Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1940 — Page 3

MONDAY, ATG. 5, 1940

DRAFT MEASURE SENT TO SENATE = BY COMMITTEE

Revised Bill Cuts Age to 21-31, Permits One-Year Enlistment.

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Men could be kept in the Army or Navy indefinitely if Congress declared that the national interest was imperiled. Draftees would become members of the reserves for 10 years after active service. VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT — The measure contains a provision which would permit men between 18 and 35 to enlist in the Army for onevear periods, instead of the generally prevailing three-year tour of duty. EXEMPTIONS — Exempted from all provisions of the draft bill would be officers and men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, and reserves, Army and Navy cadets; ministers of religion; officials, but not employees, | of the Federal and State Govern-|

ments. At his discretion, the President

could temporarily add to this list| men whose employment in industry, | agriculture or other occupations is found necessary to maintenance of national health, safety or interest. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS —Would be exempted from combatant training, but would be assigned to non-combatant or civilian work. All claiming such exemption, | however would be referred by their local board to the Department of Justice for an inquiry and hearing. | RE-EMPLOYMENT—Government | workers’ return to their jobs would be guaranteed. Congress would express its belief that state and local governments should follow the Fedral example. Private employers refusing to rehire trainees would be deemed guilty of a violation of the Wagner | Act unless they could prove that | they acted in good faith and because |! of necessity. Trainees also would be enabled to demand a hearing in Federal courts on their right to reemployment. { At the last minute the committee adopted a suggestion bv Senator Warren R. Austin (R. Vt) which would apply the job security provisions in the biil to volunteers as weil as conscripts A War Department suggestion to defer the service of divinity students in their senior year was voted down, | In Washington Township alone 7 to 4. there are listed in the 1940 census Senators voting to approve the five communities which were not bill were Chairman Morris Shep- registered in 1930. pard (D. Tex.), Robert R. Reynolds| The worst spot at the moment, (D. N. C), Elbert D. Thomas (D. according to City engineers, is outUtah), Sherman Minton (D. Ind.),|side the City limits in the southern Josh Lee (D. Okla.), H. H. Schwartz part of Marion County. There (D. Wyo.), Lister Hill (D. Ala), A.| dozens of small one-room buildings B. Chandler (D. Ky), William have sprung up, many of them withSmathers (D. N. J) (by proxy), out any form of plumbing or water Warren R. Austin (R. Vt), Chan Supply Gurney (R. S. D), Rufus C. Hol-| Thinks Planning Needed sm ord and Styles Bridges or. Book has begun his tnha a Soke. uhh 'estigation on the belie a ere Voting in the negative were Ser= must be some planning made imators Edwin C. Johnson (D. Colo). magiately for future growth in subErnest Lundeen (F.-L. Minn) (OY urban areas. proxy) and John Thomas (R. Ida.) But whether there are existing Senator Johnson, a persistent jaws which can be used to control critic of the bill, said that these the public health aspects now three would submit a detailed report evolving is what Mr. Book seeks to of their reasons for opposing it. |ascertain. If existing laws are not NEW YORK. ww |adequate, it seems certain that the

Aug. 5 P)—| : . : next Legislature will be forced to Only Governor C. A. Bottolfsen of | hsider some action.

Idaho, among 18 Governors polled.| wr Book's studies will take some disapproves of the compulsory mili- [time he pointed out. In the meantary service bill which is being de- ‘time City officials ars watching bated in the Senate this week. the closely all building trends in the national emergency committee of County so that no ‘dangerous situathe Military Training Camps AssO- tion may develop suddenly. ciation reports. | — Governor Bottolfsen said that “no definite action” on compulsory training should be taken before volWiig enlistment measures had, RECORD MANEUVERS been tried and “completely ex-| hausted.” OGDENSBURG. N. Y., Aug. 5 (U. Governor Nels H. Smith of Wy- P ) —With arrival of additional oming was the only other Governor forces of the regular Army and Nain accord with Bottolsen, but be- [tional Guardsmen, final preparacause he said selective service tions were made today to send more should be considered as “a last than 100.000 troops into the field in resort” his answer was interpreted northern New York for the largest as favorable. peacetime war maneuvers in the The Governors of other states re- nation's history. plving favorably were those of Ala-| Thousands of Army tents were bama. Arizona, California, Florida, set up to house the soldiers who| Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, will engage in mimic combat dur-| Nevada, New Jersey, New York, !ing August. Pennsylvania National North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Guardsmen were the latest to arIsland, South Carolina and Wash- rive. ington. | Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commander The replies will be read into the of the First Army maneuvers, will records of the House Military Af- deliver final training

fairs Committee. on Wednesday / 4 \

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City Total X939 .e.ehinn.. 21 33 55 B99 Luvana. 28 45 3 Aug. 3-4=— Injured ...... 20 Accidents 0 Arrests .... SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid

Problems in Country Areas Probed.

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are few and scattered but in those cases where clusters of homes have sprung up, City health officials see a danger of water pollution and improper sanitation. Townships Gain Significant are these preliminary Census Bureau figures showing the

population trend in the County's | townships other than Center:

1930 2,711 2.918

1940 3,794 3.213 5.454 15.918 2, 21,822 42,799 48,503

Decatur Franklin Lawrence

warren Washington Wavne

ARMY READY FOR

Charles Hurt, 50, R. R. 4; Irene Keller,) R. 4 i

Robert Butler, 25. 1427 W. 22d; Virginia | Pope, 18, 2131 Dexter | Harold Thompson Jr., 18, 644 Eugene; | Virginia George Whitsett, 16, 112 E. Ohio. | William E. VanMatre, 25, Ambassador Apts 612, Virginia Kelley, 25, 39 E. Jimth

! llis McNeely, } rice Alexander. 1 52 iam _H 92 18, 2439 N. Gale. ! Dennison, 25, Noblesville, | 21, 17, Box

8 } ratt, Richard B , Annabelle Kiesel,

Meredith L. Scott, 13. 511 N. Dearborn; Betty J. Shimer, 13, 605 N. Rural. Donald F. Warweg, 23, 858 N. LaSalle; | | LaVerne L. Miller, 22, 1645 Kessler Blvd. { Charles L. Ketrow, 20, North Salem, Ind.;, Waneatah Rae Taylor, 20, 543 S. Edgehill. { Carl Pranklin Schermerhorn, 20, 233 8S. Margaret Mae Heid, 18, 4840 S.

Neblett, 19, 2737 Columbia; Cleo Limmons, 18, 3273 Martindale, Paul Richey, 27, 1141 S. Richland; Rose- | mary Moehler, 21, 1422 Silver. $4 | Robert M. Strain, 25 221 N. Gray; Nancy May Benefiel, 21, 3462 N. Illinois. — waar Froese, Rg 1 Singleton; - arv LaBussa, 17. 17 elaware. MEETINGS TODAY ! Joseph Andrew Fendel, 22, 424 N. Forest;

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Violations Speeding ... 0 Reckless driving .. 3 0 Failure to stop at { through street. 0 Disobeyving traffic signals 0 Drunken driving. 1 All others ..

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ty Weslev, Evelyn Toney, at St. Francis. Robert, Edna Wood, at St. Prancis. Leonard. Mary May, at St. Francis Lester, Marjorie Rogers, at St. Francis. Harry, Dorothy Smith, at St. Dallas, Clara Belle Chappell, at St. Vinnt's Henry. Mary Simon, at St. Vincent's. Edward, Betty Altom, at 2936 Brookside Richard, Mary Martin, at 34 E. Adler.

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Dr. Cook, Who Did or Did Not Discover North Pole, Is Dead

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| But the public was apathetic, and | Dr. Cook might have been the viche dropped out of the spotlight tim of injustice. until 1923 when he was sentenced When he was 25, Dr. Cook reto 12 years in prison for selling ceived a medical diploma from New worthless oil stock in Texas. Paroled York University, and the next year mn 1930, he began his fight all over was appointed ship's surgeon with again. {one of Admiral Peary's expeditions Last May 3, what appeared then to the Arctic. to be the final blow fell. Dr. Cook,| 1, 1893 Dr. Cook headed his own whose career as explorer had aynegition along the west Coast of | stemmed from an earlier career aS Greenland. He tried again in 1894 physician, had gone to the home Of put jn neither instance was he able his friend and colleague, Ralph 1, find a negotiable route to the Shainwald von Ahlefeldt, to treat pole. Mrs. Arlefeldt, who was ill. In 1897-1899 he served as ship's He sat by her bedside night and physician with a Belgian Antarctic day and was exhausted When. | expedition and later made an asfinally, she died. He HIN ag | SRUIt on Mt. McKinlev. | funeral but on the day she was| 71, 1900. having gone again to the buried fell ill himself. He suffered | arctic Dr. Cook cent “Moa a stroke of apoplexy from Which | 4 the United States announcing

he never recovered. | hs is eC that he had discovered the North But while he was ill at Mr. Ahle- ‘Pole on April 21, 1908.

feldt's home in Larchmont, N. Y., Instantly he was acclaimed

lving most of the time in a coma, ! a the explorer's friends were busy. | throughout the world, and before

They prevailed upon President Roosevelt to grant him a full and unconditional pardon.

yr 1 ¥ Ww - i brian ogo Mog I as an Shortly after the Cook message |

Cook had barely enough strength reached America. however, another |

to smile and say, in a feeble voice, 87d similar communication ar- | “thanks—happy.” | rived. This one was from Admiral | As recently as 1936, Dr. Cook had Peary. in Indian Harbor, Labrador, | {reasserted his claims as the true 2nd, like Dr. Cook's, announced that | | discoverer of the North Pole—claims the author had discovered the | disputed at the time by Admiral North Pole. | Robert E. Peary, who was given the | While Dr. Cook kept lecture | | recognition Dr. Cook sought—and dates, Admiral Peary denounced his | 'in a letter to the American Geo- | claims. Finally a committee was | | graphical Society insisted that they formed to investigate and settle the | had been substantiated. issue. It reported that Dr. | Since then the belief had been Cook's data did not justify his)

| growing in various quarters that ‘claims.

Quiet, Please! It's a Reunion

YEDDO, Ind. Aug. 5—Airplane owners please take notice! You are requested by the committee of the 62d annual Yeddo Old Settlers reunion not to fly over Patterson's Grove, a mile and a half northeast of Yeddo, from 10 a. m. until late afternoon Aug. 15. That's the day of the reunion and the noise will spoil the program of speeches, games and contests.

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NAZIS PRACTICE ON

~ NORWEGIAN SHORES

i | LONDON, Aug. 5 (U. P).—A new moon and high tides, favorable to ‘any would-be invader, and reports |of German military activity in Norway, lent emphasis today to Prime | Minister Winston Churchill's week{end warning that the danger of a {German attack on the British Isles {had “by no means passed away.” Meteorological conditions now prevalent will favor an invader for

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Passenger Drowns, 5 Hurt as Auto Plunges Into Creek

3 SERA RRR | Times Photo.

One man was drowned and five companions were hurt when this car plunged into Fall Creek at the Allisonville Road and Keystone Ave.

DEATH TOLL IN COUNTY NOW 73

Two Others Killed in State, Six Injured in College Ave. Crash.

An automobile traveling at high speed missed the bridge approach at Keystone Ave. and the Allison- | ville Rd. about 4 o'clock this morning and plunged into Fall Creek. One of the occupants was drowned, five others injured. The dead man was Lawrence Al‘len, 48-year-old Negro, and the ac{cident sent the County's traffic toll {for the year to 73—18 more than for the same period last year. The driver of the car, Cecil Williams, and four others had gone to an Allisonville Rd. club to pick up Allen, an employee there.

Lands Upside Down Deputy sheriffs said the car was

the controversy reached its climax going extremely fast. he was accepted by scores of ex- make the bridge approach, bounced plorers’ clubs and geographic so- [against a utility pole guy wire, side-

cities. {

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It failed to

swiped a tree and then hurtled into, the creek, landing upside down] about 25 feet from shore. Allen apparently was knocked unconscious while his companions, more fortunate, managed to make] their way to shore. Jack Gantz, a 17-year-old fisherman who was in a boat seining for minnows, rowed to the car, only one wheel of which was visible. Gantz assisted deputy sheriffs in searching for Allen, whose body was not recovered until about 6 o'clock. The other four in the car were John Roney of 154 WW, 23d St, Homer Best of 1149 Roach St. and Harry Young of Kokomo, all three 16 vears of age, and Willie Davis, 19, of Kokomo.

Two Killed in State

In the state outside the county two other traffic fatalities were reported. Chester Allford, 47, of Wilkinson, was injured fatally in a collision on Road 40 one mile east of Charlottesville. Beverly Ziegler, 13, a passenger, was killed in a three-car collision on Road 3, six miles north of New Castle. Five persons were hurt in a collision at 38th St. and College Ave.

!sereval days. After that conditions | !would be less favorable until early September. A dispatch from Stockholm quoted reliable private Norwegian sources | |as asserting that German officials in | | Norway had named the period — ASBURY PARK, N. J. Aug. 5

g _| (U. P).—The 14th annual Ameritween ARE. 8 and 10 BS His prods {can Contract Bridge League Tour-

our or an attack on *he | nament starts today to decide two cla tide world’s championship and five naAccording to the Norwegians, the . ...) titles More than 600 mas-

dispatch said, Germany is heavily | ese : {ters and duffers are expected to fortifying Trondheim, its big base | pete in the week-long tourney.

on the Norwegian west coast, is The league again has made pro-

7 BRIDGE TITLES AT STAKE IN TOURNEY

instructions | jetties to ma

Vincent's. |

strengthening anti-aircraft defense on the entire southwestern Norwegian coast, and is training men in landing operations. German troops in mock landing operations are jumping their horses {into fjords and swimming out to | transports equipped with special ke boarding feasible.

INDIANAPOLIS

Howard J. Dangerfield 65, at 870 W.| 26th, aortic insufficiency. { Harry Drury, 1427 N. Delaware, mitral regurgitation. | William Imbler. 67. ture Catherine 78, myocarditis

at Citv, skull frac-

| Miller, at 3202 E. 20th,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Thundershowers and cooler tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler, | envi 4:47 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —Aug. 5, 1939—

Sunrise ERO. |

8 a. BAROMETER 6:30 a. m... 30.04

Total precipitation | Deficiency since Ja

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Thundershowers and cooler tonight; tomorrow partly cloudv and cooler, thundershowers in extreme southeast Dor-

ion Tlinois—Partly cloudy. cooler, thunderstorms in south and east portions early tomorrow generally fair and

Michigan— Partly cloudy and {cooler, scattered thundershowers tonight: { tomorrow generally fair and cooler. | Ohio—Local showers and thunderstorms { tonight and tomorrow: {afternoon and night Kentuckv—Local showers and thunder- | storms tonight and tomorrow: cooler in j west and north portions tomorrow after{noon. cooler tomorrow night.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. | Station. Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck, N. D.

cooler tomorrow

| vision for that bane of the bridge | player,

the Kkibitzer. A Kibitzers’ arena, an innovation last year, has rey enlarged so that more of the public can watch the experts. Among last year’s winners who will defend their titles are Oswald (Jacoby and his four aces of New York; Mrs. Ralph C. Young. the nation's number one woman player, and Florence Stratford and Alvin Landy of Cleveland.

They were land Sims, 1031 {Congress Ave., one of the drivers; this wife, Cecile; his two daughters, Joyce, 12, and Barbara. 11, and] | Thomas Adams, 21, 4842 College | {Ave., a passenger in the other car| joven by Paul Elliott, 19, of Dale, { Ind.

Police charged Elliott with failure to have a driver's license, failure to have a certificate of registration, ignoring a preferential street and reckless driving. Six Hurt in Crash Six persons were hurt in a crash (at Georgetown Road and 34th St. | They were Alonzo Brizendine, 50, | (of Mickleyville, and Jesse Stewart, | 45, of 3841 W. Michigan St., drivers {of the two cars involved: Mrs. |Brizendine, Shirley Brizendine, 12] {and Charles Brizendine, 8, their | (children, and Goldie Doty, 51, a | sister of Mrs. Brizendine. Thirty-six other persons were injured, none seriously, in week-end accidents in the county.

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Today's War Moves

By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert {

Further indications that the totalitarian powers have abandoned | expectation of a quick blitzkrieg victory this summer are contained in reports from Rome that Italy is preparing for a long-term war. Italian commentators say Italy intends to invade Palestine next year and they likewise assert major Italian military operations in Africa will, | not begin until the summer heat gives way to cooler weather. { Mussolini is preparing the Italian! people in this way for continuation

of unimportant minor activities in- | Peated delays in starting the inva- | stead of th e SiON that this time Hitler has been

i _| restrained by the German High Van ihe Tare | Command. But he is subject to] push which had | Sudden uncontrollable moods and it been promised Still is possible that he may per-| t © annihilate | eMmptorily give the order to invade | Great Britain at any time. That is the reason before the first| Why Prime Minister Churchill anniversary of| warned the British people last week the war's be. Not to believe the danger of an atginning. There | tempted invasion has passed. are reports, too.| Were sane, military realism to from Berlin of hold the decision, invasion might perple xity DOW be written off, if for no other among the Ger. | reason than the nearness of auman people at tumn tempests, imperiling Ger- | the apparent condition of stalemate | TANY’S cross-channel Cn into which the war is drifting. The ODS even though an a = totalitarian lenders tus rad aly BE xeciraiet And Rats eing forc o face a question- | S ng attitude among their Tollowers to on ny aes ge as the war approaches the com-| ce, he w riv mencement of he second year of through the choppy Channel waves, operations. {true to his promise to try to anni-

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{ John, Virginia Devine, at City

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BRITISH LET GO 37,000 BOMBS, GET 6300 BACK

Claim They Lost 172 Planes to Nazis’ 307; Italy Reports Battle.

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paign of scattered but increasing aerial attack on . British shipping and land objectives, but suffered loss of three planes this morning on the southeast England coast and felt the power of persistent British counter-attacks on bases from which a blitzkrieg invasion of Britain might be launched. Dispatches from London said that Prime Minister Winston Churchill's warning that Britons must keep on their toes against the continued threat of invasion was followed by reports of Nazi military activity in Norway (where troops were being trained in landing operations) and by meteorological conditions which for several days—notably from Aug. 8 to 10—~would favor an invasion attempt. Similar reports, inclding information regarding extensive Nazi precautions in occupied France, have been circulated in recent days. On the basis of past events there was a general tendency to accept the reports as accurate, but it was pointed out that it was the Nazi technique to make threats in a number of directions and at various times in order to conceal both the time and method of striking at the enemy. Thus it continued impossible for Britons to find any definite sign as to Adolf Hitler's immediate intentions or his decision—if it is yet made—as to whether Germany would attempt an invasion or seek to defeat Britain by aerial blockade,

Oil Depots Bombed

The Nazi High Command reported that German airplanes last night sank a British merchant ship at the entrance to St. George's Channel, between England and Ireland, and bombed oil depots at the Sheerness naval base. The Thames Estuary region also was bombed again. The pressure of Italian military operations in the Mediterranean zone, including North and Eastern Africa, seemed to be increasing and at Cairo it was said in British circles that Fascist Premier Benito Mussolini appeared to be throwing every resource into a campaign to take over the Mediterranean, where the Rome press said that Italy intended to control the Suez Canal. Huge Italian aerial squadrons, sometimes numbering 100 planes, have been attacking British shipping convoys in the Mediterranean and an Italian communique this morning said that 14 British airplanes had been shot down, 10 of them during an attempt to bomb Italian troops marching along the Libyan-Egyptian frontier. The British planes were engaged by Fascist craft, the communique said.

British Claim 6 Planes

It added that a British attack on Namaraput, on the Sudan boundry, had been repulsed. The newspaper Regime Fascista reported that Italian African troops were concentrating for big-scale action against the British in Kenya Colony, a rich region of East Africa into which the Italians have pushed about 30 miles from the Ethopian frontier. The operations and the threatened operations of Japan in the Far East were no less serious to British and other foreign interests, despite the fact that hostilities were still in the diplomatic phase. Dispatches from Tokyo said that the Japaneses denied having made any demands for bases in French Indo-China, for extensive trade concessions and for other agreements which would have put that French possession firmly in the Japanese sphere.

France Reports Demands

There appeared to be no doubt, however, that the Japanese Government’s program called for inclusion of Indo-China in the Tokyo circle of influence and a United Press dispatch from Vichy said that definite demands had been made to France, while part of the Japanese fleet steamed toward the South China border. Of perhaps greater immediate im~ portance, however, was the conflict between Japan and Britain, which first sought to ‘appease the Tokyo Government by cutting off trade to China and then retaliated against Japanese arrests of Britons by seizing about nine prominent Japanese businessmen in London ana other cities of the Empire. Great Britain today ordered deportation of two Japanese charged with engaging in prq-Fascist activities. They were Takayuki Eguchi Milley Yoshii, both of whom were arrested three weeks ago —prior to arrest of Britons charged with espionage in Japan and the seizure by British officials of Japanese businessmen in London and The British Government is expected to make a statement on the increasingly serious dispute with Japan in the House of Commons tomorrow. The Japanese news agency Domei said that the Government at Tokyo was determined to take drastic action in event of further deteriora-

| tion of relations with London as a

result of the “illegal” arrest of Japanese and that the foreign office had discussed possible countermeasures with military chieftains.

Showdown Is Near

Anti-British demonstrations were being organized by the Japanese, the British officials at Singapore were training a civilian volunteer force and there was apparent recognition on both sides that—with Britain engaged in a life and death struggle in Europe—a showdown might be precipitated by Japan in the Orient. The final course to be adopted by Japan, however, still was to be decided, probably after further re-

This fact makes possible a des- hilate Great Britain for rejecting ports are received from the Jap-

Career Ends

Dr. Mary H. Westfall . . . children called her “Doctor Mary.”

‘DOCTOR MARY’ WESTFALL DIES

State Official Widely Known For Sponsoring Care of Children’s Teeth.

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aged to interest organizations and sororities, parent-teacher units and

other groups in financing dental repair work for needy children. Dr. Westfall was a member of the Indiana State Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Association of Public Health Dentists. She was chairman of the education and oral hygiene committee of the State association and of the visual education committee of the American Association of Public Health Dentists. Before she was appointed to the State Health Board she was Indiana educational director for the Good Teeth Council for Children, Inc, whose headquarters are in Chicago. Dr. Westfall was born in Bushnell, Ill, Feb. 28, 1881. She was graduated from Northwestern University dental school in 1917. She was a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, honorary dental fraternity, in recognition of her high scholastic standing. For a brief time after graduation, she established a child dental practice in Indianapolis, which she continued until she joined the Good Teeth Council, Inc. Her organizing and education work with this enterprise made her nationally known in the profession. She is survived by two brothers, Dr. B. K. Westfall, Indianapolis, and Curtis C. Westfall, Chicago.

CHAIRMAN BRADFORD BEGINS G. 0. P. PURGE

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have been selected for the new setup already, and the task will be completed within the next two or three weeks. At the same time, the county chairman announced that precinct workers in a number of wards and townships started their poll of voters today, and the remaining wards will get into action by Wednesday. Instead of asking the voter, “Democrat or Republican?” the poll-takers this year are to ask, “Roosevelt or Willkie?” Mr. Bradford said. “We're going to concentrate on the poll and on getting our voters registered, for the next month or so, and hold off the active camcampaign until later,” he said. “Usually, we start too early and the campaign reaches a climax about three weeks before the election.” The campaign, he added, will consist largely of meetings in the precincts, augmented by forum sessions.

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LEAVE SPIES TO FBl, PRESIDENT ASKS 42 STATES

Jackson Says Axis Powers ‘Softening’ U. S.; Hoover Warns of Sabotage.

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local Police Departments up to date in training and equipment, A primary problem he said, is guarding against sabotage of publia utilities. The disruption of such facilities would break down the morale of any community in times of emergency, he added.

G-Men to Study 12,000 Plants

He disclosed that the FBI had handled 16,885 counter-espion-age cases since the outbreak of war in Europe, had made recommenda« tions for protection of 270 manufac turing plants and would survey a total of 12,000 for that purpose. The President's Advisory Defense Commission, meantime, asked each state to set up a similar agency to co-operate with them in the preparedness program. The invitation was extended to states through Frank Bane of Chicago, director of the council of state governments. In his message to the conference, Mr. Roosevelt cautioned state and local governments to prevent the formation of vigilante groups to prevent espionage and sabotage. Mr. Roosevelt observed that United States’ counter-espionage in the last war “proved not to be ef ficient” and for that reason he had asked that defense policing be directed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation “so that it can be handled with the singleness of treatment that such material deemands.” “Put Politics Aside”

“There can, there must be no political considerations in our ape proach to these discussions,” the President said. “The Federal Gove ernment must not and will not dice tate to the states what procedure they should pursue. The sovereign prerogatives of the states are fully admitted. “But there are many policies where joint control can be effece tively worked out. “These mutual added, “can be reached by care fully considering legislation, free from the prejudice and emotional haste which characterized much of similar legislation during the last war. “And the common defense should be through the normal channels of local, state and national law ene forcement. The untrained police« man is as ineffective as the une trained soldier. The amateur dee tective soon becomes a fussy malie cious busybody.”

Six Delegates Represent Indiana

Indiana is represented at the cone ference by six delegates named by Governor Townsend. They are Ate torney General Samuel D. Jackson; Frank Finney, commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, William E. Treadway. secretary of the come mittee on Inter-State Co-operation; Raymond Townsley, state come mander of the American Legion; State Senator Jacob Weiss (D), Ine dianapolis, and State Rep. Benjamin F. Harris (R), Richmond.

CHINESE ARRESTED NEAR RADIO STATION SHANGHAI, Aug. 5 ( U. P.) —An armed Chinese was arrested today opposite a radio station from which C. D. Alcott, American commenta= tor, makes his broadcasts. On July 30 Mr. Alcott advised the American Consulate General that he had ree ceived a warning by telephone to “get off the air” within three days. Police said that the Chinese declined to say why he was waiting opposite the radio station. French Concession police found a bomb inside a police pill box outside the American-owned Shangha Evening Post building today. A bomb had been found there under the

objectives,” he

paper’s presses Aug. 1.

Strauss Says:

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Woven Shirtings —GoodLooking Stripes—

Sizes 30 to 44

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"French Back" is a costly, but very

perate attempt by Hitler to invade his peace offer. That is the ambig- | anese Embassy in London. In this the British Isles before next month's|uous factor of the invasion issue | connection, the Tokyo newspaper rough weather increases the diffi. Which causes opinion to fluctuate Nichi Nichi asserted that the Brit~ culties of ferrying an army across from day to day. : ish attitude “is proof” that Britain the Channel and the North Sea.| Judging by Rome's admission that |is working “hand in hand with the All rules of military strategy are the issue will go into next vear, it| United States” in an effort to “disagainst the success of an invasion would seem highly probable that|turb” Japanese policy in the Far now that the British people have Mussolini has joined those advising | East. had sufficient time to prepare for Hitler to be cautious about invading] In Bucharest leaders of the Fasit. But, Hitler's trust in his star the British Isles. A defeat would |cist-like Iron Guard organization has been absolute since his suc- have quick repercussions in Italy,|said today they would withdraw cessful invasion of the Rhineland [even though the German people support from the Rumania cabinet against German military advice, might hold to Hitler somewhat lon-|of Premier Ion Gigurtu if any when he first came to power. ger, fearing, otherwise, a second | Transylvania territory is ceded to It would appear from the re-/Versailles infliction. Hungary.

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Margaret Dugan, at City. Betty Strong. at St. Francis Gwendolyn Backmeyer, at St. Francis RD

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