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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness tonight followed by occasional rains to morrow; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight 30 to 35 degrees.

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Amarillo Isolated as Ice Storm Paralyzes

BULGARIA STALLS AXIS IN

+ Qil Fialds Feel Nature's Wrath

OUTER WORLD ONLY BY RADIO

Freeze Following Persistent Rains; Wallace Motoring 'In_ Stricken Area.

DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 25 (U. P.).—The Texas Panhandle, with its principal city, Amarillo, was isolated today by an icestorm which disrupted transportation and communication and cut off the city’s

water and electric power. A light rain which had fallen since last mid-week turned ito ice quer the week-end as| temperatures dropped below freezing. The ice coated everything. If made highways impassable. It blocked railroads. munication lines. Hundreds of telephone, telegraph and power linemen were sent into the area to repair the broken lines but neither telephone nor power company officials hoped for restoration of service until late today. Radios Send News | Meanwhile the only communication with Amarillo was through its| amateur radio operators and their sending was limited by the power of the batteries. fn their small sets.

They told of wide-spread destruction—damage mounting into the thousands of dollars—caused by tons of ice laid down in.layers three and four inches thick over every exposed surface. Electric signs, canopies, trees and eyen windows were smashed. Debris littered some streets, according te the amateurs. An unidentified amateur caused hours of consternation by a report that many fires had broken out in the. waterless city but the Amarillo short-wave station categorically denied that there were any fires. f

Airliners Grounded

The water supply ended when reserves were exhausted at 4:30 p. m. yesterday, 10 hours after a power line to the suburban pumping station had gone down. Re-

sumption of water awaited restoration of electric power. Private wells fuinished water to hospitals

Railroads and busses were not operating through the icity and airliners were grounded. | The same rain which turned to jce ‘and caused suffering in the Pan-Handle, plagued most of the rest of Texas. It had rained incessantly since Wednesday night or early Thursday throughout central, east, and southeast portions of the state and today at least four major rivers were overflowing.

Wallace in Storm Area Henry A. Wallace, Vice President-

section and. his exact, whereabouts was unknown. Beco Mr. Wallace was en route from Meridian, Miss., to Laredo, Tex., on his way to Mexico City to attend the inauguration Dec. 1 of PresidentElect Mauel Avila Camancho. He left Meridian Saturday and expected to be in Laredo|late today. It was possible the| heavy rains had delayed him, but friends were not concerned as to his safety. They said he purposely had avoided making public his itinerary as he wanted to rest as much as possible The - Brazos, Trinity, Colorado and Sabine Rivers were spilling to 20 inches ‘of rain which had fallen in the last 36 hours. In most (Continued on Page Three)

122 VOTE MACHINES CHECKED—NO CHANGE

Twenty-six more voting machines were examined today by recount commissioners in the county treasurer’s race, and they reported—as before—no change in the official count. There has been no change jn the count after a check of 122 machines. The machines opened today were used in 25 precincts. According to

re-election over Paul E, Tegarden,

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BRIDGE BONDS SOLD FOR PAR

State to Purchase Span at New Harmony From Toll Receipts.

The State Toll Bridge Commission today sold $1,050,000 worth of bonds at par to obtain money to buy the toll bridge over the Wabash River at New Harmony. The bonds, whith bear 3 per cent interest, were sold’ ,to Mather & Co., and John Nuveen & Co., both of Chicago. Four hundred thousand dollars worth of the bonds are not callable and are paid off with funds derived from the toll bridge at the rate of $40,000 a year more Dec. 1, 1942, to Dec. 1, 1951. Remainder Is Callable The remaining $650,000 worth of bonds, due Dec. 1, 1960, are callable on 30 days notice on any interest payment day at $103 per bond. The Commission has agreed to pay the Harmony Way Bridge Co., of Carmi, Ill, $945000 for the bridge on or before Dec. 10. The remainder of the money furnished by the bond sale is to be used as a sinking fund for bridge maintenance and to pay the per diem and expenses of the Commission members. The law provides that the Commission members receive a per diem of $10 only if they buy or build a bridge. Because this is the first transacfion. of the Commission since it was created by the 1939 Legislature, its members have not yet received any money for their services. Ferry Franchise Included Included in the bridge’ purchase is a franchise of a ferry which is operated over the Wabash at New Harmony. Commission Chairman William Minor, Cannelton, said the bond issue will not cost the taxpayers anything, since revenue from the bridge would be used to pay off the bonds.: He estimated that the bridge,. now reportedly earning $128,000 a year, would pay for itself within 10 years. The bridge was built in 1929 at a cost of $637,000.. Commission members said the increase over the cost price was justified since the bridge is “now a good paying business.” Previous bids on bonds all had been turned down because they were far below par value. The successful bids today were the only ones submitted.

STIVER T0 ASK 200 MORE STATE POLICE

Seeks ‘Shock Troops to Meet Any Emergency.’

Don Stiver, superintendent of State Police, announced today he will ask the Legislature for an appropriation to add 200 men to the State Police force “as shock troops to ‘meet emergency.” ¥ The announcement was made in a meeting of department heads with Governor Townsend in which the problem of civil defense among the various state organizations was discussed. Mr. Stiver said he would ask for 100 more men in 1941 and an additional 100 men in 1942 to bring the State Police force to 400. He said that the additinal men would neces-

sitate to an increase in the appropri-

ation from $974,00 to $1,386,000. Present plans are to meet the added expense by transferring funds from the Highway Commission. Mr. Stiver. pointed out that the program to increase the force had been approved by the Indiana Traffic Safety Council recently. He said more men were needed to meet traffic problems, as well as to augment the

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Cloudy Tonight, Rain Tomorrow

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am ....2 10am. .... 37 Ta.m ....30 1llam.... 3% 8a.m.....32 12 (noon) .. 39 9a. m. .... 35 1pm .... 40

Indianapolis skies will become increasingly cloudy tonight. and tomorrow there will be occasional rains, the Weather Bureau predictThere will not be much change in temperature, with the lowest tomight 30 to 35 degrees, the Bureau said; wy

~ WIN ARMY JOBS

Defects Fail to Halt Two Draftees From Henry and Lake Counties.

Last week Leo Walsh and James C. Vaughn, volunteers for one year’s military training under the draft law, were rejected by Army doctors because of defective teeth. The two went back home to their dentists in Henry and Lake Counties, respectively, and ordered them to put their teeth in perfect shape. They paid the dentists from their lown pockets, got the approval of their local draft board doctors and today re-appeared at Ft. Harrison as their own replacements. When a draftee is rejected, the local draft board from which he comes must replace him. Mr. Walsh and Mr. Vaughn were two of 23 replacements who were to be inducted at Ft. Harison today along with the final eontingent of 110 draftees. Thirteen of the 110 were from Marion County. Approximately one in 10 of the draftees sent to the fort by the local draft boards have been rejected because of some physical defect. Twenty-nine of the 285 men received at Ft. Harrison last week were rejected. The men inducted today will be sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky., tomorrow. Today's induction filled the first call for 395 men from Indiana. Army officers here said that some of the Indiana men inducted last Tuesday and Wednesday are being sent from Ft. Thomas today to training camps in Mississippi and Michigan. At Ft. Thomas the draftees are given uniforms and vaccinated for various diseases.

REP. HOFFMAN ASKS WAGNER ACT CHANGE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U. P.). —Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R. Mich.), today introduced a bill to prevent labor unions from requiring membership or dues of defense industry workers. : In a statement prepared for the Congressional Record, Rep. Hoffman said that his bill comes at a time when the Congress of Industrial Organizations has “announced that the most intensive labor organizing campaign in the history of the United States” would be started in the defense industries. The legislation would modify the Wagner Act in its application to defense industries by banning closed shop agreements.

3 RESIGN IN PARAGUAY

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Nov. 25 (U. P.).—A Cabinet crisis was

caused here today by resignation of

three Ministers, all Army officers. No reasons wére given for the resignations. Complete tranquility prevailed. The members of the Cabinet who quit were General Torrean Y Riera, Minister of Interior; Col. Ramon Paredas, Minister of Government,

6. 0. P. STARTS DRAFTING LAWS

Majority Leaders of Both Houses to Present Work To Steering Groups.

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By NOBLE REED Preliminary drafting of bills for the 1941 Legislature was to be started this week by Republican majority Teadets of both Houses. Lieutenant Governor «Elec t

Charles M. Dawson opened headquarters in the Claypool Hotel for a series of conferences with groups sponsoring new laws, Joining ‘in the conference will be Speaker of the House James M. Knapp, William E. Jenner, President Pro Tem. of the State Senate and State .G. O. P. Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt.

Eye Committee Meetings

They expect to agree on preliminary drafts of several bills this week in order to have them ready for presentation to the Steering Committees of both houses when they hold joint conferences here next week. The Steering Committees will have charge of pushing the Republicansponsored bills through the Legislature. 3 Among the first bills to be considered by the conferees this week is one to amend drastically the 1933 Reorganization Act which concentrated all patronage powers in the Governor's office. The Republicans have decided on one certain provision of the Reorganization amendment—that it will return to all elected officers the power to appoint their own employees.

No Opposition Expected

There will be no opposition to this because Democratic GovernorElect Henry F. Schricker has consented to relinquish that portion of his patronage powers. by How much farther Republica are planning to go for patronage remains purely conjecture, but it has been rumored they may “move into the Motor License Bureau and perhaps the Alcoholic Beverage Commissiong Democratic leaders said they will oppose measures designed to take

away from the Governor's officz any |:

patronage other than jobs directly under the various elected officials, all of whom will be Republicans, except the Governor. -

3 HURT IN BLAST AT G. M. DETROIT PLANT

DETROIT, Nov. 25 (U. P.).— Three men were injured today in an explosion at General Motors Corp.'s Detroit Transmission and Gear Co. plant. Police said the blast was an acecident and occurred when some foreign fluid got into a cyanide furnace used in hardening metal. The property damage was said to be slight. ‘Members of the police homicide and “anti-fifth column squad” inJesiigaied the blast as a matter of orm. !

EXPENSES TOP HALF - MILLION, 6.0.P. REVEALS

Democrats Spent - Only $214,481 in 18 Months, Report to Show.

The Republican State Com-

mittee in the last six months spent twice as much as the Democratic State Committee did in° 18 months, according to their respective campaign

expense statements today.

A complete G.O.P, statement, filed at the Marion County Clerk’s office by Treasurer John H. Bookwalter, showed expenditures totaling $500,404 and receipts amounting to $530,112. { The Democratic State Committee’s report, expected to be filed later today by Treasurer Clarence U. Gramelspacher, will show expenditures of only $212,481 and contributions totaling $227,200.

20.486 G.O.P. Contributors

The Republican Committee's statement covers the period from last May 16 to Nov. 5. election day,

while the Democratic statement, according to State Chairman Fred F. Bays, covers a period from April 11, 1939, to Nov. 6, 1940. Included in the Republican Committee’s receipts was $492312 from 20,486 contributors; $16,900 from state convention candidate assessments; and $12,950 from national convention delegate and alternate assessments. The report shows that the Willkie notification ceremony cost the Committee $35,440. Among the other larger expenditures were: Congressional and, Senatorial Campaign expenses, $16,200; Willkie War Veterans Committee, $11,000; Labr’s Will-kie-for-President, $4000; organization expenses $21,858; publicity, $58359; printing, $17, 384; salaries, $30,136; traveling expense, $21,625; rent, $5077; telephones, $5370; and returned to county committees, $225,561.

Silent on Club’s Share

Detailed contents of the Democratic statement will not be made public until the report is formally filed at the Clerk’s office this afternoon. - . However, the reputed “big money” of the Democratic Two Per Cent Club apparently did not all show up in the State Committee's report, since the club is reported to have collected around $200,000 a year. Chairman Bays said a large portion of the State Committee's receipts in the expense report was “from contributors outside the Hoosier Democratic Club.” He declined to comment on the amount of money the State Com-

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INDEPENDENTS SEEK BARBER LAW REPEAL

Committee Named to Head Legislative Fight.

A campaign to obtain repeal of the State Barbers’ Law and place enforcement of sanitary regulations for barbers under the Board of Health was launched at a meeting of the executive board of the Independent Barbers Association here yesterday. 3 R. Paul Johnson, Marion, association president, said he would appoint a legislative committee to direct the repeal fight in ‘the coming General Assembly at the organization’s annual meeting to be held at the Hotel Severin Dec. 15. “We feel that the present law should be repealed and the enforcement of the sanitary regulations placed under the Board of Health because we think it would be better to have a doctor in charge instead of the present State Barber Board,” Frank Stiers, association treasurer, said. : The present law, creating the State Barber Law and providing for the fixing of prices and hours, was passed ‘by the 1939 Legislature. The Independent Barbers Association instituted court action against the law and carried it to the Supreme Court, which ruled out the price and hour provisions.

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ance. wholly adverse to seeing Russian Bulgaria. The exposed position of the Rumanian oil wells that would follow Bulgarian involvement in the war if the Bulgars became associates of the triple alliance, must be a cause of anxiety to the German military authorities.’ Since Rumania now. is a triple alliance partner that country would be pledged to help Bulgaria once Sofia signed the triple pact and thereafter became involved with Greece or Turkey. The Rumanian oil would become targets for the British bloc in southeastern Europe. British aviators - operating from Greek or Turkish soil would be within 300 miles of the oil fields. The probability of night bombings working havoc to the wells cannot

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Nazi submarines, and possibly two surface raiders, continued to prey on enemy shipping over a wide area today, adding another = British freighter to their toll. The 5218 ton freighier Temple Inn—built this year—radioed that she was being attacked by a U-boat eagly today about 300 miles off the northwest coast of Ireland. The message, intercepted by Mackay Radio, indicated the Temple Inn had been attacked in the danger waters of the North Atlantic where submarines have been waging an increasingly intense = attack on enemy shipping in the last two weeks.

Swedish Steamer Crippled

One British freighter yesterday reported being shelled 800 miles east of the Bahamas and another said she was being trailed by a “suspicious” vessel a few hundred miles west of Ireland where a German raider attacked a big British convoy three weeks ago. The Swedish steamer Anten of 5235 tons, one of three vessels torpedoed Saturday some 100 miles off the Irish Coast, radiped today that she was still afloat] with her holds full of water and an increasingly bad list. Thirteen men re(Continued on Page Three)

NYE SEEKS PROBE OF BRITISH RESOURCES

(Earlier Details, Page Five)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U. P). —A brewing fight over proposals to give American loans and credit to Britain became more evident today when Senator Gerald P. Nye’ (R. N. D.) asked for a Senatorial in-

quiry into the amount of financial resources essed by the British Empire in the United States. . Mr. Nye, an isolationist leader, introduced a (resolution for a formal Senate investigation as Lord Lothian h Ambassador to the United Sta scheduled a confer-

ence with Pres Roosevelt.

Local Infant, Abducted as Mother Eats, Rescued When Ohio Police Nab Joy Riders

Nine-months-old Timothy K. Col-

a nice travelog of an unscheduled trip he took in Ohio today.

husband and father, who is workiey. could, if he had a mind to, give ing | ~The party stopped at Utopia for { breakfast and left the baby in

there.

the car.

Betty Colley, 1705 Ruckle St.; his/and a girl got into the car and

brother,

and Gen. Antola, Minister of War. ga P .

3-year-old Clifford, and|drove away. Miss Mary Stewart, 5141 N. Key-

: ; The motor was left run-| young couple were in custody there. Timothy was, 6 a member of a ning, to keep the car warm. While The two said they did not know party composed of his mother, Mrs.| the party was eating, a young man | the baby was in the car.

: ’ ‘| the party left Indianapolis last When the Colley party discovered|night, and that Miss Stewart had stone Ave, a friend. They were| the auto was gone they' reported|promised to send a telegram from driving from Indianapolis to Ash-|to police, and an hour later the| Louisville, i Ky, to see Clifford Colley, baby was ‘found in a barn on the’ of. the abduction, ;

indicates that the Slavs are checking Herr Hitler's Balkan expansion, at least temporarily. Obscurities still remain in the game of high politics being played in Southeastern Europe, but it seems certain that the Axis is adopting a policy of caution. The Bulgarian situation has explosive elements for the Fuehrer which are increased by the complications that are becoming visible in the extension of the triple alliIt is possible, indeed, that the German. High Command is not

lof Heir Hitler's diplomatic offen-

{seems to be getting involved with {military problems of high strategy,

wells thus |

|an offensive against Greece,

12 Ships in Mexico Steam Up; r Open Sea Waited

Axis Craft at Tampico Expected to Attempt to Reach Nazi Raiders in Atlantic.

By UNITED PRESS ’

Nine Italian and three German merchant ships were getiing up steam today at Tampico, Mexico, apparently planning to make a break for the open sea in an attémpt to run the British blockade. German surface raiders, with whom the 12 were reported to have a rendezvous in the Atlantic, already were believed to be the object of an intensive search by British warships.

farm of Thurman Jennings, south of Georgetown. Three hours later, Chillicothe, O., police reported that the car and a

Relatives of Miss Stewart sald

They had not heard

join the triple alliance at this time

restraining influences at work in

be overlooked by the German High Command. If any considerable part of the vital oil supplies for the German Army were thus destroyed, an entirely new turn in the war would be likely to follow. Further expansion

sive in southeastern Europe hence

giving an important advantage to the anti-Axis powers. ; For the moment Bulgaria Has no formalized assurance of support for This fact may check Bulgarian ambition to fight for a port on the Greek Aegean coast. The longer Bulgaria (Continued on Page Three)

Italians Must Stand for It

ROME, Nov, 25 (U, P.)— Adelchi Serena, Secretary -of the Fascist Party, ruled today that radio listeners must stand while listening to broadcasts of Italian war communiques.

90 THREAT ON LIFE REPORTED BY CLAUER

Youth Says Man in Auto Fired at Him.

A second attack within 12 hours on the life of William Clauer Jr. 18-year-old son of William Clauer, 5212 N. Capitol Ave, Democratic politician, was reported by the youth to police today. Clauer told detectives he was leaving the Indianapolis Athletic Club shortly after noon when he found a note lying on the front seat of his car which read: “I kill you.” He took it to the police station and then started home north on Meridian St. He noticed a car following and speeded up to 60 miles per hour near 19th St. The trailing car drove alongside his own machine.’ Clauer said a gloved hand extended from the side window, clutching a revolver, and that one shot was fired at him. It failed to strike his car, Clauer said, and the other car turned east on 20th St. and disappeared. Clauer called police. Shortly after midnight last night, Mr. Clauer told police he was on his way home from a friend's house when someone threw a brick through the windshield of his car at 38th St. and Capitol Ave. He was uninjured. : Neither police nor Mr, Clauer was able to explain the attacks.

ONLY 4 LOCKHEEDS LOST TO SEA RAIDERS

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (U. P.) — Out of hundreds of American-made Lockheed planes being shigped to Great Britain by steamer, only four have been lost to sea raiders. This was revealed today by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. as it loaded more of its twin motored “Hudson” bombers aboard ships in Los Angeles harbor for delivery to the Royal Air Force. The loss represents about 1 per

GREEKS SMASH FORWARD

War Moves Today

By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert Berlin’s announcement today that Bulgaria is

Nazis Attack Bristol And R.A. F. Pounds Hamburg.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

An Axis diplomatic offene sive to draw all of Europe into Adolf Hitler's program for a “new order” suddenly,

stalled in the Balkans today,

Greek armies pushed deeper into Italian battle lines in Albania and Nazi raiders returned to the vicinity of Bristol, which was attacked for many hours last night and early this morning. At the same time, the R. A. F. was laying down a fiery attack on German cities, including Berlin, : While Greek advance units were reported entering the important Italian base of Pogradec. on : the northern Albanian front and mene acing the southern base at Argyrokastron, both Bulgaria and Soviet Russia permitted the impression to spread that they were keeping out of the Nazi diplomatic front—at least for the time being.

Moscow Key to Balkans

Dispatches coming through the Moscow censorship said that foreign observers there believed the Soviet Union had avoided any commit ments to the Axis and thus presume ably had failed fo agree to ¢o-op-erate with any military move into

rseutheastern \ Europe in order .to

close a pincers\gn th Moscow continu

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threaten the Greeks and indirectly hinting that some move into the southeast might be.contemplated in

ing in Albania. . Both Bulgaria and Turkey were expected to adjust their policy toward Axis military moves into the Southeast in line with Russia’s posi on, : Berlin Offers No Explanation

And for the moment, at least, Moscow’s attitude seemed to be sufficiently uncertain to keep Bulgaria out ‘of the Axis front, as it was admitted by Berlin that the “current round” of diplomatic : activity was ended. No more countries are expected immediately to adhere to the Axis tri-partite pact, it was said. This caused sharp surprise in tha Reich Capital, where it” had been indicated that Bulgaria would sign on the dotted line by mid-week. Today, after first reporting that there would be a “short delay” in Bulgaria's signature, Nazi quarters emerged with a statement that Bule garia was not expected to sign with the Axis.

Grandi Arrives in Berlin

Berlin offered no explanation of the change in plans but angrily denied that events in the Balkans, such as the Greek advance into Albania and Turkey’s bristling defense precautions, had affected the situation. Whatever the reason the parade of signatories to the Axis had halted with adherence of Hungary, Re= mania and Slovakia—all states which already had been firmly fixed within the Axis sphere. The only diplomatic arrival re= (Continued on Page Three)

GUARD IS PLACED OVER NAVY YARD

BOSTON, Nov. 25 (U, P.).—A man whose name was withheld told Boston Navy Yard authorities that a ship at the yard would bé blown up by a time bomb at 1:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) today. A Navy Yard spokesman disclosed . this information after 4800 workmen reporting for the day shift had been searched at the entrance gates - in a futile effort to intercept “a time bomb or dynamite,” which re portedly was to have been smuge

gled in. | The spokesman said Naval officials |

were inclined to “make light” of the tip that some vessel was to be blown up, : X .

‘cent, Lockheed said. One plane was lost aboard a freighter which struck

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