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GOVERNOR, GOP ‘TALK IT OVER’

Schricker Says Question Of Compromise Sensibly Approached.

In the Legislature The Hopper . 4 “Hot Bills” Held Up 3 Bills Passed So Far,

A trend toward a eompromise between Republican leaders and Governor Henry Schricker, Demo--crat, on State Government reorganization plans, appeared to be taking definite shape today. Governor Schricker said that during a lengthy conference with G. O. P. majority leaders in the Legislature yesterday, “the question of .a possible compromise was approached “from a very sensible standpoint.” “We found that we had many things in common and that there was sufficient reason to have another conference some time next week,” he added. “The conference was very friendly.” Republican leaders attending the . conference, which was urged by the State G. O. P. Committee in a reso-lution-last Monday, included Senate Majority Leader William E. Jenner, Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Dawson, Speaker James. M. Knapp, and House Majority Leader Frank T. - Millis. Democratic at the meeting were Senate Majority Leader Roger Phillips, Hcuse Minority Leader Winfield K. Denton, Rep. Howard Batman and Senator Charles Bedwell. Senator Jenner, who acted as the spokesman for the Republican group, said “we exchanged our views on state reorganization.” “The Governor has his program and we have ours . . . nothing was decided at this time . . . we will (Continued on Page Six)

BUS CONDUCTORESS ‘REBUKES’ WILLKIE

LONDON, Feb. 1 (U. P.).—Wendell L. Willkie, searching in vain for a coin box into which to put his fare on a London bus today, was. only a drawdling pasesnger to] the conductoress. “Now then, sir, either get on or get off, will yer,” she snapped. Mr. Willkie laughed and paid his fare to the cohductoress, as is the London fashion. Mr. Willkie will start for New York by airplane Wednesday, was understood today. _ He has received, through the United States Embassy here, an invitation from Senator Walter F. George (D. -Ga.), chairman of the . Senate Foreign Relations Commit-|L tee, to testify in Washington Feb. 11 at the committee hearing on the British aid bill.

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Movies 4 Mrs. Ferguson 8 Music .... 11-14 Obituaries ...

Churches Clapper ...... Comics .. Crossword ... Editorials .... Fashions “eeeee Financial esn*®

Mrs. Roosevelt 7 Serial Story.. 13 Side Glances. 8 Society 4,5

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1. Huge 12-inch railway mortars stand guard “somewhere in England” to do their bit if and when the

Nazis attempt an invasion,

2. Men of the Green Howards, British regiment that spent last winter in France, await the enemy in

a blockhouse on the British coast.

3. Other members of the Green Howards train for trench fighiing on the coast.

S. E. PERKINS Ill,

ATTORNEY, DIES

Bird Expert Was Treasurer Of Bar for 13 Years; Rites Tomorrow.

Samuel E. Perkins III, treasurer of the Indianapolis Bar Association for 13 years and a recognized expert on ornithology, died yesterday at his home, 3251 N. Pennsylvania St. He was 62. The Indianapolis attorney, who retired from active pre Gtice three years ago, had represented the State Game Division of Maryland, the Maryland State Board of Education and the National Association of Audubon Societies. three years as a field lecturer. on the eastern shore of Maryland. Mr. Perkins, who was an honorary member of the Nature Study Club of Indiana, served six years as president of the organization. He was a former president of the Indiana Audubon Society and a fellow in tne Indiana Academy of Sciences. He also was a member bf the Wilson Ornithological Club, the Amer-

Inland Bird Banding Association. He belonged to the Indiana His-

torical Society and became clerk of |

He served for|

Biggest Show of

All Is Tonight's Purdue-I. U. Tilt

The fiercest basketball feud bof them all comes off tonight—Indiana vs. Purdue. Baseball has its World Series and football its post-season bowls. In Indiana—still “The Craclle of Basketball’—we have our own idea of the greatest show on earth and even outsiders admit it's the greatest show in basketball. Indiana’s’ undefeated Ho¢s- " iers, favorites to displace Purdue as Big Ten champion, @re shooting for their fourth consecutive victory. Purdue has reached the back-to-the-wall stage, already defeated twice in three games. One more lacing will drop the champions from further ‘title consideration. Toriight’s game is unique in the long series. In their 65th meet-. ing—Dbefore a packed Purdue fieldhouse crowd estimated at 2000 —Indiana presents its national collegiate champions and Purdue its - Eig Ten titleholders. Thus, for the first time, Indiana’s civil war is a battle of champions,

TOBACCO TAX ISNT

ican Ornithologists’ Union and the

NEEDED: SCHRICKER

the vestry at the Episcopal Church |

of the Advent when it was founded. | The son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel

E. Perkins II, Mr. Perkins was born in Indianapolis May 8,'1878. He was graduated from Wabash College in 1900 and was a member of Kappa He [received a degree from the Indiana Law School 1902.

On Sept. 11, 1901, he married Mary Florence Milford of Crawfordsville. Besides his wife, Mr. Perkins is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Susan . 3etzler; a son, Samuel! E. Perkins IV, and a grandson, Frank P. Setzler, all of Washington, D. C. Services are to be at 4 p. m. to~ morrow at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. . Cremation will follow.

HONOLULU TRANSIT WORKERS ON STRIKE

HONOLULU, T. H., Feb. 1 (U. P). —Two hundred A.F.of L.employees of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. struck ' today, tying up the city’s transportation system. Addison E. Kirk, general manager of the transit company, said no attempt would be made to operate the system’s buses with non-strik-ers. The strike followed a ‘deadlock on

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the employees’ demands for a

Present Sources Enough if Not Changed, He Says.

Governor Schricker doesn’t’ believe & tobacco tax will be necessary to keep the State budget baleénced during the next two years. “I think that revenues from present sources if the laws are not changed, will increase sufficiently this year to avert a deficit,” he said during a press conference. The State Budget Committe: last Wednesday forecast a possible $3,000,000 deficit by 1943 and suggeted a tobacco tax to balance the budget. “The Committee was estimating

|the State’s income on past revsnues

and I think they will increase enough to keep if budget in line,”

+ |the Governor said.

“Of course, if the Legislature makes too serious a reduction in the Gross Income tax, it might be a different story. Also many additional expenditures might create the necessity for new taxes, but under the present program we can get along without new taxes.”

. STOCKS IN QUIET DROP NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (U. P.).—The stock market declined in quiet trading today. U., S. Steel was driven down. $4 on a few transactions and

Consolidated Oil was sold heavily, Possioly for.

JACK BENNY 1ST ON RADIO AGAIN

Editors Put Fred - Allen’s Show 2d; McCarthy Drops to 9th.

By ALTON COOK New York World-Telegram Radio Editor NEW. YORK, . Feb. 1, — Rivals closed in a little ‘on Jack Benny this year but not nearly enough to threaten his long supremacy ‘in the World-Telegram radio editors’ poll. One hundred sixty-four radio editors of the United States and Canada voted in the 10th annual poll. Their ballots name Mr. Benny favorite comedian for the eighth consecutive year and chose his halfhour as best among all programs for the sixth time in seven years. The most significant change among the leading programs is the sharp drop of Edgar Bergen’s Charlie McCarthy show. From a position near the top the past three seasons, the editors’ vote scuttles Charlie and crew down te-g weak tie for ninth place. During its decade, the poll of radio editors has consistently forecast the coming year’s shifts in popularity. Radio's own current ‘audience surveys show Charlie and Mr. Benny fighting for top ranking. Jack Benny's leading rivals this year, in order, are Fred Allen’s Star (Continued on Page Three)

GUNMAN GETS $100 AT IRVING THEATER

A man stuck a rusty gun into the cashier’s cage of the Irving Theater, 5507 E. Washington St., last night and said, “Give me your bills.” The cashier, Miss Betty- Rowe, 18, of 5526 University Ave., said he took about $100 and ran to a waiting car.

Where Hitler Stands Now—

Disaster Waits

Plan Based on Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Alliance

This is the final article, and in our judgment the most significant, of Wallace R. Deuel’s revealing series on Hitler.

By WALLACE R. DEUEL Copyright, ls The Sndianapelis 1 Times

CHICAGO, Feb. Sain yd olf Hitler’s blueprint of disaster—of the disater which will befall the free civilization of western Europe and the United States if Germany wins

he worlds sad this is

Invasion

NAZI PLANS FOR URUGUAY BARED

Judge Refuses Bail to 8, Cites ‘Constant Peril To Democracies.’

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 1 (U. P.).—A decision by Acting Supreme Court Justice Julio Cesar de Gergorio denying bail to eight Nazi leaders on trial charged with plotting against the Government, wag regarded today as one of the most sweeping official indictments of Naziism ever made in the Western Hemisphere. The broad conclusion reached by Justice de Gergorio, after quoting geveral contemporaries, including President Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler was this: “A serene observation of what has occurred in the world in recent years proves that the existence of Nazi Party organizations constitutes a constant danger for the democracies sheltering them.”

Military Districts Set Up

Commenting on the plan of Arn. old Fuhrman, director of the German racial movement in South America and one of the defendants, the justice said its importance de-|t rived from these causes: 1. “The ramifications of the National Socialist Party, which is identical in organization with party headquarters in Berlin . . . with directors appointed for the foreign organization owing allegiance and submission to their leaders in Berlih. 2. “The division of our territory into districts and military centers with their obvious economic and military character. 3. “Shock troops, with their, con- | tinuous . parades . and uniformed gatherings. Train on Military Fields

4, “National Socialist Youth. Dressed like troops, with short pants and knapsacks, tramping our roads and practicing on our rifle ranges. 5. “Glider organizations training a our military landing fields. 6. “The strategy outlined in the Fuhrman plan for attacking the independence and political ‘ integrity of our national territory has an extraordinary resemblance to that put in practice by the Germans in recent conquests.”

MOTHER BURNS TO DEATH, SON R RESCUED

Cause of Fatal S| Shoals Fire

Is Undetermined.

SHOALS, Ind. Feb. 1 (U. P.).— Mrs. Marvin Albright, 33, was burned to death today when-fire of undetermined origin swept Sarougn her home. Douglas, Mrs. Albright’s 2-year-old son, was rescued by a passerby. Firemen. found Mrs. Albright’s charred body on a bed after the blaze was extinguished. 8 Witnesses said they heard’a sharp explosion about 9 a. m. followed immediately by thick clouds of smoke

the war. THIS 5: the Nast plan sor will

coming from windows.

Whole World

be like for the people of the earth if Britain is beaten. The Nazi structure will be based, just as the victory which will have

made it possible will be based, on the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan. . Russia may or may not join the alliance. Even France and England might join it. All the rest of Europe will have to join it. The Reich will, of course, rule Europe. If the Italians do any other

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NAZIS SHELL DOVER COAST BARGE RAIDED

Gen. Weygand Asks French In Africa to Stand By Petain.

On War Front Today's, War Moves.....Page 3 Robert Casey in Libya....... 7 ary Merlin in Albania...... 7

By UNITED PRESS Japan today imposed a rationing system upon rice. , That brief word from the Orient topped the news from the world’s war fronts—news that the British Royal Air Force had smashed hard at Tripoli, capital of Libya and news of new bombardments of the Dover coast by German long-range super-cannon. The Japanese move also obscured a broadcast by Gen. Maxime Weygand calling on France's empire in Africa to collaborate with Marshal Henri Petain “in the rebirth of France,” while new tension in Vichy indicated the Petain Government fears new drastic German demands. Rice is the basis of Japanese economy. It is the basic food—often the sole food—of her millions of workers. Will Bring War Home

Imposition of rationing upon this vital ingredient, of Japanese life brought into sharp relief the -heavy drain and increasing stress of the long years of warfare in China and the new efforts by Japan to mobilize her forces for new blows toward the South Pacifier - The announcement that rationing had been imposed upon rice was coupled with news that a $1,145,824,000 budget for Army and Navy expenses had been approved by the Japanese Cabinet. Japanese economy has been known to be suffering severely from the accumulative effect of the long efforts to settle what is called in Tokyo “The China Incident.” If any Japanese workers have escaped the impact of the long war, the rice war ration will bring it home vividly. It was admitted in Tokyo that the order was occasioned by a continued rice shortage.

South of Japan?

At the same time there was ho indication that these grave economic implications had served to place a brake upon the ever-broadening plans of the Japanese military and naval commands Rome reported today that Japanese “military intervention” in the Singapore zone is imminent—an echo of Axis emphasis on Japan's role as a threat to British and United States interests in the Far East. . Only yesterday the British Gov(Continued on Page Three)

Kimmel Becomes New Naval Chief

HONOLULU, Feb, 1 (U. P.)— Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel becomes commander of the U. S. Army today in a. short and simple ceremony aboard the Flagship Pennsylvania. He will be piped aboard the flagship shortly after 2:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) and will proceed to the quarterdeck, where new and old staffs and fleet flag officers will be assembled. Standing beneath six shiny 14inch guns, Admiral] James O. Richardson, present commander, will read the orders relieving him, order his flag lowered from the mainmast, and make a short speech. Admiral Kimmel then will read the orders raising him to command of the Pacific Fleet, order his flag hoisted, and deliver a short address. As commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, he also commands the Asiatic and Atlantic Fleets, although normally they operate under commands of Admiral Thomas C. Hart and Admiral Ernest King, respectively.

if Nazis Win;

very Junior. palinersnips. They may not be admitted at all. Some of the nother countries of Europe the Reich ‘will rule openly, as it is already ruling Poland. Others it will rule through local puppet Nazi regimes of the stripe of the Quisling Party in- Norway and the Mussert Bund in Holland. The Nazis will make this brave new Europe into a single, regional economy. Germany will have a monopoly, or a virtual monopoly, of

McAdoo Dies

William Gibbs McAdoo . . . lost Presidential nomination in 100 ballots.

TREASURY CHIEF FROM "13 T0 "19

Helped Nominate Wilson And Roosevelt; Was 17 Years Old.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (U. P.).— William Gibbs McAdoo, former Senator from California and World War Secretary of Treasury, died today from a heart attack. He was 77 years old. Mrs. McAdoo, 26, whom the former Senator married after he was

divorced by Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, was at the bedside. Also present was one of his daughters, Mrs. Brice Clagett. Mr. McAdoo suffered a heart attack during the night and a physician was called. Death occurred shortly after 10. a. m. in the Mec-

Adoo apariment in the Shoreham Hotel.

Blow Came Suddenly

Friends said he had been in good health recently and that the attack came on suddenly. Only Wednesday, he had a conference with President Roosevelt and attended the President’s Birthday Ball Thursday. . The President issued a statement saying: “I am deeply shocked to learn of the sudden death today of one of my oldest friends. I join with the entire country in mourning him as one who has given many years of faithful service to the nation. My personal affection for him grew with the years.” Directed Railroads Mr. McAdoo was born in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 31, 1863. He was educated at the University of Tennessee and admitted to the bar when he was 22 years old. He became prominent nationally in 1912 when, as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he was one of the first to back Wilson for the Presidential nomination. He lived in New York at that time but moved to Los Angeles in 1922. Mr. Wilson appoinied Mr. McAdoo to his Cabinet as Treasury Secretary in 1913. He served until 1919. During the World War he also served as Director-General of Railroads. Mr. McAdoo’s first wife was Miss Sarah H. Flemming of Chattanooga, Tenn. They had six children. Mrs. McAdoo died in 1912. On May 17, 1914, Mr. McAdoo was (Continued on Page Three)

IT'S A CASE WITH A SHADOW OF DOUBT

Groundhog Ventures From Burrow Tomorrow.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a.m. ....28 10a.m..... 36 7am. ....28 1llam.... 40 8am. ....2 12 (noon) . 9a. m. .... 32 lpm, .... 43

Not that it makes any difference anyway because it’s always springtime in Indiana, but tomorrow the groundhog may see his shadow. Early American immigrants established about three centuries ago that this means we’ll have lots more winter weather. Indiana winter weather being the hot joke

groundhog tomorrow. The early morning forecast said that tonight and tomorrow may be partly cloudy to cloudy but the weather man at the Airport said “the groundhog may see his shadow, anyway.” Last year the groundhog saw his shadow and instead, of six more weeks of winter there were. close to nine more weeks of it. It got so bad, in fact, that there was talk of establishing a bounty on ground-

Man out of his salary. But after all, tomorrow is the only

peoples are admitted tner-

Baanee. trade, shipping, heavy in-

ODDS AGAINST U.S. ALONE ARE HUGE, HE SAYS

Wheeler Denies Roosevelt Charge; G. 0. P. Offers Substitute Bill,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (U. P.).—Navy Secretary Frank Knox, asserting that he was “tremendously wore ried” over Britain’s chances of winning the war, said to« day that the “odds would be against us” if the United States had to face a victori=

ous Axis alone. 3 Testifying again before the Sene

support of. the Administration’s British-aid Bill, Secretary Knox was asked by Senator Gerald P, Nye (R. N. D,) whether he thought

for this country if Germany wins. “We would have to strain every nerve, and the odds would be against us,” Col. Kox replied. :

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Axis were victorious the “best; we could do would be to make our own coast safe from attack.” He added

by 700 per cent. SR Col. Knox said that besides being “tremendously worried” over Brite ain’s prospects he was also “tree

ican aid would reach her in time. There were several heated .¢ btween Col. Knox and Senator who asked at one point: “Is there any seagoing fleet that outranks ours?” “No,” Col. Knox replied. “Is there ome with a greater cruising range?” Senator Nye We quired. “I think not.”

Nye Refers to Roosevelt

Col. Knox then said that a fors eign power with a base in News foundland “could attack Detroit.” Senator Nye read into the record ;

Roosevelt, while he was Assistant Navy Secretary in the Wilson Cah= inet, that a fleet crossing the ocean with an intent to attack would lose one-fourth to one-half of its strength. In response to questions by Senas ; tor Hiram Johnson (R. Cal), Cok Knox said first tangible benefit from the bill would be “most ime portantly” an increased flow of airs planes to Britain. He conceded that a “very large” percentage of American aircraft production was now going to Britain, but refused : tocname a figure. Lindbergh Mentioned “I don’t think we should discuss that in open session,” he told Sena 4 tor Johnson. Referring to Col. Knox's criticism of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, an opponent of the bill, as unqualified to.speak authoritatively on military matters, Senator Nye asked ‘the : Secretary: “What naval experience have you had?” Grinning broadly, Col. Knox ree plied he had “none” but that he was not selected for his post becausa of any particular naval knowledge, The hearing thus ons Senator Burton K eeler (D, Mont.), a leading opponent of the bill, today accused President Rooses velt of making “a desperate attempt to discredit me because I stand une (Continued on Page Three)

PAPER CO. OFFICE DAMAGED BY FIRE

A two-alarm fire, caused by am overheated furnace, early this moras ing damaged files and office equips ment of the MacCollum Paper Co. 226 W. Maryland St. The fire, which was confined or the second-story office of the paper company, threatened a large stock of paper products on the samg ; floor. Firemen prevented the blaze ; reaching automobiles parked in 3 Capitol Garage on the t floor of the building in which the paper company has quarters. ; Wallace R. Mullen, garage owner,

that it is, it will make little differ-|said damage to the building

h, whi ns to the|about $50. No estimate was plac sce, Siough, what happe on the damage to the paper coms’

pany equipment.

DRIVER GIVES BANDIT, KICK IN THE .

H. D. Guswell, who was pr to drive away Locke St. near City, night, took a‘ second look at is a stickup.” The weapon, Mr. Guswell saw,

hogs, to be paid by the Weather|a pipe, not a gun as he had fi

thought. ' Thereupon, he swung: feet into the air and Kicked

day in the year when a groundhog|would-be bandit out of the has any say at all in human affairs.| The pipe wielder fled hn ave we to on! the civil liber-

3d empty a Guswell lives at 031 EB

ate Foreign Relations Committee in a

the situation would be “hopeless”

He told Senator Nye that if the =

that the defeat of Britain would = give the Axis shipbuilding facilities. exceeding those of the Unted States

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