Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1940 — Page 3
B00 SMEAR
VILLKIE! - WILLKIE!
Within 24 Hours, Uti lity Magnate Is Recognized as|’ © Potential G. 0. P. Candidate for President and |:
~ Publicized as SEC Vietim.~ |
y LUDWELL DENNY - Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, April 18—Within 24 hours, Wendell|
- L. Willkie got himself recognized as a potential Presidential candidate by the National Republican Arrangements Committee, and elsewhere publicized as the alleged victim of a smear by the New Deal Securities and Exchange Commission. That is some sort of record in political blitzkriegs— especially for a utility magnate who lists himself in “Who's ~ Who” as a Democrat (he changed his registration a few
months ago), whos
chief supporter for the Republican
_ nomination until recently was a Democratic columnist, and - who even now insists he is not running.
His recognition from the Republican Convention Committee came when Kenneth F. Simpson, the New York anti-Dewey leader, nominated him for temporary chairman. The committee pointed out, what Mr. Simpson already knew, that it is not customary to name as key-
noter any Presidential aspirant. Whereupon Mr. Simpson promptly
withdrew Mr. Willkie’s | thus publi-|
cized name. As for the alleged Democratic smear, Mr. Willkie has been peddling for some time the story that the SEC was out to get him. So when the fact came out t the SEC was investigating [the rgia Power .Co., a Willkie subsidiary, his boys had "him draped (in becoming martyr robes quicker than you say
" You Can't Be Certain
Of course nobody can be certain about such things, especially in the bailiwick where New alers once tried unsuccessfully to purge Senator George, and when even Paul V. McNutt is being finished off by as fine a hand as ever Scuifled a Presidential candidate. But if this is an sir attempt to injure Mr. Willkie’s boom, it is the (8 strangest swear ever attempted by the New Dealers or by their early masters in the art of political mayhem, the Republican old guard. Not only the strangest, but the dumbest. For even as Mr. Willkie's friends were yelling “foul!” Chairman Frank of the SEC was proclaiming publicly: “I know of nothing to justify any suggestion that Mr. Willkie has had anything 2 do with the alleged irregularities If this is a smear, Mr. McNutt would like some of it quick. To be sure there is always a possibility that some bright young thing might try to pull such a boner, but Chairman Frank is incapable of it. First, he has too much character. Second, he has too much brains— he would not promote the threatened Congressional probe of SEC by any phoney against| the darling of 3he utility enemies bt the commison.
Want Wilkie to Run
Nor would any responsible Democratic politician. e last thing in the world they want to do is to prevent Mr. Willkie’s nomination. They will do all in their power indirectly to make him the publican candidate. | Not since the Democratic bosses and officeholders began reporting from the states last winter that the Republicans would win against anyone but Franklin Roosevelt; who may not run, have the Democrats been so happy about anything as the Willkie boomlet. They are certain they could beat him in November without effort. But, alas, there are few Démocratic politicians here, much less Republicans,” who think he will be nominated. No one disputes that he is the perfect- spokesman for the Eastern campaign contributors who hate the New Deal, and for the Republican anti-isolationist group. And he has more intelligence, daring and color than mgst candidates. But he is not apt, to be nominated, because .the Republicans want to win. Even if the Pennsylvania and New York moneybags, who must okay the man, should finally decide to take the fantastic gamble of offering a utility magnate to ten mil- * lion unemployed voters, the Western farm and isolationist bloc would try to defeat him. Many of them would sabotage him in November. All of this, however, does not pra-
. Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County. City. Total. 1939 .occinreren 1 13 24 140 ....o0veeisl 9 22 —April 17— 13 | Arrests 0 I Accidents . WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid
10 $33
Violations Speeding Failure to stop at through street 3 Reckless driving 1 Disobeying traffic signal | 3 Drunken driving 2 All others
22 ‘MEETINGS TODAY
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lis Athle SP Sigma Chi dof Frade, noon. Caravan ol ® Murat Temple, noon. °
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REPORTS JAPAN ADDS TO FLEET
Admiral Stark Tokyo May Be Building 12 Super-Warships.
WASHINGTON, April 18 (U.P). —Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of Naval operations, told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee today that, Japan may be building a new fleet of 12 super-battleships. Admiral Stark said that Japan, which has refused to exchange naval construction information with this country, undoubtedly is building at least eight big battleships. He expressed some skepticism over the report of a new fleet of 12. The Navy's information, Mr. Stark said, is that the new Japanese ships range between 40,000 and 43,000 tons. The U. S. Navy ‘is building six 35,000-ton battleships and two of 45,000 tons. The Admiral’s testimony was given as the Committee resumed hearings on the House-approved Vinson naval expansion bill, which would authorize an addition of 167,000 tons of combatant vessels to the American fleet. The Senate meanwhile prepared to consider the 1941 Navy supply bill, carrying $653,000,000 in funds. Under the bill, funds would be supplied to begin construction of two additional 45,000-ton battleships and a flotilla of cruisers, submarines and destroyers. Mr. Stark estimated that Japan's eight new battleships would be completed by 1944. Four, he said, probably will be completed by 1942.
Reports Allies Contract
For New U. S. Planes WASHINGTON, April 18 ¢U. P.). —Arthur B. Purvis, chief of the Anglo-French purchasing mission, said today that he has signed contracts for “large quantities” of the] latest type Curtiss pursuit and Douglas bombing planes. Mr. Purvis would not reveal the exact number of planes ordered, but said that the sums involved were “very large indeed.” The new plane purchasing program by the Allies is expected to reach a total of about $1,000,000,000. He refused also to name the exact types of planes purchased. He said he did not wish to reveal indirectly what the purchasing mission’s next commitments would be.
WORST SLACKER JAILED AMHERST, N. S., April 18 (U.P.). —For refusing to work and maintain his family, Douglas Hubbard is in jail. Information against Hubbard was lodged by a local clergyman who prosecuted the first case of its kind the town has ever had.
vent him from being a valuable sideshow spieler to keep some of the flocking crowd out of the Dewey big tent. The anti-Dewey coalition needs a ballyhooer to divide glamour with the youngster. All ihey require is enough to stop Mr. Dewey on an early ballot. Then, if the conservative Taft cannot win, they can, deadlock the convention and pick’ a dark horse—like Rep. Martin. Wendell Willkie has a good chance of being a key figure in Washington in the next four years, maybe the power behind the President, but he is not likely to live in the White House.
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BIRTHS Girls
Wilmot, Edith Boone, at Coleman. Harold, Mary Thelma Boyer, at St. Arthur, Ruth Yeune at BL Vincent's. Gerry, Mary Knoebel, at . Vincent's. Clyde, Marian Taabow, at st Vincent's. Thomas, Mary Wolfa, at St. Vincent's. vi anus, Marguerite Blackwell, at St. cen Thomas, Vivian Hollen, at City. Max, Pauline Laroche, at City Seland, Helen Cook, at Methodist. Kuehrmann, at Methodist. ary Eilert, ‘at 475 S.
olph. Henry, Theola Simington, at 1660 Shel-
on. George, Ida Washington, at 2121 Howard. Boys Gerald, Gerunds Stengey at St. Francis.
James, ary i t Methodist. Frederick. ety Bier. at Methoalst,
Marion, ‘Charlotte Harper, at 829 8. Aurora Parker, at 230 N.
Twins, Boy and Girl Juanita Russell, at 2629
ance,
Charles, E.
Michigan, DEATHS Gussie Eddy, 75, at 5517 Broadway, carcinoma. Rome Burton, at 1848 Olive, lethargic/en-
ce Phan Clancy, 70, at 626 E. Morris, pulmonary embol Catherine Handlon, 94, at 5356 N. Capel, chronic ocarditis. atrick P. at” St. Vincent's,
60, io sion ? ! Mary Callahan, 76, at 948 N. Emerson, cprobic myocarditis
idenstick, 65, at St. Vincent's, 3
oar hemorrhage.
FIRE ALARMS
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Indicates
| Alyce Is Bride
CHICAGO, April 18 (U. P.)— Alyce Jane McHenry, 15, the “upside down girl” of five years ago who had an operation to right her inverted stomach, formally announced her marriage today and said she hoped to have “babies as normal as I am now.” 'Alyce, pretty brunet mddel, disclosed her elopement to a reporter at breakfast with her husband of one month, William Kern Byle, 23, and her mother, Mrs. Louella McHenry, of New York. . Alyce and Bill eloped to St. Charles, Mo., and were married March 22, they said. Bill, a handsome youth from Ft. Myers, Fla., who is working his way through Northwestern University as a bellhop, said they hadn't wanted publicity. Alyce, looking every inch her part as a New York model and as the 1939 National Swim Girl, a title which she won last year in New York said she intended to keep her job as a photographer’s and artist's model in Chicago. Alyce, then living at Omaha, Neb, became known as the “upside down” girl in 1935 when it was discovered that her internal organs were misplaced and her stomach completely upside down from that of a normal person. An operation corrected the disorder.
[HOOVER TELLS D. A.R.
OF PLOT AGAINST FBI
WASHINGTON, April 18 (U. P.). —Chief G-Man J. Edgar Hoover charged today that “foreign isms are seeking to engulf Americanism,” and are plotting first to undermine the FBI to destroy its effectiveness against un-American activities. He spoke: at the 49th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The D. A. R. earlier urged states to outlaw political parties which advocate overthrow of the Government by force. Mrs. Imogen B. Emery, chairman of the National Defense Through Patriotic Education C mmittee warned D. A. R. members to “examine the activities of every organization you are tempted to join,” and charged that even church peace groups -are being undermined by subversive forces. The delegates then approved another resolution indorsing the work of the Dies Committee and commending Congress for continuing it. WASHINGTON, April 18 (U. P.). —Chairman Martin Dies (D. Tex.) said today that his Committee on un-American Activities soon will disclose “Trojan Horse” undercover plotting by alien agents in this country “worse than” the Nazi in-
India n-| morrow
troops in Norway.
IN INDIA NAPOLIS
OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Bureatl el
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair tonight and tomorrow; frost tonight with lowest temperature about 33; warmer tomorrow. Sunrise ...... 5:03 wy ‘Sunset ..-.-.. 6:26 TEMPERATURE —April 18, 1939—
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m...1.59 Total precipitation sinee Jan. 1. venss..08 Deficiency since Jan. 1 2.30
MIDWEST WEATHER \ na—Generally fair tonight and to- ; cooler in extreme southeast portion; frost Yonight, mostly light; warmer ond TIOW. Illinois—Generall fair tonight and tolight local frost ht in east portion; warmer tomorrow and. in extreme northwest “portion by morning. Lower Michig an—Cienerally Jair tonight and tomortow, prec by. clou dy in east and south portions Tonign sligh 4 in extreme southeast portion tonight; rising temperature tomorrow.
o—Cloudy and cooler, preceded b
i y wers in east portion to onight; tomorrow
show cloudy, cooler in east portion Kentucky—Cloudy with showers in east and south portions tonight and tomorrow; ¢ooler in east portion. ;
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.
Station Weather Bar. Temp. Amarillo, TeX. ..... a 30.17 26 Bismarck, A Boston Chicago C
Den Dodge on Hzlena,
|any invader.
filtration which helped German|.
F. D. R. WARNING 1S GIVEN JAPAN
President Plans to Leave Tonight for Vacation in Warm Springs. (Continued from Page One)
not immediately available for com-
| ment, but the Congressmen who did
express themselves, felt that Mr: Hull’s position was correct. :
Dutch Envoy Sees Welles
By coincidence the statement was issued while the United States had 140 surface craft, 350 airplanes, 40,000 men and an unknown number of submarines maneuvering in the annual naval games west of Hawaii. The Dutch Minister, Dr. A. Loudon, spent more than 30 minutes with Unclersecretary ot State Sumner Welles yesterday. As he left the State Department, he indicated that the possibility of invasion of Holland had been discussed. “I'm in a position to state,” the Dutch “Minister said, “that the Netherlands Government will. not admit any preventive protection for any part of the country from whatever side it may come.” This was taken to indicate that the Dutch were committed to fight But it failed to clear up the extent to which protection would be afforded the East Indies. Observers regarded it doubtful that the Dutch fleet could protect them, particularly if Japan decided to move in. In a major war involving Holland, it was believed, the rich islands might be anybody’s game. The %Yinquiries” which Mr. Hull said had inspired his statement were regarding the statement Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita made {0 newspapermen in Tokyo Monday. Arita said that Japan would oppose any extension of the European war to the Dutch East Indies and said Japan would want a voice in any change in their status quo. Interpretations of Arita’s remarks have varied but some quarters have seen an indication of a Japan intention to move on the islands if | their mother country is involved in the war. -
Little Nervousness Noted In Dutch East Indies
BANDOENG, Java, (Dutch East Indies) April 18 (U. P.).—Military precautions proceeded today - but there was little sign of nervousness in the Dutch East Indies because of Japan’s newly declared interest in the islands. There was som: cisquieting talk but it was regarded as a phase of the world-wide “war of nerves.”
No Protection Wanted,
Minister Tells Japan
TOKYO, April 18 (U. P.).—A Foreign Office spokesman said today that Dr. E. N. Van Kleffens, Netherlands Foreign Minister, had told Itaro Ishii, Japanese Minister at the Hague, on Tuesday that the Netherlands had not and would not seek any country’s protection or any offer of intervention as regards its East Indian intere-ts. The statement, the spokesman said, was made in reply to an explanation by Ishii of Japan’s attitude toward the East Indies. Kleffens expressed appreciation of the explanation, it was said. An acting navy spokesman, Takashi Kanoye, said that American press and other interests were using Japan’s naval program “in connection with the Congressional appropriations battle in order to obtain as much, money as possible.” He compared Japan's interest in the Dutch East Indies to America’s interest in Grzenland. “America doesn’t want the war brought any nearer and neither do we,” he said.
NOTRE DAME TO BE HOST TO ENGINEERS
Times Special NOTRE DAME, Ind. April 18.— More than 300 .representatives of midwestern engineering = colleges and institutes will meet Saturday at the University of Notre Dame for the sixth annual convention of the Illinois-Indiana section of the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education. : Delegates are expected from Purdue University, Rose ' Polytechnic Institute, the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Armour Institute of Technology, Lewis Institute and the host school. The Rev. Fr. Hugh O'Donnell, C. S. C. acting president of Notre Dame, will welcome the delegates at; 10 a. m. The Rev. Fr. John J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C., university vice president, will speak on “Education at Notre Dame.” Other speakers will include Dugald C. Jackson. Jr. Notre Dame college . of engineering dean, and F. G. Seulberger, professor of cooperative education and director of the department of industrial relations at Northwestern University.
' BOATS DENIED SHERIFFS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. April 18 AU. P.).—Attorney General Thomas S. Lawson has ruled that Alabama counties = cannot furnish their sheriffs with motorboats to apprehend criminals tat operate by water.
¥ This isan open letter to bandits, with a “P. 8.” for speeders: Sheriff Al Feeney’s deputies are cruising in| a special built emergency car that ill “do” 120 miles per hour. For your information it’s Car No. 7—just delivered. Known as the “police special” model, the new unit is a four-door Ford Deluxe described more specifically as a car with a light body, 95-horsepower motor,
| high gear ratio, “police generator,”
heavy duty cushions and springs and a special axle. It is the first 120-mile-an-hour
deputies, the car is equipped with
38 |all the rest of the
ON EAST INDIES
the advocates of an embargo were|
Dies Here at 76
Emil Mantel . . . widely | known in Jewish circles.
EMIL LWANTEL ILL SHORT TIME
Jewish Leader Re-entered Business in 33; Was Native of Austria.
Emil Mantel, 3935 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis businessman and
today at Methodist Hospital after a short illness. He was 76. Mr. Mantel was in the Jewelry and clothing business for 22 years on W. Washington St. He retired in 1920 and re-entered business again in 1933 as one of the founders of the Weissman Motor Sales. Born in Austria, he came to New York when he was 16. He became a citizen shortly afterward and became active in the National Guard
there. : Came to City in 1888
He came to Indianapolis in 1888. He was one of the founders of the United Hebrew Congregation and was a member of the Beth-el Zedek Congregation. He was a member | of the board of directors of the United Hebrew Congregation. He was active in philanthropies and in 1913 served on the Dayton, O., Flood Relief Committee, travels ing to Dayton to do actual relief work. He was active in the creation of Jewish educational societies in Indianapolis. ‘One of the outstanding was the Neustadt School for Jewish earning. He served on civic welfare committees and for many years was a member . of the Jewish Welfare Fund budget committee,
- Services to Be Tomorrow
He was a member of the Monument Lodge, F. & A. M,, the Scottish Rite, the Shrine and B'nai
officer of the B'rith Abraham Fraternal Order and was one of the directors of the old National City Bank here. Survivors are his wife,” Yetta: daughter, Mrs. Morris Fishbein, wie of the editor of the American Medical Journal; two sons, Samuel J. and Edward Mantel, both of Indianapolis; and one great-grandchild. Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the’ Mortuary. Rabbi Morris Feuerlicht will officiate. Burial will be at the Indianapolis, Hebrew Cemetery.
FAIR AND WARMER
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64 east of Huntingburg are flooded
and closed. An electrical
struck by lightning. Louis Leske, next door.
caused by a “flash flood” at Ellettsville near Bloomington when a creek named Jack's Defeat overflowed and forced 20 families from their homes. Fifty homes and business houses were damaged.
Horses Burn to Death
Four horses were burned to death and the barn at the Mark Butts farm near Cory was destroyed with loss estimated at $3000 when lightning struck the building. Loss of $5000 was caused by a fire. which resulted when a bolt of lightning struck the ‘Mrs. Catherine Kirchenbauer home at ' Anderson. The bolt struck a nearby utility pole and ran into the house .on connecting wires. Illinois Central Rallroad service between Helmsburg and Morgantown was disrupted when a heavy rain washed out five miles of track.
Trains Are Rerouted
Trains were routed over Pennsylvania and Monon tracks. The Trafalgar school, in the same territory, was closed when lightning struck a transformer and disrupted service. The death by drowning of Verble Collins, 31, of Henderson, Ky., after his plane crashed in the Ohio River near Evansville was blamed on a gust of wind caused by the storm. The gust turned the plane as he was! attempting a landing.
Bandits Beware! S herif f's New Car Can Step 120M.P.H.
business-sounding siren. Car No. 7 is black. Sheriff Feeney also revealed today that the next step in streamlining the county's law enforcement squads is a change of uniform. For the first time in history of the Sheriff’s office, the deputies will don khaki uniforms—just like the “regulars” in Uncle Sam’s Army. They will temporarily discard the black uniforms, ! The khaki slacks will have -a blue, stripe riinning down the side. The ' shirts will carry a blue denim “Marion County” on the lett sleeve
the finishing touches.
two-way radio, rifles, shotguns, and ~The 30 deputies will change to French advance positions. Iatest | bandit- the new summer outfits on the first norm anillssy fireon ihe
widely known in Jewish circles, died |
Brith. He had been a national
seven grandchildren
Aaron-Ruben
WEATHER PROMISED
storm yesterday _| afternoon caused damage to the ‘| home of Patrolman Fred J. Stevens, 1145 N. King Ave. when it was The lightning also blew out fuses in the home of
Damage estimated at $10,000 was
ALLIES POUND NEW NAZI AIR BASES IN NORTH
Britiéh Lose Three Planes i in
New Stavanger Raid; Germans Dig In. (Continued from Page One)
bone of the British Navy and thus make the Allied counter-offensive in Norway a practical impossibility. In addition, there have been many indications from Berlin that a Nazi threat .or thrust in some other direction—Sweden, Holland or the Balkans—was not unlikely as an attempt to divert Ailied attention; regardless of how far Italy agrees to co-operation with the Germans. " The most important thing that has come out of the war in the north up until today is that nobody can tell which side is gaining the advantage. Claims Conflicting
There have been important claims and counter-claims which cannot yet be cleared up and may not be clarified for weeks. The British have reported success in breaking up German sea communications to Norway but air transport has gone on steadily and the Nazis claim their northern forces have been tremendously reinforced. The Germans claim to. have bombed, damaged or sunk almost a score of British warships, but the British admit only four destroyer and a couple of submarines sunk and say that several other ships which were attacked by German airplanes reached port safely. Even at Narvik, the British claims that seven big, modern German destroyers fell victim to a British fleet attack were only partly admitted by thé Nazi High Command, which insisted that the Narvik port and vicinity still were in German hands today as was the railroad from Narvik to Sweden. The Germans have admitted that two German destroyers were sunk by the British in the north Norwegian port.
Battle May Be in Progress
Reports were published in Stockholm that German forces had been landed by airplanes near Namsos, while others were reported moving northward from Trondheim and to have reached the Steinjker sector. Namson is about 75 miles north of Trondheim. According to Stockholm newspapers, Norwegian troops fighting the Germans near Steinjker were believed to have been reinforced by the British from Namsos for the first important clash with Nazi forces ‘which some dispatches said might already be in progress. The fact that telephone communications between the Swedish frontier and Steinjker were interrupted increased belief that a battle was in progress in that sector.
Report Nazi Warship Aground
Other developments included: 1. A dispatch to the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet from the Norwegian frontier said that the 10,000aiton German pocket battleship Luetzow (Deutschland) had gone aground off Rissa in the Oesenfjord near Trondheim. 2. Civilian refugees reaching Kiruna, Sweden, reported that Germans were rounding up all Norwegian men from 16 to 50 years of age to dig trenches and aid the German defense near Narvik. 3. The German High Command said that German troops had frustrated an attempt by “weak British forces“ to land at Herjangsfjord, near Elvegardsmoen, in the Narvik region. It was claimed that three British planes had been shot down at Stavanger. The Nazis admitted !that four German planes had been damaged by shrapnel. Two British cruisers and a British destroyer received direct hits, the communique said. The DNB official news agency reported that despite difficult terrain and other obstacles the German troops in the Oslo region were steadily extending their control and that the Norwegians had been forced to retreat further. At several points, it said, Norwegian resistance ‘was less strong than in the last few days.
Belgians Rush Defenses
4. Belgian troops were rushing fortifications along a 45-mile. sector facing Germany, it was understood. Numerous civilians have been evacuated, some houses have been blown up because they obstructed guniire and several roads have been closed. 5. The Turkish Navy has just finished two days of manéuvers in the Sea of Marmora, it was said in reliable quarters. 6. The Swiss Government called an additional 55,000 territorial troops, of whom about 32,000 are to report in May, 6000 in June and 17,000 in July. 7. A break on the Rome Stock Exchange yesterday was blamed on fears over the international situation, aggravated by rumors that Italy would soon be at war. It was announced that all men born between 1911 and 1914, who had been pronounced physically unfit: for military service, are subject to being called up again for another medical examination, and if found still unfit may be used in Army administrative offices.
Balkan Rumors Alarm France
8. Premier Paul Reynaud discussed problems of national defense in a speech at a secret meeting of the French Senate. The spread of alarming rumors through southeast Europe was causing concern. Among the few indisputable facts in this connection were: The departure of a German mission for Rome and the cancellation of Benito Mussolini's 1942 World's Fair speech scheduled for Saturday; the blocking of wheat and |oil exports by Rumania; the signing by Adrien Thierry, French Minister to Rumania, and Ion Cristu, Rumanian Minister of Commerce, of a new commercial treaty intended to speed up and develop trade relations between the two countries. : Indicating the fear of conflict in the Balkans, Lloyds’ insurance un= derwriters in London today doubled their war risk rates for peviral vessels in the ‘Mediterranea 9. In Paris, it was nimed that French forces beat back German
unit to take a place in the Sheriff’s at the shoulder. Brown “garrison” , patrols in a series of skirmishes | emergency garage. Manned by three caps and Sam Brown belts will be’ west of the Vosges Mountains when : "ithe Germans tried to filter through
There Rhine
| Kid McCoy Dead
Kid McCoy. . . . ‘I could not endure this world’s madness any longer.”
BODY FOUND IN DETROIT HOTEL
Began Ring Career Here; Gained Fame With His ‘Corkscrew’ Punch.
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year he engaged in'11 bouts, three in Indianapolis. ‘ He became highly regarded in 1898 after defeating Gus Ruhlin, heavyweight, over the 20-round route at Syracuse, N. Y. McCoy invented the “corkscrew” punch and it was his best weapon— a hard, twisting jolt to the midsection. That new blow put the Hoosier in the headlines all over the world. However, McCoy was unable to beat off the leading heavies of his day. Tom Sharkey knocked him out in 1899 and Jim Corbett flattened him in 1900. The Sharkey and Corbett Jattles were held in New York.: The Hoosier fought during an era when the heavyweight class was
newt, Jim Jeifries, Bob Fitzsimmons, Sharkey, Ruhlin, Joe Choynski, Peter Maher, and in his early years, John L. Sullivan. McCoy knocked out Maher, Jim Savage and lesser lights. He invaded England in 1901 and scored a grand slam over the British heavyweights by knocking out three opponents in one month. He also fought in Paris and South Africa. The Hoosier was known as a “slicker” in the ring and referees had to watch closely to keep him in aide wiv vue rules of tne game. It is said that in a bout in South Africa, while facing a giant heavyweight who towered over him, that The Rid planted tacks on the ring canva, The ‘South African fought barefooted and when he stooped to pull a tack from his foot McCoy knocked nim out.. His favorite theory and one which
Choynski,
a clean life. never drank nor smoked.
Strauss Says:
you!
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GERMANS FACING
DEATH IN NARVIK
Fight Desperate ‘Re ef Action Against Tremendous Odds i in North. -
By PETER C. RHODES United Press Staff Correspondent
LULEAA, Sweden, April 18.—German troops are fighting a desperate retreating action in the Narvik area
+
h||in Arctic Norway, it was reported
today, against a merciless BritishNorwegian drive. The battle by a combined BritishNorwegian force to wipe out all Ger-
|' mans in the entire Narvik area from
the Rombakfjord on the North Sea Coast to the Swedish frontier began late yesterday, it was understood. British landing forces were reported in action both north and south: of Narvik as well as in the town. : Fighting was reported in progress along the Narvik-Swedish frontier railroad, as well as in the Immedigte vicinity ‘of Narvik. (Amsterdam picked up a a Radio Stockholm report that the fightihg had extended all along the railroad and that the British were advanc-
ipe'. : n Report Some Nazis Trapped ;;
Norwegian troops joined the ish north of Narvik, in the Herj erfjord sector, for a combined ar Some Germans were reported trapped in the rugged snow-covered : untains between Narvik and the ; frontier. All reports indicated - that Hist Germans were - fighting with the
‘greatest determination against ap-
parently hopeless odds. There was no indication that the Germans could find a way out unless they managed to drive with their whole force along the railroad to the Swedish frontier and there hand themselves over to the Swedes. Reports believed to be reliable were that one British force, effect ing a landing in the Herjangerfjord just north of Nar¥ik, joined a strong Norwegian force and defeated a
German attempt to retreat to the
north. The Germans were driven down the Narvik-Elvegaardsmoen Road toward the outskirts of Narvik, it was. reported.
British Carry Full Equipment
The second British force was be= lieved blocking the sole means of German retreat to the south, after establishing a base at the village of the Beisfjord just south of Narvik. The situation in Narvik town remained unclear and reports were confusing. The British had taken part of the town, it was indicated. There were some reports that the Germans had been driven out entirely. - But there were alternative reports that the British designed to cut off all means of retreat for the (German force of from 2000 to 2500 men, then storm the Rombak Heights on the north side of the Rombak{jord and finally take the whole town, an operation for which they seemed prepared to allot several days. British forces landed first on fjord, the name of which I jd been asked not to disclose. within 12% miles of Narvik. The main force landed Tuesday, and was ace complished within six hours. The British landing force carried full
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‘‘SERVICE"’
These oxfords will look good to you . .. and feel grand under
You'll note on the sole—and inside on the heel pad—the word “SERVICE.” That’s your cue— your assurance of full value . . . of comfort . . . of good boot-making!
The uppers are vegetable tanned —soft—comfortable . . . they are not apt to draw—or pinchl They take detailing Beautifully, nN
Black—brown—antiqued . . « this is one of a score of styles. Others include wing-tips— bluchers, etc. :
L STRAUSS & 00, IN. THE MAN'S STORE.
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