Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1940 — Page 4

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And France Must Act Hastily to Get Best Possible ; - CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 18 (U. P.). : 2 ’ —A coroner's inquest. began today EE : pola, De. 12 ar are

Role in ‘New Europe. - . : into the cause of the explosion ? : which reduced two fenement-busi- : 3 : i job as Tovar of the Bahamas JoLi By RALPH HEINZEN | ness buildings into: shambles and i A |uay, ready fo he Ambassado: 10 tha nited Press Staff Correspondent killed 13 persons yesterda 3 United States if Britain feels he ise D ye = the man to best serve it and the

VICHY, France, Dec. 18.—Pierre Laval, ousted Vice i Mrs. Julia Koebbe, widow of one | oe le Bette E) | United States. a 0 " “I have not been offered the post

Premier and Foreign Minister of France, does not believe : & |of the victims, will be one of the| his political career is ended. v Ek soots 0 Bd ont What - Wl 1 EE Hh pu 1 That I learned even though he refuses to give the public ! Jo husband, Joseph P. Koebbe, was do- : ; : : | home, “but if it were offered to me, 1 . AE gl [ing in his appliance shop in the : own I certainly would accept.” n J : : : : his own story of the role he played in France the last Wu basement of one of the buildings at a i Ee Aero. salle ald few days. 3 3 mm ‘time of the explosion at 2:25 a. m. i yostarday in the Jacky Southern ’ I went to Chateldon yester-|uncovered when the gardener digs| J (Indianapolis Time). Mr. Koebbe : in | Cross for Nassau where they arrive too deeply in the vegetable gardens . . | was the only victim fully clothed. : today. “ day afternoon and found La-|or on the castle slopes. iin Firemen resumed their digging in 3 ie She has virtually recovered from * val: watching the butchering Save is Satsdluiely Sonyinge ; the wistiage = he Jong sno | ; sms fhe exsraetion of the: albscested “of a fat hog under the historic| He feels that France can gain noth- business partner of Mr. Koebbe, Signs warning Indianapolis residents that the Christmas season is one when efforts to keep the City | LONDON, Dec. 18 (U. P.) Welle

; : ing by voluntarily isolating herself i! wall of his castle. He also ne ye pis trying exist ; may he Putisd Hore. investigats clean should be intensified rather than relaxed appeared in public buildings and on streetcars. ‘They were [informed sources, commenting on a visited his mineral springs solely as an Atlantic nation. It 148] pp ; r an all-day investigation,| .oncored by the Mayor's Civic Pride Committee. Mrs, J, Francis Huffman (left) and Mrs. Lowell S. |slatement by the Duke of Windsor , : Th that conviction which inspired his his snappy soldier is Don |firemen leaned toward two theories Fish h that. he would accept the post of and walked his dogs in the|iat "tm ri Brown, son of famed film come- |as to the cause of the blast—a leak er, chairman of the Christmas Project Group of the Committee, are helped by Street Commissioner Ambassador to Washington if asked, dian, Joe E. Brown. Already a |in a gas line in the buildings or| Wilbur Winship in placing one of the signs in the City Hall. Mrs. Georgia Little ‘is the third member of [said today that there was hardly a

: understandings with France's im-| : sunshine. g lieutenant of infantry, . young |an explosion of some fluid. the sponsoring group. chance in 2,000,000 that he would be, *

mediate neighbors, Germany, Italy : She poles giana shout thy caste CF Briiin fo Buns wi ity A). w ed shortly 3 to| He is convinced that Germany DA Nu Tie cen. ef, On- OPEN EVERY 4 e castle doors were opened 10|..; ria) will win the war eventu-| !ario, Cal, w ere he has begun a 3 allow the family outside for the|,j, “ye is convinced that nothing| Mine-month flying course. ; 3

first time in three days. can keep Hitler and Mussolini from

Writer Walks With Him reorganizing the map of Europe to ‘Immediately villagers, many of fit their theories and he feels 8 L ATURE ¢ France must have the biggest role

w! ere schoolmates of Laval, . hom Wate it is possible for her to get in the 0 ] ; 4 At Rogers It Takes

the bulcher’s son, climbed the steep!!! 2] hill to the castle to offer. ‘their| New Europe. : : ; : ; : sympathy. U. S. Friendship Desired Na)’ 3 ; : ; Only "3 ‘Minutes to I : Open an Account

I was his only afternoon visitor. E I walked with him .on his errands| Laval has hippes that France may : in he Skee and nn wo me (0 be ot tem lo ste ST / 40 At of the happenings of‘ Friday, the | = 4 -Dav.Jo in : = : ; : our 13th, which led to the overthrow Sra ag i i ie] Ea Gi y 1" Pai ouse Are ; % a of the man ‘who shared with ’ : : ven ratronage ; 3 ; Marshal Petain the feat of having [due to his amily and:-what-he calls y Con ge. ny : ; : ; |, : Right completed a national revolution in his great affection for America. Committee. “ gE | : ; six months without shedding a| ane a De ite! of ; ; : es - ; Along drop of blood. ! 2 4 °| Twenty-eight employees of the| : ; With dant of Lafayette and citizen of Indiana House of Representatives You

_ In his native village where his birthflace is now the postoffice, the United States as well as France) for the 61-day session, opening Jan. : alongside the steep road leading to| AS Laval leaves: office he stillig yoo pon appointed by the House hy wn: - ts D Not ; . ayments Do N

the castle, Laval is “Pierre” to all. hopes that the United States can Patronage. Committee e butcher, cutting up a treshi avoid being drawn into the war and : : killed pig, wiped his red hands on (he considers that America’s role iso", ee aa miss Foon | I oy A “Start Until January his apron to salute his school mate. that of a center for.peace and hopes | nq.\ic “1h dianapolis cada: cl oe : in | - Across the village square Laval France, now defeated and disarmed, Harper McCune "Hartford Cts pointed out the family gray monu- an guide or help the United States ;.oqino clerk: Harry Neanover: El. ment to the village's Werld War in that direction. wood, registry clerk; Harlan Kaye. Jdead—more than 10. Engraved with Princeton, roll call clerk; W. o. other names is that of Lavals > Fiedler, Logansport, indorsing clerk; brother, Capt. Jean Laval, killed in COAL MEN APPROVE Charles L. Michaels, Kokomo, file action.. The death of ‘his brother clerk; R. White, Zionsville, assist-

had always greatly = influenced ant file clerk. Laval’'s attitude on international TISI K { FU N D 2 Engrossers Chosen

affairs and prompted many of his Mrs. Vera Bevers, Danville, and

pacifist efforts. , ¢ AGO. D 18 (U. P.).—Coal He is not forbidden to talk but| CHI J: Dee, wd Miss Mabel Pumphrey, Greensburg,

refuses to say for quotation any-|producers from Illinois and ad- engrossing room clerks: Dewey Cook thing about his overthrow or his|jacent territories today indorsed Campbellsburg, postmaster; Mrs. i 1 2 la confinement to his castle: the three-year advertising program Ruth Gross, Martinsville, assistant] LPN 4 PE Distrusts Britain of the National Coal Association |POstmaster; Houston Gossett, Mecca, T 1 - IECE “He still believes France will ful-| which would spend $900,000 a year | POOkkeeper; Mrs. Frieda B. Peevler, : fill his agreement with Joachim von | to promote the sale of the bitumin- Indianapolis, journal stenographer; re ; Z- D o Ribbentrop, German Foreign Min-| ous output. Harry Clearwater, Indighapolis, pay- SE ND 7. AN r esser ister. which- was the‘ basis for the, More than 200 producers and rep- roll clerk; Cooper Cliffton, Covingpact of collaboration reached by |resentatives of allied interests ap- |ton, engrossing clerk; Frank Burrell, Petain and Hitler. He remains con- | proved the plan presented by C. C.|Indianapolis, journal clerk; Mrs. vinced that France's only. future is| Dickinson, president of the asso-|Marjorie Lahr, Indianapolis, assistto collaborate -with Germany and |ciation, which would gather funds ant engrossing clerk; Clarence

Italy in the formation of a “new |for the campaign by subscriptions Suggs, Indianapolis, custodian. RRL a order” in Europe. based on tonnage. The fund would Stenographers Named : oa / ; $y 09 5

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