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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 189

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940

Burma Road

NAZI BLITZ FAILS, SOVIET SAYS

RT Su BRITAIN CLAIMS

Going Up—2000 New Ones Monthly

U. S. Battleground

Of Foreign Agents | ARE SET UP AT

EDITOR'S NOTE—The United Press Federal Bureau of Investigation to make fifth columnists,

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Most All Known and Carefully Indexed, Says FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover in Answering Question: Why Don't You Arrest Them?

2 s By J. EDGAR HOOVER

K.P. BUILDING

invited Director J. Edgar Hoover of the a ‘‘progress report’ on efforts to combat

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Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

VV ASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (

U. P.).—The nation is safer

from spies and saboteurs today than ever before.

There has been a negligible

amount of sabotage in the

: Sveond World War in contrast to a similar period in the First World

ar.

This situation exists largely because law enforcement throughout every municipality, county. state and the nation is far better prepared

to deal with these matters than at any time in the past. Protection of the internal security is not a single-handed job. Neither the FBI nor the Naval Intelligence, nor the Military Intelligence, nor any other single unit. of law enforcement can do the job alone. America has become the battleground for foreign agents, and these forces can be met only by a nation-wide offensive of all law enforcement, backed by the cooperation of each and every citizen. » ” HE meeting of present-day challenges has been antici pated and for years a carefully planned program has been quietly perfected to weld this great net to ensnare foreign subversive agents. The State and Treasury Departments, the Military and Naval In=telligence Services, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation meet weekly to pool their assets and to co-ordinate their activities in matters dealing with the internal security and defense of the United States.

J. Edgar Hoover . . counter espionage is the best method.

In addition, special agents in charge of the ‘53 field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation throughout the United States, its territories and possessions, have through conferences with the ranking law. enforcement officials in their respective areas, established a nation-

wide plan of co-ordination of prot Federal, state and local police. A most important part of the i the Federal Bureau of Investigation

ective measures participated in by nternal defense system initiated by is that performed by 500 graduates

of the National Police Academy. Over a period of five years practically every community of the country has sent at least one ranking law

enforcement official to this academy Investigation to be trained not on (Continued o

operated by the Federal Bureau of ly in improving law enforcement n Page Five)

‘AID BRITISH AT ONGE’--WILLKIE

Eggs Tossed at Candidate Before Speech to 12,000 In Evansville.

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 17 (U. P.) —Wendell L. Willkie today called upon President Roosevelt to send further material aid to Great Britain immediately. He said he hoped New Dealers “can forget that they are candidates for a third term in Washington and ast promptly and effectively at once.” : The candidate issued his statement here after delivering to 12,000 persons an assertion that Republican victory in -November would mean “a real job with a real future

for the head of every family” in- |

stead of unemployment and growing dependence upon the State under the New Deal. Speaks in St. Louis Tonight

Mr. Willkie stopped here on his way to St. Louis where he delivers a major speech on foreign affairs at 8 le eggs were tossed at the Republican Presidential nominee as he drove through applauding thousands. One arched over the Willkie car and splattered six feet from the candidate. The other hit 10 feet in front of his car. Mr. Willkie asserted the New Deal has restrained American enterprise and “gone down the road to defeatRelease us,” he implored. “Release us so that the people can build a new world in America. Here in this country composed of all racial origins we have the yeast to be productive and to become strong, and if we do that we will be free. But if we do not produce we will be weak—and we will not be hes, Choice Plain, He Says He said the Democratic National committee, disputing his pledge to provide jobs for all the unemployed, «tells us that no man now living or whoever lived can hope to bring about jobs in private industry for every worker in America.” : «Obviously, no Administration that doesn’t believe it is possible to get jobs will ever be able to get them,” Mr. Willkie said. “The New Deal says to you: Why take a chance? Why take a chance on changing Administrations at this time? We say to you: What have you got to lose? «The choice is plain before you. (Continued on Page Five)

SCHRICKER AND

MINTON SPEAK

‘Appear on Same Platform | Here Tonight, First Time In Campaign.

By NOBLE REED Indianapolis. voters will hear Democratic candidates for Governor and the U, S. Senate from the same platform here tonight for the

first time in the campaign. A crowd of between 6000 and 8000 is expected to fill Tomlinson Hall to hear Senator Sherman Minton and Lieut. Gov. Henry PF. Schricker summarize their campaign pronouncements of the last month. The rally, which is scheduled to begin at 8 p. m., is the first major meeting of its kind to be sponsored by the Marion County Democratic Committee. County Chairman Ira P. Haymaker has arranged loudspeakers so that an overflow crowd can hear the speeches and the en- | tertainment program. | Supplementing the headline speakers will be F. B., Ransom, | City Councilman,

FDR VETOES ‘DRAFT’ | OF HOMING PIGEONS

i | WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt told Congress today that it was carrying national defense too far when it enacted legislation to put homing pigeons under the special government protection. “I have a feeling that this is carrying national defense a little too far in times of peace,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote in a veto message. “I am inclined to think that there are no Americans, or at least very few of them, who would deliberately shoot or capture a homing pigeon.”

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Clapper ..... Comics Crossword ... Editorials ... Fashions .... 23 Pyle Fifiancial 19 | Questions ... { Flynn ....... 20 Radio ( Forum ... .. 20 Mrs. Roosevelt | Homemaking.. 23|Serial Story . In Indpls.... 3|Side Glances Inside Indpls. 19 | Society ... 21, , Jane Jordan. 23 Sports ... 26, Lindley «es... 19 State Deaths.

19) Movies ... 24, 30| Mrs. Ferguson 29 | Obituaries : 20 | Pegler ,

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‘Begin Work of Numbering 60,782 Men in County; State Total 414,449.

By EARL RICHERT Marion County’s 15 draft ‘boards today began the num-

‘bering of 60,872 local draft|

registration cards. | Fourteen of the local boards be‘gan work in newly-leased offices in the Knights of Pythias Building, {Pennsylvania and Ohio Sts., while one board, No. 8, worked in Room 1230 of the Federal Building. | Meanwhile, Selective Service staff {officials announced the official total Iregistration of men between the ages of 21 and 36 in Indiana yesterday as 414,449. This figure was sent to national draft headquarters in Washington. All Boards at Work The draft boards in the other {areas of the state were reported also

to be numbering the cards of the

registrants in their areas. The cards in each local board area are thoroughly shuffled and then numbered in order from one on up. These numbers are known as “serial” numbers. After each board completes its {work of numbering the cards, it will post in a public place a list of the names of the registrants in its area together with each individual's serial number. These serial numbers will be drawn in a national lottery to be theld in Washington, expected to be held the last week of this month, [to determine the order in which jone shall be considered for conscription. For example, if an individual has 'a serial number of 678 and that {number is drawn first in the Washington lottery, his case will be the first considered by the local draft | board. : | Registration of the state's men between the ages of 21 and 36 went off without a hitch yesterday, ac|cording to Selective Service staff { officials. | Unregistered Must Report

Registration was almost complete by 6 p. m. and no lines were re|ported anywhere at closing time at 9 p. m. { Only one conscientious objector {was reported, and that in Marion County. | County Clerk Charles R. Ettinger | ‘said the objector did not protest against registration but merely insisted that the fact that he was a conscientious. objector be written on the card. That as done. Selective Service staff officials estimated that the registration was nearly 100 per cent. They pointed out that some missed registration, of course. Those who, for some reason, did not register are to report to their local boards at once. There, if they (Continued on Page Five)

U. S. NAVY BAND CAN'T PLAY WITH WILLKIE

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 17 (U. P.). — J. Gordon Henges, president of the downtown Kiwanis clubs, said today that the Republican organization had canceled a scheduled appearance of Wendell L. Willkie at the Municipal Auditorium following a U. S. Navy Band concert tonight. He said Lieut. Charles Benter, director of the band, telephoned that he had received telegraphic instructions that under no circumstances would the band be permitted to appear at the concert tonight at which Mr. Willkie was siated to be | present. The band concert was arranged to raise funds for a program for underprivileged children in the St. Louis area. Rep. C. Arthur Anderson (D. Mo.) yesterday telegraphed local friends that he had protested to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox against Mr. Willkie’s appearance at the Navy band concert. He called the

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There'll soon be many more “thumbs-up” following yesterday's R-Day. Here's a youngster getting the signal from his flying instructor that he is on his own for his first solo flight. dent Roosevelt had in mind when he recently: told the world: fliers and the number is growing by almost 2000 a month.” shows Cadet Paul Epperson of Pasadena, Cal, and Lieut. C. C. Pratt of Knoxville, Tenn.

He is one of those Presi-

“Today 50,000 young Americans are licensed | This photo, taken at Randolph Field, Tex.,

CITY'S HOPE FOR AIR ‘LAB’ RISES

John Victory Leaves Capital Bearing Secret of Site, Is Report.

Hope ran| high in Indianapolis today that the city already had been chosen as the site for the proposed $8,500,000 Federal airplane motor laboratory. John F'. Victory, secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, was believed to be on the way to Indianapolis from Washington to inspect the possible site and confer with local officials. Other defense news affecting Indianapolis included: Approval by President Roosevelt of a $1,212,000 WPA allotment for the expansion of Stout Field. Awarding of contracts for nearly $1,000,000 in defense orders to one plant in Indianapolis and two in other Indiana cities. Wherever Mr. Victory went to from Washington today—that city probably has been chosen as the site of the air engine lab, it was learned in Washington. Although Mr. Victory may have (Continued on Page Three)

DEATH NOTE PINNED TO JAPANESE DOOR

MONTREAL, Oct. 17 (U, P).— Police investigated today a death note pinned with a dagger to the front door of the apartment of B. T. Horio, Japanese consular representative, The warning, penciled in block letters on a sheet of paper apparently torn out of a school tablet, was signed, “The Skull” and read as follows, “You die tonight at 12. You disobeyed my order.” Beneath the note was a crude skull and crossbones. Police thought the note was

appearance a ‘‘cheap political trick.”

the work of pranksters.

Smoke of 'Old

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am. ....41 10a. m. .... 56 7am ....4 11am ....58 8a. .a, ....49 12 (noon) .. 62 9a.m.....53 1p.m,....63

The folks down on Lexington Ave. ' weren’t caught without their topcoats this morning. | In fact, all along they've been (the best informed of all the early ‘hour risers on just what to expect in the way of frost-bitten breezes. Long before Weatherman ‘Armington told us the mercury was

877 Warns

Lexington Ave. It's Frosty

veteran motorman of the Indian-| stoked up the}

apolis Railways, coal-burning stove in the cab of old 877, the 30-year-old dean of the city's streetcars and the only one not electrically heated. The smoke pouring from the elongated stack of 877 on the first trip this morning spread the word down [Lexington Ave. that the weather was frosty. Incidentally, Mr. Armington suggests that Mr. Cox have the coal box on 877 well filled tomorrow because it’s going to be cooler both

,around 40 a 6 a. m, Jesse Cox,

tonight and tomorrow, a. w=

Check Drinkers By Draft Cards

FTI. WAYNE, Ind. Oct. 17 (U, P.).—Police found a new use for draft registration cards today. Capt. Jule Stumpf instructed tavern keepers to ask to see the

suspected of being under 21, to whom liquor sales are banned. “If he’s over 36, the bartender should be able to tell that without the card,” Capt. Stumpf said.

THANKSGIVING DAY NOV, 21 IN INDIANA

17 Other States to Note Holiday Nov. 28.

Indiana may have losing football teams— . But Indiana is backing & winner for Thanksgiving Day. The Association of National Advertisers reported 31 states will observe Thanksgiving Nov. 21, the day designated by President Roosevelt for the holiday. The other 17 will celebrate Thanksgiving on Nov. 28. Indiana, says a Spokesman in the Governor's office, will observe Thanksgiving when the White House does.

Co-eds' Defense ~ Group Is Urged

CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (U. P.).—The University of Chicago's student magazine, Pulse, today announced ‘that it will sponsor a women’s defense group for coeds, and suggested editorially that the nation’s defense program include “a six/month intensive training course

‘for unmarried women without de- |

| pendents.” “The last war has shown . . . the place of women in the wa; | ciety is an important one,” editorial said.

~ Willkie. vs. Roosevelt— Who's Gaining?

Tomorrow, the Gallup Poll will report the results of its latest complete state-by-state survey on the campaign. This will be the titth Gallup survey ot the Presidential campaign.

Don't forget. A 48-state report Tomorrow.

in The Times

BOY, 8, 1S B6TH TRAFFIC VICTIM

‘Sixth School Child Killed by

registration card of any patron |

Autos in a Month Makes County Toll 106.

The name of a nine-year-old Indianapolis schoolboy was added to the City’s traffic death toll today. He was the 66th victim of the year inside the City limits and the 106th victim in Marion County. At this time a year ago the County death toll was 72. The boy was the sixth school child killed by autos since the reopening of school last month, but none were killed going to and from school. As another death was recorded and ‘three persons, one of them a youth who had just registersd for conscription, were injured in crashes east of the City, the Accident Prevention Bureau's safety program struck a snag. The Bureau started today to distribute 500 educational posters to stores, but more than a million pieces of literature which are to be (Continued on Page Three)

FUND CAMPAIGN NEAR HALF-WAY POINT

Latest Gifts of $67,631 Raise Total to $323,121.

Community Fund Goal—$688,0.

500. Amount Pledged to Date—$323,21.49. Next Report—Tomorrow Noon, Claypool Hotel. Drive Ends—Oct. 24.

"he Indianapolis Community .oid drive was only a few thousand dollars below the half-way mark today, with $23,1721.49 pledged and $365,378.51 to go. Workers meeting yesterday in the Claypool Hotel reported pledges and cash of $67,631.29. The total to date is 469 per cent of the goal of

$688,500.

Several outstanding gifts were reported yesterday. Sears, Roebuck & Co., its executives and employees gave $3376, which was $500 more than last year. The Indianapols Power & Light Co., its executives and employees gave $21,336, and increase of $169 over last year. The. C. P. Lesh Paper Co., executives and employees, announced a gift of $1506; the National Malleable and Steel Castings Co., $2504, and the Paper Package Co, Saas

BREST DAMAGED IN BOMB ATTACK

Reich Renews London Raids, Report Smoke Clouds in Heart of Capital; Germans Send Subs to Black Sea.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor Great Britain, watching Spain for signs of a new Axis move, today heard the Red Star, official organ of the Soviet Army, declare that Germany's air offensive against the Isles had failed. | On another end of her far-flung front, the Burma Ross vital mountain lifeline in China's struggle against Japanese military conquest, was reopened at midnight. The road held explosive possibilities in the Far East. On a third front, in the Balkans, reliable sources in Bucharest said Germany is accelerating construction of sube marines at Galatz, Rumania’s big Danube River port, and is giving special attention to development of the Rumanian Black Sea naval base near Constanza. Amid all these developments the air war continued, British fighters battled German raiders in the clouds over the London area during bombing objectives on the Capital and other southeastern objectives. R.A. F, Raids Naval Base at Brest At the same time the R. A. F. claimed “extensive dams age” in a daylight bombing raid on the German-held French naval base at Brest. The attack was directed mainly at the power station! It also was claimed that great fires were ‘started at Kiel. : : The London Admiralty also said that the Navy had dee istroyed a German convoy of three supply ships and two | escort vessels and that another German vessel of about 7000 tons had been hit by three torpedoes. : The Red Star, in commenting on the air blitzkrieg said 3 “The battle shows that neither side has achieved mase tery of the air. Both sides are carrying on active operations.

Unbeaten British aviation is even extending the radius of {its action. “British bombers have been extremely effective in the ‘Channel ports and in continuing attacks on the German rear ‘and Berlin. . . . The uninterrupted bombing of London has resulted in tremendous destruction but the defensive capacity of this giant city remains great, enabling it to continue industrial and civil activity.” Two events put Spain back in the headlines. Ramon Serrano Suner, brother-in-law of Gen. Francisco Franco and the Axis stanchest Spanish friend, became Spain’s Foreign Minister. At the same time it was revealed that Heinrich Himmler, chief of Germany's famed secret police—the Gestapo—and one of Adolf Hitler's closest collaborators, was going to Spain for what was described officially as a “visit.”

itish Fear It’s Bad News

The meaning of these events was not plain but the British felt certain they boded no good for them. : So far Spain has steered a tortuous course between the peril of a tightened British food blockade and Axis urgings for more open collaboration against Britain. One suggestion—for which no confirmation was availe able—was that the elevation of Serrano Suner might be followed by a grant of permission to Germany and ltaly to employ Spanish bases for the war against Britain, possibly for an attack on Gibraltar and intensification of submarine and air attack on south Atlantic trade routes. Defying Japanese threats to bomb the long Burma Road from new air bases in French Indo-China, 5000 perspiring Chinese coolies labored all day to load 2000 American-built

(Continued on Page Three)

War Moves Today

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

Today's reopening of the Burma Road does not find the Japanese showing any bellicose desire to make the issue a matter for an immediate major controversy with Great Britain. Frem their new air bases along the northern French Indo-China - vorder, Japanese planes can bomb Chinese sections of the road 200 miles away. At least until the effectiveness of this action is tested it would be | good policy for Japan not to precipitate a crisis, Supplies reaching China over the Burma Road cannot be large enough: to have a decisive. effect on the Sino-Japanese conflict. They can annoy ‘the Jepanese and they have “nuisance value” but the transport capacity of the road is insufficient to add very materially to China's power of resistance. During the last three months when the rodd has been closed the fighting in China has undergone no material change. The principal advantage gained by the Japanese in that period has been the partial occupation of French Indo-China, which was independent of the Burma Road question, r

Mr. Mason |

Nevertheless, the moral support given to China by the reopening of - the Burma gateway must have con= siderable effect in strengthening the Chinese will to continue the war. It. is known throughtout China that’ American influence played an ime" portant part in the road’s reopens ing and the Chinese look hopefully for future developments that will (Continued on Page Three) ; Y ais