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FORECAST: Freezing rains changing to snow tonight and tomorrow, probably heavy late tonight; slightly colder with lowest temperature tonight 25 tq 30.
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FREEZING RAIN, SNOW ROARING
Part “of “Texas Storm on Way; Emergency Crews Stand By for Calls.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Part of the storm which isolated the Texas Panhandle roared toward Indianapolis today, bringing with it freezing rains and heavy snow. Strong north winds also were predicted.
The freezing <rains are due this afternoon, and will be followed by several inches of snow late tonight and tomorrow, the Weather Bureau said. i Since trees, buildings and utility poles and lines are likely to be heavy with ice, the Bureau said there is a possibility that the strong winds may do some property damage throughout the state. The storm will be, accompanied by slightly colder temperatures, with a low of 25 to 30 .expected tonight. Strong winds are defined technically as those between 25 and 31 miles an hour, Emergency Crews Ready
Warned of the storm, utility com-= panies and the State Highway De-
partment stood by with emergency crews for repair and clearance work. The storm center now is over the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the Bureau.xreported. Its vanguard arrived here about midnight, with freezing ‘rains which continued throughout the early part of today. More than an inch of water fell during the morning and scores of North Side sewer inlets were clogged with debris which called for emergency work by the City Street Department.
The ice collected on utility wires
and trees before the temperatyre rose, and some wires and poles were reported down,
Air Trips Cancelled
All but one airline flight through Indianapolis was | cancelled until noon, and airline officials expected others to be cancelled if the weather lived up to predictions. Municipal Airport was closed to airline and private planes. The Weather Bureau said that this sort of storm, with precipitation varying from freezing rains to snow end "accompanied by strong winds, was snusual for November and generally occurred in December and the jater winter months. The State .Highway Department warned that if the forecast was fulfilled, driving tomorrow morning probably will be dangerous on all but cleared and pyotected highways. Snows will be heaviest in the northern section of the state, but even in the central area a minimum of “several inches” was predicted.
One Casualty Reported
The North Side sewer stoppages occurred mostly between Fall Creek and 16th St. City |sewer engineers said surface obstructions — gravel, sediment and leaves—were almost wholly to blame. "A few calls were received ‘from: the East Side and
Side. { Only one casualty of today’s storm was reported to police. Dale Lisby, 25, of 527 Marion Ave. slipped on (Continued on Page Three)
RYAN TO BE KEPT ON STATE PAYROLL £ |
Gene Ryan, head bf the Narcotics Division of the "State Health Board, |
will be carried on [the Governor's| quasi-judicial agencies such as the ited quantities last night and power
contingent fund payroll unless an-| other place can be |feund for him until the first of the year, Tristram Coffin, the Governoris secretary, announced today. : ~The Narcotics Division of the Health Board will be discontinued at the end of this week because of lack of funds. -Mr. Ryan had been paid from the contingent fund until
on the Health Board payroll, Si —————————— REPORT ROTHERMERE DEAD LONDON, Nov. 26 (U. P.).—It was reported here today that Lord Rothermere, British newspaper publisher, had died in Bermuda. - Dispatches from Hamilton earlier said that Lord Rothermere was. gravely 11. i
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VOLUME 52—-NUMBER 273
Abandoned Rifles Tell Graphic Story of Fascist Flight
ROM the mountain side came the sound of four shots, but Greek officers said that their soldiers were merely trying out rifles captured from the Italians.
By JAN YINDRICH
United Press Staff Cor WH THE GREEK ARMY
—Abandonéd Italian trucks, hand grenades, wheel-barrows, and even personal letters strewn about the countryside give a graphic picture of the success of the
Greek forces in their drive into Al
I arrived here today behind the swiftly changing battlefront along the roads filled with bomb craters. This dispatch is being telephoned from a small, single~ storied, white-washed building which formerly was a church but was used by the Italians for a field headquarters before they were thrown back by the Greek
counter-attack.
Overhead a, single airplane droned through a cloudy
sky, but it dropped no bombs and
to tell whether it was British, Greek or Italian. Normal transportation facilities are being resumed in
Koritza, recently captured by the
was settling down to comparatively normal life as rapidly
as war damage could be repaired
respondent IN ALBANIA, Nov. 26.
bania.
it was impossible for us
Greeks, and the town
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1940
OT far from the tiny hamlet of Kalpaki, which our party passed en route to the front, there was an Italian tractor parked along the road and near it a number of Italian wheel-barrows left there by one of the first Fascist columns that had crossed into Greece and later returned hurriedlys«to Albania. A huge concrete bridge across the clear, green water of the Aoos River lay in ruins. Italian tanks, trucks and pontoon bridge units had crossed that bridge in the advance into Greece and had reached the hamlet of Kalpaki. the Greeks said, the defending troops blew up the bridge behind them and then pounced on the Italian columns. Every man was taken prisoner or killed, they added. Across the river, I saw a red and white poster with a triangle similar to a British road sign and on a small hill at the frontier customs post there was a German-speaking Greek sergeant major, Above the customs post towered the blue-gray cliffs and reddish mountains, perched half way to the top.
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Italians had set up a field kitchen. Inside the church, the altar had been damaged and the floor was strewn with belongings of Italian soldiers. Personal letters and photographs were scattered. There were colored post cards showing a green-uniformed Italian soldier, his shirt open, climbing up a mountain s;de with one arm around the shoulder of a sturdy (Fascist youth) and |with a flaming red sunset in the
I read one Italian order giving permission for the marriage of a sqgldier. Another order confined Francesco Delia and Antonio Narra to barracks for being rude to a medical officer and refusing to follow his advice. order threatened officers and men with suppression of leave if they indulged in gossip about their experiences or exaggerated Italian successes. Upon entering Albania, (Continued on Page. Three)
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It's a Gloomy Day
Rain, ice and gloomy skies pe
slowing traffic and causing umbrellas to sprout among sidewalk crowds. This was taken lopking east on Washington St. from Illinois St.
rmeated Indianapolis early today,
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COST OF VOTE NEAR MILLION
G. 0. P. Spending in State Exceeds Democrats’; Donors Listed.
‘Nearly a million dollars was spent in the election campaign by State and Mar-| ion County party committees, | ‘according to campaign state-
ments on file today. The bulk of the statements were filed just before the deadline last night. A summary of them includes: Republican State Committee, received $530,112, spent $500,404; Democratic State Committee, (report filed in Dubois County) received $227,200; spent $212,481; Marion County Democratic Committee, received $110,137, spent $101,543; Marion County Republican Committee,
(filed Saturday) received $98,979, spent $102,023; Indiana Willkie
zens’ Information Service, received $35,928, spent $30,813; Schricker Good Government Club, received $17,364, spent $15,987.
Candidates Report
In addition, many of the candidates filed expense statements yesterday, although they have another 10 days before their filing deadline. The Democratic County Committee’s statement, filed by J. Allan | Dawson, treasurer, listed a balance of $8594 in the treasury. The largest single contribution was $10,000 from the Democratic National Committee. The State Committee contributed $6535. Most
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,AMARILLO, Tex. (Via Short Wave Radio), Nov. 26 (U. P.).—Four babies born in a hospital without heat or water and with doctors working by candlelight cried lustily today in this city recuperating from a
strangling ice storm.
The babies ‘all were reported well, doing fine under the ecircumAnd that was typical of Amarillo today—doing fine under the
stances.
LOGAN BILL PASSES SENATE IN A HURRY
Action Comes an Hour After- Debate Begins.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (U. PJ.i —The Senate today passed, 27 to 25, |
{the controversial Walter-Logan Bill power
which gives Federal courts power to!
veto the rules and regulations of
| National Labor Relations Board.
The unexpected action of the House-approved @ measure,
W. Barkley had indicated would be
vetoed by President Roosevelt, came less than an hour after the
ator Frederick VanNuys of Indiana voted for the bill and Senator Sherman Minton against. Mr. Barkley and other Administration spokesmen had blocked its consideration for some time despite its overwhelming approval by the lower chamber. The Senate voted only yesterday to take up the measure. The bill now goes to conference with the House. Mr. Barkley said the action left Senators free to return home if they wished,
18 CHILDREN LEAVE SMOKE-FILLED ROOM
Eighteen kindergarten children] wére led: to safety from the Eagle | Creek Community House, 4406 W. Michigan St., today after a_defective furnace. filled the structure with smoke. ' Firemen said no fire! resulted. Miss Frances Byerly, of 1314 Park Ave., quickly organized the children!
and marched them outside.
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circumstances. . Gradually shaking off the effects of a crippling, five-inch coat of ice deposited by a freezing rain, this Panhandle city of more than 50,000 happily greeted warmer weather and clearing skies this morning. At dawn the skies were only partly cloudy and the temperature was 34 degrees.
More Men Asked
The forecast was for little change in temperature and fair to partly cloudy weather—no rain. Weary crews worked to restore to broken, tangled wires pulled down in confusion by the crushing ; weight of the ice. Water became available in lim-
of the contributions from indiv|idualists were small, only a few { being as large as $500. | Paid Democratic workers at the | polls, according to the report, numbered approximately 7300, or about 1500 more than the Republican County organization listed.
Gets $1 Donations The Indiana Willkie Club's disbursements included contributions of $1000 each to the County and State Republican organizations and to the Citizens Information Service; printed materials and mailing expense, $6698; postage ang express, $3683, and payroll, $1008. Most of the Marion County Will-| kie Club's receipts were one dollar contributions. The Citizens’ Information Serv(Continued on Page Three)
CALL POLITICIANS IN HATCH ACT PROBE
Party Officials to Testify Before U. S. Jury.
Clubs, received and spent $15,786; Marion County Willkie Clubs, re-, ceived $17,702; spent $17,365; Citi-|
lelection recount suits was scheduled
After Abduction
Timmy Colley ...
Reunited today were Timmy Colley, 9 months, and his | mother, Mrs. Betty Colley, 1705 | Ruckle St., Indianapolis, after an | abduction yesterday in Ohio | which apparently was all a mistake, i Mrs. Colley, another. son, Clifford, 3, and Miss Mary Stewart, | 5141 N. Keystone Ave., had stopped in Utopia, O., en route to Ashland, Ky., and left the baby in the car while they ate. A youth and girl took the car, not knowing the baby was in it,| | and they put the child out in a | barn on a farm a mile away. The ! car and couple were apprehended | in Chillicothe, O., three hours | later. i
HEARING SET IN | RECOUNT SUITS
Arguments on Motion to Dismiss. Scheduled For Today.
A court battle over legal technicalities in the Marion County
and his mother. | Baby
in ‘Circuit Court this afternoon. Twenty of the Republican defendants in the cases filed motions seeking to force the Democrats to d.smiss their suits on the ground that the petitions failed to set out proper legal proof and that Circuit Court does not have jurisdiction. Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox then set hearings for later today, Boetcher Loses Six Meanwhile, Recount Commissioners tabulating votes in the. County Treasurer race reported the first discrepancy since the recheck was started. The discrepancy, found on the
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (U. P).!
was obtained for part of the business district. The linemen seermed |
lief men and 50 more trucks. |
Damage was almost inestimable. |
Three out of every four trees were] believed ruined. It will take years| to replace them. ir] A guess of $1,000,000 property loss was considered conservative,
Falling Ice Threat
As the weather warmed slightly, the ice thawed and fell and there was considerable danger from that today. Huge chunks, some weighing 50 pounds, dropped from poles, from buildings, from trees without warning. Almost miraculously there were no reports of anyone seriously hurt. J. A. Harrington hailed a taxi and decided on the spur of the mo(Continued on Page Five)
ROOSEVELT NAMES LEAHY TO VICHY POST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (U. P). —President Roosevelt today nominated Admiral William D. Leahy,| former chief of naval operations, to! be U. S. Ambassador to Marshal! Petain’s French Government at!
Mr. Leahy succeeds William C.
accepted. %
—Attorney General Robert H. Jack- |
(to be whipping the storm, but it SOn today announced that officials, which remained a long, hard job and city of all national political parties and Senate Democratic Leader Alben |Officials asked for 200 additional re-| committees and their records of
contributions and , disbursements, will be called before a District af Columbia Federal Grand Jury investigating alleged violations of Federal election laws. The investigation is being conducted under the direction of Maurice M. Milligan, special assistant to the Attorney General. This part of the investigation will cover alleged violations of the Hatch Act and the Corrupt Practices Act through the excessive use of money in the recent Presidential election, Mr. Jackson said.
SEEK TO DETERMINE SHIP'S CASUALTIES
HAIFA, Palestine, Nov. 26 (U. P.). —Authorities today were caring for survivors of the steamer Patria, which sank yesterday after an explosion of unknown origin. Efforts were being made to determine the number of persons lost. It was carrying almost 1800 Jews, all reputed illegal immigrants being transported by the British Government to an unspecified British colony for duration of the war. It was believed that after the ex-. plosion a considerable number
170th voting machine checked, showed a loss of six votes for County Treasurer Walter C. Boetcher, Democrat, who was declared winner over Paul E. Tegarden, Republican, by a majority of only 195 votes. The variance was found in the 13th Precinct of the 9th Ward. The Commissioners predicted the recount would be completed this week. Doubt Eligibility
In the 20 other recount cases, brought by defeated Democrats, the motions for dismissal filed by Republicans charged that the suits failed to state proofs of residence and ages of the candidates to “show they are eligible to hold public office.” : :
The cases involved four county offices, 10 State Representatives, four State Senators and two joint Legislators. In the 21st case pending, Paul Brown, Republican, defending his election as County Surveyor, filed a demurrer which also was to be heard today.
MILLIS APPROVED BY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (U. P.). —The Senate Labor Committee today reported favorably President Roosevelt’s nomination of Dr. Harry A. Millis of Chicago as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Chairman Elbert D. Thomas planned to bring it up on the Sen-
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SENATE COMMITTEE
ASKS SCOPE OF DEFENSE LAWS
Sumners Checks After His Committee Demands Strike Ban.
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GREEKS SEIZE ANOTHER ITALIAN B
By JOE ALE
United Press Forei
Lake Ochrida almost to Porto
Balkans centered in Bulgaria. New Greek successes wer
X MORRIS gn News Editor
Great Britain turned down any thought of a Christmas peace in Europe today, Greece slashed at Italian lines from
Edda and apparently impore
tant diplomatic activity involving future war moves in the
'e reported in the capture of
the Italian base at Pogradec on the northern front and in
a sudden raid on Fascist com
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (U. P.).
munications in the neighbor~
hood of Porto Edda, on the southwestern front. Bitter fighting raged in the little town of Devoli on the road linking Argyrokastron and Porto Edda. It was admit-
—Chairman Hatton W. Sumners | ted in Athens that the Italians had made a stand at Devoli, Ttaly’s war communique said a Greek landing party had Committee announced after a meet- heen smashed, apparently in the Porto Edda sector opposite
(D. Tex.) of the House Judiciary |
| ing of the group today that he]
had asked Attorney General Robert H. Jackson whether additional leg- | islation 1s necessary to prevent] strikes in national defense industries. Rep. Sumners, who summoned members of his committee to a 90minute meeting to consider problems created by strikes in the aircraft and aluminum industries affecting defense production, said that. the group agrees that plants engaged in defense work must be kept open as a matter of public policy. President Roosevelt has sum-
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AID TO BRITAIN TEST NEARING
Senate Group to Consider Repeal of Johnson Act Tomorrow.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
moned Mr. Jackson, the Secretaries
of War and Navy and Labor De-|
fense Commissioner Sidney Hillman, to a conference on labor difficulties in defense factories. The meeting was set for 2 p. m. The committee meeting was preliminary move in a House drive for enactment of measures to prohibit strikes or provide strict regulation of labor disputes in defense industries. Among proposals tentatively ada flat prohibition against strikes in plants devoted to defense production, compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in such plants, and increased penalties for sabotage. Rep. Jerry Voorhis (D. Cal) demanded that Rep. Martin Dies (D. Tex.) and Mr. Jackson stop arguing over their respective abilities to cope with fifth column activities.
This Is Some Story, My Deer!
ASHLAND, Wis, Nov. 26 (U. P.).—Miss Evelyn Kramer was back from a hunting trip today with a good-sized deer and a tale ‘to make any hunter envious. She said she sighted the deer, aimed and fired. The animal remained standing. Quickly .she dug in her pocket for another
gun. She aimed, pulled the trigger—but 10 report followed. Opening the breech, she founa that she had inserted her lipstick cylinder into the barrel. Meanwhile, the deer dropped dead—from the first shot, of course.
ELAINE GETS DIVORCE " HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 26 (U. P.).— Elaine Barrie who once chased John Barrymore half way
-|of financial credits,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Chair‘man Walter F. George of the Senlate Foreign Relations Committee |said after a conference with Presi|dent Roosevelt today that his group | tomorrow will take up two proposals [bearing on U. S. financial aid to | Britain, ‘but he made it clear that Ithere is little chance of action at [this session of Congress. Mr. George said the committee would take up both the King resolution for repeal of the Johnson Act and Neutrality Act bans on loans and credits to Britain and the Nye counter-proposal for a formal Senatorial inquiry into the extent of British empire financial resources in the United States.
Corfu but a dispatch from Athens described the raid as carried out by a small party of volunteers which withdrew after blowing up bridges and otherwise breaking road communications.
Gesture Made to Bulgaria The Greek gains were paralleled by a statement by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the
posal for a Christmas armistice will
be rejected” and that he would not approach any neutral in an effort to obtain an armistice; His statement was aroused by a question regarding possible peace moves at the Vatican, The British also made a gesture toward encouraging Bulgaria to keep out of the Axis but’ it was obvious that the attitude of the Sofia Government would / depend on Soviet Russia rather than Britain, whose spokesman, in Parliament said that Britain/would guarantee the future independence of Bulgaria if that nation did not actively or passively aid British foes.
Officials in Sofia Confer
Talks to Hull First
Senator Key Pittman’s successor! fas chairman of the Foreign Rela-! tions Committee paid his first call] on the President in his new capacity. He said thatj the question of further aid to Britain in the form| left on the White House doorstep yesterday by British Ambassador Lord Lothian, was not discussed. Prior to his meeting with Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. George conferred with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, a long-time friend. He reported that he found himself in “general agree-| ment with the President sand the State Department on international policy.” / British Want More Ships Mr. George said that the ‘Nye and King resolutions will be reached in routine order tomorrow and given direction,” indicating that they would he referred to appropriate subcomrittes for study and report. Although sid on to of financial
aid was depositgd on Mr. Roosevelt's doorstep by Li Lothian, it appears that most of the issues will be worked over in Congress before the President commits himself either on (Continued on Page Three)
STOCK MARKET DIPS NEW YORK, Nov, 26 (U, P.), —
across the continent during the romantic and turbulent days of] their courtship, today divorced him.’
Stocks turned irregularly lower today after early firmness Trading was light.
Today's War
Q: What is the next spectacular air weapon being developed for mass action?
Q@: Why did Hitler encourage corruption among his followers?
Q: Is Churchill ready for a negotiated peace?
Q: What is the military strategy of. the Greek Army?
Q: Can a Democracy fight dictatorship without itself setting up a dictatorship?
This is only part of the war ‘The Times. In addition, read J Jan Yindrich's first-hand gory William Philip Simms’ forecast
ties and harbor tugs. +
ate floor this afternoon.
help to Britain.
Quiz:
A: se. Maj. Al Williams’ story on Page 3.
A: Read today's installment of "The Voice of Destruction," Page 11.
A: Read Ludwell Denny's
column on Page II.
A: Read J. W. T. Mason's "War Moves" on Page 5.
A: Read Gen. Hugh Johnson's answer in his column on Page 12.
coverage provided daily by oe Alex Morris’ daily roundup, of fighting on the front and of a Congressional battle over
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Bulgarian officials were busily conferring at Sofia with Soviet rep resentatives, but, there was still na final indication that Moscow would oppose further Axis gains in southern Europe. Furious diplomatic maneuvering in the next few days was expected, however, to indicate whether Nazis would be able peace« fully to clear the road for a flanking attack in the eastern Mediterranean
| against Britain.
Activity picked up on the air front after a quiet night in the British Isles. German raiders appeared over London this afternoon for the first time in 26 hours and soon thereafter the Nazis began dropping bombs on a west British town, iden« tified in Berlin as Bristol. The town was heavily attacked by the Lufte waffle Sunday night.
Dover Shelled Twice 1
Dover was shelied a second time during the afternoon. The British said only a few shells came over, however, and that no damage or casualties resulted. Two enemy bombers were reported shot down in the daylight operations. The British claimed to have bombed German naval bases at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven during the night, also dockyards at Hamburg and Willemsoord and several enemy airdromes. The Italian version of the Greek raid from Corfu against the Porto Edda sector conflicted sharply with British and Greek versions. = The Italian report claimed that
a Greek landing party ‘was smashed”
in Epirus (Epirus is the general geographic designation for ths coastal region of northern Greecs and southern Albania).
_ Attempt to Cut Road
The Italians said the Greeks landed in small boats under cover of darkness and protected by British aircraft and Greek and British warships. Part of the Greek force was wiped out and the remainder captured, the Italians. claimed. In addition to the threat to Porto Edda and Argyrokastron from the Greek landing party, the Greeks were said to be trying to cut the (Continued on Page Three)
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MANY SLAIN IN FIERCE BATTLE OVER POGRADEC
BULLETIN BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Nov, 26 (U. P.).—Vast Fascist reinforcements, including hundreds of airplanes, were reported being rushed into Albania today.
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