Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1941 — Page 9

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Those “innumerable problems” which President Roosevelt tells Congress are standing in the way of full production of aircraft are not just the bottlenecks we hear about. The decline in the output of fighting ships, more severe in November than the 20 per cent admitted for all military aircraft, is not mainly an industrial affair. It results, according to information from several * sources, from the necessity of changing the design ‘of many of the ships to accommodate the numerous automatic guns and the cannon now going on them together with their heavier ammunition. The increase in machine-gun calibers from 30 to 50, stepping up : the weight not only of the guns but thelr ammunition, plus the need for better armor

‘and more of it, piled up the engineering difficulties.

Some of these became bottlenecks in their turn. Manufacture of the fighting types of ship had to pe reduced by something like half. h Because the output of trainer planes

production of all military planes was concentrated in the fighters.

British Increase Guns

The design difficulties were shared with the Brit~ ish, or the other way about, for it was the British who were first loading up the planes. They went from two guns in the wing to four, then six, then provided for eight, and the expansion in the calibers multiplied the weight of the ammunition several times. These guns in the wings focus ahead and are fired simultaneously from a button like an automobile starter button. This fan-fire “saws off the tail” of the enemy ahead All this equipment, together with the plate armor, overbalanced some of the American models. The increase in gun calibers and the introduction of cannon became necessary when the Germans began coming ovér with armored planes. One way of expressing the changes is. to say that in the last year

has been little : “affected by these troubles the 20 per cent drop in the

By John W. Love

the weight on each squere foot of suppo:ting wing surface has been increased from 30 pounds to 40. For | similar and other reasons the Kn idsen program of standardized bonibers has been greatly modified. Nothing like 12,000 bombers are to be turned out by the|automobile industry this year. Of 'hree ships sufficiently standardized to be designated for manufacture in the automobile plants only the Martin twoengined job remains in early contempla ion. Two other bombers, one a Consolidated and tle other a North American, need sone redesign, to aiapt them to the mass-production breakdown and sh pments of parts ini sub-assemblies which would enable the automobile [industry to go forward with its great task.

Reuther Plan Musi Wait

Not | only is the airplane industry behini schedule (for military reasons more than shortage of materials) but the automotive participation in the program has been piwhed off farther into the future. Tle program of Walter Reuther and the United Automo)ile Workers for making 500 combat ships a day is not being responsibly considered on account of thse design difficulties. The| utmost quantity of planes contemplated at present for production on a single model is around 3000, ot the 6000 mentioned for each of two types in October. The announcements of! 12,000 standardized bombers for the Americans and an equal number fo: the British, given out in October, caused a commolion in the Army, both because the Army: Air Corps lnew what was happening in design, knew how ' repidly the changes were still taking place, and also saw how many trainer ships so vast a program of bombers (not to mention the fighters) would call fr. .One' effect of the delay is to allow the manufacture of trainer ships to get farther ahead. In some quarters here it is said the slowdown in tke production of fighters was intended for that very reason. If we are going to have 12,000 bombers, plus the fighters, we netd several times as many trainers. Af any rate, because the British are getting most of th) approximately | 700 planes built each month, the American services cannot be receiving very many fighters or bombets yet.

Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town’)

THE FOLLOWING THINGS, which we believe prove the essential goodness of the Indianapolis Police Department, happened during’ the holidays. Mrs. Gilbert Hurty was leaving town for a few days and she asked the police to keep an eye on her Golden Hill home. They said they would. Meantime, some one had sent Mrs. Hurty a potted avalia which was delivered to the door step. The police saw the plant, cold and lonely on the porch, and they picked it up. Since the late Mr. Hurty was related to Mayor Sullivan, the police carried the potted plant to the Mayor and asked him what to do with it. The mayor suggested that ‘they deliver it to Mrs. Hurty’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Almus Vinton, at the Spink Arms Hotel. Instead, the police took it to the property room and wrote Mrs. Vinton an official letter, telling her of finding the waif flower and asking her if she would accept it for Mrs. Hurty. She wrote them and said she would. Thereupon two uniformed policemen delivered the little avalia to Mrs. Vinton at the Spink Arms.

Just Filling In

WE CAN'T TELL YOU his name, but there is one Indianapolis man, living near the WIRE transmitter, who gets radio programs on his teeth. It seems that he has some metal fillings which set up a tiny electrical circuit which, in some mysterious way, sets

- up a radio reception.

When he first noticed the unusual situation he was scared half out of his wits and considered going immediately to a psychiatrist. Then he found that it was only by setting his teeth in a certain way that reception was possible. f Having noticed this, he went to the chief engineer of WIRE and told him about his troubles and

Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—In his message to Congress, President Roosevelt frankly movecd out on the international stage. He clearly committed the United States to “full support” of nations everywhere which are resisting aggression. In this, Mr. Roosevelt said, we express “our determination” that the democratic cause shall prevail, Mr. Roosevelt, it seems to me, definitely committed the United . States to abandon its post-war isolation and to assist in re-estab-lishing what he called a “moral order” everywhere in the world, The phrasing was general and broad, broad enough to embrace a new attempt to do what the League of Nations failed to do.

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rect interest in peace terms when he declared it to be our national policy never to “acquiesce in a peace dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers.”

Goal Is Four Freedoms

His basis for the new moral order is four freedoms:

First, freedom of speech and expression—“everywhere in the world.” . Second, freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—‘“everywhere in the world.” Third, freedom from want through economic understandings that will give every nation a healthy peacetime life—‘“everywhere in the world.” Fourth, freedom from fear, through world-wide reduction of armaments to the point where no nation

‘will be able to commit an act of aggression—“any-

where in the world.” Mr. Roosevelt went on to say that this was no vision of a distant millennium but the “definite basis for a kind ‘of world attainable in our own time and generation.” In other words these are the general principles for the peace if Britain wins. Note also his specific pledge to the democracies: “We Americans are vitally concerned in your defense of freedom. We are putting forth our energies, our resources and our organizing powers to give you the

My Day

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's first musicale of the year, yesterday morning, was really a treat.to us all. Madame Jarmila Novotna, a Czech artist, not only sang delightfully, but looked a charming picture in her floor-length, red dress.

Richard Crooks was unable to come, but Mr. Kullman, who took his place, sang beautifully. Mrs. Townsend in introducing him, told us an amusing story about his debut at the Metropolitan. He apparently “came down from Yale to sing and some of his fellow students almost broke up the solemnity of the occasion by punctuating every difficult passage with cries of “atta boy.” : Yesterday afternoon, I ate j tended a tea given by the Rev. Howard 8. Wilkinson, rector of St. Thomas’ Church, and Mrs. Wilkinson. Today is a most beautiful day and I am looking forward to a luncheon with two

- or three old friends and a fairly quiet afternoon.

I was interested yesterday to receive a letter from the editor of a Mexican paper who came to speak to me for a few minutes when I visited Laredo, Tex., and crossed into Mexico there. Some of the officials of the Mexican government are co-operating with him to

further the Good Neighbor policy. wr From this country ne gives a radio pregram for:

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the chief engineer figured out the reactions of the metal fillings on each other and the resultiiig electric current > | : The [tan still gets programs within a nile of the transmitter. He can and does get the for:ign news reports len his molars an¢ Bullova watch tine on his incisors,

Yep, She Wears 'Em

LAST SUNDAY, after church, a well-dre'sed woman on ‘a North Side streetcar was talking tc a woman companion. In one of those inexplicable group lulls in conversation that occasionally come o'er a car full of people, she was heard to say witt startling clarity: ¥ .. 10 but at this time of the year, I ¢on’t care. I just gef out my union suits and put ‘em cn.”

A Good Skate, All Right

THERE IS NO stopping Miss Opal Skihner, secretary in the Indiana State Teachers’ £ssociation office here. Three weeks ago she brokd¢ a wrist when she fell while learning to skate at the Coliseum, And she spends most of her spare time npw, shopping for skates. : “I just can’t hardly wait for this wrist t¢ heal so I can stadt lessons again,” she says.

That 100,000th Phone

WITHIN AN HOUR aiter the 100,000th telephone was inslalled the other cay in the museuin of the Indiana [Bell Co., we calléd information to see what the number was. Information said she didn’t know, that we'd have toscall the business office. Che business office didn’t know either and connected! us with an information desk on tlie first floor. Well, | the information desk girl said she didn’t know: either but that she’d find somebody vho'd find out. She did. ° The number is MArket 1010 and if you call that, you'll get a guard or watcaman. :

By Raymond Clapper

strength (to regain and maintain a free w(rld, ' We ‘shall send you, in ever-increasing numbe's, ships, planes, tenks, guns, This is our purpose and our pledge. Mr. Robsevelt said we would not be deterrid by any threats from dictators who might choose to consider

it war, (Mr. Roosevelt said this aid is not #n act of war. Apparently we are not going to declare war, either, Very few nations do nowadays. Bul we are in it, pledged to give our ‘full support” to d:feat the Axis and to establish a new moral order alterward. We pledge Britain and her allies that we will give thet “the strength to regain and maintaih a free world.” ||

Seeking a ‘Moral Order’

No ole can read these pregnant words without recognizing that as a nation we are comrhitted to assisting in the downfall of Hitler and the to/alitarian regimes, t0 removing their yoke of conquest, {ph replacing their ‘‘new order” with a “moral order” jin which individugl freedom shall he restored. We ire going down the road with England not merely to tiarn back invasion But to smash Hitler. i Sorne think this cannot be done without ¢ur sending troops eventually to carry the war to [the continent. Evidently Mr. Roosevelt does not tliink that will be riecessary. In his radio broadcast h¢ said no A. E. F. would be sent to Europe. In his m¢ssage he said our niost useful and immediate rcle was to serve as an argenal—“they do riot need manpowel’ but do need billions of dollars’ worth of weapons. | We are committed to assist in the defeat bf Hitler with weapons—not yet with men. Supjiose the weapons prove insufficient and men are npeded to restore freedom to the cohquered peoples of Europe? That question will be met when it arises. Mi. Roosevelt probably thinks, or hopes at least, that if will not present itself, that with some ‘reverses Hitler will collapse as Germany did in 1918. No ong wants to discuss the unpleasant pojsibilities now. Buf Mr. Roosevelt has declared that tie policy of the United States is to assist in a comple/e defeat —not merely a stalemate-—and we will be hitter off to recognize the realities now. We are eroding the Rubisgn again, although vie are out barely khee-deep s yet. || I

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By Eleanor Roosevelt

the benerit of the South American ‘people. I He also writes articles which will serve the purposp of acquainting | his people witli his own experieiices and feelings gbout the people ¢f our country. I sink it is interesting that people iri Mexico should make this effort | for increasing friendship between uj; and I hope Mr, Bonifacio Fernandez Aldana will) be successful ir the work he is trying to do. One of the things he is attempting is| to take back records of short messages or speeches frpm wellknown personalities to use on the radio in| Mexico. Mrs. Ernest Schelling is planning to brirg to our attention in the near future, a nation-wide niovement which whe is proposiug, to pay a tribute to Mr. Paderewslti during a week iin February. He lias given so much %o the people of pur country that Ilam sure this series| of concerts, which is to be given [throughout the nation in his honor, will bring forth a great outpouring of affection for Mr. Paderewski. They will show with what warrath of feeling we gill desire to help him to help the¢ unfortunates of his own nation. i I think, perhaps, Mr.| Paderewski has helped as much as any one to awaken in this nation | feeling of great interest in music. In New York City there is another’ musician whe has carried on ¢ valiant program along the same lines. David Manjes, who founded the Mannes School of Music, stirted off his 24th season of free concerts at the Met opolitan Museum of Art in New York City on the e g of concerts is reall

At City Hall—

CHIEF CLAIMS COURTS LAX IN TRAFFIC CASES

Method of Handling Large Scale Arrests Inefficient,

Morrissey Says.

By RICHARD LEWIS The tug-of-war between the Po-

Courts over a traffic policy was brought to the attention of City officials yesterday—officially. Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey told the Safety Board he was dissatisfied with the Municipal Courts’ method of handling large scale traffic arrests. The court does not handle them efficiently, he said. The Chief complained that because the courts are sometimes overloaded with traffic cases, “the people over there” have criticized him for making needless arrests, especially on petty violations. “If the courts are jammed, that's their fault,” the Chief said. “They ought to arrange to handle these cases more efficiently.” The Chief’s complaint came during a discussion of traffic arrests this month. Board members listened, but made no comment.

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Pawnshop Curb

Switching to other departmental activities, the Chief informed Board members that although Indianapolis’ pawnshop ordinance has made the disposal of stolen goods risky, it has not helped recover unusually Jarge quantities of merchandise. The reason, he explained, is that stolen goods are being shipped to “fences” in. other Indiana cities where there are no pawnshop restrictions—or in some cases out of the State. One solution to the problem, he said, would be a State-wide pawnshop statute patterned after the Indianapolis City ordinance which requires pawners of goods to leave their fingerprints with the merchandise. California is considering such a law, he said. Meanwhile, the Chief asked the City Legal Department whether under the present ordinance door-to-door buyers of old gold would be required to have second-hand dealers’ licenses and whether sellers should be fingerprinted.

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Market Revenue Grows

Indianapolis’ City Market is growing. Last year its revenue from standholders totaled $42,000 and the year before, $40,000, Paul Lindemann, Market: Master, reported to the Board yesterday. The City’s oldest institution, the Market has been a going concern for more than 100 years. Last year’s retail business; Mr. Lindemann estimated, was probably the best in history. ” ” #

House Total Gains

Indianapolis gained 1061 residences last year as the result of residential building, according to George R. Popp, City Building Commissioner. A total of 1182 dwellings housing 1488 families were built, while 121 old houses were torn down.

‘Courtesy Runs' Watched

Closer watch over service calls made by the Police Department will be kept by Chief Morrissey. Safety Board members yesterday wanted to know why Police made 405 “courtesy runs” last: month. The Chief explained that calls are made for patients at City Hospital who have no other way to communicate with relatives in cases of emergency. The Hospital calls Police Headquarters, which radios’ the police cruiser in the district to inform the relatives to get in touch with the patient at the Hospital. In some instances, however, the Chief said, this courtesy service may be abused. He said he would keep a sharp lookout.

CANADIAN POWER ~ SPEEDS U. 3. HELP

BUFFALO, N. Y,, Jan. 8 (U. P.). —The Buffalo Evening News reported yesterday that Canadian power plants at Niagara Falls are providing American industry with electricity to boost output of British war orders, and that the Canadian Hydro Electric Power Commission is considering a $40,000,000 expansion program for its plants.

The exported power, according to the News story based on an interview with Dr. Thomas Hogg, Commission chairman, is being generated by diverting water from the Niagara River at a rate of 5000 cubic feet per second greater than previously.

The increased diversion, it was reported; began Nov. 1 and has enabled the Canadian plants to supply the Union. Carbide Co. at Niagara Falls, N. Y., with an additional 62,000 horsepower of electrical energy. The American firm is producing ferro-alloys in electric a for the British Government.

FOUR NOMINATED AS

CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (U. P.)-—-The Midwest section of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies late yesterday selected four men it will recommend as nominees to succeed William Allen “White, committee chairman. John Morrison, Midwest co-or-dinator for the committge, and other spokesmen declined to discuss a published report that Wendell L.

nominees. : The names of the nominees will be presented to the national committee at New York City Jan. 9, when a new chairman lected.

Jan. 4. Attending these an ex-

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WHITE'S SUGGESSOR|

Willkie was ohe of the section’s|.

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BANDIT SHOOTS CAFE WORKER

John Bridges Victim of Gunman’s Fire in Holdup At Old Vienna.

- Shot in the abdomen by a mysterious gunman, John Bridges, 29-year-old bartender, was in a critical condition at City Hospital today. Mr. Bridges, employed at the Old Vienna Cafe, 111 E. Court St. was shot about 9:50 o’clock last night as he vaulted the bar at the cafe to stop what he thought was a fight.

Witnesses told police that two patrons, George Isenhower, 23, of 5304 Lowell Ave. and Charles Bruner, 22, of 950 Bradbury St., entered the cafe and Mr. Isenhower turned to a\cigaret machine.

Patron Hit in Face

At that moment, according to the testimony, Mr. Isenhower saw a man step inside the door and pull a nickel-plated revolver from his pocket. Mr. Isenhower grabbed the man’s gun arm, and the man struck Mr. Isenhower in the face with his other hand. Someone yelled, “Stop the fight,” and Mr. Bridges leaped over the bar. Before the bartender’s feet landed on thre floor, witnesses said, the gunman fired, the bullet striking Mr. Bridges’ abdomen and ranging upward. Passing through him the bullet struck the woodwork above the mirror behind the bar. The gunman then ordered everyone to raise their hands, announcing that “This is a stickup.” - A moment later, he turned and ran out the door, fleeing north on Penn-

hailed a taxicab and escaped. Father of Two

The gunman was seen climbing into the cab by a newsboy, William Thomas Bloomfield, 16, of 936 Bellefontaine St. Mr. Bridges, who has worked in .everal taverns and hotels in the last few years, lives at 1235 N. Alabama St. He is the father of two children, Patricia, 9, and Delores, 11. His wife is seriously ill in the Rockville State Sanitarium.

Coat and Pants Did the Work

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8 (U. P.). —John J. O'Leary, 18, of Boston, faces charges today of burglarizing eight New Orleans homes—all because he failed to take a vest along with the coat and trousers of a suit. Patrolmen Louis Deegan and William Hines spotted the coat and trousers which A. Farrell said were ' taken from his home—and O'Leary was in them. Farrell had taken the vest to headquarters so police might identify the suit if they happened to see it. Farrell’s wrist watch, four screwdrivers, 28 .house keys and an empty revolver were found on O’Leary’s person, police said, and added the youth admitted burglarizing at least eight other homes.

WINNER CONSISTENT

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. Jan. 8 (U. P.).—A champion of prize winners is Mrs. Bernice O. Frissell. Many of her home furnishings were acquired through winnings in national contests. In all, she won 80 contests. But her last prize was her biggest—a $1400 airplane.

sylvania to Market St., where he].

Fabien Sevitzky and Charles O’Connell look over a score,

By JAMES THRASHER

Next’ to executions, recording sessions seem to be about the most difficult events for the general public to crash. So the dozen or so persons who sat quiet as mice in the Murat balcony yesterday when the

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra made its first records may consider themselves fortunate. The reason the public was admitted seemed to be that this was a rather special occasion, even for the RCA-Victor engineers who put music on wax for a livelihood. The home-town orchestra is the youngest regular symphonic group ever to be invited to record by this company. Less than four seasons. old as a professional organization, the orchestra impressed the Victor people to the extent of sending technicians and about 20 trunks of equipment out here. And figuring that the local citizenry was proud and interested, the bars were let down and the no-audience rule relaxed.

A Layman Is Confused

Long before the musicians or the first guests arrived, the recording apparatus was in place. One microphong was set up behind and above the conductor’s stand, and two more placed about five rows back in the auditorium. They were mounted on what looked like giant music stands about 12 feet high. At the right of the stage was a black box which turned out to be a loud speaker. And: that was all the paraphernalia - visible to the audience. But back stage in dne of the dressing rooms the engineérs had set up an imposing array of recording machinery, It was all pretty confusing to a layman who is puzzled by the intricacies of a lawnmower. There were amplifiers and a control board and two recording machines, with a regular turntable and tone arm, plus a magnifying glass and several mysterious wheels and gadgets. The music is recorded on a thick wax master record which, in size and color, looks like the top of a York State cheese. Charles O’Connell had come from the RCA-Victor headquarters in Camden, N. J. to supervise the mechanical and musical details. Mr. O'Connell is equipped to do both,

for he is not only music director for

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It Was a Special Occasion;

Audience Hardly Breathed

MINTON GETS | $10,000 JOB |

Appointed an Assistant to " F.D.R. ‘With Passion For Anonymity.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 8.~ Former Senator Sherman Minton today took over his new duties as one of the Administrative assistants to President Roosevelt “with .a passion for anonymity.” The salary is $10,000, the same as he received in the Senate. Announcement of the former Democratic whip’s appointment was made by the President at his press conference yesterday afternoon, , Mr. Minton had conferred with him just previous to the advent of the newspapermen. In telling of the selection of the Hoosier, President Roosevelt stressed his qualifications and made the point that he will not serve as a Maison agent for the Administration on Capitol Hill, as had! been predicted.

Serves As F. D. R.’s “Eyes” The President said that Mr. Mine

RCA-Viétor but a composer and conductor. as well. He'll be back here on Feb. 9 as guest conductor of the Indianapolis orchestra. Mr. O'Connell made a small speech to his small audience before the music began. He ulgently requested absolute quiet from listeners and musicians alike; he asked that the guests not mention specifically the names of the selections being recorded; he discreetly invited them to ‘say goodbye” when intermission came,

Caught for Posterity

Then Mr. O'Connell relired backs: stage and gave final instructions through the loud speaker. He dems onstrated the buzzer signal which warns conductor and players to gel ready. It sounded just like the buzzer which warns seconds to gel out of the ring between rounds of

a boxing bout. He told them thaf they should start playing when the red light went on. Conductor Fabien Seviizky knew all this, since he already has recorded for Victor as conductor of the Philadelphia Chamber String Sinfonietta. So when Mr. O'Connell inquired ‘Sind Sie fertig?” in his best Irish German, Mr. Sevitzky indicated that they were ready. The buzzer sounded. MI. Sevitzky swept off his gray suede windbreaker and stood resplendent in a green silk shirt and tweed trousers. He raised his stick and, the orchestra came to attention. It seemed a long time until the light went on. In the interim it suddenly seemed that this miracle which gives permanence fo such an evanescent thing as music wasn't so. commonplace after. all. It was different from a broadcast. The music wasn’t going to sound and then die. It was going to be caught and held for people to play again and again, people who never hear the orchestra in person. But it happened that the partic ular music which followed won't be heard by anyone. A recording engineer is like a movie director—he doesn’t always “print the first take.” Something wasn’t entirely satisfactory, so they repeated the number. But first they played it back to Mr. Sevitzky and the orchestra, Some of the players snickéred, some appeared self-conscious, and others looked as if the death sentence had just been pronounced. One of ‘the cellists reached under his chair and came up with a candy, bar, from which he took a generous bite. Mr. Sevitzky’s reproval . was of the mildest sort. Fire Department Guilty’

After the second playing, Mr. O'Connell shouted “Bravo” into the loud speaker. “T’anks,” answéred Mr. Sevitzky. ) Meanwhile the audience was re-

and scarcely breathing.’ But just as the second piece was. about to be recorded there was an unidentified

_ |noise from somewhere in the front

of the house. So they had to start over. . a a Ltn Furthermore . Mr. ~ ‘O'Connell's warning had not reached the City’s fire fighters. And after the buzzer had sounded for the third selection, didn’t a truck come roaring down Massachusetts Ave. with a

ton will serve as his eyes, ears an legs in helping to handle the numerous activities. of the Executive Department. He meets the “ane onymity” qualifications and his ex-

the Senate Military Affairs Come mittee,” the President pointed out, He will not serve particularly in the defense field. Another Hoosier, Lowell Mellett, already holds a ‘similar position, So did Daniel J. Tobin, Indianapolis, head of the Teamsters’ Union, sor: a few months last summer and all, Minton, McHale Dine Mr. Minton celebrated his: ap= pointment by having dinner vith Frank M. McHale, Indiana Demo= cratic National Committeeman, last night. . Mr. McHale arrived . here from Indianapolis just as Governor M. Clifford Townsend was leaving following a two-day stay. Nothing definite has been decided regarding a defense job for him, the Govere nor -said. . : Ja Mr. Minton’s appointment does not require Senate approval. But both Senators Frederick VanNuys and Raymond E. Willis were ready to support him if needed, said. The latter was his successful Republican opponent: ;

HUNGARIAN PRINCESS | REPORTED IN MEXICO, |

MEXICO @ITY, Jan. 8 (U. P.).~= Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe-Wale denburg-Schillingfuerst of Hungary, who disappeared from the United States last month soon after Attore ney General Robert Jackson sne nounced that she had been refused an extension of her tourist permit, is now in Mexico City, according to responsible foreign quarters. ha The Princess has been friendly with Nazi leaders, including Fritz Wiedemann, German Consul at San Franciseo.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Is the raccoon a good swimmer? 2—How should a woman who oc« cupies the chair at a meeting be addressed? ' eh 3—Which of the three States, Ari= zona, New Mexico or Florida, was first settled? * od 4—Kaolin is an animal, a white clay, or a vegetable? y 5—The Washington, D. C., profes« sional football team is called the—? De 6—Which is the leading dairy State of the United States? . 7—Where was the Circus Maximus? 8—Who preceded William Green as President of the American Fed= eration of ‘Labor? . :

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Redskins. 6—Wisconsin, T-—Rome. . 8—Samuel Gompers. es ®= ;

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