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Corfu Like an Island of Dead After Month of Italian Bombings.
- By JAN YINDRICH United Preis Staff Correspondent
ORFU, Nov. 30 (Delayed).—This is like an island of the dead after a month of attack by Italian bombers.
One quarter of the old world town of Corfu.i
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‘habitable. The streets are deserted except for ai occasional hungry cat or-an old man digging into the ruins
of homes.
Five thousand persons homes live underground—in or cellars
still clinging to their island catacombs, downstairs rooms
That is the result of the day after day of bombardment’ of an island which, officials told me, has no military defense—not a single anti-aircraft gun or airplane,
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P to Nov. 28, a total of 60 civilians had beeh killed in the town and about 100 wounded. There are about 28,000 persons in the town of Corfu in normal times and the Italians are estimated to have dropped one bomb for each nine persons—a total of about. 3000 explosives on an island that is about 250 square miles
and with a total population of 200,000. “We are living like gypsies,”
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explained. British Vice
Consul John Pappadakis. “We can’t go out in the day time. The Italians even machine-gunned flocks of sheep and solitary villagers walking down the road.” Four churches have been bombed, but by some
strange coincidence only the
Roman Catholic Church and
Roman Catholic archbishopric have escaped a similar fate,
although not a pane of glass
Lake Erie Freighter | Dons Winter Cloak
Sheathed in ice which formed as it battled mear-zero temperatures the, freighter South Lark-is shown
after docking in Detroit. “
A high w winds on Lake Erie,
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TRUSTEES SCAN
WELFARE SET
Propgsed Law Would Give ~ Them Full Control Over Spending.
By HARRY ‘MORRISON A resolution proposing legislation to empower township trustees to take over all functions of county welfare: departments was before the Indiana Trustees Association here today. Offeiial action will be taken on all resolutions Friday. The trustees are meeting in connection with the annual convention of the Indiana County and Township Officials Association at the Claypool Hotel. Other groups of the convention; attended by more than 3000 officials, will hold separate meetings tomorrow after a joint session tonight. Relief proposals were major considerations of the trustees. ; They planned to ask a bill under’ which
- able-bodied indigents on township
“rolls would be required to work for relief. ‘The ‘association also will sponsor a measure in the Legislature to tighten spending regulations as a safeguard against graft in township relief. Dr. Odel Archer of Clinton, Association president, said the resolution for a bill to take over welfare activities would mean that “eventually all county welfare departments ‘would be abolished.” He said proponents of the legislation argued that such a law would end duplication in investigation by both trustees’ staffs-and those of the welfare departments. ' The proposed legislation would give trustees control over spending of all Federal, State and County pension funds. ‘The County Clerks’ Association was to consider legislation for minor revisions in election laws. Lieutenant-Governor-Elect Charles M. Dawson is to address the joint session tonight. and Governor-Elect 1Henry F. Schricker will be princi pal speaker at tomorrow night's meeting. : : Be BOY BURNED STARTING FIRE James Hughey, T7-year-old son of Mr..and Mrs: James Hughey, 149 S. Oriental St.; was in the City Hos-
* pital today with serious burns about
Jap Jordan. ,: 321 spors essse 14, 15iroads in
the neck and face. Police said the
boy tried to start a stove fire with coal oil.
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i OR v.10, 11 Crossword ... 24 rguson 18 Editorials .... 18/Obituaries ... 15 Financial ..., 12{Pegler ....... 18 Flynn. ....... 18{Radio ........ 22 Forum ....... 18/Mrs. Roosevelt 17 Gallup Poll .. 3 Side Glances. 18
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Mercury Hits 86 In Los Angeles |
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—A peak temperature of 86 degrees yesterday in Los Angeles equaled a 22-year record for Dec. 3 and sent thousands of southern California residents to the beaches for relief from the heat.” The temperature was within two degrees of the all-time high for this date in 1878.
IT'S GOING TO GET WARMER TONIGHT
Old Man Winter Eases Up on Most of Nation.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES m. ... 22 10 a. m . 33 m ... 2 1llam.. 34 . 27 12 (noon) .. 34 1p. m . 35
a. a. a.m. . a.m, ... 30
Winter relented a little today and temperatures climbed from yesterday’s low of four degrees. Under
increasingly cloudy skies it is to be even warmer tonight with minimum | temperatures of 25 to 30 predicted | by the Weather Bureau. . | It was 17 at midnight, then the mercury climbed steadily. The gradual warming was experienced by most of the nation as fresh gusts ‘of warm air drove eastward from the Rocky Mountains. - Only New England and the Middle Atlantic states still felt the sting of severe cold. It was 23 degrees in Chicago early today—an increase of 28 degrees from a record 5-below - yesterday. Similar temperature rises were reported throughout the Midwest. In Bangor, Me. it was 24 below, and New York City residents shiva ered in 12-degree weather. If was 1 above at Buffalo with three inches of fresh snow, the only moisture reported in the nation. Sub-freezing temperatures in Alabama and Georgia brought a taste of winter to the deep South, but there again moderation had begun. San Francisco sweltered in 85 degrees of sunshine and warm breezes.
3 DIE UNDER FALLING "ROOF OF FAIR EXHIBIT
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U. P).—A roof section of the World's Fair railroads exhibit collapsed during demolition today, killing three workmen. Three men were injured in ‘the crash, which occurred about noon. Nearly 100 others working in the building escaped injury. Stanley Scepura, 26, who . sutfered fractures of the skull and pelvis, died in Flushing Hospital. Two other men killed outright were not immediately identified. The section of the roof which collapsed was in the building oc~
cupied by the show. called “Railin Action.” :
DEMOCRATS N SENATE CAUCUS
rude to Carhai 0.P. Legislation to ‘Impair’ Their Program.
Democratic minority leaders of the State Senate convened here today to outline policies to combat G. O. P. majority legislation that would , ‘impair the Democratic program.” Heading the caucus session was State Senator Roger Phillips, recently selected minority floor leader and Senator Mark Sunderland, minority caucus chairman. Others in the conference were Senators Charles H. Bedwell, of Sullivan; Walter S. Chamber, of New Castle and Walter Vermillion, of Anderson, forming the minority Steering Committee. State Democratic Chairman Fred F. Bays, who will meet with’ the legislators, predicted that if the Re-. publican majority “tries to strip the
{Governor of his powers, the people
will rebel—no one wants a puppet for a chief eexcutive.” He added that the Democratic legislators would draft legislation designed to carry out the party’s platform pledges.
LYNNWOOD FARMS
PAY $1000 FOR BULL
CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (U. P).— Fascinator, a 10-months-old Polled Shorthorn bull bred and shown by Albert Hultine & Son, Saronville, Neb., was sold at auction today at the 41st International Livestock Exposition for $1000, the highest price paid for a bull in the last 10 years, according to show officials. ‘The buyer was Lynnwood Farms of Carmel, Ind.,, owned by Charles J. Lynn of Indianapolis, vice president of Eli Lilly & Co.
This is the story of what happened to traffic sticker No. 49571 which became the subject of an official investigation at City Hall.
The same thing might happen to any traffic sticker. If might also happen to any vigilant patrolmen, even if they aren’t James P. Kelly and Francis Biemer, In the line of duty last week, Officer Kelly and his partner, Officer Biemer, came upon 4 car. parked in what they thought was: an unorthodox manner at 16th and Pierson Sts. They decided to investigate. Officer Kelly surveyed the car from in front and Officer Biemer made the investigation from the rear. Simultaneously into the minds: of the officers flashed a single thought: The car was illegally parked: Officer Kelly scanned the front license plate grimly and nade out.
| sticker No,
is tack in either.
6.0.P.TOHI | JOB POLITICS
Proposes to Extend Merit +. System Into State Institutions.
By NOBLE REED
Drafting of a bill to “eliminate political control” from all State institutions and place hundreds of their employees under the merit systein was ordered today by Repub-| lican majority leaders of the Legislature. They also asked introduction of a bill to take Indiana's liquor and beer business “completely out of politics” and provide “fines and jail sentences for participation in politics by any one engaged in the alcoholic beverage business.”
Plan 2 Per. Cent Repealer
A decision to sponsor these two bills. as part of the G. O. P. program in the 1941 Legislature was reached by unanimous vote of members of the Republican Steering Committees of both Houses, meeting at the Claypool Hotel. The Tn igre Be voted : to 8 r a fo re the law er the Democratic Two Per Gent | {Club has been operating as a col-|
lecting agency for campaign “tunds|’
from State employees. The club was ordered dissolved recently by, Democratic. leaders .who had an-| ticipated the repeal action. > In connection with the State Institutions Bill, State Republican | Chairman ‘Arch N. Bobbitt quoted |’ the following pledge in the party’s|: platform:
Provides for Boards
“The plunder system of politieal patronage now in force in State
_|Government, and especially that
system as applied to State institutions, has become a blot on the
good name of our State.”
Both the liquor and State institutions “clean politics” proposals would provide for creation of bipartisan control boards of four, two Republicans and two Democrats. Meanwhile rumors continued to prevail among legislators that a (Continued on Page Nine)
ALBERT SAHM DEAD AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Had Served as Postmaster, - Auditor, Legislator.
Albert Sahm, executive. of the State Life Insurance Co. and former Indianapolis postmaster, died this morning at his home, 3725 N. Delaware St., after a brief illness. He was 81. : In the early part of his life Mr. Sahm engaged in the manufacture of upholstery and china products and served as County Commissioner, a member of the Board of Public Works and State Representative from Marion County. The son of Ludwig and Charlotta Sahm; Mr. Sahm was born in Indianapolis on Feb. 14, 1859. At the age of 14 he left school to become. an upholsterer’s apprentice. Five years later he began manufacturing Hupholstery with his own firm and gontinued until 1892.
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For that matter there is not a single pane of glass in-
tact in the entire town.
I entered the red-towered St. Epiridions Church, which still stands despite bombs having fallen all around it. There in a gold coffin inclosed in a silver one lies the body of St. Epiridion, Corfu’s patron saint. :
The people here believe from Italian bombs and as I dim candle-light women filed
St. Epiridion will save them: stood beside the coffin in the slowly past it, some pausing
to kiss the silver casket, others murmuring prayers. Hardly a soul was on the narrow streets in the 12th Century Jewish quarter, which has been most severely damaged here. Here the houses are so close together and the streets so narrow that it is possible to shake hands
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‘T Clothed—’
And Mary Alice Gets a Snowsuit Like Other Girls.
By WILLIAM CRABB Times Staff Writer.
CLOTHED a child today. Mary Alice is 7. She lives with her mother and 4-year-old sister, Evelyn, in what was once the kitchen of an old brick house considered middle-class at the turn of the century. You know how cold it was this morning. I'Had to pull my coat collar up “while I hurried from the car around the house fo the back porch. : The mother opened the’ door and then closed it quickly behind me because there was no anteroom. or hallway to keep the Sola air from penetrating the
Te Evelyn was still under the covers of her little cot against the far-wall. The bed on. whieh. ‘the .mather and Mary Alice slept ‘was to my right. At the left was a table ‘with two chairs. In the middle of the room, . Mary Alice stood on a stool .- waiting for her mother to finish
. combing her hair. p= KNEW a little of the family’s background. ‘The father was .dead and the mother received a /small pension. The school knew ‘that Mary Alice needed clothing, ‘80 that’s where Clothe-A-Child came in. Evelyn sat on the bed jabbering a blue streak, but Mary Alice just hung her head a little while her niother tied a blue ribbon in her hair. I understood her shyness, I ‘thought, because someone she had never seen before had come to take her away from her mother for two or three hours. But it was not until a moment later that I understood it fully. = The mother was bundling Mary Alice up when she’ said: “Now don’t stare too long at (Continued on Page Nine)
OWENS TRADED TO DODGERS BY CARDS. (Earlier Details, Page 14)
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 4 (U. P.).— The St. Louis Cardinals today traded Catcher Mickey Owen to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Catcher Gus Mancuso, Pitcher John Pintar and cash. The deal was announced by Brooklyn’s general manager, Larry MacPhail, ‘at the meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs.
The amount of cash ‘Tivelved in the deal,” third major transaction during the meeting, was not announced. Owen had been with the. Cards five years. He was first string ‘receiver in the latter days of ° ‘the “gas hotse gang,” but last b year was second stringer behind Den ? Pad-
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license . ‘sticker
The duplication was discovered ;
when Oficer Kelly and Officer Biemer mst at the windshield. Perhaps Officer Biemer was a shade ahead of his er, for his stic was left on car. That left sticker: 0571 in mid-
‘SAFE HOLIDAY’, DRIVE OPENED
City, County and State Hope For Traffic Deathless December. (Editorial and Cartoon, Page 18)
By RICHARD LEWIS
In the last month of the year, City, County and State officials joined in a holiday season crusade today for a traffic deathless December. Anticipating the biggest Christmas season in Indianapolis in more than a decade, City officials swelled the ranks of traffic police to handle heavy traffic. On Indiana's wind-swept highways, the State Police road patrols] vook up their winter watch against
J reckless driving and police cars were
ready to report the first sign of snow and ice hazards.
Appeals to Citizens
At the State House, Governor Townsend issued a proclamation calling upon every citizen: “Ta stop traffic tragedy by exer-
Ampusual. care during. this tra hazardous month so that Chfistmas joy shall reign untouched by sorrow.” | Officials pointed to the gloomy traffic record of last December: _ Indianapolis: 5 dead; 189 injured. Indiana: 86 dead; injuries unrecorded. “Let’s beat this, ” they said.
War on Drunks
Marion County Sheriff Al Feeney warned that special sheriff details would be active Christmas and New Year's Eves to halt any drunken driving. He issued an appeal to motorists to dhierve trafic ‘regulations. State Safety Director | Don PF. Stiver prepared to address the ‘motoring public the days before Christmas and New Year over a State-wide radio hookup in a plea to motorists and pedestrians to be on the alert. All officials said that December is the worst traffic month in the year. Because of the concentration of people shopping in December, accidents if not deaths are most frequent in this month.
Don’t Be Hasty
To Indianapolis citizens, Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey issued 10 rules for a safe holiday. The rules \will be backed up by heavy police traffic reinforcements. 1. Don’t be too hasty in driving. Pedestrians—many of whom are elderly persons—are enjoying their Christmas buying and likely to forget the perils of heavy traffic. | 2. Keep your car absolutely under control at all times. 3. Watch for children as well as for: adults. 4, Don’t doublespark or park in (Continued on Page Nine)
Me: MONOPOLY IN NITRATES CHARGED
66 ‘Corporations. | NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U. Py—
| Twenty-nine corporations -and : 66
individuals were’ -named in six anti{trust indictments: is:opened in Federal Court today, chai 8 world-wide chain of conspiracies to control ; monopolize the pride an tion of nitrogen and i
Co. of Delaware, the Allied ical Corp. of New York, t
Ithetic Nitrogen Products: ‘| Barrett Co. of New Yo
Solvay Process Co. N.Y. ‘Some of the indictments c
|that conspiracy existed. through.
rs (out the United States {foreign countries. .
|have ranged from 1930 to Sept. . 11939, the time the indictments w turned
strictive contracts with and marketers of nitra i thot =
The conspiracies were alleged
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Six U. S. Indictments Accuse :
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Jesse Jones Terms England ‘Good Risk’ as London Treasury Official comes to America; Greeks Menace Key Italian Bases.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News. Editor if
The United States today indicated plans for rtodisle increase of aid to Great Britain to offset a battering Axis air and sea offensive against England’s overseas supply lines. Dispatches from Washington disclosed that Sr. Frederick Phillips, Undersecretary. of the British Treasury, was arriving to report on Britain's financial condition and that Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones said he considers Britain “a good risk.” These developments indicated that financial aid as well as the dispatch of American ships to carry British supplies was under serious consideration. : The program for speeding this greater assistance was worked out at Washington by Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. as dispatches from Europe told of a spreading offensive against Britain, with air attacks on at least five industrial centers and plans for Nazi submarines ° to operate “in packs like wolves” against British shipping.
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‘SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 (U. P.)—Senator Hiram Johnson (R. Cal.) said today that “there is no doubt” that the United States will go to war Senator Johnson, an isolationist, charged that “hope in command are perfectly mad 30 be ‘in the game’.
Other developments included: : London, Southampton, Gloucester, Oxford and Birmingham were among targets attacked by German bombers in
of
(or CHE THE 28 Hours; gecording To Bevlinind®
claimed that many huge fires had’ been started By to heavy bombs, Greeks Forge Ahead in Ice. Greek armies smashed through mud, snow and ice at Italian lines in Albania to threaten the key Italian bases of Argyrokastron and Porto Edda, according to Athens dis patches. Rome admitted the Greeks had launched numer ous attacks but claimed they were unable to crack the Italian lines. A Government decree in Bucharest empowered . Rumanian authorities to take over all pipe lines and accessories from oil companies in the ‘Balkan state. Another decrees ordered seizure of all J ewish-owned shipping. Tension in the Balkans lessened. 4 That Britain’s situation is grave Jas beenvestily admitted in London but the degree of gravity has been the subject recently of contradictory reports, which Nazi sources in Berlin have ascribed in part to British propaganda designed to draw the United States into the conflict. Churchill Seeks Weapon
Speaking in ‘the House: of Commons, Lord President of the Council Sir John Anderson said that Primes ister Winston Churchill was leading an intensive searchi'by- ex-
cess.
Sir John also indicated the seriousiness of Genbian air blows at key. British op towns when he ‘said that the Government might use its compulsory labor powers. to carry out reconstruction work in-these centers, which*must : keep operating if Britain’s war machine is to keep r Innin According to ‘suggestions issued through official spurce in Washington and ohvioysly designed to ‘encourage pecu
peared to be considering: 1. Making available to Britain all’ American ships that can be spared. 2. Economic or financial aid of a t 5 Escorting of supply ships half way across the: tic.
Most, likely move by the United States was oo
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: WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 ( Morgenthau Jr., announced hat Sir Fred Sine 7 “Un of the British , was to arrive in United
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