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second installment of Dr. Hermann Rayschning’s “The Voice of Destruction.”

Events in this Nazi brown-shirts, seeking Hitler had still failed to

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E HAD come down from Danzig—Albert Forster,

Danzig district leader; oder and I. | Our tr before midnight and

ladies.

Al Linsmayer, young S. A.

in ran into Berchtesgaden shortly itler had sent his dar to fetch us. Hitler came forward to receive us.

He had visitors,

The house was a small, agreeably modest one.

A lounge extending through the whole width of the house was furnished |in the style of a Bavarian peasant cottage.

A plain bench surrounded the great fireplace.

shrouded bird [cage came the

birds awakened by the bustle. were introduced | o the other guests.

Albert Forster . |, |, |one of Hitler’s early leaders.

admit that as f

with mixed feelings that I made his acquaintance.

From a frightened chirping of songHess greeted us, and we Hitler offered us some cherry brandy, though he himself is a teetotaler. That August of 1932 was not the first time 1 met Hitler. 1 had looked into his famous eyes before this. But now for the first time 1 saw him in his private home, which combined good middle-class taste @ with highland scenery and refined peasant style, as was customary in our pre-war middle class. . EJ ” : ” WHAT impression does Hitler himself make on one? This is a question I have been many times, and 1 must

r as I personally am concerned, it was

The

great popular| orator in these surroundings was reduced

to the insignificar 2

ce of the petit bourgeois.

There was a

general atmosphs re of geniality, but there was something impersonal in the furnishings. 1 myself | was rather taken aback at the midnight

company of decidedly over-blown ladies.

Did he really

crave the credulous devotion of women to retain his be-

lief in himself? Hitler is not one knows that| today.

physically attractive. Every-

But at that time stories were

circulated in the party and among sympathizers about his x rn to Page One, Second Section)

AFL Gives FDR

Peace Pledge:

'Not Candidate,’ Murray Says

President Asks Federation To Help End Labor’s Five-Year War.

NEW ORLEANS, —President Roosey It today asked and received a | pl dge from the American Federation of Labor that it will join any efforts to negotiate peace in organized abor’'s five-year civil war. The President’ 3 appeal, made in a letter to the Federation’s annual

. convention, emphasized the need of

tional defense emergency. “Among the things which labor will contribute, I venture to suggest an unselfish, a far-sighted and patriotic effort to|bring about a just and an honorable peace with the flow divided labor movement,” the President’s letter said. “Labor leaders, with the interest of the nation ati heart, and the advantage of their leaders in mind can, I am sure, find [t e way to reach such a peace.” | The Chief Executive said that peace may not | be easy to achieve and the intricate problems may not pe easy to solve. “But when men honor and good intentions sit do together they can work out a solution which will restore the muc eeded harmony, either by unit r by a sensible working arrangement,” the letter continued. The plea willl b (Continued. on -

labor unity eee he current na-

referred to the Page. Three)

TIMES FEATURES

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Inside naps

Draft of C. I. 0. Vice President to Succeed Lewis Is Indicated.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Nov. 19 (U. P).—C. I.. O. Vice President Philip Murray said today that he was not a candidate for the presigency of the C. I. O. to be vacated by John L. Lewis. “I want the convention to know that I have no aspirations for the presidency of the C. I. O.,” Mr. Murray said. “I am not a candidate. “That decision has been reached hy me and I imagine that I have a right to make a decision once in a while in life.” The C. 1. O. convention hall was hushed as Mr. Murray announced his decision and pieadéd for C. I. O. unity in support of policies recommended by Mr. Lewis. Mr. Murray «did not say that he would not accept the C. I. O. presidency. He is the only man known to be acceptable both to Mr. Lewis and C. I. O. Vice President’ Sidney Hillman, who has differed with Mr. Lewis, and it was believed that the delegates would draft him for the post. Mr. Murray’s statement came after a committee recommended that the C. I. O. make peace with the American Federation of Labor only if the principle of industrial organization of mass production industries is accepted, and all C. I. O unions. are chartered in a new united labor movement, which would (Continued on Page Three)

VANDERBILT $100,000 AIRLINER DAMAGED

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (U. P.).— Harold S. Vanderbilt's $100,000 Lockheed airliner, delivered only two days ago from Burbank Cal, was badly damaged today in an attempted takeoff for a radio test flight, The huge airliner struck a sand trap near Roosevelt Field. Russell Thaw, the pilot, a co-pilot and several radio mechanics were

reported uninjured. Mr. Vanderbilt

asked

STATE HEALTH DIVISION UNDER MERIT SYSTEM

Townsend’s 3-Months-0ld Move Keeps 300 Jobs For Democrats.

One more important division of the State Government has been placed under the merit system, it was learned today.

Governor M. Clifford Townsend announced that he had, by executive order three months ago, placed more than 300 employees of the State Health Department under merit ratings. 1 Aside from the positive gains to the State in the merit grouping, politicians saw in the move another ten-strike for the Democrats in forestalling a Republican patronage .coup. The move automatically blocks any attempt of the Republicancontrolled Legislature to grab the lucrative “plums” of that department unless the G. O. P. should repeal Indiana’s merit sysiem law. Under the law, all State employees placed under ihe merit system by executive order of the Governor are automatically taken out of political patronage : 2d given job tenure so long as they pass rigid examinations. Order Issued Aug. 6 The executive order for the merit system in the Health Department was issued by Governor M. Clifford Townsend last Aug. 6 but it did not become known until today. The order apparently was kept secret until after the election to avoid possible political repercussions over the loss of patronage during the campaign. Technically, the 300 Health Department employees have been under the merit system since the day the order was issued by Governor Townsend. Only the qualifying examinations remain to be taken before the em-

ployees become full-fledged merit | system workers. {be about Jan. 1, more than a week |

This is expected to

| before the Legislature convenes.

Competition Unnecessary Richard Bunch, head of the Merit

System Personnel Board, said the ‘order makes employees who were on

the Health Department payroll as of Sept. 1 eligible for qualifying examinations without competition. Employees who joined the department staff after Sept. 1 must compete with all applicants in examinations to hold their jobs, he said. “In other words, employees working in the department before Sept. 1 cannot be replaced if they pass the qualifying examinations while the newer employees could lose their iobs if some other applicant makes a higher grade in competitive examinations.” Department employees generally did not know of the merit system plan until they received questionnaires recently, Other State departments put under the merit system in the last two years are the State Welfare Department, Unemployment Compensation Division, the Gross Income Tax Department and State Police.

NOV. 30 IS DEADLINE ON CITY PURCHASES

Deery Orders ‘No Buying’ In Economy Move.

The first economy order since thea

{budget deficit was discovered has

heen issued at City Hall by James E. Deery, City Controller. In a letter to all department heads yesterday, Mr. Deery placed a ban on all purchases after Nov. 30. He gave as the chief reason for the order Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan's desire “to save money.” Mr. Deery also ordered cepartment heads to pay all outstanding bills immediately, so that the City can avail itself of the 10 per eent discount for cash in 30 days. bills must be paid before Christmas and no new ones incurred after the end of this month, according to the Controller’s order. The first overt sign that the City Hall is preparing to economize; the order is expected to be followed by a series of econoiny moves. The full-fledged economy* wave is scheduled to begin after the first of the year. As yet, there $$ no indication that it will not touch some of the higher-salaried brackets on the City payroll.

WILLKIE ARRIVES IN FLORIDA FOR REST

HOBE SOUND, Fla., Nov. 19 (U. P.).—Appearing tired, but in good spirits, Wendell L. Willkie arrived here today for a two-week vacation and rest after a strenuous S¢-state Presidential campaign. , He declined to comment on na-

tional affairs and said he had made no personal plans yet. The Uni-

versity of Vermont and Leland Stanford University reportedly are considering the defeated Republican candidate for their president. Mr. Willkie was accompanied by

his wife and

jg onal secretary,

Grace Grahn,

Alt

“My fingers will probably get Francis Kelley (left), Indiana’s No. Sergt. C. L. Williams,

To Fort for Exams

Without fanfare, Indiana's first colors today at Ft. Harrison.

mark the event. Only the flash of

Hoosiers into 1 the Army under the

LEGION WARS ON 5TH COLUMNISTS

Proposes Group to Supply Enforcement Agencies With Data.

Fifth Column activities in . the United States drew the attention of American Legion Department commanders and adjutants at their conference here today. Principal developments included: 1. Announcement by Homer UL. Chaillaux, Legion Americanism di-

rector, of a plan for forming a “Fact-Finding Service” to supply information on subversive activities to local, state and Federal law enforcement agencies.

More than half a million members of the American Legion were expected to be enrolled this afternoon during the annual telegraphic roll call at National Headquarters. Donald G. Glascoff, assistant national adjutant in charge of | membership, told Department | commanders and adjutants that so far this year the membership shows a gain of 42,281 over the 1939 total. On Nov. 12 the membership was 1,075,270, more than 21,000 over the all-time record set in 1931.

2. An “off the record’ talk by B. Edwin Sackett, head of the New York Bureau of the FBI and personal representative at the conference of J. Edgar Hoover, chief GMan, on the Legion's part in defense plans. 3. Statement by Mr. Chaillaux that “it is of vital importance to the safety and security of the United States” that the Dies Committee on Un-American ° Activities be continued. Reports on the activities of the Boys’ State, the Legion Rehabilitationsprogram and the national high

State's No.

1 Draftee

dirtier than this,” laughs Horace 1 draftee as he is fingerprinted by

Hoosiers Put in Army With Production Line Efficiency

Fanfare Lacking as 14 Local Men Lead First Contingent

and Oath of Office.

By EARL RICHERT

contingent of 75 draftees joined the

There was no roll of drums, nor patriotic speeches by dignitaries to

photographers’ camera bulbs signi-

fied that it was an unusual occurrence—the induction of the first

nation’s first peacetime conscrip= tion bilkAll was business. The - draftees were sent through the various steps preliminary to taking the oath of fealty to the United States Army with production-line efficiency. Fourteen draftees from Marion County were the first to reach the fort. They arrived at 8:25 a. m. on the interurban and were met by a group of Army officers,

Marching Into Service

Within five minutes they had been formed. into a column of twos

and given the informal order to “turn around this way and follow me,” were led into the Army induction hall.

Only a few of them carried suitcases. they had on and enough pocket change to tide them over to their first pay day. They were marched first to the dormitory where they were assigned beds, and those who had suitcases deposited them there. Then the 14 formed about Maj. Gen. Joseph Cummins, Fort commander, to draw the name of the man who was to have the honor of being designated Indiana Draftee No. 1.

Draw Three Names

Because it was possible that the No. 1 man might fail the Army physical examination, Army officers decided to draw three names. Out of the hat, Maj. Gen. Cummins drew out first the names of Horace F. Kelley, 27, of 843 W. 29th St. Mr. Kelley, formerly as(Continued on Page Four)

Annual Request;

Annual Refusal

POLICE CHIEF Michael P. Morrissey sighed a little, and asked the Safety Board again today for a new Gamewell board for Police Headquarters at a cost of about $32,000. Chief Morrissey explained, as is his annual custom when he asks for a new board, in itself an annual custom, that the present one is 50 years old, breaks down frequently, and that repairs for it cost one-third more than normal because the type is no longer manufactured. The Board, following its annual

(Continued on Page Three)

. Until Indianapolis and other Indiana cities and towns are “saturated wtih safety,” there will be no automobile safety records fatalities will increase. This is the opinion of most of Indiana’s traffic safety leaders here today for jhe Indiana Traffic Safety Council biennial session to. map safety legislation. To “saturate” a community with safety would necessitate a tremendous increase in public expenditures for all branches of safety administration—for more_police, for safety devices, for education, for en-

and

gineering. = Those who it be “saturated,” they say, are e motorists, the pedestrians, the police and the

custom, said “No.”

Only a. couple of cities are known to be in this class. One is Kansas City, Mo., winner of the national

“|safety award. There, the officials

point out, they devote twice the effort and many times the money ‘to traffic safety. A state policeman before the meeting said: “These people are all sold on safety, but the trouble is the public itself isn’t sold on it yet.” He pointed out that the largest number of Indianapolis’s 83 traffic victims this year were pedestrians. “How are you going to keep them from crossing in the middle of the block or teach them to watch both ways?” he asked. Paul G.‘ Hoffman, South Bend, president of Studebaker Corp. and |f

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trafic court judges, _ hp

ind of a. tan, Sate, Cotas

Most came with just what

ENGINE OUTPUT GAINS 250% AT ALLISON PLANT

1000-a-Month Is Predicted Within Year for G. M. Division. (Photo, Page 19) By SAM TYNDALL General Motors’ Allison Division, which has become the hope of the British-for air superiority over German bombers, broke a long silence today to reveal cheering strides in production of its famous liquid-cooled warplane motor. The division, which also is serving the U. S. Army Air Corps’ fastest air squadrons, reported: 1. Production of 286 completed 12-cylinder engines last month, an increase of 250 per cent over July. 2. Production a year from now is expected to be 1000 engines a

month. Personnel Totals 7200

3. Personnel at the three plants in Speedway City now totals 7200. 4, A year from now, more than 10,000 will be employed here, while 3000 more will be making Allison engine parts in Detroit. 5. The local plant’s floor space now totals more than 1,000,000 square feet. A year ago it was only 90,000 square feet. The figures were released in a statement by acting General Motors president, C. E. Wilson. “We think this is an excellent record in view of the fact that up to a very short time ago Allison was little more than an experimental plant with no buildings or equipment designed for an extensive production,” he said.

Here's the Record

the past four months, according to the report, is: : JUIY ec evssecesnnsenes T3| motors August .... eevee... 65 motors September ..........223 motors October ......qs......286 motors New buildings now under construction will be completed about Jan. 15, 1941, when the plant will have machinery for about “half capacity.” All the machinery required is expected to be available by September, 1941, and the plan should be operating at full capacity (1000 per month) a year from now. The Allison motor is internationally famous as the power plant used in many of America’s speediest pursuit, interceptor . and bombing planes. It is fitted in the Bell “Airacobra,” single seat pursuit; Lockheed twinAllison, P-38, an interceptor, both capable of more than 350 miles per hour; a Lockheed bomber; the Airabonita, a Navy pursuit plane; the twin-engined ‘Airacuda,” a pusher-type attack bomber, and the widely-publicized Curtiss P-40 pursuit. With the American-made Allison interceptors, the British RAF reportedly is able to save fuel and pilot-hours in intercepting German bombers because of speed which enables pilots to delay takeoff for attack.

CLOUDY FORECAST FOR THANKSGIVING

Low of 35 to 40 Expected Here Tonight. LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m 3 10am. ,... 51 7a. m... 40 lla. m. .... 54 8a.m... 41 12 (noon) . 57 9am 48 1 p.m. ... 58

Thanksgiving, says the Weather Bureau, will be cloudy. That's as far as the Bureau would venture to predict, since the holiday is two days away and as a rule its

hours. Tonight's low temperature will be between 35 and 40, about normal. Tomorrow . will. see occasional

showers and lower temperatures.

'Saturate’ State With Safety to Curtail Mounting Traffic Toll, Experts Urge Here

cil, told members that the traffic toll has increased this year over the nation and in Indiana, and that national traffic experts with whom he talked believe that the chieffreason is found in restricted publicity due to the war. Chief among the proposals of the Council’s legislative committee expected to be approved were: 1. Restriction of the Traffic Division of the State Highway Department as a separate division. 2. Allocation funds for the division. 3. Increase, personnel in the Drivers License Division by 14. 4, Increase number of State Police by 200 men by 1942. 5. Regulation and licensing of farm tractors and Tiachinery in

higaway apr 9 :

The ‘box score of production for

forecasts only extend for about 36.

OMBERS HALVE KRUPP OUTPUT, BRITAIN CLAIMS

Liner Europa Reporte

claimed tonight to have rec

British bomb had hit the Bremen. g

United Press Fo

Dispatches from Athens

BALKANS FEEL AXIS PRESSURE

Diplomatic Flurry Hints Mediterranean Attack Is in Making.

By UNITED PRESS -A new whirlwind Axis diplomatic offensive~developed today, .presumably designed to weld Europe into a unified continental bloc preparatory to a vast attack on the British Empire in the Mediterranean. Action centered in the Balkans

that the long-awaited simultaneous Axis attack on Britain's Mediterranean strongholds was in the making. That probably would mean coordinated thrusts at Gibraltar in the west, against Egypt and the Suez in the Middle East, against Greece and against the Mosul oil fields, possibly - through Turkey, Palestine and Syria.

Axis Chiefs in Vienna

The Axis diplomatic chiefs were at Vienna today where they appeared to be hammering into place the final structure of the Axis lineup in the Balkans. ~DNB, official German news agency, disclosed in Berlin that German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano arrived in Vienna this morning. Ciano and Spanish Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner confered at Salzburg yesterday with Adolf Hitler and Ribbentrop. DNB reported last night that Hitler and Ribbentrop had gone to the railway station to see Ciano off, giving the impression that he had gone home. But today he turned up in Vienna, Ribbentrop with him. Shall Mations Feel Pressure

1t was announced in Budapest that Hungarian Premier Count Paul Teleki and Foreign Minister Count Stephen Csaky were arrive ing in Vienna tomorrow at the in- | vitation of German officials.

high officials of Rumania and Slo-

Germany and Italy were going to] suggest that all small nations friendly, to the Axis join in the German-Italian-Japanese alliance, thus acknowledging the ‘new (Continued on Page Three)

FATHER, CHILDREN DIE AS HOME BURNS

Three Bodies Recovered in! Terre Haute Ruins.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Nov. 19 (U. P.).—Fire that burned their house to the ground today caused the deaths of Andrew Douglas, 35, and his two children, Patricia, 5 months old and Paul Wesly, 2. The floor gave way beneath them after Douglas had dashed madly into the blazing house to save them. The bodies were not recovered until the ruins cooled. The mother, Mrs. May Douglas survives.

BULLETIN

CAMDEN, N. J,, Nov. 19 (U. P.). ~—Fire broke out today aboard the battleship South Dakota, ' now under construction in the yards of the New York Ship Building Corp. here. Two alarms were sounded. Seventeen cruisers and Yee seaplanes are under construc-

tion at the yards in ME the battleship. ” ;

for the moment but there were signs |

Budapest also understood that!

vakia would be present and that | Several persons were reported killed

said

d Hit at Bremen; Isles Without Nazi Raiders First Time Since Air Blitzkrieg Began.

BULLETIN LONDON, Nov. 19 (U. P.).—The

Air | Ministry eived advices from Germany

asserting that Royal Air Force attacks had cut production at the huge Krupp arms works 50 per cent and that a

liner Europa at its dock at

By JOE ALEX MORRIS

reign News Editor

Great Britain and Greece replied with bombs and bayonets today to a new lightning Axis diplomatic offensive apparently designed to muster a solid European bloc for attack on the British Empire’

in the Mediterranean. said that Greek armies had

hammered the Italians back into Albania and were threat ening Alhatian Cities in addition to the besieged Italian

base at Koritza. The Athens radio, heard in ASofia, broadcast a report that Greek soldiers had swept down from the heights of the Morova mountains east of Koritza and had forced their way into part of the main Italian base on :the north front. The Italians fell back in hand-to-hand fighting, it was claimed. Other dispatches, however, indicated Koritza still was holding out, although. under heavy fire. Italian airplanes were reported in Jugoslav dispatches to have

heavy bombing attack on the Greeks, presumably in preparation

important base at the head of the only roads into northern Greece.

Fascists Determined

The Italian forces vere reported concentrating in the DJobistica sec~ tor, near Koritza, in formidabls number and it appeared that — after suffering severe reverses—the Fascist armies under Gen. Ubaldo Soddu were now getting into a position to make another big scale attempt to drive into Creece.

Waves of British bombers raided German snythetic oil plants at Leuna last night despite bad weather, the Air Ministry in London reported, and caused great damage to “one of the most sensitive nerve centers of Germany's industrial and military organizations.”

The Leuna plant was described as a vast factory of about 150 buildings for the production of synthetic oil, chemical fertilizer and other by« products.

Isles Free of Raiders

Meanwhile, the British Isles wers free of German raiders from dawn to dusk for the first time since Germany’s intensified aerial blitzkrieg began. No planes were sighted over the Isles anywhere during daylight

‘hours although last night German

raiders fanned out over most of the United Kingdom, including northern Ireland. Raiders during the night concen ‘trated on the western port of Liver= pool, which was strewn with high explosive and incendiary bombs,

{there In Berlin the High Command that Italian bombers, co= operating with the German air force, “successfully attacked” an English coast town yesterday. The Greek success in the war (Continued .on Page Three)

GREEKS PLEAD FOR U. S. WAR MATERIAL

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (U. P).~ | Acting Secretary of State Sumner | Welles disclosed today that the United States is giving sympathetic consideration to Greek ‘appeals for American war materials. Mr. Welles said the appeals had been made through both the American legation in Athens and the Greek Legation here. He said the’ Greeks specifically sought an oppors tunity to purchase arms, ammunie tion and other war materials in this country. He added that the request had been referred to other branches of the Government which deal with arms purchases by foreign Governe ments.

CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING

Indianapolis grade and high

ol

school pupils will have two days to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, school officials announced today. There will be no school Thursday

schools.

BETTY GRABLE GETS DIVORCE HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19 (U. P.)= Betty Grable’s divorce from Jackie

Coogan, the former child star, was made final oa 3

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for a .counter- attack to relieve the:

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