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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 284

G. ‘AID BILL ms FDR GIVE AWAY

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Need No! ime Congress, | u. S. Chamber Head Says; | Fears Property Seizure. |

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P.).— The Chamber of [Commerce of the United States today opposed the all- |; out British aid bil on grounds that the President could deliver the whole Army, Navy and air force to foreign powers [without advising Congress, and might be able to seize private property flor delivery to foreign governments, The Charaber of Commerce views -were given ta the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by President | James 8S. Kémper. He testified that | his board of dirketors felt unani- | mously thai the present bill would | “not contrioute fo the defense of the United States.” Speaker Sam Rayburn, after attending la meeting of Democratic; members of the House Foreign Af-| fairs Committee, said simultaneously that “serious | consideration” is| being given to additional amendments to the bill.

Concessions tb Foes Hinted

‘Save the Soil’

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Dr. H. H. Bennett . .. once he was called a liar. » ”

EROSION FRAYS ‘BREAD BASKET

8 Million RY Acres Damaged, Says U. S. Aid Here For Civic Convention.

By JOE COLLIER * If all the rich growing soil that The meeling of the Democratic| will be washed from Indiana farms committée members was a prelim- | this year were loaded into box cars, inary to [the third and final day’s| they would make a train reaching debate on the House floor. The ‘from here past Melbourne, Australia. House will start voting on amend-| Dr. H. H. Bennett] Chief of the

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WEDYESDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1941

FIRES STARTED IN NIGHT RAIDS

OVER GERMANY

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Bombers Strike Again During Daylight.

On War Front

Today's War Moves... .Page 2 Petain Studies Laval's

Demands Selassie Rules Ethiopia .... Old Timers Get Rome Jobs..

BULLETIN LONDON, Feb. 5 (U. P.).—The air war over Great Britain and around British shores raged all today and continued into the night.

LONDON, Feb. 5 (U. P)—A strong force of Royal Air Force bombers, protected by layers of {escorting fighters, made a sweep of 'the snowbound French Coast today,

following- up extensive R. A. F. raids last night that blasted German positions from Duesseldorf to Bordealx. The daylight raids followed the attacks which the Air Ministry de{scribed as the most widespread and large scale of the last two weeks, and included assaults on Du dorf, the docks at Brest, Du Dieppe, Ostend, Cherbourg and

ments tomarrow. | 1 U. 8. Soil Conservation Service, toThe possibility bf further conces-| day used sions in thé House to opponents.of | home the fact that soil erosion is| the bill was indicated yesterday | fraying—badly fraying—*" the bread after Rep, James W. Wadsworth basket of the nation.” (R. N.Y), supporter of the meas- Here for the one-day Indiana civic | ure, pleaded for additional restric-| convention, Dr. Bennett said in an tions as a yesturz to the minerity interview that already nearly eight . in the inter st of national unity. million ac¢res of Hoosier farmland Leaders clisliked his suggestion | has been so seriously damaged by that a top limit be placed on the! erosion that it will have to be spending that President Roosevelt | specially treated if it is to remain in “would be authorized to engage in| cultivation. under the program but there was a Erosion Gains Pace more favorable view of his sugges- . tion thal, a limit] be placed on the| Nearly two million more acres life. of contracts antered into. | have been affected by erosion less The -Chamber. of Commerce feels, serious, he said. He warned that Mr. Kemper said, that instead of | erosion gains pace year after? year. che pending rmeasure Congress} Thus, nearly half of all cultivated should draft legislation which would |land in Indiana has been scarred | give Congress or a bipartisan Con-|by erosion. Other sections of the! gressional Committee the power to “bread basket’ .area—Illinois, Iowa | approve or, veto all proposed ma- and Kansas—have suffered simiterial aid | short-of-war for the larly. democracies, He said the Chamber, “Just one genefation, ago.” Dr. | also would advocate credits and Bennett said, ‘there was 18 inches | cash for the democracies, 7 of top soil in Benton County, Wh i nas some of the best farms Seizitiniul Property Feared Indiana and, therefore, in the i Mr. Kemper said that such legis-' Now more than half of that is gone, ‘lation should contain a prohibition and there is much erosion to be against the travel of any American; seen in that flat country. . vessel in wit zones, as well as a| «Ajrea v 15 S specific ban against the dispatch of | Gy. 1500000 scres of What

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his illustration to drive Other places in occupied France,

In Berlin, German sour claimed that 14 of the Bri ‘planes in the daylight raid w shot down. The British said German planes were shot down,

Spitfires Patrol Channel

During today’s atacks on the French Coast, Spitfires patrolled the English Channel, ready to beat off any attempt by the Germans to intercept the British raiders. The rai” marked the second -daylight sweep by the R. A. F. in four days over territory in which the Germans were believed preparing for an invasion of England. The Dover Straits were sunny after a snow shower at dawn. While the R. A. F. planes were in action German planes were reported over northeast: and southeast England, the east Midlands and East | Anglia. Spitfire fighters shot down

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For the first time the real story of Poland under the German conquerors is being learned.

in America shows what it means to a beaten nation to live under the Nazis’ much heralded “New Order.”

side men in back-breaking road reconstruction, part of the great rebuilding task made. necessary by the battering the Germans gave Poland

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BILL PROPOSES BUYING ISLANDS

Maas Suggests U. S. Pay Britain 16 Billions for Western Possessions. By TIIOMAS L. STOKES

Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—A proposal .now is formally before Congress for purchase by the United States of Great Britain's island possessions in the Western Hemisphere, both in the Atlantic and the Pacific, to furnish Britain means for buying war materials. “At was presented by Rep. Melvin J. Maas (R. Minn.), World War marine aviatqr and Marine Reserve officer, as % amendment to the Administration's lend-lease bill.

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|a German Heinkel in flames near ized to negotiate for purchase of

Margate. Its crew was killed. British attacks last night. were most intense. Four British planes (were admitted ‘ost,

Report Train in Flames

Long distance planes made the raidh on Duesseldorf and planes of

armed forces to war areas without Congressionis]1 approval] Mr. EKemper said that the administration bill is not clear, “but!’ it is fairly debatable whether the) President can, regardless of law, seize the private property ofa military eharacter, or suscepfible of | military uses, of any individgal, firm | or corporat on, regardless ‘of the] knowledge of the Congress and re-| gardless of the views of our own (Continued on on Page Twa

CARGO | SHIP MEASURE IS GIVEN WHITE HOUSE

WASHING TON, Feb, 5 (U, P.).—

once were crop-producing acres in| the coastal command of the Royal |'Indiana are forever retired from | Air Force twice attacked Cherbourg: cultivation by erosion. They won't| "Fires were seen to break out at grow crops now, nor a vear from Duesseldorf,” the Air Ministry said. now nor 100 years from now, | “A train in the neighborhood was hit and it burst. into flames. High | explosives fell on wo nearby rail‘Agriculture research can’t keep | Way junctions.” up with eggsion. In spite of such Of the raid on douks at Brest, the 'things as hybrid corn, which pro- | Ministry said that “a very large red \duces more and larger ears of corn, | fire and some heavy explosions were it cannot completely turn the tide | Observed.” of Hoosier farm production; upward | A pilot, who participated in the against untreated erosion. Brest attack, said that smoke, ap“Farmers will have to leard—ang |Parently “from burning oil, rose (Continued on Page Three) ¢bove his plane which was flying

SUMMON JENNINGS | =.

Farmers Are Learning

Strike at Sub Bases The Ministry said that at Bor-

The House ioday accepted a minor Senate ameridment and sent to the White House the measure providing $313.500.000 for constructing the" 200 “ugly dtickling” cargo vessels. : The amendment was a grant of $65,000,000 in contractual authority to the Maritime Commission for

IN WPA FRAUD CASE

Defense Calls State Chief As Trial Nears End.

deaux R.- A, F. planes struck at bases from which both planes and submarines were sent out to raid British .convoys in the Atlantic. An oil storage depot was believed set afire when bombs fell on one of the principal bases of Bordeaux Hatbor. : The attack on the Merignac air-

furthering its own ship construction program, John K, Jennings, Indiana WPA | administrator, has been called to! testify for the defense in the Federal Court trial of Carl Kortepeter and two others on charges of WPA raud. Mr. Jennings probably will take the stand just prior to Mr. Kortepeter, late today near the close of the case. THe two other defendants — Charles—Jefferson, former Marion County Flood Control Board. member, and Arthur Eickhoff, real estate man—have completed their defense testimony, William Book, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Chamber. of Commerce, today testified \that he considered Mr. Kortepeter's reputation as a business man as good. The defendants are charged with (Continued on Page Two)

GERMAN FORESTS MADE FIRE-PROOF

BERLIN, Feb. 5 (U. P.) ~—Semiofficial quarters claimed today that a chemical firm had devised a method of fire-proofing whole forests against incendiary raids. In rapid succession, two. kind of chemical bombs are dropped in forests to create a gas. After three Weeks, duririg which the gas impreg- | nates all trees, planes drop huge, quantities of a white substance, the base of which is ordinary table salt. This powder reacts on the gas film on trees and forms a substance

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GRACE MOORE TO RETIRE

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (U..P.).— race Moore, the blond opera singer, said totlay that she would retire | “within the next three years” because she w nted leisure. She said she wanted ™ Spend -more.time with her husband, Valentin Parera, who is very ill at Lake Saranac, and do some writing,

Woman in Mask Adds to Drama?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 P.).~A | voman shrouded in black anc wearing a painted skull mash arose in the public "galleries «f the House during debate on the aid-to-Britain bill today, shouting and shake« ing her fist at members, She raized her, right arm and cried out in ja dramatic voice! {My Novena! My Noe vena!” When the mask was removed by Capitol police, she was revealed as an attractive young woman in her 20's. She said her name was “Ane drea, noth.ng else.” Then she added: “Death it the victor, not Germany, not England. That is what I vanted to impress on

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drome at Bordeaux, base for FolkeWulf four-engine bombers, lasted for more than an hour. Direct hits were claimed by the R. A. F. on objectives at Dunkirk. Several bursts of bombs were reported observed in dock areas of hoth Dieppe and Dunkirk.

Germany Admits Fires

Started at Duesseldorf

BERLIN, Feb. 5 (U. P).—The German High Command admitted today that a British air attack upon. Diiesseldorf caused fires ameng houses in the center of the city and a number of civilian casualties. The High Command said that the British air attack upon Western Germany was made by “weak forces” which dropped incendiary bombs for the most part.

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the islands, with a billion dollars made available immediately, pending the negotiations ,to finance British purchases, to take care of present pressing needs, Basing his estimate of the purchase price upon what the Urlited States paid Denmark for the Virgin Islands, man said the total cost to the United States should be about 16 billion dollars, against which England's World War debt to the United States of six billions would be offset. leaving England a credit

|of 10 billions for purchase of war

supplies in this country. This, he said, represents a ‘very generous price.” The amendment would set aside two of the islands least valuable to the Navy for settlement by British

(citizens of any of the islands who

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WARMER WEATHER PROMISED TONIGHT

LOCAL TEMPERATURES . 2 10 a, m.. .. 25 11 a. m. “3B 12 (noon) . ve « 2 1p. m...

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Indiana wore a light blanket of snow today, but warmer weather is due tonight. The Weather Bureau said the lowest temperature : tonight would be abcut 32. The Airport Weather Bureau reported that 1.1 inches of snow fell last night and that it was “sticking.” The runways, however, retained enough of yesterday's warmth to melt the snow. Tonight and orrow will be mostly cloudy and tomorrow afternoon will be cooler,'the Bureau said.

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New. State Civic Association

Maps Land Use in Defense

Representing the Resources Board |

State and Federal Planners Speak at First Session to Regulate Industrial Expansion. By RICHARD LEWIS A new movement to co-ordinate rapid defense industrial development in Indiana through land-use planning was started’ here today at the first convention of the new Indiana Civic Association. More than 200 representatives of local civic organizations in .the State and City and County planning officials met in the Claypool Hotel to discuss defense planning. State and Federal officials were to (address the conyntion this afteroon. ] 1 Although the immediate objective of jue civic association is- to forea legislative attempt: to kill Ta PH Planning Board, the longrange program is to provide a background of civilian support for State "a county planning objectives, Carding Maching Spark Seek Txpansion Comal . , The theme of the convention is Sets Off Blaze in New the problem of regulating industrial expansion, Already, millions in deHaven Blanket Plant. fense dollars have been poured into industrial development without NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 5 (U.|planning of land-use, officials said. P.).—Eleven persons perished today| Organized by Lee J. Minde, a Ft. when fire swept the third floor of Wayne real estate man, the Assothe New Haven Quilt & Pad Co, [ciation has mushroomed into one which is working on $2,000,000 of de- of the largest of its kind in the fense orders. country. It was impossible immediately to| = Supporting it is the National Reidentify two of the workers, whose |sources Planning Board, whose ofcharred bodies were found when |ficials are to speak this afternoon. the blaze had been extinguished. Dean of American planning offiAll of’ the men were working in cials, Frederic A. Delano, chairman one department, and the fire of the Resources Board, said he started when a spark from a card-| came only to observe the proceeding machine, used to fluff cotton ings. He is scheduled to address a as it was removed from -‘bales,!| wind-up’ dinner of the convention ignited a pile of loose cotton. [at 6 p. m, on “National Planning.” The {flames spread quickly to Mr. Delano is an uncle of President nearby bales. { Roosevelt, ‘ Foreman Isadore Donner said he { J believed the men were overcome by Local Counselor-Speaks | the cotton fumes and smoke witdyin a few minutes. in Indianapolis, Lawrence V. Sreri“Right after. the cotton caught dan, regional counselor, is to speak fire, flame shot across the door-|this afternoon on state planniag. way,” said Mr. Donner, who ex-|Like his chiet, Mr. Delano, Mr. plained that he and 10 others| Sheridan said he had not prepared fought the flames with hand ex-| an address, but explained he would tinguishers until they were forced base his remarks on the earlier disto flee. | cussion, “Through it all we didn’t hear any screams or noise. to indicate that some of the men had been trapped or overcome.’ There were between 75 and 80 persons in the bullding when the fire started. AHRENS, APPOINTED 1 SCHOOL RELIEF CHIEF Gerhard Ahrens, Warrick Count school superintendent, has been po pointed assistant director of school relief in the State Department of Education, Floyd I. McMurray, State Superintendent, announced today. Mr. Ahrens was appointed upon the recommendation of .C. T. Malan, superintendent-elect, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of C. R. Hertenstein.

Other speakers this afternoon include Dr. H. H. Bennett,’ chief of the U. 8. Soil Conservation Service; former Governor M. Clifford Townsend; Henry B. Steeg, State industrial ‘defense co-ordinator; George E. Lommel, State Planning Board chairman, and Prof. J. B. Kohlmeyer, Purdue University. Speakers at the dinner tonight hesides Mr. Delano will be Gepvernor "Henry F. Schricker, Dr. E. C. Elliott, Purdue president; Hassil, Schenck, Indiana Farm Bureau president, and Dr. Burton D. Meyers, Indiana University,

cpp ei—— 3 STEELS LEAD UPSWING NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (U; P).— Steel shares led a technical recovery that ranged to $2 on the stock market today.

M'Nutt Calls at White House But Denies That 2 Per Cent-Club Probe Was Discussed

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON,. Feb. 5-—Federal Security Administrator Paul V. MeNutt called on President Roosevelt today but denied that the matter of the Indiana Legislature's attempt to get hold of the Treasury investigation tax report on Two Per Cent Club officials was dise cossed. ' B / In fact, ,the ; forrher Indiana Mr. MeNukt Governor said that he had not heard

licans’ resolutigh asking

Democratic Governor Henry ¥. Schricker to make an official request to the Treasury for this information. Treasury officials pointed out that under the law, the tax officials of the state are entitled to Federal tax information. But they said the investigators’ reports might not be divulged “if they merely are to be used for a political smear.” They pointed out, however, that they do not co-operate with state officials and a request from the Governor would be carefully considered. As a matter of co-operation with| state courts they cited the aid Treasury agents have given District Attorney Thomas H. Dewey in his New York tax cases. Despite pleas from such persons as then Vice President Garner,

James A. Farley, editorial writess|!

and columnists that the information be made public to clear. up the McNutt record, the Treasury never has made its findings public nor. any public statement iin the case. The rumor still stands that Two Per Cent Club officials paid back taxes and penalties amounting to thousands of dollars and that Mr. McNutt himself paid $3000 on personal funds attributed to gambling winnings in the Philippines where he was High Cemmisisoner. Mr. McNutt termed that report ‘another swell sniear” at the time and Bowman Elder, original Two Per Cent Club treasurer, denied he had paid $83,000 in settlement either. Mr. McNutt explained his call at the White House today as part of his business as Co-ordinator of Wel-

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2 ‘RIPPER’ BILLS

One Repeals McNutt Act, Other Shakes Up Tax Board; Vetoes Likely.

Fwo - decentralization bills, the first passed by the G. O.P.-controlled j Legislature, were given Democratic Governor Schricker today, Both faced probable veto. /They are the McNutt 1933 Reorganization Act. repealer and the measure to shake up the State Tax Board, taking control from the

.P. PROPOSES ONE-YEAR BUDGE

CANT FORESEE

EXPENDITURES,

HARRISON SAYS

Party Leaders in Quandary .0ver Methods of Cutting Retailers’ Tax.

In the Legislature a The Hopper vomisesve Pag 3 3 1 3 9!

Local Option .... Start of Vote Probe Fizzles.. \ Sunday ! Baseball seers = .

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most perplexing State finan. 1

cial problems in a decade, the . Republican majority in the House this afternoon was to

consider a proposal for a one« 5 ¥ ‘year Stalg budget requiring a =

ial session of the Legisla«

torrid proportions during the last 48

‘hours with the following Sevelops 7

iments: 1. The Republican leaders of both houses decided on a “sliding “scale” method of giving relief to the ree. tailers in their gross income tax payments,

Back Flat Reduction

2. A joint session of the House Ways and Means Committee and the. Senate Finance Committee de= cided this might not work, ies constitutionally or otherwise, and voted to support a flat Yefiuetion in the retailers’ rate from 1 per. cent ta 2 of 1 per cent. 3. Roy Harrison (R. Attica), Ways and. Means Committee - irman, asked his committee to a e the one-year budget meets every two years so the budget normally is made for that period), | in order to “give the G. O. P, ma= jority a chance to reduce the operate

Governor and giving it to a Repub-, lican-dominated board, The ‘Governor referred the bills | to Attorney General George Beamer} for study. and said he would make a definite decision on veto or approval hefore the deadline Saturday noon. { If he has not acted by that | time, the bills would become law without his signature. Even if the Governor vetoes them, only a majority vote again in each | house is necessary to enact them into law. | Although the Governor has stated | repeatedly that he opposed the Reorganization Act when it was first

.| suggested "and that he now favors

its repeal, it is reported he is ‘von- | sidering a veto because no new form, of government satisfactory to him| has been set up. The G. O. Pris pushing the decentralization program through the two houses now. In a series of “ripper” bills, ‘the Republicans “would remove most of the Governor's administrative and patronage powers and place them under boards controlled by four elected Republican State officials. Governor Schricker has warned that he wil. not approve any mea-/ sures making him an “errand boy.” His Democratic , Legislators have (Continued on’ Page Three)

HI-JACKING' OF FOOD GAINING IN BRITAIN

Scotland Yard Says Gangs Are Highly Organized.

LONDON, Feb. 5 (U, P.).—Scotland Yard today reported increasing activity by organized gangs of food “hi-jackers” and “bootleggers” and moved swiftly to hunt out receivers and distributors dealing in “hot” foodstuffs. Detectives said the hi-jackers apparently are wellorganized. Latest theft reported was that of a lorry laden with cases of eggs valued at $1400. Scotland Yard's ace sleuths reported the hi-jackers shadowed their quarry until a. truck was left | unattended. Then they rushed the stolen goods | to a hideaway where the cargo was transferred to another truck, or to a secret depot, or sometimes directly to ‘the "fool ‘fences.” Detectives said the hi-jackers took a cut of 50 per cent of the value of the “het” food.

NAZI PLANE CRASHES IN EIRE, FIVE KILLED

DUBLIN, Feb..5 (U. P.).—A German plane crashed near Schull,

day. *\ The plane was wreéked, the announcement said, and five members of the crew were killed.

LONDON, Feb. 5 (U, P.).—Three German bombers were‘ reported brought down at sea in an attempted attack today on a convoy off the

fare for Defense, _'

County Cork, it was announced to-||,

ing cost of Ie State during the next 12 months 4. Anson Thomas, legislative fie. rector, of the Indiana Farm Bureau, ‘said he would tell the Ways and Means -Commtitee they “might bé making a mistake” in’ sending the gross income tax bill through ahead . of the budget bills because such a.

procedure * ‘would not be good bust =

ness.’ “Kidding Themselves” .

Rep. Harrison's one-year budget proposal met early opposition from . la fellow Republican, Rep, Hobart |Creighton of Warsaw, State Budget Committee member .and ex-officio Ways and Megns Commtitee an, - “When. the smoke is cleared away, [the Legislature will go home with a two-year budget approval,” Rep. [Creighton said. “The boys are kidding themselves if they think they can cut down+ expenses without throwing out nece essary functions of state governs ent.” efore the Legislature opened, both parties pledged tax relief ta e retailers. The Farm Bureau, hich successfully fought cutting of th? gross tax rate in 1939, said

this was now agreeable as long as i

State revenue was not reduced. The Republican. majority then

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proposed two methods of’ euting 3

the rate—by increasing the e tion to $20,000 or by cutting the Taio:

from 1 per cent to one-half of 1 +

per cent. : After budget figures were avails able, the G. O. P. majority realized that the State would be faced with a deficit ‘in 1943. ' This brought sharp warnings, both from the Farm

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Thomas M. Quinn Sr., 2340 N, Pennsylvania St., well-known fure niture dealer anf long active mn Democratic politics, died today of heart disease at the Kirby More * ™ tuary, 2238 N. Meridian‘St. ~~ * Mr. Quinn had stopped in there to talk with James Kirby abou$ furniture for a new mortuary the Kirbys are completing.

Deuel Answers Questions— |

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How does Hitler view 7

» U. S. aid to Britain? Could a revolution oceur” in Germany? : : Wallace R. Deuel, whose sensational series lof whi cles, "Where Hitler Stands Now," was, recently ¢ cluded in The Times, ane: swers these questions and many others \in_a supple. mentary article today Turn to Page Nines