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TUESDAY, NOV. 12, 1040
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HOLD LONG TALK
at Taranto for the first time by air.
Italians, Held at Bay on Land, Bomb Greek Towns; Air War Slackens.
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” Airplanes had started bombing and machine- -gunning Greek towns in a desperate attempt to regain the offensive. Janina, road junction 40 miles from the Albanian border, the first main objective of the Italian Army's right wing which was never menaced from the ground, was bombed and machine-gunned from the air. Another unnamed town in Epirus was raided by planes which flew low, raking the streets with ma-chine-gun fire and dropping hand grenades. In the east, an unnamed town in Thessaly was bombed and Salonica had five air raid alarms in 24 hours. . The Island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea and a village in the Peloponnesus were bombed. | In the northern mountain sector, scene of one of the worst Italian defeats, the Greek, Security, Ministry said, the retreating Italians pillaged three towns: The War Ministery described the air activity as intense, but said the raids were everywhere unsuccessful and casualties slight.
Right on Our Side—King
The carrying of the war to the Greek public caused King George to issue a proclamation saying: “Right is on our side and women should consider it a personal honor to participate in this great struggle for their homes and altars.” The War Ministry gave an enthusiastic account of the progress of ground fighting, claiming that ‘“until now our troops have captured large numbers of prisoners, including many officers, and abundant war material.’ Ohrid dispatches said that in one sector Italian counter - attacking forces had lost 12 officers, about 630 men and huge quantities of war material. The .same dispatches said that Greeks had “badly defeated” an entire Italian division, which had been forced to retreat to the Albanian frontier,
Throw Away Equipment
Authoritative Greek sources said ‘Gen. Ubaldo Soddu, new Italian comman€er-in-chief for the Greek campaign, was withdrawing all his main forces from the, Epirus fronts to reorganize them for a new drive. Isolated Italian columns, taking on the appearance of a “lost army” were said to be fighting through
Molotov arrived in Berlin at 11 a. m. (3 a. m. Indianapolis Time) today accompanied by 32 aides. | Within an hour he had gone into conference with Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, who met him at Anhalter Station. ' There was vast speculation as to the purpose and possible outcome
concrete facts. Welcome Not Elaborate
It was noted in Berlin, however, that the welcome for Molotov was
Nazis have provided in the past for distinguished foreign statesmen despite the fact that this is Molotov’s first visit beyond the soil of Russia and the first occasion in history that a Soviet Premier has visited a foreign land. At the station to greet Molotov were Ribbentrop, who paid two visits to Moscow last year to negotiate the Nazi-Soviet understanding; Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the German Supreme Command; Heinrich Himmler, head of the German Gestapo whose chief task for some years was ferreting out Communist opposition elements in the Reich, and Robert Ley, leader of the Nazi labor front into which German trade unions were incorporated when Hitler came to power. The station was barren of flags or other decorations except for evergreens and chrysanthemums and a single Nazi swastika paired with a. Russian hammer and sickle Yhieh hung in the station reception nall, England Expects Bad News
Troops in field gray were drawn up in the streets around the station. A band played the “Present Arms March.” It did not play “Deutschland Uber Alles,” the Horst Wessel song or the Red Internationale. When Ribbentrop visited Moscow he was serenaded with the Internationale—the playing of which was banned in Germany by Hitler. The British view of the conterence was that whatever its result it probably would be bad news for England. One thing was generally assumed—British efforts to wean the Soviet away from Germany now have little prospect of success. However, it was revealed in Moscow that Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador, conferred there yesterday with Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs Andrei Vishinski ag Molotov's train was rolling toward Berlin. Turkey May Be Topic
In London and the Balkans it was believed generally that Turkey
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the difficult terrain |toward their bases. . It was said that Italians were throwing away their equipment, strewing the ravines with guns, ammunition, radios, field kitchens and personal belongings, and that Italian reconnaissance planes were flying blindly amid the! cloud-hidden Pindus mountain peaks, trying to direct the retreating ground forces through the maze of ravines. The Pindus rout was referred to as the “Greek Guadalajara,” a reference to an Italian defeat in the Spanish civil war, and it was said that the Greeks were spraying the fleeing Italians with fire from their own abandoned machine guns. Italian supply planes ‘were reported trying to drop food to the “lost army.”
British Bomb Italian Base
y Reports indicated [that Italian prisoners now including the whole Venezia Division, a regiment of the Julia Division, two battalions of the Bersaglieri and one | battalion of Black Arrows. Most of them were believed from a spearhead of 12,000 troops which Italy hurled at Metzova, northeast of (Janina, and which at one time was within nine miles of its objective.
The British Home Security Minin Cairo” said | that Italian planes last night dropped bombs in the Suez Canal Zone and on a fruit plantation near Cairo but that dam-
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age was “insignificant,” The British took a gloomy view of the Molotov conferences and doggedly hewed to their tasks of war, paiding the great Italian naval base
and the Far East were the most
cussion. Istanbul expressed some doubt that an agreement affecting her status would be reached and Sofia pointed out that Bulgarian Communists continue to circulate propaganda unfriendly to Berlin. ‘The British attitude, however, was summed up by the Daily Mail which asserted that it was now plain that Britain had but two assets in the international situation —herself and. the United States.
Rome Admits Warship Hit
A Rome commupique admitted that British planes had raided Taranto and “seriously hit” a warship of undisclosed tonnage. Six British planes were said to have been shot down and three more were believed damaged. The Italians also reported considerable activity in Africa, including fights between raiding parties and airplane bombing Exchanges. Military quarters in London said that British forces in ‘the AngloEgyptian Sudan again have taken Gallabat, important communications center on the Ethiopian border. The British admitted loss of 65,609 tons of shipping in the week ended Sept. 3, and total losses of British allied and neutral tonnage of 72,595. The figures included the 42,000-ton Empress of Britain. The British Admiralty claimed that a “substantial majority” of the ships in a convoy attacked last week by a German surface raider escaped. London said that British sea forces are engaged in hunting down the raider, believed to be the Admiral Scheer.
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DRAFT NEEDED TOFILL COUNTY QUOTA IN ARMY
150 Called for Examination; 53 Must Answer First Call. (Continued from Page One)
holders of low order nunfbers as are needed. An individual must pass the physical examination before he is placed in Class 1-A, the class from which the draftees are taken. All persons called are to: be given five days’ notice before they are to report for induction into the Army. The 53 Marion County men will be inducted into the Army at Ft. Harrison on the following schedule: Draft Boards 1, 2 and 4, four men apiece, and Draft Board 3, two, on Nov. 19; Board 5, 6, 7 and 8, four men apiece on Nov. 20; Board 9 and 10, three men apiece, and Board 11, four men, on Nov. 22, and Boards 12 and 13, four men apiece, Board 14, three ‘men, and Board 15, two men, on Nov. 25.
Notified To Appear
Sm Direct Highways
Italians today were reported falling back in disorder after their ill-fated attempt to capture Janina (shown. at upper left with arrow indicating the direction of their thrust). Italian troops must follow in their attempts to reac h Salonica and Athens.
The map shows the main routes
BRITAIN TO GET NEW BOMBERS
13 With 3000-Mile Range Reported Scheduled for November Delivery.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (U.P.).— Thirteen of the improved type flying fortress bombers are scheduled for delivery to Great Britain this month, an informed source said today.
fortress type plane made available to the British. They are Boeings B-17C, third in the series of the four-motored, long range craft whcih air corps officials believe to be the most potent bombers existent. First of the B-17C's ordered by the Army last spring was delivered to the air corps last month. The production schedule this month, an official said, cals’ for the completion of 26 B-17C’'s. Half will go to the British and half to the Army Air Corps. Some of the shortcomings of the B-17B have been eliminated in the B-17C. The new type has a rear gun emplacement and: armor plate protection for the crew. It is reported to have an effective flight range of between 3000 and 4000 miles fully loaded.
REPORT THOUSANDS OF TURKEYS KILLED
OMAHA, Neb., Nov, 12: (U. P.).— Thousands of Thanksgiving turkeys were killed in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota during the severe storms of Sunday and yesterday, according to reports reaching commission houses today. One company estimdted from 20 to 30 per cent of Nebraska's estimated 800,000 turkeys were frozen to death. Value of the average turkey was placed at $2.50. The storm caught turkey raisers
'lunprepared. With insufficient shel-
ter, the rain-soaked bird froze to death.
CAROLE LANDIS GETS DECREE HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 12 (U. P.).—Blond Carole Landis, film actress, today was granted a divorce from Willis Hunt Jr. yacht broker.
She charged cruelty, asserting that he objected to her movie career,
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record
County City Total
sess 28 44 80 evan rsensie 43 75 118
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Injured ...... 9 | Accidents Dead ........ 0 | Arrests ......
. MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT
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Violations Speeding .. Reckless driving. . Failure to stop at
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Cases Convic- Fines tions paid |98Y $26 3 2 5
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Iuiseheon. Board of Trade, noon, Apartment Owners Association of Indianapolis, Hotel yasiungon, Ji00n, Delta Theta Tau Seri Co-Operative Clu Columbia Club, noo Indiapa Soter Traftic Association, Hotel Antlers, Junior "Chamber of Commerce, Cottage. no 39+ lus Club; Chamber of Commerce,
130 p San Club, columnia Cluh, noo National Christian ission Reade, Manufacturers Bldg., air Grounds, all
Xinena eum JaTHeLY: » jastier DAR RE Athenaeum, En Indiana Farm a ne., Tomlinson Hall, all day. National Association of Cost Accountants, business equipment show, Mural Temple,
of hniianapulis,
Canary
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through street... 0 | 0 0! all day.
Disobeying traffic signal
All others ....... 2 20
Totals .. 37
MEETINGS TODAY .Rotary Club, Claypool Hotel, noon. Y's Men's Club, Y. M. C. A., noon. ha Tan Omega, Board of Trade, noon. Fan Club, Spink. -Arms Hotel, noon. Mercator Club, Hotel, Lincoln, 100 Indianapolis I Builders A soarion Hoosier Athletic Club. 6:30
University of Michigan Ciub.. Board of
e, n TRalinia o of Columbus, K. of C. clubhouse,
BO uineran Service Club, Canary Cottage, pine Paper Credit Gtoul Men's Grille,
dliam H. Block Watio mal Astin "0s sion Crusade Fair Grounds, al
Manufacturers Bldg.
aa. iamapolin and Central Indiaha Boy m.
Scout Council, Marott Hotel, 6.30 Indiana
bis nihletic Ob, 6:30
p. mj Ingjans Farm Bureau, Hotel Washing-
ton. Fhe, Chi, ‘Hotel Washington, 8 p. m. , Alpha Omicron Alpha, Hotel Washington,
? Return Club, Hotel Washington, 6 °. Indianapolis Hunting a ang Fishing Club,
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MEETINGS TOMORROW
Insurance, Claypoo
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630 p.m. of American Mhricians, Hotel
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el. noon, Young Men's Discussion
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Prunken driving. . 0 0 11
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Optometrists,
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12th ‘District, American Legion, Board of © Trade, noon,
BIRTHS Girls William, Edna Evans, at Methodis Richard, Eoline Whipple. at "Meinodist. Russell, Catherine Burger at St. Francis, David, Maxine Hildman, at St. Francis. Robert, Betty Baldwin, at St. Francis, Albert, Catherine Kriech, 3% oleman, C. Ray, Merle Life, at Col ol TICS, Mary Buchanan, dem 2161 Ches-
Boys Frank, Dorothy Dearinger, at St. Vincen on, Mary Harding. at Methodist. Corna, Margaret Edwards, at Methodist.
e Richard, Wilma Helmuth at Methodist. Kenneth, Mary Husted, at St. Francis. Cecil, Norma Morris. at St. Francis. Virgil, Gladys Elkins, at St. Francis, Richard, Mildred Arnold, at Coleman, Irvine, Beatrice Page, Walter, Carrie Bollinger, James, Elizabeth Aioes at 1745 Roose-
elt. 1 Edward, Ada Patten, at 2601 Roosevelt.
DEATHS Boles, 51, at 2070 Highland Pl, carcinoma.
Flora B. Bt, 82, St. cirrhosis of hv Gottlieh Tig "50, at 1427 Shelby, chronic
spinal atrophy. 8, at 3158 Ruckle,
Clara Leuker, coronary occlusion. Katherine Fischer, 75, at 404 E. Min1 nesota, chronic m ocarditis. William L. Taylor, 64, at Marott Hotel, Arieriosulerons. Alfred Hoberg,
Joseph
at Vincent's,
79, at St.
E. a ‘7a, at 4170 Washington chronic myocarditis Alexander Nia, 91, at 1045 E. Market, apoplexy ‘Harold patton, ‘2 days, at 2206 N. SherL.an Dr., patent foramen ovale. Balm Hunt, 90, at 5338 Ohmer, chronic myocarditis. Forest S. Cartwright, 8, Temple, coronary occlusion Hanna 76, at 619% hyoostatic pneumonia.. Mary Laymon. 44, coronary occlusion, Thomas Recrest. chronic myocardit
Vincent's,
at Russell, at Central Indiana, 67, at Methodist,
art. “Wiliam Williams, 54, at Central Indiana, coronary occlusion,
i649 N.|
Jinrents Phillips. 19, at City, congestive 3
Fred Tewell, 59, at 874 W. 20th, coronary occlusion. Thomas ‘A. McCurdy, 73, at 27 S. Whitcomb, chronic nephritis. Ida Tomlinson, 74, »t 409 W. 32d, chronic nephritis, Bertha Rohrman, 23, at 9736 Lincoln, pronchial asthma. Jeme:; Krichbaum, 4, at Methodist, general peritonitis. Em Hauck, 74, 1002 E. Tabor, chronic myocarditis.
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tinued cold and with occasional Hane Snow.
Sunrise , Sunset Cavey 4:32
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Increasing cloudiness and slightly colder tonight; lowest temperature about 20; tomorrow cenconsiderable cloudiness
IMUST SELECT JUDGE FOR HAYDEN TRIAL
NEW ALBANY, Ind. Nov. 12 (U. P.).—A judge still was lacking today for the trial of James W. Hayden Jr, 20, a Kentucky youth charged with the kidnap-slaying last May of Edmund Davis, 38-year-old taxi driver of Jeffersonville. Floyd Circuit Court Judge John M. Paris was retired from the case on a motion for a special judge. Both the defense and prosecution counsel chose Emmett Mitchell, Washington Circuit Judge, who said today ill health would keep him from the bench. Judge Paris named three judges from whom the counsels will select the special judge. They were George Kopp. JefTersonville; James Tucker, Paoli, and William Fitzgerald of Scott-Jennings Circuit Court.
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NLRB HOOSIER ORDER UPHELD
Muncie Firafs Contract With A. F. L. Invalidated By Court.
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triple damages under the anti-trust laws for losses alleged to have resulted from identical bids submitted by 18 rubber tire manufacturers on government purchases. Final decision in the controversy may have far-reaching effect on government buying under the multi-billion dollar defense program. >
The Serrick Corp. had complied with the Board's order requiring that the firm cancel the A. F. of L. contract and cease refusing to recognize the U. A. W. The A. F. of L. challenged the board's power to nullify the contract and contended in court® that the Board lacked evidence to support its decree, Opinion Is Unanimous
The Board had cancelled the con{ract on grounds that the purported tool rooom majority was not the result of a free choice of the work ers. It asserted that the company conducted an anti-C. I. O. campaign and assisted the I. A, M. Justice William O. Douglas wrote the unanimous opinion of the Court holding that “the finding of the Board that petitioner (I. A. M.) did not represent an uncoerced majority of toolroom employees when the
is adequate to support the conclusion that the maintenance as well
majority was contaminated by the employer’s aid.”
RESUME TRIAL OF 19
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 12 (U.P) —Trial of 18 men charged with conspiracy to defraud the Federal Government of $147,000 through alcohol tax evasion continued today after two defendants had entered guilty pleas and three others had pleaded inndeent.
TEMPERATURE ~—Nov. 12, 1939—
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Joseph Feinhandler, 44, of Chicago, and Frank Forestieri, 36, of Benton Harbor, Mich, indicted with
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the others on charges of manufacturing illicit alcohol in Illinois, In-
—|4iana and western Michigan,
pleaded guilty late yesterday. Angelo Amedo, 49, Chicago, and
MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana — Generally fair in north, creasing cloudiness in south slightly colder tonight;
sional ight snow in south portion; tinued cold
inois—Generally fair in north, considerable cloudiness in south. portion with occasional light snow tonight and tomor-
row; slightly colder tonight.
Lower Michigan—Partly cloudy tonight
an nd tomorrow with occasional snow flurries;
portion tonight. Ohio—Partly cloudy and colder tonight;
tomorrow increasing cloudiness and con tinued cold.
Kentucky—Increasing cloudiness, slightly tomorrow cloudy and con-
colder tonight; tinued cold.
inportion, rw fair in north portion, mostly cloudy with occacon=
slightly colder tomorrow and in east
45, and Joseph Grisafi, 35, all of Calumet City, pleaded innocent. Eight others previously pleaded. guilty.
closed shop contract was executed’
as the acquisition of the alleged
AT GRAND RAPIDS :
Philip Bacino, 38, Guiseppi Ferrar, |
had
13 DEAD, SCORES HURT IN BLASTS
One of Three Plants in East Engaged in Filling Government Orders.
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believed it miraculous that none of the 100-odd men employed at the plant—apart from the three dead— had heen victims.
Three Were Packing Dynamite
The Edinburg plant makes commercial explosives only. It was beliveded the firm had no Government orders on hand.
The three victims were packing the dynamite into wrappers when the blast shook the small building. The Allentown explosion occurred in the cap plant, a one-story building where detonators for blasting are made. Company officials said they *‘doubted” that espionage was involved. Both the FBI and state police began inquiries. The work had no connection with national defense orders and plant officials believed the blast might have been accidental. The Woodbridge plant makes small torpodoes, used chiefly as signal devices on railroad lines. It was reported that some Government orders were on hand there.
Higher Toll Feared
The coroner at Woodbridge who gave the official death tdfl as seven, said it was feared the toll would go higher. State police said that 15 persons had died in the blast and a rescue worker said he counted 13 mangled bodies. Thirty-eight men and women, some of them seriously injured by flying steel fragments, were in the Perth Amboy and Rahway hospitals, and rescue workers feared some bodies still were buried in the debris. Plant and city officials were puzzled as to how the blast could nave occurred. Police Chief George Kedting said he could not understand it and declined to comment when asked if he suspected sabotage. “The torpedoes are made of quartz, potash and | sulphur,” Keating said, “and they must be compressed, even when completed, to make an explosion.”
Charges Emery Dust Put in Seattle Dry Dock
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 12 (U.P). —Emery dust has been put into ma{chinery at the Todd Seattle dry dock where two vessels are being converted. into naval transports, B. Gray Warner, King County Prosecutor charged today. Mr. Warner said he had two men watching the plant. The FBI reportedly investigated the incident, put its agents refused to comment. J. Lamont, president of the company, also refused to discuss Mr. Warner's charge. Mr. Warner said the machinery was damaged about two weeks ago and delayed work on the S. S. President Grant and the President Harvison. The U. S. S| destroyer Mugford arrived at the shipyard after the sabotage occurred, Mr. Warner said. : ‘
ATLANTA, Ga, —State Adjutant General Marion Williamson today ordered a National Guard investigation into a spectacular fire at the municipal | auditorium in which Army equip- | ment valued at $1,000,000 was destroyed. : The investigation was ordered after Burt im. on , manager of
Nov. 12 (U. P).
the auditorium, called the fire the result of ‘‘sabotage.Z
The names of some of the men notified by the local board to gppear for the Wednesday medical examination follow: Board 1—Francis Robert Anderson, 24, 1337 N. Tuxedo Ave. Clarence Jackson, 22, of 1479 Massachusetts- Ave.; Earl Leo Fultz, 31, of 4735 E. 17th St.; George Lee Tyler, 29, of 3743 N. Rural St., and Robert Frederick Geddes, 22, of 3507 E.| 22nd St. Draft Board 2—Percy Burns, 1655 Yandes St.; Alfred Maxey, 2954 Martindale Ave.; Julius Galbreath, 2310 Cornell Ave.; William Wendell Frierson, 1426 Columbia Ave.; Thomas Roscoe Armstrong, 2324 N. New Jersey St.; Russell Jackson, 2211 Bellefontaine St.; William Howard Lightner, 1812 Broadway; Omer Grant King, 1444 Martindale Ave.; Marion Chester Hair, 2058 Cornell Ave., and George Fletcher Wilson Jr., 2129 Bellefontaine St. Draft Board 3—Wendell Delson Hammer, 27, 3433 College Ave.; Samuel Richards White, 21, 2953 Talbot Ave.: Milton Lee Munger, 35, 332 Ridgeview Drive; James Robert McLeod, 23, 635 W. 42nd St.; Fred
St., Apt. 8; Robert Hugo Jaeger, 24, of 2935 Washington Blvd.
Others Are Named
Board 6—Howard ‘Gentry Tobin, 24, of 304 N. Denny St.; Dewey Jones, 34, 760 S. Emerson Ave.; Victor Louis Carrico, 26, 96 N. Irvington Ave.; Delbert Norman Laird, 24, of 329 N. Sherman Drive; James Russel Grasser, 34, of 322 N. Emerson Ave.; Robert Charles Tuttle, 21, of 902 N. Butler Ave.; Wallace Allen MacDonald, 26, of 5206 E. Washington St.; Herschel Pierre Van Sickle, 34, of 32 Whittier Place, and George Clavier Robbins, 29, of 946 N. Bosart Ave. Board 12—James Kratoska, 24, of 1737 W. Morris St.; Edward Junior See, 23, of 316 E. South St.; Charles Thomas Kugelman, 26, of R. R. T/ Box 712, and Benard B. Morgan, 30, of 752 Fletcher Ave. Most of the person listed above are volunteers. Names of the persons selected by the local draft- boards for the first quota call probably will be announced Thursday, board officials said,
PAROLES WORRY T0 PRISON BAND HEAD
OSSINING, N. Y., Nov. 12 (U.P). —Prison pardons, paroles and completion of sentences give band master Angelo Baccari a constant problem. As Sing Sing music teacher, Mr. Baccari directs the prison’s concert band of 39 members, and two swing orchestras.’ Mr. Baccari’s problem is replacements when prison band and orchestra members are released. The prison’s broadcasting system, connected with each cell, enables inmates to listen to regular scheduled concerts. Mr. Baccari said the music was appreciated and that it “diverts their thoughts.”
GRUDGE BLAMED FOR 2 FACTORY SLAYINGS
SPRINGFIELD, O. Nov..12 (U. P.).—-Virtually abandoning sabotage as a possible motive, ‘authorities searched today for the metal casting or pickax believed to have bludgeoned two to deatn in a Springfield engine + factory early Sunday. : . Coroner Austin Richards said either “a gate on a casting,” an iron pipe or a pickaxe crushed the skulls of Jesse E. Ray, 51, a machinist, and Fred A. Frior, 44, a night watchman, while they were on duty in the engine plant of the National Supply Co. Both Mr. Richards and Prosecutor Jerome A. Nevius expressed belief the slayer was familiar with the layout of the plant and “undoubtedly” was “a homicidal maniae” with a grudge against one or both of the victims. DIES OF INJURIES CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 12 (U. P).—Mrs. Lola B. Hole, 65, died today from injuries received Saturday night when she was struck by: an automobile.
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WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Stations Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck,
Chicago Cincinnati ........ Cleveland .
visa vesse SNOW Dodge city, Kas. Jacksonville, Fla. tC Kansas City, Mo. Little Rock, Ark.‘.... Clear
forcement. ers have their way, Indiana Ave.
firmly in check. These leaders feel that the Dem-
Avenue sensatio
ity in liquor law enforcement, There will be public works stra-
tions of the City. There is ehough bonding margin to finance these, for hich the Democrats are ,thankul, Most obvious to home owners will be a sudden efficiency in the
two municipal services» affecting S
Democrats, Citadel at Plan Fast 'Oomph’ Sti
If certain party Jead-
‘land other “hot spots” will be held ‘|ocratic Party in the City eannot afford a repetition of last spring's
when an upsurge of violence was laid ‘to lax-
tegically planned for several sec-
most taxpayers—street cleaning and maintenance and garbage ' collections. There will (be service with a capital “S” and ibe City Hall will be thick with cou
Democrats expect the spearhead of the Republican campaign to
a claim Wo more years.
Indianapolis. That issue was discussed loudly in [the 1938 race.
City Hall Tottering, ategy for '42 Election
ner which was agreeable to the railroads. But since the 1939 Legislature, nothing has heen done. Administration officials say they are waiting for th: Highway Commission to start with thé elevation of tracks at Madison Ave. |The Highway Commission had postponed the action, reportedly for lack of funds. Officials admit something must be done with track elevation before 1942. Up to date, they don’t know what, but they're still thinking hard. There have been rumors concerning a half-dozen Democratic
And the campaign is on now,
August Krabbe, 25, of 2805 Ruckle
By J. W. T. MASON United Preas War Expe
colonial unrest is becoming increasin
is disconcerting to Germany,
and more on the defensive before before the French colonials.
natural for the French African empire to begin to question the probabilities of thé Axis winning the war... ‘| Hitler’s recent conferences with Petain and Laval were followed by reports that Germany was demanding division of the French colonies. The colonials know, too, that Italy and Spain are looking to shares in the Tricolor’s North African possessions, which, however, have not been actually conquered. The governor general of French Tunis soon after Petain met Hitler, demanded assurances from Vichy that no agreement to separate the protectorate form France had been made, Other chiefs of French colonial possessions are presumed to have done the same, Gen. Weygand, who has supreme military and civil authority over all of French Africa, recently was quoted as saying that no colonial territory should be severed from France. Efforts were made at Vichy to ‘censor this statement but it eluded deletion. Nevertheless, despite resistance of African colonials to plans for peace based on loss of French protectore ates, there is as yet no indication that Weygand and the French colonial governors are prepared to revolt against Vichy and become belligerents again. The seed, Row.
War Moves Today
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German dissatisfaction with growing Frehch
gly evident, The
Vichy Government denies today that Reich Marshal Goering has demanded the recall of. Gen. Weygand from French Africa; and while it is probably true that the Nazis have not yet taken this drastic step, nevertheless, the situation in’ French Africa
Mr. Mason
The Petain Administration is finding itself more
the French people and especially
As Germany seems uncertain about the next moves in the war and Italy is facing checkmate in Greece) it 1s
fluence in the southern zone of {French Africa. The necessity for [the Free France partisans to fight against Frenchmen loyal to Vichy, however, is not as advantageous to de Gaulle 4s would be a more spontaneous uprising. An undercurrent of Free France support, however, is spreading in North Africa under a voluntary impetus. High administrative officials are being summoned frequently to Vichy from North Africa for conferences which must be concerned with colonial unrest. At the same time, the Vichy authorities for the first time are now offering explanations as to why France. surrendered, instead of continuing the war from African bases. Hitherto, Petain has not considered it necessary | to give reasons for having vetoed the pleas of some French leaders last June that the French Government move to North Africa instead of capitulating. Germany has full military control over continental France, making an uprising there impossible, for the people are without arms. In Africa, however, many French divisions still are fully equipped and there are no German forces to keep them under control. The French African Army obeys Vichy for the present, but it may
ever, has been planted and the sibilities of future growth of the Free France movement cannot be disregarded by Germany. General de Gaulle’s success inj occupying Libreville, the Atlantic entrance port to French equatorial Africa has considerable significance as showing the expansion of his in-
_|lwell, waver if it becomes convinced that obedience means loss of its territory to the totalitarians. Once the North Africans changed their allegiance to free France, Italy's military position in Africa would become jeopardized and the whole complexion of any future hostilities in the Middle East might change.
Give Minority
the American issues for which he fought in the last campaign.” “I believe,” Mr. Martin said, “he (Mr. Willkie) is on honest and sound ground when he says democracy needs a strong opposition party.
The unquestionable need of the hour is an opposition party that will uphold the President on matters of defense and other matters in the interest of the country, but that will not hesitate to oppose him when,
Voice to Keep
National Unity, Willkie Asks
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and said Mr. | Willkie's views “set & good criteria for the minority.” Mr. Willkie departed from his prepared text to declare his faith in Mr. Roosevelt's promise to keep the United States out of war unless the nation was attacked. He said: “Mr. Roosevelt and I both promised the people in the course of the campaign that if we were elected we would keep this country out of
in its judgment, his pdlicies are not in the interest’ of the people.” Mr. Willkie’'s call fot a continued fight for the principles stressed during *his campaign drew praise from! other legislative leaders, both Democratic and Republican. Democratic Senators Frederick VanNuys of Indiana, Rush D. Holt of West Virginia, Edward R. Burke of . Nebraska and Clyde L. Herring of Iowa hailed his plea to the millions . of Americans who voted for him. But Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt caustically commenteé that Mr. Willkie’s speech “seemed entirely and significantly different’ in tone from the telegram he sent President Roosevelt the morning after election” Mr. Willkie at that time congratulated Mr. Roosevelt and wished him ‘‘all personal health and happiness.” “He may have reconsidered,” Mr. McNutt added. “The speech, itself, seemed a repetition of campaign arguments and promises. The election is over. We must all now work for a common end. We must follow our chosen leaders.” Mr. VanNuys said Mr, Willkie’s speech “was pitched on a very high plane and was intensely patriotic,”
war unless attacked. Mr. Roosevelt was re-elected and this solemn | pledge for him, I know will be, ful[filled and IT know the American | people desire him to keep it | sacred. by By implication, Mr. Willkie accused Mr. Roosevelt of usurpation of congressional powers, subjugation of the courts, concentration of enormous authority in his own hands and warkilke talk. He re-stated the | principles upon which he conducted his campaign, asserting that “my fight for those principles has just begun—I shall not be silent and I hope you will not, be.” If the Administration wants na= tional unity, he said, it must give open minded [consideration to the recommendations of the opposition. Thereby, he contended, the national economy would thrive and the national income hit the $100,000,000,000 a year figure necessary to make the Rational defense tax burden bearable Mr. Willkie counselled his follower to fight on as “the loyal opposition” toward what he evidently regarded as a considerable modification of Administration policies. He eliminated himself from any - possibility-—however remote—of joine ing the Roosevelt Cabinet.
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