income has been
claimed by those wno have ownership or control of capital, while those who have only their labor to invest have been forced to accept working conditions which are unreasonable and wages which are unfair. This condition arises from the fact that labor policies have been dictated by false principles in hs interests of owners or capitalists. Security for Labor Urged “Secondly, it arises from the fact that labor has had no voice in the regulation or adjustment of these problems, labor can have no effective voice as long as it is unorganized. To protect its rights it must be: free to bargain collectively through its own chosen representatives. If labor when organized is dissatisfied, the only alternative is to cease work and thus undergo the great hardships which follow unemployment.” ; It urged that workingmen be made secure against unemployment, sickness, accident, old age and death, and said that private property is the first line of defense against these hazards. “Any such security program, however, would have to be subsidized by the Government as ‘in the present operation of the Social Security Act, the report indicated. It cited as one factor of insecurity the “immense power and despotic economic domination which is concentrated in'the hands of a few and that those few are frequently not owners, but only the trustees and directors of invested funds, who administer them at their pleasure.” “We do not wish to imply,” the bishops’ report said, “that individual employers as a class are wil'fully responsible for this present state of insecurity, but we do claim that a system which tolerates such insecurity is both economically unsound and also inconsistent with
BLASTS SHAKE L0S ANGELES:
22 Tons of Explosives Mysteriously Set Off; 3 Are Injured. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (U. P) =~
Three violent explosions rocked Los Angeles and surrounding cities early
today when 22 tons of explosives at
the Golden State Fireworks Plant - were set off mysteriously. Three persons were injured. The Rev. Nettie Denman, 50, suffered a fractured leg when the roof of her home collapsed, burying her and her son, 20. The son was scratched and bruised and was able to help his mother from the house, 200 yards from the plant. S. F. Bragg, who lived nearby, also was hurt. Two watchmen, reported missing earlier, were accounted for. They escaped from the burning plant. Five homes near the plant were damaged, and windows throughout a large area were shattered. The company manufactures pyro= technics for a world market. The plant contained hundreds of cases of “sets” such as those used at expositions and celebrations. The plant was about 20 miles southwest of the heart of Los Ange= les, at suburban Redondo Beach. Hundreds of persons in the sure rounding area were thrown from their beds, passerbys in a several block area were thrown to the street by the concussion. Panic-stricken residents, fearing an earthquake of which there had been two in the past 48 hours, rushed into the streets carrying -possessions. Police, sheriff and newspaper of« fices were unable to handle the thousands of frantic calls for infore mation. ; Firemen were unable to cope with the plant fire, but Fire Chief O. N. Fowler said the buildings were so situated that there was no danger of the fire spreading. The plant
the demands of social justice and
Admitting that modern industry
social charity.”
was a total loss and damage was estimated at $150,000.
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