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INDIANA NOTES

LINCOLN BIRTH

Women Lead. Observance; Banks, State House and Court House Closed.

The 13ist birthday of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated throughout Indiana today by Republican clubs and various civic and fraternal or-

ganizations. In Indianapolis, the banks and the Democraticscontrolled State . Bouse, Court House and City Hall . closed in honor of the Great Emancipator. |. The Posteffice and other offices in the Federal Building, how- - ever, remained, open for business. Public and -parochial- schools went on as usual. : The principal celebration here today was fhe Indianapolis Women’s Republican Club luncheon at the Columbia Club. Mrs. Paul Henry, Seattle, Wash. assistant in the women’s division of the Republican National Committee, spoke.

Denounces New Deal

Mrs. Henry denounced the New Deal as a “doctrine of futility” which refuses to recognize the opportunities of the American way of living. She called upon the Republican women of Indiana to review the New Deal's “disastrous” demonstration of inability to stimulate vigor and initiative needed for an honest “government of the people, by the people and for the people. “The New Deal program is leading us down the same road traveled in Europe.and Asia,” Mrs. Henry declared. “We are being encouraged to trade our liberty for a nebulous promise of security, but we must never forget that the government * that advertises itself as'a friend to- . day, -may, if given sufficient power, be the tyrant of tomorrow.”

Honor Nancy Hanks Lincoln

At Lincoln City, members of the Indiana Lincoln Union and the Boonville Press Club held a joint memorial service at the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Lincoln.’ Lawrence F. Crosbie, chief clerk in the office of the Secretary. of State, delivered the eulogy on Lin. coin’s .mother, and Col. Richard Lieber, chairman of the executive committee of the Indiana Lincoln Union, placed a wreath on ‘the grave. Charles DeTurk, director of State Parks, represented the Conservation Department at the serv(Continued on Page Three)

EVANS ARRIVES FOR ~~ HAMLET OPENING

Indianapolis Joday was host to the longest show in modern theatrical history. Maurice Evans, the distinguished English Shakespearean, arrived today for performances of his unabridged “Hamlet” at English’s tonight and tomorrow night. The original version of the Shakespeare fragedy runs 15 minutes longer than “Gone With the Wind,” current holder of the marathon record. Curtain for tonight’s performance is at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Evans’ tour of “Hamlet” will end in Toronto on March 9. After a two weeks’ layoff he may resume tour or he may go into New k to ay “Richard the II.” At nt he is undecided.

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Frail As Baby, Now Dead at 101

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12 (U. P.). —When Mrs. Elmira P. Risher was a baby, she was so frail that doctors feared she would not reach her first birthday. All her life, Mrs. Risher, known to friends as the “Dresden China mother,” because of her delicate appearance, had to watch her health. Saturday night Mrs. Risher died, following a short illness of pneumonia. She was 101, and would have been 102 next May 2. Her formula : for longevity: Plenty of sleep, a moderate diet and pleasant diversions.

BLAZE IN STORE PERILS - FAMILY

Mother Smells Smoke and Awakens 3 Others as Fire Breaks Out.

A fire that apparently started in a refrigerator unit- in the E. PF. Bloemker Market, 1202 E. New York St., today causéd an estimated damage of $4000 to stock, fixtures and the building. Mrs. Lula Rhynearson, who lives above the store, was wakened by the smell of smoke. She aroused other members of her family and went \downstairs.

As she arrived on the street, two then who are employed at the market arrived. They were Chester Gamboe, 1204 E. Washingtqn St., ang John. Kiewitt, 1330 N. Oxford The men saw flames through a window and entered the store. The store .was filled with dense smoke, but ‘Mr. Gamboe battled his way to the phone in the market and called the Fire Department. Mr. Kiewitt tried to turn on a light but both men soon were driven out. : Meanwhile, members of Mrs. Rhynearson’s family dressed and made their way to safety, They were “her ‘ two ‘daughters, Mrs. Selma Jackson and Miss Mary Ellen Bhynsason, and | Richard Jackson, 6. 1

ROOSEVELT WREATH WILL HONOR LINCOLN |_

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (U. P.). —President and Mrs. Roosevelt placed a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial today as part of the Capital’s celebration of the 131st anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The President’s visit to the great marble memorial preceded special services held there by 45 patriotic organizations and arranged by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. The United States Army band and an escort of sailors, soldiers, marines and member® of the Coast Guard participated. Today’s Lincoln Birthday celebration comes just two .months prior to the 75th anniversary of Lincoln’s josceinauoa in Ford's Theater ere

N. D. SCIENCE DEAN DIES IN HIS OFFICE

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 12 (U. P.).—The Rev. Francis T. Wenninger, dean of. the college of science at the University /of Notre

1 e, died suddenly today at his Ofice

e. He was 51. A native of Pamhagen, Austria, he came to this country as a child. He had been dean of the science college 17 years. i.

FOUR QUAKES RECORDED

NEW YORK, Feb, 12 (U. P.)— The Fordham University seismograph recorded four earthquake tremors last night and early today, all of moderate intensity and at approximate distances of 4600 and 3800 miles from New York. All the disturbances originated about 100 miles beneath the earth’s surface,

TW ar's Over. for These Russions

LIBERTY IDEAL IS REAFFIRMED

|Supreme Court Uses Lincoln

Birthday to Plé:lge ‘Eternal Defensa.”

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12/(U. P.) — The» Supreme Court, on {his! 131st anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, today redecicated itself as a haven “of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, ouinumbered, or because they sre nonconforming victitns of preéj:.dice and public excitement.” nad : . Associate Justice Hugo 1s, Black, speaking as the voice of : unanimous Court, pledged the t: hunal to eternal defense of Amer can eivil liberties in an opinion « w iich .reversed the murder conv tion of four Florida Negroes. But Mr, Justice Black's opinion, read to a hushed and solen 1 cham-

implications of actual cas: of the four unheraided, unpublicii»d petitioners. It 'was a statemer Court’s concern with: protec’ inz and fostering the ideals of quality, justice and civil liberty. Mr. Justice Black's opir on was 2500 words long and he ré ¢ it in full—a departure from the Court's ordinary custom. “Today,” he declared, “gs in ages past, we are not without tragic proof that the exacted power of sc.ne governments to punish ‘manu actured crime dictatorially is the h' admaid of tyranny. “Under our constituional system, courts stand” against an! winds that blow as havens of refi: e from those who might otherwis: suffer because they are helpless, wi k; outnumbered, or because they : ‘e nonconforming victims of prejui. ce and public excitement, “Due process of law, prese ved for all by our-Constitution,” co: mands that no such practice as tiiat disclosed by this record shall s:ad any accused to his death. ’ “No higher duty, no more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court, (Continued pon Page Thive)

PELLEY POSTS BOND, RELEASED FROM JAIL

Extradition Hearing » Be Held March 12.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 fi 1.- PJ. —Judge Walter J. Casey tode - fixed March 12 for an extradition. hearing for -William Dudley Pell: , Silver Shirt Leader, wanted by North Carolina authorities on cha; ‘es | of parole violation. Pelley’s bond@ was set at $2500. He posted it at once and wv. leased from jail pending the ing next month. His attorney, T. Edward i: 'Connell, denounced the warrai ;. for Pelley’s arrest as a “frameup = Mr, O’Connell contended that North Carolina authorities fa ed tp make any showing that Pell¢ © had violated his parole. Judge Jasey. held such proof would not be ecessary until the extradition h aring before Chief Justice = Alfre | A. Wheat of the District of Col mbia Court. it ny Pelley was arrested Sa as he stepped from the Dies mittee witr.ess stand and tal! Washington police headqu where he was held over the end in $10,000 bail.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (U. P.).— The New York World-Telegram - said today that Postmaster General James A. Farley had received

what he considers assurances from President Roosevelt that the latter will not be a candidate for a third term. : The newspaper said that Mr. Farley had agreed to the use of his name as a candidate in the Massachusetts primary only after deciding that the President had made up his mind not to stand for re-election.

AIR TRANSPORT CHIEFS IN CITY

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Safety, Federal Regulations And Landing Advances ‘To Be Discussed.

By SAM TYNDALL

The air transportation industry in the United States. the biggest aviation business in the world, made Indianapolis its temporary headquarters today with the opening of the Air Transport Association meeting. Chief pilots, operations managers and executives of all commefcial airlines operating in this country, including several lines operating to foreign countries; were here to discuss air safety, Federal airline regulations and to attend a premiere showing of the new developments in runway landing lights. . Meeting in a subcommittee of the ATA, at the Warren Hotel, chief pilots, including crack test pilots, made plans for graduating to fourengined luxury liners scheduled to ‘take the air on at least one line next summer and expected to: be Salaun for passenger, travel by The pilots, representing 21 air lines, including Pan-American Airways and Trans-Canada Airlines, were to exchange information in a periodic “check-up” on flying problems. Today's meeting is the first | held by the ATA in Indianapolis and the second outside of Chicago since its organization in 1936. Tomorrow, principal ATA sessions wil! open at the Civil: Aeronautics Authority test station at the Municipal Airport in the meeting of the operations committee, composed of operations mahagers of the airlines and headed by Maj. R. W. Schroeder, vice president of United Airlines, one-time holder of the world’s altitude record and airline pioneer. This committee will discuss air (Continued on Page Three)

IT HAP-PENNED IN“ CHELSEA AT NIGHT

BOSTON, Feb. 12 ©. P.) —Six Chelsea policemen wrote their reports today with new pens—gifts from Joseph H. Lindsey, Indianapolis; salesman, whose car they recovered 10 minutes after he reported it stolen. The thieves drove Mr. Lindsey’s car from the South Station here to Chelsea last night and removed $300 worth of leather goods samples. Bus they: overlooked $1200 worth in a rear trunk compartment. :

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There is every ‘evidence that the nation’s men are going on a hat “bender” that will be the equsl of that on which the nation’s women have been embarked for the last|h several years, This was indicated toda survey of samples on a as Men's. Apparel Club, Inc. semi-an-nual convention at the Claypool.

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: » ozen in grotesque positions these Russian dead await burial after their bodies are

‘nish Saldiers in the Petsamo district of Finland. The photo was made by Eric Calcraft.

FAIR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE

12 Over Normal Today; River Ice Breaks, but Flood Not Likely.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am. ... 42 10a. m. ... 42 a.m. ... 42 11am ... 44 8a m ... 42 12 (noon)... 45 9a. m .,, 42 ipm ... 4

Indianapolis was balmy today in temperature averaging about 12 degrees above normal for this time of the year. Temperatures tonight will

be from 25 to 30. Tomorrow will be fair. :

said that ice in both the White and Wabash Rivers was breaking but that, because of the low stage of the streams, there was no indication of a flood danger. Meanwhile millions of tons of ice floated down the Ohio River to break the worst river freeze-up in 22 years. The flow began to move after week-end thaws and rains raised the river 12 feet at Cincinnati in the past 36 hours. The stream rose four feet to a stage of 13.1 at Louisville, but U. S..Army Engineers expected the ice to crack up without serious property damage. ‘Two small boat moorings and a steel barge were sunk near Cincinnati by the floating mass. A wooden dock was carried away at Evansville. Army engineers said the extreme low river level alleviated any flood fears from the ice movement. Ice gorges were reported at Vevay, Madison and Aurora. The Madison gorge moved less than 300 feet yesterday, the gorge at Vevay moved only 50 feet, but the jam at Aurora moved slowly and steadily -all day. Ice was stacked 20 feet high against a retaining wall at an electric turbine house: at Vevay, and the Miami River, an Ohio River tributary, rose 10 to 20 feet above normal. White River at Oakland City has 'been frozen over for than a month, a 40-year record.

GIRL, 8, SAVES SELF, FRIEND FROM CREEK

BUFFALO, N.Y, Feb. 12 (U. P). —Eight-year-old Patricia Shields insisted today that she “wasn’t afraid” when she pulled herself out of icy Black Rock Channel and then rescued her chum from 25 feet of water. Margaret Howard, 8, fell through ice covering the canal yesterday. As Margaret screamed for help, Patricia crawled to the edge of the break but the thin ice gave way and she, too, was plunged into the icy water. Patricia crawled back onto the ice again and held out a leg which | Margaret grabbed, pulling herself [to safety.

FINNS HONOR FUND WORKER

lam Puck, chief representative here of the American Finnish Relief Fund, today was awarded Finland's only peace time decoration, “The Order of the White Rose of Finland” in. recognition of his work

Garbo Escapes

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present.

HELSINKI, Feb. 12 (U. P.) —Hal-| .

P.).—A Charlton mill worker observed Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and his own 25th birthday today by filing a petition in Probate Court to change his name from Frank

. Dazed ‘Woman Wariders

collected by Fin-

Times-Acme Photos,

Apparently dazed, this Finnish woman walks aon a street in Vaasa, which has .

been turned into a blazing canyon after Red Red airplanes drop drop their incendiary bombs,

Florida Stares

PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 12 (U.; P.).—The curiosity of natives and visitors had proved too much today for Greta Garbo, and the aloof film star had ended after four days a visit ‘expected to last. two weeks. She left suddenly yesterday, giving up the penthouse apartment at a hotel, and was believed to have headed toward Miami. With her were Dr. Gilbert Hauser, New York dietitian, rumored to be the actress’ current -romatic interest and her adviser on foods, and Frey Brown, Dr. Hauser’s associate.

LIMESTONE BID LOW IN CAPITAL

Rep. Crowe Presses for Its Use on New Army and Navy Buildings.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Prominent Hoosiers in Congress and administrative positions here are enlisted today in a fight to award the

first unit of the new War Department building on the lowest bid, which is based on the use of Indiana limestone. If they are successful it likely will mean that limestone will be used for both the War and Navy buildings, estimated to cost around $25,000,000 each, according to Rep. Eugene B. Crowe (D. Ind.;, who comes from Bedford. Bids opened by the Federal Works Agency showed limestone construction for the first unit of the War Department building will cost $4,303,000; sandstone, $4,377,000; marble, $4,615,000; six-inch aggregate (concrete), $4,365,000, and two-and-one-half-inch veneer (cement), $4,337,000. “Since Indiana limestone is the lowest bid, we should have no difficulty in proving that it also is the best,” Rep. Crowe asserted. “The numerous buildings in Washington that have been built with Bedford stone testify to that fact.” But the sandstone and marble states Congressmen are equally as ardent about their materials and there the fight begins. It likely will be some time before the contract is awarded. Rep. Crowe entertained at dinner to rally the Indiana forces behind The 12 Hoosier Congressmen and both Senators were invited. Richard N. Elliott, acting Controller of the United States and former Republican Congressman from Indiana, was among those

Senator. Sherman Minton (D. Ind.) and Rep Crowe went to the White House and told the President about it. He indicated that the low bidder would -get he business, they reported.

CALL ME LINCOLN WORCESTER, Mass., Feb, 12 (U.

here.

‘Who's Daffy Now?’ May Greet Men When They Tip Their New Hats to the Women

ight colors, ‘pom-poms and more all, the merchants promise that the different kinds of feathers than are male of the species is very apt to be a gaudy thing indeed.

used for trout flies. Not only that, but they claim that}

the science of ‘designing pajamasia very good business year for manubecome so exact that one can|facturer and retailer alike in men's in public with the new styles.| apparel and they forecast that 1940 would be better.

al To keep up with sartorial goingsth lon, the suit-makers have this spring used up pretty nearly every -¢ in the chart and are, | XC

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WERD TALES TOLDAT FRONT

Entire Soviet Sentry Line Found Frozen; Sonja’s Picture Cheers Finns.

BULLETIN HELSINKI; Feb. 12 (U. P.).=— - Russian artillery today resumed bombardment of Viipuri, Finland's second city, with guns emplaced at least 25 miles away.

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE JR. United Press Staff Correspondent.

~ WITH THE FINNISH ARMY IN THE MANNERHEIM LINE, BE-

HIND SUMMA, Feb. 12.—Strange tales are told these wintry nights in the snug dugouts of the Mannerheim Line after the day's fighting. They tell of Russian sentries left ‘on guard 24 hours at a stretch and: how the Finns found one whole sentry line frozen to death; of a Russian lying ‘in a shell hole "ith a helmet over his face who, when found by a Finnish patrol and ordered to get up and surrender, pitifully raised one arm, his only limb not frozen stiff. : They tell of voices coming from unseen places of safety behind the Russian lines, exhorting the Red Army fighters to advance . . . of unarmed Russians sent up in trees as lookouts, making such easy targets: the Finns are almost ashamed to shoot them, The Finnish soldiers talk a lot to while away the long sub-Arctic nights on the Karelian Isthmus. It isn’t all war talk. The men. keep up with international events by newspaper, radio and magazine. They had pictures of Sonja Henie and Marlene Dietrich hung on the wall of the dugout I visited in this sector, along with a picture of “Nina” taken from the body of a dead Russian. “Nina,” according to an inscription on the back of the picture, was to have married the soldier who died in a Russian 33-ton tank. In the thousands of shelters crouched at the feet of great pine trees like snow-covered hummocks, (Continued on Page Three)

INJURED AS BULLET EXPLODES IN HAND

Reserve Officer Seriously Hurt Fixing Rifle Charge.

H. E. Armstead, aerial pholegrapher and insurance inspector, is in Methodist Hospiial today with a serious injury to his left hand and his abdomen as the result of a cartridge exploding in his. hand last night. Mr. Armstead, who has a target range in the basement of his home| at 70’S. Colorado Ave. was removing some of the powder from a rifie shell to reduce the charge. The shell was exploded, mutilating the thumb and two fingers of his left hand. Bits of the metal from the cartridge were imbedded ‘lin his chest and abdomen. One of the wounds, in his abdomen, was described as serious by his physician, Dr. R..J. Anderson, 4816 Pleasant Run Pkwy., N. Drive. Mr. Armstead, who was alone in the house at the time of the acci“his car and drove Dr. And

and took him to the hospital. -

injured man is employed 3 by the Employees Lia- |

RUSSIA BEATEN IN FIRST WAR PHASE

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|Finns Get Aid; Claim

1000 More Reds ~ Slain.

correspondent. has just emerged from Finland. In. his first dispatch from a neutral capital, free of any restrictions but those governed by confidences ‘ime posed in him, he tells of the actual situation in Finland today,

By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb.. ae

phase, at least, of the greatest Rus-

sian attack of the war, an attempt to break through the heart of the

‘|Mannerheim defense line.

Confirming this view, a war come munique issued in Helsinki today said that 1080 Russians had been killed in the last two days .of fight= ing on the Aittojoki and Kuhmo sectors north of Lake Ladoga. The communique said “several divisions” of the Red Army had renewed with greater intensity the offensive against the Mannerheim Line and that fighting continued: on a heavy scale.

Russians Use 50,000 T A Russian division is 15,000 to 18,-

had thrown more than 50,000 troops

pounding at the Finnish lines. - The greatest pressure was inthe Summa sector of the Karelian. Isthmus, the communique

flerce on the neck of land between.

airplane bombardment, artillery fire and 150 tanks.

The Finns are getting niet mots aid, in terms of fighting

or abroad realize. Within two months at the: most the Finns should have a fighting: air fleet to hold off the Russian mass bombing flights... y For spring and summer operations the Finns are prepared to set all over the country, in great land areas, as a. smoke s against bombing planes; and to’ rd

the. thick Finnish: forests with ine cendiary bombs... wd Fidhish Staff Confident

Reports abroad that the Russian. Army is poor are untrue and the

sirable that such an imp should be entertained. 4 i It is, I believe, a fact that “the first phase of the Mannerheim: at-' tack has failed. The Finnish staff feels no" anxiety. - nr 3 The impressions which: 1 ‘brought with me from Finland I have re-

ment, since my arrival here, by. telephonic communication with an important person in Helsinki. The failure of the Russian Mane (Continued on Three)

BULLETIN

MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (U. P)—A new Soviet-German. trade pact * was signed here today. The pact

provides for an exchange of goods ‘between the two countries

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ACTOR DICK PURCELL

HURT IN PLANE CRASH.

Webb Miller, veteran. United Press wag

The Finns have beaten off the first. =

000 men, indicating the Russians into the offensive after 11 days of

said, Fighting was described as especially -

Muolajaervi and Vuoksk, where ine. fantry attacks were supported. id

than most people either in Finland: Lo

“back fires” in the forests so that the Russians will not be able to fire

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freshed and brought up to the mos

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