Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1940 — Page 3

MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940

"LONG WAR SEEMS

SURE IN NORWAY

Weeks Discloses Allies

Analysis of First Two

Face Heroic Task in Driving Out Nazis Who Control Rich Southern Area. \

.By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Cable Editor

Two weeks of war in Norway show that the Allies have | undertaken a job of heroic proportions in shiempting to]

drive the Germans out of Scandinavia.

Every indication is that

it will be a long and costly ||

campaign. The British intimate they expect it to be. Winston Churchill, directing the operations, speaks of it as “campaign during the summer.”

A review of the happenings since April 8 as reported by United Press dispatches from Norway presents a reasonably clear picture, despite the fog of censorship and conflicting claims. One primary fact stands out: The

Germans started with the advantage because they got there fust.

Striking with a swiftness t unparalleled in military hi ; they were able to announce within

24 hours after the invasion started that they controlled the important bases of Narvik, Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand and lo. Nazis Control South

If you take a map of Norway and use colored pins, say white for the British and black for the Germans, you will find your map liberally covered with black pins dotting the more important part of the country. And you will use only a few white pins—some of them above the Arctic Circle. At present the Germans are virtally in control of the southern, or richest, part of Norway, which the British have not been able to penetrate, Stockholm reported today that British troops had penetrated eastward from their landing places on the coast and were fighting alongside the Norwegians in the HamarElverum region. The report, if. true, would indicate much greater British Jogos on land than had been expected While the Allies are occupied in the rugged, difficult north arcund Narvik and Trondheim, the latter midway up the coast, the Germans have been digging in, sending more men and supplies, erecting artillery defenses and improving the air fields which they hold.

. Germans_Move Rapidly

The swiftness with which the Germans moved indicated, the British said, that the invasion was planned and begun before the Allied mines were laid. The Germans said their preparations were merely defensive; that they had information that the Allies themselves planned to base in Norway and that it was necessary to beat them to the punch. 'It is an argument that may never be settled, at least until history clears things up. It was not until the Germans had been in Norway for more than ‘a week that British activity became apparent in the Trondheim region, although British planes had made repeated attacks on Bergen and - Stavanger on the southwest coast, and claimed to have inflicted heavy damage, especially at Stavanger. * . Control of the Trondheim region is essential for a successful British attack from the north, accordirg to military experts. Moreover, it has the only airfield which the British could use as a base and air operations are expected to play an important part in the fight because . the rugged country makes largescale infantry operations difficult. The Germans so far have a marked advantage in the air, being in possession of the chief bases of southern Norway, while the British have to fly 400 miles across the North Sea. The Trondheim region is the mid-

ADMIRAL FEARS 0 S.- JAPAN WAR

Taussig Says Nazi Victory |

Would Mean Squeeze by Totalitarian Group.

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expected to be the leader of the fight against the $963,000,000 bill, which collapsed when the Sehate

disclosed no mood to slash it, said

h~ would oppose: the expansi.n measure.

“It wi'l lead us into a war,” he|®

predicted. “I think our Navy is too large right now. We have the best navy in the world. Germany's fleet has been practically destroyed and the fleets of Great Britain and France have been decimated. Chairman David I. Walsh of the Naval Affairs Committee that Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson, chief of the Naval Bureau of Engineering, may be re-questioned on his request for additional building tacilities to make possible a program to expand the Navy's combatant strength by 400,000 tons, or 25 per cent. Hearings on the expansion bill, he said, probably will continue for several weeks. ; Meanwhile, Senate and House conferees on the $922,911,213 Agriculture Department appropriation bill for 1941 today entered their second month of discussions with no agreement in sight. On another Congressional front, the Dies Committee investigating un-American activities planned a series of hearings today on alleged Communist-Nazi plots to seize control of the - United States and Mexico. Chairman Martin Dies said that hearings on a “Trojan horse” plot in this country by Communists and Nazi organizations would begin this week and that studies would be

made two months hence of -an|:

alleged similar conspiracy in Mexico.

Norway “belt” and contains the rail-

road which runs across the country

from the North Sea to the Gulf of Bothnia, as well as the railroad leading south. There is no railroad between Narvik and Trondheim.

Allied forces are understood to have landed at Namsos, 75 miles above Trondheim; at Molde, 95 miles southwest of it, and at Laerdal, 180 miles southwest. Paris announced that French troons are among the forces landed. The French troops would include Alpine chasseurs, skilled in mountain fighting, and picked Canadians are with. the British. The big test of the war is expected in that region. The number of Allied and German troops so far in Norway has not been disclosed. The German strength has been unofficially estimated at perhaps 60,000 and is being augmented by aerial transport and perhaps by sea. London, reports that 2000 Germans a day are being landed from the air. If that is true, the Allies before long may have to have a total expeditionary force of 100,000 or more,

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THE INDIANAPOLIS: TIMES Water Covers Indians

foenes like this were common in Southern Indiana today as rivers and streams overflowed their

banks. This one was taken about three miles west of Columbus where the east fork of the White River

J. H. Armington said that streams were rising in the southern areas because of the excess water in the north.

White Rising at Shoals

Both ‘the White River and Fall Creek here were falling. The river stage here today was 10 feet against a flood stage of 12 and a danger stage of 18. The stage of the east fork of the White River at Shoals was 21.9 feet and still rising. Flood stage there is 20 feet. The main White at Hazleton reached 20 feet, four above flood stage, and was still rising. The Wabash at New Harmony was. 13.5 and swelling toward the flood stage of 15. The same stream was slightly over the 17-foot flood stage at Mt. Carmel, Ill. There was some anxiety at Evansville and Aurora as the Ohio River continued its rise.

50 Families Flee

The Ohio was reported rising af, the rate of one-tenth a foot every two hours. More than 100 roads on the Ohio side were reported under water, About 50 families in the Aurora district were forced from their homes as the river measured 54 feet. A crest of 60 feet is expected. More than 500 acres planted in wheat near Boonville were covered with water. New Albany residents were warned to prepare to evacuate as the Ohio rose more than seven feet in 24 hours and continued to swell.

Worst Danger Passed In: Drenched Ohio

COLUMBUS, O., April 22 (U. P.). —Southern Ohio was water-soaked and inconvenienced by its overflowing rivers today, but the danger of disastrous floods apparently had

passed. It rained intermittently all last

week. The rains ceased yesterday

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City Total 14 25 Cireeriyeiaee 9 23 2

April 20 and 21, 1940

Injured 29| Arrests Dead ......... ljAccidents .....62

SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations Tried tions Paid Speeding ..... 1 1 $5 Reckless Driving 3 2 Failure to stop at through street 1 Disobeying traffic signal ... 2 Drunken. driving 1 All others ..... 5

00cssecnecsne 11

1939 1940

2 0 2 0 5

criveees 13 10

MEETINGS TODAY

Bs Board of Trade, noon. Service. Club, oo Eepabliean Hotel, noon.

Do n Club, 5446% E. wilh Bonire Dame Club, Spink-Arms Hotel, Bo atral Labor Union, Plumbers’ Hall, 8|™ > Indians University Club, Columbia Club,

1 Totals

industrial Union Council, Amalgamated | cis.

tist Training Conference,

p Ai-Bs on Baptist Church

nship Hi th Sehool, commenceBy high school, night.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Club, Cla; 1 Hotel, noon. AunaTr au Gmes 2, Board of * Trade, noon.

Sr Cras, 1 Columbia Club, noon University of of ® Michigan Club, Board of , noon aie Bits t Columbus, K. of C. Cluboon “Tatheran Service Club, Canary Cottage, opine Paper Credit Group, Wm. B. Block

ny, noon. Conte} Milk Control Board, publi Beare ing, House of Representatives, tral Indiana Section American Soclsty of Mechanical Engineers, Indiana Worl War Memorial, : p. lis mabaieriin Conference,

In First Prebyterian. oO Church _

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.)

‘ ullen, 29, 29. of 434 8. Butler; age ns 21, of 1409 rion. pnelius Erwoo 24, of 5313 | m univers Fors Form: of.

es, 33, a HRA

|r Frances Roberts

Delaware; 2823 Central

Cains ..68A% Foltz; S..T

Grande; elly.

Bor Canary Cottage, [04

po gitar Berin arteries

Lon Rowe, 27, of Hammond; Olga on, 24, of Indianapolis. Allen O'Hara. 21, of 1. Cha £ nape]. 1. ‘of Lilly 1,

cicner a May Finchum, 3. of 425 E.

t t. Carl John Hindel Jr., 28, of 2514 N. ‘Julia Elizabeth Brooks, 21, of

Carl Beard Miller, 25, of 2827 Moore; Virginia Irene Culver, 18, of 2849 Boyd

Andrew Clay, 32, of 1010 8S. Ellen Finchum, 18, of 1025

a . Daniel F 30, of 1621 E. LeBars ewandor. 32, of 1752 E.

Norman Dale Allgood. 19. of 2005 Caroline; Mildred Irene KEstle, 20, of 2320

Brookside Ave Jack Kenneth King, 22, of 238 E. Jigutvil.

gen; Lenore Miller, 19, of 1333 W.

BIRTHS

Girls George, Lillian Morgan, a Jethodist, Donald, Vivian Morris. at Colem ; Earl, Dallas Williamson, at Coleman.

e. Charles Leona

y . Francis. t St. Vincent's. William, Mary Moot ‘at 2020 Maryland. ; Donald, Betty Johnston, at 725 8S. Irvngton.

Boys or ates, Dorothemay Robb, at Meth-

Donald, Margaret: Gobrecht, at Meth-

Richard. Ione Wintin, at Methodist. je Marguerite Middleton, at Meth-

Loui Doris , Jacqer. at Methodist. Charles, Opal at Methodist. a J. Louis, Sara Fichman, at Cole-

Frank, Ruth Bantley, at City. Eston, Margaret Sterns, at 3. Francis. Rollie, Ellen Wilkey, at St. Francis. Kenneth, Fawnteila ‘Koons, at St. Fran-

vw, B., Elsie McPhetridge, at St. Vin-

Cletus Ella Robinson, at St. Vincent's. bert. Loretta Long, at St. Vincent's. Charles, LO Snider. at St. Vincent's. William, Mary McFeely, at 2844 Northwestern.

Mt. | cent’

DEATHS

Albert Vann, 55, at Central Indians, chronis Dephri itis. Nellie Swain, 56, at Long, carcinoma. William Ratts, ( 63, at Long, carcinoma. James Welsey Huss, > at 3601 N. Meridian, Sorgnaty. occlusio John ‘Rain Tore "7, at 2716 Sutherland, Le nephritis. Arthur B. Man ord. 44, at Veterans, lo-

bar Dnewmon ia Elmer Powell, 77, at 817 Division, cerebral a ae Christopher chronic, myocar lee D

of vy acre myoca

John “im cerebral hemorrhage.

C Daily, 47, "at Veterans, cirrhosis Kio C. Joberts, 68, at 1047 BE. Market, | Denver

mes w. Ballard, 74, at City, broncho- | R n

"Edvard Fan, 2 9, al City, carcinoma. illiam Blackbur 2, ab a occlus John Trost, = ‘at 654 River, broncho-

preumonia. as Gardner, 28, at 312 E. Washng cerebral apo;

tur Ne rei. DS eely. 68, cerebral hemorrhage.’ y - Drake, 91, at 402 W.. New. York,

John Wesley Deer, 84, at 4613 Caroll

Westin. Bishop, 69, at 1815 N. Cap-| Hi

Methodist, ]

te Wolf, pop! oy. Methodist, frac- | Omah at 2235 Carrollton, P San An

Alexander Neal, 87. at 1264 Roosevelt, sazdio vascular. renal diseas auline Louise Hoss, 78, 1 “less N. Talhott, arteriosclerosis.’

FIRE ALARMS

Sunday

4:42 A, M.—331 N. Delaware, cigaret on davenport, loss $1 M.—3607 Orchard, overheated steam boiler: loss Bit A. M.—LaSalle and E. 5th,

0: "31 A. M.—Temple and New York, fase alarm. 3:30 P. M.—400 E. Daim auto backfire:

7:44 A; M.—2100 W. "Washington, auto backfire.

false alar

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight er by tomorrow; somewhat warmer tonight.

Sunrise 4:57 Sunset

TEMPERATURE April 22, 1940— ese vhis .» 4211 p. m.

BAROMETER 6:30 a. m. ....29.97

Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 a. m.. 0 Total precipitation aluce Jan, l.iceeess .9.90 Deficiency since Jan. 2.

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Mostly cloudy, showers tonishi or by tomorrow, except in northeast por tion tonight; not so cool in -east and north portions

onight. Illinois—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with showers; no decided change in temperature.

Lower Michisan—Generally fair tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy, possibly showers in southwest SY oreion little change in temperature. in Ohle—Increasing cloudiness, not so cool west Jortion tonight; tomorow mostly hy showers by night.

Kentucky — Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer with showers in extreme west poriion tonight; tomorrow cloudy scattered showers. in. west and centrai portions.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A, M. |

*§alsh, 65, at 1305 Kentucky, | Boston

' [for an ‘hour and a. half at Everett

and the day was generally bright. The Weather. Bureau saw :no immediate prospect.of further rains. The Ohio River had reached a crest on 445 feet at Marietta, O., today—eight and a half feet over flood stage. half of Marietta’s business district was under water. Four hundred homes in the east and west side residential districts were flooded. The river was expected to start falling soon. Rises at Cincinnati

Cincinnati prepared for an Ohio River crest six or seven feet over the 52-foot flood level by Wednesday. The river stage today was 55.5 feet and the rise was about -onetwentieth of a foot an hour. The flood waters were expected to pour into Crosley Field, where the Cincinnati Reds play, when the river reaches the 57-foot stage. This might prevent the Reds from playing tomorrow and Wednesday.

Already, in South Central Ohio, water was 10 feet deep on the main street of Roseville, the village of Bremen was under water, 45 homes and stores were flooded at Crooksville and the town of Logan was isolated. At Pittsburgh, where the Ohio is formed by the convergence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, the water had dropped below flood stage of 25 feet after having crested at 28.3 feet late Saturday night. The Ohio had crested at Wheeling, W. Va., Sunday at 42.5 feet, 6.5 feet over flood stage, interrupting transportation but causing little property damage. Le

Four Drowned

The Ohio measured 31.5 feet at Louisville, Ky., which has a 28-foot flood stage. A crest of 35 feet was expected Wednesday. Four drownings have been reported .in the flood area. At Buck, W. Va, Bernard Wdod, 4, was drowned in Wolf Creek. Mrs, Ruie Ketter, 78, was drowned in the Ohio River at Sciotoville, O. Betty Jane Dutton, 10, fell into the Blanchard River east of Findlay, O. while pulling a toy boat with a string from a bridge abutment. Richard Locke, 6, was drowned in Plum Creek at Olmstead Falls, O.

Blizzard Lashes New England

BOSTON, April 22 (U. P).—A northeast blizard lashed the New England Coast today and blanketed four of the six states with from two to 10 inches of snow. In 12 scattered areas, beach cot-' tages were damaged or washed to sea by roaring ‘waves. Seas were reported more than 100 feet high at. Deer Island, in Boston Harbor. : A Boston & Maine Railroad train with 149 passengers. was marooned

en route from Rockport to Boston as waters from a canal eddied around. the coaches. An estimated 7000 persons were isolated in Maine’s northeast tip. Communications. were completely cut out of Eastport and Lubec, ‘Me. Vermont experienced the full force of the blizzard. and 10 inches of snow was reported ' hear: the Canadian ‘border. - Snow . plows were at work in Hampton, N. H., pushing back tons of stones and sand swept over the beach by the huge waves.

MRS. TAFT'S TALKS 2 WIN SLIGHT FAVOR

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the State Republican. bigwigs’ at the Columbia. Club here. He is coming back ‘to his native .| Indiana to .cogitate on the. “call” as he visits his five farms in Rush County next week<end. But in Indiana the Willkie family, has been Democratic so long that it would - take a miracle to make him the Republican :favorite son, 6 irs as men like ‘Will Irwin, Columbus, |. Ind., eapitalist and Republican NaHonal Committeeman,- Hight} like to 0 sO.

~ HOOSIER FOUND DEAD

today h been found

All but a block and a|

splashed over flood stage, forcing residents of lowlands from. their homes. More Rains Are Forecast;

White River, Fall Creek Dip

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FIGHT ON THREE NORSE FRONTS

Allies and Germans Clash; ~-British- Move on Trondheim From South.

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German planes In two days on the Western Front alone, and carried out “extremely successful” operations in southern Norway more

‘| rapidly than expected.

In addition, Britain's chancellor oi the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, prepared to fell the House of Commons tomorrow that Britain was ready to throw more than $10,000,000,000 into the war against Germany in the budget for the coming fiscal year. At the same time, the British Air Force kept up a running bombardment of Nazi-aerial bases at Kristiansand, Stavanger and Bergen and twice bombed the Danish terminal from which German air transports were taking off for Norway. : : Sweden Keeps Watch Frequent air raid alarms, and a strict blackout in central Sweden, testified to the watchfulness all over that country. Newspapers published maps showing the situation of air raid shelters. Corridors of hotels were marked with vari-colored signs and arrows, directing patrons to safety areas. Public buildings were guarded by steel-helmeted ‘soldiers for the first time. The unexpectedly rapid arrival of Allied forces in Norway had both stiffened Sweden’s attitude and caused anxiety over the possibility that if Germany met a reverse in Norway, Sweden might have real reason to defend its: neutrality. In occupying Denmark, Germany occupied the strategically important Danish islands of Bornholm, only 25 miles off the south coast of | Sweden. Fortified Gotland Islands lies 70 miles to the northeast. At Gotheburg, Sweden, . gunfire was heard again off the Gotheburg Peninsula but a .heavy fog prevented residents from determining what was going on. It was believed, however, that either an air or naval engagement was being fought. On ihe diplomatic front, France and Great Britain, seeking to establish friendly relations with: both Spain and Italy, have made it plain at the same time that any Italian move against ‘Jugoslavia would cause -them to cease recognizing Italy as a non-belligerent, it was reported ‘ today. Press Criticism E : It was intimated that the basis for friendly relations with Spain had been laid, and there were reports from the frontier that Generalissimo Prancisco co, the Spanish Nationalist chieftain, might soon make it plain through a reaffirmation of Spain's absolute neutrality, that he intended to keep out of the ‘European war and continue to : reconstruct his coun-

t1 hf slightly Jess unfriendly tone in Italian press comment toward the Allies has. been ‘noted in official quarters. here. But it is emphasized that this modification, though perhaps inspired, has not been backed up by the slightest official intimation that Italy ‘is ready for any negotiations. 5 : As “for ‘both: ‘Spain. and Italy, it was said here that the Allies were not prepared to alter essentially the present status: in the Mediterranean. That was taken to mean that Britain meant to keep Gibraltar, Malta and its control of the Suez Canal; that, France meant to maintain firm control ‘of Tunisia; and that any concessions must be aside from these points. : ~ Italian newspapers said today that Italy’s decision on entering the war must be made soon and that the Nation was ready for war. - The newspaper: Tribuna said Maly knows what she must do “will make all’ her ‘weight, felt.” ?

MOON GAZERISAW NO SPOTS BEFORE EYES

"The expected penumbral, eclipse of the moon last ens. didn’t produce much of. a show for amateur | man astronomers, they said today. ‘Emsley W. Johnson Sr., astron-

{omy enthusiast, said that the earth WARSAW, Ind.,. April.22 (U. P). oHiy.¢ 5 |=Yerno Biue, 50, “of near Mentane,

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rain Wreck: Inquiries Pressed

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Federal, County and New York Central Railroad inquiries were pressed today into the Little Falls,

N. Y., train wreck (above), which killed 30 persons last Friday night.

Four coaches and the engine

are still piled in the ditch, and it may be Thursday before the last of the wreckage is removed.

SLAYTON, Minn., April 22 (U. P.).—Eleven crushed bodies lay in a morgue today. Yesterday they were the sons and daughters of farmers and small merchants in this neighborhood. The youngest, 17, planned to go to college next year and play football like his big brother. But today they are dead—victims of what the Minnesota Highway Department statement called “youth at the wheel.” The National Safety Council at Chicago said it was “the greatest toll of human lives ever taken in this country in a highway accident involving two pleasure aqars.” . The Council hoped it would be a challenge to. “every parent in the country.” They died swiftly in the grinding head-on impact of two speeding automobiles early yesterday. Some of them were hurled 65 feet; others died in the twisted steel of the two machines. Two may live. It had started out to be a gay evening for both parties. Four boys and two girls in one group went dancing; they were on their way home, laughifig'and talking as the driver pressed his foot on the accelerator until the speedometer read “80” and the car careened on the curves of the oiled gravel road. In the other group were seven boys who had been visiting friends around Slayton. They, too, thought it fun when their car rocked

M’MURRAY SEEKS TO KEEP SCHOOL JOB

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three years as Thorntown city schools superintendent. While serving. as superintendent of Boone County schools, ne was named a member of the State Board of Education, in 1933. A year later he was named superintendent to fill an unexpired term. Mr. McMurray has traveled extensively. He is the author of a recent book, “Pathways of Our Presidents,” published last year, in which he describes his visits to the homes and burial places of American Presidents. ;

HINT CONVOY CENTER IN BERMUDAS GROUP

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 22 (U. P.).—A British Naval Intelligence statement said today that, beginning - early next month, ships would start arriving at Bermuda from all over the world and would depart “in company’—presurmably in convoy. There would be a naval staff at St. George, at the noi .neast tip of the Bermudas group. The statement said: “Beginning early in May, Ber-

the world and from time to. time depart in company to their destinations. “A naval staff engaged in organization will be stationed at St. George.”

TROY FIRST IN STATE

today. compared with 569 in 1930.

cede.

FIREMAN'S ail) AWARD REVERSED

and as a result a leg Was a0: He filed suit.

it | the case

muda will witness a great increase: in the number of ships calling. Ships will arrive from all paris of

TO FINAL CENSUS

The first Indiana town in which the 1940 census has been completed is Troy in Spencer County, Mark Gray, 23d area manager, reported

The population of the town is 592, Mr. Gray said 3000 families along the Ohio River between Lawrenceburg and Jeffersonville, had moved out of their homes and could not be enumerated until flood waters re-

The Indiana Supreine Court today reversed a Clinton County Circuit | Court decision awarding $35,000 to Emil ‘Butzke, Indianapolis City fire-|

‘Mr. Butzke was injufed in a colli sion ‘of fire trucks while on duty}

11 Young People Killed in Nation's Worst Auto Crash’

around curves at break-neck speed, Near the city limits the two cars met on a curve with a crash that awakened persons living nearly a mile away. The front of both autos were ground to junk; gears flew out of their casings; tires exploded. The effects upon the occupants were just as terrible. Safety officials sought to make it an example to impress upon youths the nation over the. awful results of speed and irresponsibility on the highway. A coroner's jury viewed the 11 crushed bodies today. State Police Captain Ralph - Potvin estimated both machines were traveling “up to 80 miles an hour.” The condition; of the two injured was so serious- that they could not be questioned. There were no witnesses, so authorities could only guess what had happened. The dead were George Larson, 20, Jackson, Minn.; Carl Falk, 21, Jackson; Gordon Meyer, 23, Jackson; Leo Egge, 18, Jackson; Hollis Huff, 21,i ‘Jackson: Wayne ‘Gamble, 17. Hadley, Minn.; Everett Johnsen, 17, Slayton; Harold Tyman, 19, ‘Slayton; this brother Lawrence, 20, Slayton; Irene Schwab, 17, Folda, ‘Minn. : and Raphael Fisher, 11, Folda. Just a week ago, Murray County, of which Slayton is the county seat, was awarded a safety trophy by Governor Harold E. Stassen, because it did not have a single traffic death in 1939.

FT. WAYNE TURNERS TO NAME COMMITTEE

The Ft. Wayne Turners were named to select the district executive committee by the Indiana District of the American Turners during their convention at the Athenaeum yesterday. : The present officers, all of Ft. Wayne, are Dr. Kenneth Koegel, president; W. E. Eickoff, vice president; Erwin Richter, financial secretary; W. E. Morton, treasurer; Gus F. Meyers, secretary, and Harry Grabner, district leader.

Convention delegates were welcomed by Dr. Carl B. Sputh, Indianapolis, president of the Athenaeum Turners,

BABY BURNED TO DEATH

‘WARSAW, Ind. April 22 (U.P.). —The 6-weeks-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Leiter of near Sidney, was burned. to death late yesterday when fire spread from an

exploded gasoline stove and destroyed the family’s home. &

FACES CHARGE

OF EXTORTION

Scalise Declares He Was ‘Peglerized,” Two Aids Also Held.

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papers, who revealed recently that Scalise had served a four-year Federal penitentiary term for white slavery in his youth; that he lived in a 27-room mansion with an adjoining seven-car garage in Cone necticut; that he earned $25,000 ‘a year and expenses from the union without having been voted into office by the union membership. As a second offender, he would face a mandatory prison term ‘of 15 to 30 years if convicted. Mr. Dewey was in San Francisco on a campaign trip at the time of the arrest. The charge against Scalise and two codefendants was that they conspired to extort money by “force and fear” from -20 hotels and 11 firms doing cleaning work in business offices. - Their system was said to have been to demand a union contract from one of the firms, or if it already had a contract, to demand a large wage increase with the threat to unionize the firm’s employees or to picket it, and then to drop the demands on payment of money. | The firms were said to have been

forced to pay $1000 to $5000 to avoid

trouble. The County Grand Jury inquiring into the activities of Scalise was expected to hand up indictments’ against several prominent figures Wednesday or Thursday. Scalise, who does a sideline business as an undertaker, claims 70,000 members for his union, 30,000 of them in New York. He spent a few hours in Jail before Mr. Kadel raised the bond and also 2 $20,000 bond for Scalise’s confidential secretary, Ann Kaye, who had been arrested Saturday as a material witness and booked under the name of Ann Kimmler to avoid premature publicity. / Named with Scalise were Izzy Schwartz, head of the union’s Local 32A, which has about 5000 chambermaids, porters and other building cleaners as members, and his brother, Louis Schwartz, head of Local 32J which has about 4000 chambermaids and porters, “They were indicted on extortion charges Feb. 28 and are free on $6000 bonds.

NAMED BY ROOSEVELT

WARM SPRINGS, Ga. April 22 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt today

appointed Paul P. Cret, Philadelphia =~ architect, as a member of the Na.’

tional Fine Arts Commission.

Strauss -Says :

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A WARDROBE*—on the “rougher” side—jacket vest, trousers and a pair of contrasting slacks— (lots of variety and value)—

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